Swat Commander Essick led the unnecessary SWAT attack on the home of Glenn Swindell. Mark Essick is a SWAT Commander in both attitude and action. A small domestic verbal kerfuffle that started at 9...

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Well, you might be right about That- he sure has shown our community what he can do, And, it ain't Pretty. Quite dysfunctional

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More of the same is an understatement- regarding Essick!
More brutality, more arrogance, more ignoring the needs of the communities, more contempt for people, more refusal of oversight...

Mutz is surely the Only candidate who might have an iota of integrity to take this job on. i've debated with dear activist friends for months about Mutz because i know he isn't the "answer". However,...

greed knows no bounds. yes, it's pretty bad what is happening in SoCo and so many landlords must be going to sleep looking at their bank receipts telling themselves, "why not". capitalism at it's...

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And that will only last till Spring, I believe.?
After that it will be a free for all and scumbag landlords will gouge without consequence because Ravitch will be busy harassing in the...

Those were the days my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way...

Maybe NOT everyone can walk or jog as conveniently as You? !

well tommy, i'm in MY right mind, and i would live next door to a homeless shelter. providing services does NOT mean more people will move into your area. it might just show that there really are...

yep- what an Ef'n set-up all this sounds like. that's the game though and the BOS, none of our elected officials will ever admit it.
how many folks i have to wonder, got Section 8 housing, only to...

https://youtu.be/T1GCzu4JEdE

last night's SR City Council meeting. some really wonderful articulate people last night-
issues discussed- Safe Parking, keeping public informed on daily basis with...

with all due respect, i'd like to point out that these points have been brought to both the SR City Council and the BOS, for quite a long time, both by the homeless themselves and homeless advocates,...

I never implied that the needs of ALL are not relevant nor that only advocates of the homeless need to be heard.
It’s obvious to me that you didn’t take the time to listen to the SR City Council...

they took people off today- criminalizing homelessness, and that's what the great County of Sonoma has to offer our most underprivileged, in a county of the privileged.
Olivares is running for...

i agree there are NO simple answers. but, if we do not try, then there will be no answers. as stated so well by some last night at the City Council meeting, to not even open up the discussion, as...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSXFnT5gH_o
please, please take the time to watch the SR City Council Meeting last night. speaking more eloquently than i ever could, these people sharing the...

Look, I’m a little confused, frustrated and honestly, disgusted too; as the social illiteracy of these deep problems call for more than a kneejerk reaction, yet, I recognize how awful this dialog has...

Lol- sorry if I’ve offended your sensibilities. I’m well aware that butter doesn’t melt in my mouth. It is obvious that criticizing our elected officials- the touchy subject... however, what's...

well, talk is cheap. - oh hell,
can't even pin the City Council down to do anything about the homeless, in fact, They stepped up their infraction ordinances concerning the homeless, and now they...

what can we say about Shirlee Zane that's even a little flattering, maybe the way she does her hair. zane is always imagining things shirlee's way. one doesn't hear her going on and on about...

yes, he Was probably the Only candidate with a heart and wanted to see systemic change. this is not to say he didn't have need some education on some important issues in the Sheriff Department since...

it's so unbelievable to me the lack of compassion for those of us who just aren't ever going to get a piece of that lovely pie or realize any american dream because while it's all going down like the...

Tasers are now used in many law enforcement departments across the country..there is no oversight of them, and they were basically sold to LE by private taser company- they Kill, they are a lethal...

it's most important to really check out these people. i am sorry to say that if every Progressive in the County who could vote, did vote, Foxworthy wouldn't make it and yet, he is the most honest...

i suggest people go online and check out the Community Action Coalition who held some interviews with various candidates. this is a good way to become informed considering the office of the Sheriff...

i want to respond to Lynda Hopkins, that i'm on the side that i have been on my whole life- as i am 68 years old..I don't click on the cute Cat Story....i Know how i feel about white supremacy,...

goals don't mean a damn thing if you know already that the goal is not a worthy one. there are many people who will not, let me repeat, will not, take those services. now, we can speculate as to why...

awe jeez- the terminology just kills me. the police, given the go-ahead by City Council to crack down on certain "quality of life" offenses.
it's this sort of language that usually makes me cringe....

i am having a nostalgic moment-but it's only going to last a moment because soon i'm going to get slapped in the face with a glass of wine.
How does one stop the all- consuming greed that’s been...

all it's going to add are higher rents, displaced persons, and let's here it for west county robbery- oh, i mean,
snobbery

Step right up make a plan and 'rape the land. the only thing the residents of 'Felta Creek can do is research and find out who paid who off to get even this far in the process.

nothing is sacred...

James Gore and David Rabbitt will probably trip over themselves to accommodate this ugly monstrosity of a project..
we will see who else on the Board will also follow along. Lynda Hopkins had huge...

many of us took our $$$ from major banks back during Apartheid, and moved them to local banks; then we were all reminded during Occupy to not Bank with these thieves. So, NOW, will we stop banking...

no Saint. just a little boy murdered by an overzealous Sheriff who already had misused his gun before and was an unstable character.
Andy was simply, a child. NO more, No less.
Remember, Gelhaus...

i am sorry. guess you did not get the point! and you felt the need to anty-up.hmmmm..
it was never my intention!
as you may have noted, i do not post any longer on the Hopkins/Evans debate, i...

Wowzeeee-- you Shepherd --and Jonathan are so full of hot air- maybe hot air is what makes leafblowers blow the leaves about?! i've had to read from both of you the holier than thou posts regarding...

i want to express, as in "finally", that i wish to dial back the rhetoric. First, off let me say, i am not a HE Barry, i am a she, as in Marni. I also don't believe, Barry, anyone "has it coming"....

Desmond Tutu said, "if you are Neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the...

Yeah yeah, my husband loves me too,
Sorry doesn't count- love is blind!
Really! If the day comes you criticize your WIFE, we'll offer you our couch to sleep on :)

Way back when Noreen first ran for office, wineries were Not what they are today. there was a certain modesty which today IS over the top big big money and they do Rule. we can thank Eric...

Well I'm not sure..I guess sleezy Eric is busy once again..I guess a counter-add on Lynda Hopkins could read something like "would you hire someone who Never HAD a job!

now you might be trying to make a little sense...thanks

yep, you ARE missing something here. did i say, anything about businesses being intrinsically evil?! not sure who you think i am?
i talk about Justice Services and how THEY have sucked the much...

women running for office or in places of power or just want to give their damn opinion are Always told to tone it down.
I mean, what else is new and it's been a joke on the national stage with...

i'm trying to imagine the seating up on the BOS chambers,depending on who wins. and where the heck would they place Lynda Hopkins?...i would guess she would just have to sit next to Gore, the Other...

and on the national level, non-career politician, the best example, is what we get- Trump!
no experience, in deep do-do..what a mess.
Hopkins has some $$$ and that's it...so many people with $$$...

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See.. you bear out my point..
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is there a double gratitude button i can push.
Eric Koenigshofer really must be the bulldog-pitbull for Efren. As IF this whole superPac isn't a deliberate attack
on Noreen to discredit her work...

Not only do I find Lisa's comments appropriate but they are spot on! Do your homework and you will come to understand the underpinnings of how this County operates!
I find nothing offensive but...

the tell-tale sign, EXACTLY, where are Hopkins signs and where are Noreen's signs being displayed? who has a modest sign and who has a gaudy, Yuge sign!.... How hard is it to really figure this out.