Look, I don't think you, or anyone else for that matter, is at their core, a bad person- we ALL think we wear the white hats. I just think GPAC/ Council, much like John Eder last Tues. taking notes...

Hmmm… you bring to mind Trump telling the cast of Hamilton how disrespectful they are and how they need to apologize, I mean really; who are they?! It's not like being an actor on Broadway is like...

I don't doubt that it is a recommended solution by the state. And I don't doubt that it's obvious. But a solution…well, that's what I'd debate in-so-much as the only and/or best solution. Looking at...

OH THE TRAFFIC!!!! This Tuesday the City Council will be looking to adopt the General Plan Update. In so doing, they will be adopting a change from Medium Density to High Density for three parcels...

Kitty, I don't know too much detail about these incubators, however, I have heard of them. I'd love to follow up with you on these ideas as I think there is no reason to not pursue such a concept for...

Sounds like you actually don't want to hear, because instead of building, you took all of that time to shoot down. You want to find industrial businesses?! Get Citta Slow to talk to Slow Money and...

First, to ask for a "proven way" is the first misstep, especially considering that you've established that there is no workable solution found in all of your research, that the housing crisis is...

Well then let's talk about Land Use! I'm sure you've looked up this property. It's current Land Use designation is "Downtown Core." The intention of Downtown Core is described as...
"...to...

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2016-09-25_13-21-58.pngThis was posted on FB this morning by one of my friends who lives in Healdsburg…if we can't learn from the mistakes of our...

So you concede that you're hearing a lot of people say this is new news?! That should tell you something about how "well publicized and well attended" these meetings were. I too have attended most...

I'm going to try reeeeally hard to be veeeeery gentle with you, here- understanding how incredibly sensitive you are. I read your article. I'm not understanding how it is that context eludes you....

I hear you Carol and I do appreciate what you are saying with respect to what you were hoping to get out of reading the comments on this peaceful, tolerant, community-oriented bulletin board. But...

You know what Barry, you're right, you're completely right, you're so incredibly RIGHT!!! These stupid organic dairy farmers. They apparently don't give a literal shit about anyone or anything except...

Did you know 68% of all dairy farms in Sonoma County are either Certified Organic or Transitioning? And while Marin has only 24 dairies, 17 of them are Certified Organic, making 75% of Marin's dairy...

I am seriously concerned for a world where grown adults demonstrate the emotional stability of a tween! I'm sorry, but was I calling anyone names... "cruel", "pretentious," or suggest they are...

I'm sorry I hurt your feelings. Clearly you're very sensative. If you're done calling me names though, can you please explain what part I missed? I may not be as sensitive as you but I do like...

Seriously?! Forego fertilizing our fields for the sake of pleasing the tourists?!!!! Un-bloody-believable.

Let me understand you…. you ask, "Where is it even coming from exactly?" but immediately follow that with, "..Something needs to be done."

So…..You have already decided that something is a clear...

My good friend who lives here in town was just telling me this very evening about a survey call she had just received. Sounds like the exact same one. While it was specific to our Supervisor race,...

Please, tell us all about the complexities of the software business. I, for one, don't know. But since it seems to be a prerequisite for assessing this situation, and you clearly have insight, please...

….and it's a story about a faulty software program, developed by a major donor to the "Doc/Cop" campaign, donor to the hospital, lender to the hospital, and President of the Board. It's the continued...

So you're not retracting your statement, however, you are lessening it- by saying "at the very least very well informed." Well, there are many people who are very well informed. But you said "the...

6 months in and it 's already in dire financial straights, nobody predicted the turn around time for insurance reimbursements when developing the financial plan, it already knows it can't repay a...

You mean like…. "I forgive $5.6 mill loan!!" before a year has even passed?!….. no re-negotiation of terms, no financial restructuring, no nothing, just…." Oh, it's been 6 mo. and you can't pay back...

I thoroughly agree with you! Albeit, I've been critical of this most recent incarnation (namely because I've had respectable dealings with Dan Smith, but also learned in the process never to trust...

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/5732052-181/sonoma-west-medical-center-chief

Thank you for the measured response and clarification. Your point regarding the relocation of the box stores makes much more sense now.

To bad everyone fought the farmers market being at the Barlow, as was the original conception and plan! Instead, everyone wanted to keep it in the small, little, crowded plaza, a tiny fraction of...

Wow. Judgmental much? And we like to not think of ourselves as elitists. I think that people who live in "conscious communities," or any other kind of over glorified hippie condo, should live in Lake...

As a child, I grew up with a someone who had a pretty severe case of aphasia. As his translator, whether at family dinners or at the DMV, I learned very early on in life to not clench onto solitary...

Thanks for the link, Dan. I think its very helpful for many of us who are interested and concerned but may not have the time to go to all the community and board meetings (busy being movie stars and...

Shepherd, for as active as you are here on Wacco and in this community, I am dismayed at your narrow, slanted, and manipulative interpretation of the word "poor." It is as though context means...

I feel so sorry for these poor folks moving in next to you, Katy. And I'm embarrassed by what you refer to as "Sebastopolians liberal principles." Did it ever occur to you that "no" was a perfectly...

Conrad,

Certainly nothing is stagnant and the reason for how we got here and the answers to where we go from here are broad and complex, some within our domain, some totally outside. But for the...

Your attempt at being clever and smart only goes to illustrate my point...again, "Instead of making something that "looks old," how about considering creating things that actually last and become...

Sebastopol is not "newly industrialized!" What's new is this "quaint and quirky conscious community" that claims to want "small town charm," all the while forgoing the very elements that make a town...

29431Last post... and I promise, because I really have to get to packing! But I thought this might be a good time to announce the World Premiere of a film, by two-time Emmy Award winning...

To get back to the initial article that started this thread, some may find this an interesting follow up:

https://www.takepart.com/article/2015/01/12/temple-grandin-farm-bureau-conference

For...

Thank you Shandi, I read that too! Sealwatcher is "compassionate, caring, does not harm, and is trying for a better world" while I, and others like me.... well, I'm just NOT. My natural sense of...

When was the last time you were actually "inside" a commercial chicken house on Hall Rd. or Laguna? For me, it was last Saturday, but out in Fallon.... but still, pretty damn "local." And how exactly...

Why don't you just say what you mean to say, which is, "CONVERT the world to vegetarianism/ veganism," whichever it is you're advocating. Because

1) Life is chalk full of "pain and suffering,"...

You're right Dixon, I'm so sorry. I was responding to Carolynlb and have no idea how I confused it with you. :hmmm: I must have been distracted by the barking dogs outside :dunno:.

In my mind,...

I want to applaud Lynn for his poise in the presence of that jam-packed room full of emotion. It was not an easy room to stand in front of, but Lynn did with grace and eloquence. It was admirable. I...

So you should know a few things, Kia.

1) There use to be an electric train from here to Petaluma, and from there to the ferry that could take you to Oakland.

2) Public transportation is a...

I will try this again.... Barry, please stop censoring.....

Personal squabbling?!! This is a member of our community who has been appointed by our city council, who we voted for, to use his...

Au contraire!

1) Spend less time thinking, more time learning.

2) hold Barney Aldridge accountable to producing what he promised. ( if you were there, Eeeeeow, you would have heard me speak...

How is it that so many don't understand..... the town of Sebastopol, once called "Annally Township, " (named by my great grandfather's [David P. Gleason] sister's [Catherine Gleason] father-in-law...

Larkin, I wrote a very detailed response, hit submit, but it appears to have not gone through, and I don't feel like going through it all again. So I will be even more brief.

I'm sorry you felt...

I totally don't want to derail this conversation, but this sidebar on "white privilege" totally reminds me of this epic interview and how masterfully the turn around to agreement, from seemingly...

Listen here, buddy! You need to back up and sit down!! I, one of the "negative naysayers" spent this very afternoon with one of the founders of the Trailmakers, in person, at a park, at her request,...