I find this anti union invective very disturbing. Certainly there have been serious abuses perpetrated by unions, usually when the upper management lost touch with their membership and became another...

out of all the arguments, this seems most convincing to me. Especially with the echoes of the top-of-ticket contest, where we also have someone focusing on policy vs. someone describing aspirations....

I think hopkins is more realistic in her answers to these two questions, evans panders. The bos can't/won't ban roundup in soco, at least hopkins would try to start a process where the county would...

Mr Lynch- Deputy Sheriffs are NOT SEIU1021 members. The top pensions are exactly as I said - department heads, administrative managers and directors ( also NOT SEIU members) If you were truly...

Lisa,

I took your advice (see below), and simply went to SCERA's (Sonoma County Employee Retirement Assn.) Kelly Jenkins, and asked for ALL of the pension data--Names, Position, Years of...

I received a mailer from Tim Sergent this week. It's the only one I've received from him because he didn't take all that money from special interests (like Hopkins did from gravel mining Syar, Ratto...

Yes, what a difference. Noreen's two mailers, (or did she have nothing to do with it, Lisa Maldonaldo?) were glossy slogan pieces with some specific jabs at Hopkins containing no real substance about...

I received a 20-page large-format piece from Lynda yesterday. It was probably the best political/election advertisement I have ever received in over 50 yers of voting. It laid out her platform...

What's really a turn off about many evans supporters is the whole us vs them ideology for a local position where we need a person who can listen to all 5th district concerns. Evans supporters tout...

I find your claim that you are not "union bashing" disingenuous . Your own words belie your intent.

First of all unions are not as you call them "special interests". We are Public Interest.
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Noreen has socialized with Darius and his wife from her days in Sacramento - they like her. I truly doubt this one contribution will out-balance, Sierra Club, SCCA, Sebastopol Tomorrow, most of the...

Sheesh - I sure wish people would get off this one-issue pension straw man! Really! One would think that is all the West County cares about. What about parks, coast, open space, climate change,...

The Press Republicrat has been on the wrong side of environmental candidates 99% of the time. Noreen Evans has an extremely well-proven track record in this regard and is endorsed by Sonoma County...

We progressives in the WC need to keep pointing out who supports who, and the fact that Noreen is a social and environmental progressive. Thank you Lisa, for speaking out for working people. My wife...

You know it's funy how the Press Democrat never has 'concerns' about any candidate being "too close' to gravel mining or real estate or wineries or developers. Their 'concern' is always directed at...

So just how generous are those increases to the public employees pension plan? How much money do they get? Usually we liberals are staunchly for the workers. Would I be shocked if I realized how...

Perfectly describes the situation. Thanks

I am amazed that she (or anyone, actually), would consider running for this important office without any notable or significant experience.Instead, someone who is interested in serving one’s...

Thanks for the clarification. And wasn't Carrillo supposed to be young, educated, and environmentally aware? We all saw how well that went.

You are not wrong. Hopkins may be a bright, smart and kind person, but people need to know who is funding her. I will be utterly shocked if west county liberals vote for her.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't a lot of the pluses being said about Lynda Hopkins (new face, same promises, etc) also said about Efren Carrillo, who I believe was funded by many of the same...

So would you be a little more specific about Noreen's "blemishes ?" It seems that the article from the PD is just putting her down for being too generous with public employee retirement benefits. ...

I am utterly flummoxed by some of what I read about Hopkins and some of the people who should know better. Who do you think raised all that money? Did she go to gravel, real estate, wine and other...

Roger, I appreciate your insight into this.

I hear what you are saying about their conflict in values, and bad environmental policy of drive thrus in general. It makes a good point. But I think...

Good question, Barry, and one I've been wondering about, myself. It just plumb evades me! :hmmm:
Rev. BE :heart:

Jim,

I understood and appreciated your critical analysis of Palm Drive's situation and prospects during the campaign and election for the Palm Drive Health Care District.

But why are you still...

Jim,

In college, statistics was a required course and one of the texts was 'How to Lie With Statistics.'
One of the things you learn from this little book is that how you select and display the...

The intellectual dishonesty of Jim Horn, like the Sonoma West and Ernie Carpenter, speaks to me of the absence of rational counter-arguments to reopening. As well as the moral bankruptcy of...

In yet another shot at the Open Our Hospital campaign, Jim Horn and Rollie have teamed up here:
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Ridiculous survey questions, like when a fund-raising letter asks questions sure to elicit a positive response, then asks for a donation. So broadly worded that they can't possibly be used to...

This evening (January 6, 2015), Sebastopol’s City Council will vote, probably unanimously, to waste $5.500 of taxpayer money for a meaningless public relations exercise designed as a survey. ...

As noted earlier, the latest issue of the Sonoma West contains an unusual lead article for a weekly local newspaper that ostensibly supports the interest of the community it serves. The front page...

Here's a copy of the letter I sent to the editor of Sonoma West Times & News, in protest of the yellow journalism (full of mistruths, nasty, provocative) of their front page article this week, Dec....

I am sorry to see this mailer. It's an example of ugly politics. The only thing that would make it even worse would be for it to be anonymous. However I have to say that I am disappointed in the...

It has been brought to my attention by Mr. Shepherd Bliss that I was wrong to assert that Mr. Greenberg is still married. If he and his former wife are now separated but cooperate in raising their...

We received one of those in our mailbox today, too. Pretty surprising! A pretty lame screed, at that.

Sealwatcher,

Thanks for your reply.

When you see something like this it makes you wonder if you are in the twilight zone or some alternate reality where Carl Rove is the puppet master behind...

We are in shock!

In our 40 years in Sebastopol, we have never seen such a hostile hit piece as the one below!
We should all be in mourning if this is how our local politics are being played...

At the farmer's market this last Sunday, Jonathan and Una Glass conversed pleasantly for 3 hours! I often see Jonathan as humble, caring, and respectful - especially with those he's working with.

Thank you, Council Member Eder, official liaison for Sebastopol's City Council to the Palm Drive District Board and partner to District Board Member Marsha Sue Lustig, for informing the public of...

I would like to add a few comments about Jonathan Greenberg. Facts are he was a financial reporter for more than twenty years for a big financial magazine. He came to Sebastopol from the Big Apple....

If elected, I am looking forward to working with for other excellent Council Members, and helping empower the Council to practice more responsive and transparent government. I have full confidence...

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On two occasions friends of mine used Palm Drive Hospital and received excellent care. One of those occasions involved calling an ambulance. Closing Palm Drive represents a great loss to our...

Thanks for your post Gaiakai, I'd have to agree. I've been working closely with Jonathan for nearly a year, and have helped him with the campaign to restore library hours, Palm Drive, as well as his...

Hats off to all of the candidates running for the Sebastopol city council and for the sincerity of their civic engagement and their willingness to offer their talents and energy in serving on a...

I feel the same way as Pamela, Gus and Sandoak, and just about everyone I speak with in our community. The earthquake article was a shocker.

The most important reason to vote in this election is...

I also am a fervent supporter of the emergency room, and the one time I used an emergency room, it was the one at Palm Drive when I had a stroke. That was in 2008.

Another reason, probably...

Hi Shepherd,

You write that you are not defending others making personal attacks, but nor are you criticizing them for making these attacks, or initiating them, as they have done, in inaccurate...

From the people I've talked to (and I've talked to a lot of Sebastopol residents going door-to-door the past 3 weeks) most of them want a hospital emergency room open. Anyone who says otherwise is...