I just have to laugh at this. Most of the time I feel like crying.....

I’ve been on the county’s affordable/HUD housing/section 8 list for 7 years and now I’m shoved off along with everyone else...

Sonoma Master Gardeners are focusing on carbon sequestering through gardening. I’m a Master Gardener in Santa Rosa and we just had Will Bakx speak at our monthly meeting about carbon farming. Will...

Warning: this is long and yes, I know I’m cynical. I’m 66 years old and have seen a lot and it ain’t pretty.

I’m not ready to make any kind of decision about who to support, but I do have some...

Just wondering if Restorative Justice & practices are still being used in Sebastopol?

SPD used to be very supportive of the process & it's very effective. I retired from that work and in my...

I've posted on this subject in several local online forums, as well as here on waccobb. As a native Californian woman in my early 60s, with a 30 year+ history of living here in Sonoma County, I'm at...

I wanted to add a little more to my posting from awhile ago.

IHSS not only does not screen people for compassion, patience, helpfulness, etc. They do NOT manage their workers after they are...

As a care-giver with over 30 years experience and an IHSS worker for the last 5 years, I agree with most of what everyone is saying. What most folks don't realize is that over 60% of IHSS workers are...

Everyone should see the movie "Bought" as soon as possible. It addresses the vaccine issue and lots more.
Thanks, Shandi, for posting this.

FYI- Medicare is NOT the same as Medi-Cal!

Bottom line is that the District attorney considers these "gifting circles" Pyramid schemes and scams. And this comes back every time the economy tanks and people get desperate for money and it...

As the Santa Rosa volunteer coordinator for the Prop 37 campaign and the ongoing Sonoma County GMO Labeling campaign, I've posted on this subject quite a few times over the last three years. Many of...

Slow your roll, Tomcat! :wink:

Unfortunately, Feinstein and a group of senators, including Elizabeth Warren, are calling for a federal GMO labeling law, but guess who will get to decide what that...

Yes, you are correct that the harder question is whether GMOs are too dangerous to pursue. Too bad the people who have already pursued them didn't even attempt to evaluate that.

I think the story...

Hey, Podfish, I wasn't just replying to you; I was writing for anyone who wanders into this thread. You'd be surprised at how many people don't know that soil is alive. I apologize if I came off...

I don't agree that GMOs may be a "promising technology" as you say. Here's why- we needed to assess the REAL cost of these before introducing them into the environment. (That's called the...

To Tom- oh yes they CAN "keep this up forever."

Unfortunately, Monsanto and the rest of the 'Big 6" bring in BILLIONS every year; they can easily outspend any labeling campaign "forever." ...

As the Santa Rosa Volunteer Coordinator of the Yes on Prop 37 campaign, I couldn't agree with Jonathon more! We definitely need to change tactics, but I agree with Mudwoman in that trying to get this...

Thank you, Barry, for your wise words around this issue.

I already posted about restorative justice and within that framework I could see Efren doing an intensive "class" in the impacts of...

Thank you, Shepherd, for your thoughtful response to the question about the appropriate punishment for Efren.

As someone who spent years working with juvenile and young adult offenders in a...

As someone who worked with crime victims for many years, I'm very uncomfortable with the discussion going the direction Thad seemed to be going too. I have heard people say that no one is really a...

Rossmen, I don't know how far back the plea deals go in our history; I only know about what I saw while working with that system. You may be correct. I do know that plea deals have increased in the...

Sebastacat, you are right that this will probably not make it to trial and it's true that the majority of criminal cases end in some type of plea.

I want people to understand why that is the norm...

Thank you, Sharingwisdom! You did honor to your name in this posting. I love to see this kind of deep, thoughtful response on these threads. I wonder are you familiar with Dr. Gabor Mate's work in...

Here's another misconception about police reports.....sigh......

it's not a matter of "...what the police decide to report...."

Police reports are seldom released to the public; there are real...

I may be wrong but I'm assuming that your comment about a "tribal system" was in response to my posting about a restorative justice process. If not, my apologies. If so, you need to get educated....

I would like to see Efren go through a restorative justice process where he must face his victim, hear exactly how he impacted her and her loved ones, as well as how he impacted law enforcement...

Thank you, thank you thank you, Patricia! I cannot agree more. All the "fringe" arguments convince others that we are a bunch of nuts and then they shut out everything we say, including the...

You know that we're never going to hear the truth about why fluoridation of our water is so important to the supes or to our county health officer, Dr. Silver-Chaflin. I've said before that I believe...

Thank you so much for posting this link! I passed it on to the Sonoma County Stop Fluoridation group on yahoo groups and posted on my Facebook page. I suggest everyone pass this on to as many people...

I met Paul Connett, PhD on Sunday at the planning meeting; he graciously allowed anyone to download his power point presentation, which I did, onto a thumb drive, last night at the Glaser Center...

As someone who has a health condition where I am not supposed to be exposed to fluoride in ANY form (drinking water, bathing water, water vapor from shower, toothpaste with fluoride, fluoride dental...

Thank you for clarifying your meaning. I do feel that we humans have an inherent bullshit detector and you described it perfectly! There are all kinds of "facts" thrown around, but in spite of them,...

I am becoming more and more convinced that there must be some money exchange going on between fluoride producers and our supes. After all, the pesticide industry where the fluoride will come from, is...

This is from The Onion, so it's satire.