Beautifully stated, sandoak ...

Really, what kind of world do we want to live in? A world where we further injure those that have made mistakes or a world where we help them to recover from those...

I like apologies, and Efren’s statement to the Board of Supervisors is an unqualified, no-excuses apology. This is rare from a human being. From a politician it’s exhilarating fresh air.

I liked...

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Hi Barry,
Thanks for asking. I know the Women's Gifting Circles sound good and seem like a valid way to make money, and they do make money for the first women who join. However, they do seem like...

https://img41.imageshack.us/img41/9008/9dyv.pngThe Pellini building has just "been tagged" and CVS must now correct the deteriorated conditions caused by their neglect. CVS had applied for a...

So America's 18th largest corporation, CVS, and its frequent partner, America's largest bank, Chase, have sued our small town. They want to control our downtown and suck our dollars out of our...

UPDATE on the CVS PROJECT

22827The CVS project was approved with conditions before last year's election. After the new council was seated they passed a moratorium on new drive-thrus downtown. CVS...

Here is what the problem is - plain and simple. The Barlow reneged on their offer to move the existing market to the Barlow and decided to start one of their own instead. The current market with...

I tried to find some background material so as to better understand this issue, and found the following write-up on the Barlow's website:

Farmers Market


We are extremely proud to be the new...

Whoa!!

As Beavis would have said: "Calm down, Nancy!"

I, too, have roots that go back 100-plus years in Sonoma County, so I agree with you that people shouldn't be playing that game.

I know...

AlterNet / By Laura Gottesdiener
Are Republican Brains Different?

A new study indicates a biological...

Responsive Government arrived in Sebastopol this evening, in a big way!

In its first session led by Mayor Michael Kyes and newly seated Council Members Robert Jacob and John Eder, Sebastopol's...

[A great interview - I lived in Berkeley during this time and remember most of it the way Talbot tells it, although how Jim Jones blackmailed Mayor Moscone was new to me. His inclusion of the food...

19440Susan Gorin has claimed victory for the open District 1 Sonoma County Board of Supervisors seat and her opponent John Sawyer has conceded! This is huge since the county is governed by the full...

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It's 4 am and the results are in. Most of the news is very, very good for California Progressives and America in general. Obama is in. Elizabeth Warren, in my view our next President in 2016, takes...

I have already gone on record in this forum as being in favor of Prop 37, and have pointed to the corporate money being used in the campaign against. In the interest of fairness, however, I should...

The roster of whicjh companies are against this proposition is like an unveiling of the corporate villains on our grocery shelves! So Pepsi owns Naked Juice (!), a brand I have bought many times. But...

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It's a question of what you are defending them from and how you defend them. As I understand it, the legal question, which I think is correct, is who transitioned from verbal harassment to physical...

Efren may not vote the way might want on every issue, but on many issues he has. I give him credit for this important stand.

I am even more heartened by the support of the more conservative...

Hole in the Wall just opened at 972 Gravenstein Highway across the parking lot from Starbucks. The owners are local people who have had excellent reputations for customer service. Adam the chief...

Just a quick endorsement of Jennifer. I know her. Whatever she says, I believe it. She's at the opposite end of the spectrum from "trouble-maker", "kook", or "complainer". She's level-headed,...

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I write this letter with a very heavy heart and hope that my good intentions will come...

We are blessed with many goddesses in our midst, both in spirit and embodied. We'll be featuring select local beautiful goddesses to share with us what goddess inspires them.

Barry


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxwyTmGx3Ow&feature=relmfu...

What's even more tragic is the story behind the story. According to a neighbor of Ernie Jenkins, the man who looked like Jesus and whose tarp had blown off his truck, he belonged to a club of men who...

from PressDemocrat:

April 20th, 2011 10:03am
Why write about marijuana?
by Marijuana.Empire

Over meatloaf, mashed potatoes and salad the other day at Santa Rosa Fire Department’s station...

This article (click...) is fascinating not only for itself, but because it's a beautiful example of how the sausage of politics is made. The description of the Lincoln administration's actions and...

I so appreciate Susan's informative report on SPIRAL, the Grange, and Transition Sebastopol. I happen to have been at the Grange's monthly meeting last night, the Transition plenary, and the SPIRAL...

Colbert plays it really straight, belying his sympathies only on an occasion.



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by Susan Butler
for WaccoBB.net

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/ImagesforMembers/spirals.jpgOn Saturday, March 19th, Spiral Food Cooperative, a dynamic new initiative, held an event at the...

Hopi Elders Call for Prayer for Japan and our World: Historic Official letter

I recorded and posted a meditation/prayer for the people of Japan (and for the Earth) last week. Let's send them another wave of Heart-Light energy!

You can download the meditation here:
...

Yes, I read about this, by way of an article by Organic Consumers Association:

https://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_22449.cfm

I think it's an outrage.. but in spite of how they...

The Case of Bradley Manning: What Are We Called To Do?:
March 15, 2011
by Alice Walker

As an elder of color born and raised in the United States, I have dreamed of a day when young white...

https://www.nytimes.com/<wbr>interactive/2011/03/16/<wbr>science/plume-graphic.html?<wbr>ref=science

Today's New York Times online features this animated forecast by the
Comprehensive Nuclear...

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This just came to me at Tuesday 6:05 PM PDT from Central Tokyo.

No radiation in Tokyo to speak of yet, but that is the main concern. With the nuclear plants just 150 miles to the north, a change...

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