Ehrlichia chaffeensis

  This little guy, a Lone Star tick (Amblyomma americanum), carrying the bacterium Ehrlichia chaffeensis, has pretty much ruined my summer so far. I was in Northwest Arkansas (Fayetteville)  in June for a family reunion, returning June 19. About a week...

Remembering Martin Andrew Butt 1947-1969

Remembering Martin Andrew Butt 1947-1969 July 14, 2026 My younger brother by three years, Martin, joined the Marines and survived Vietnam in 1966-67 with a purple heart but suffered a fatal automobile accident less than two years after coming home. He would have...

The MCE Smear Campaign

Below is my response to a critical Marin County Civil Grand Jury report on MCE, instigated by a series of articles in the Marin Independent Journal. I played the key role in bringing MCE to Richmond, the first expansion out of Marin County. I represented Richmond on...