The carhop approach makes a lot of sense. It solves the problem (people with mobility issues getting their prescription medication), does not create more pollution than any other trip to the drug...

Correct! I know, a bit overly generous... :waccosun:



Once he started posting more "aggressively" I checked out his profile and saw his name. This is the sort of thing I usually follow up on,...

Thanks for the update, Barry.


A good hint that he'd turn out to be a troll.
I'm confused about something. I thought that people weren't allowed to join under an obviously fake name (a policy I...

I was confused by that too. Not that I was so offended - I have a high tolerance for rants by people I don't know - but Barry, do you mean that in effect he'd said "stop me before I kill again" and...

You granted Judah's request to be removed - in fairness to him he requested days ago. What am I missing, is he obliged to respond if he was not removed when requested? What fairness is necessary, I'm...

Judah,

While I'm all for personal freedom, I live in a more and more crowded planet, where the expression of my freedom can limit the freedom of others. Smoking bans inside and outside cafes and...

"what others want" is a factor, but some of us have already graduated preschool and moved on to tackling problems that can't be solved with preschool logic.
For example, seniors could park, call...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E2VCwBzGdPM#

Really, so you shop at Walmart instead of CVS? And that somehow is suppose to be better or make sense? While we're on the subject of consistency, political correctness and corporate monster...

the problem is the law enforcement strategy chosen by our society. the officer who killed was a 24yr vet entrusted with training new hires. law enforcement personnel are selected for slow thinking...

Henry please think positive and don't let those negative energies let you down . I get critical emails sometimes myself ,like when Susan Upchuck ,oops,Upchurch sent me a rude one the other...

Take the blinders off, I'm just telling it like it is and keepin' it real. Move on now........

Barry,

Thank you for your well articulated posting and for creating the poll. However, I found it difficult to choose among your four categories and felt I wanted a more nuanced choice. While I...

I agree that the guy should not be lynched since no violent acts were committed, except possibly the destruction of a window screen. Regardless of his motives, since he found himself in a...

my dog and i have been going to the park regularly for a year, it is his favorite place in the whole world and if we don't get there for more than a week he gets "sick".

when a dog there is...

What I know is that we can't change others, we can only change ourselves by refraining from passing judgement and holding a high vision for all concerned. As a dog owner my main focus is on keeping...

Hi Barry,

These two lines below are presented as if they are fact. But, I read them as assumptions/personal perceptions.

Why would I assume (as suggested below) that any letter sent by a...

I totally agree. It would be WAY too dangerous to include both sides of the issue. That would be called democracy.

In terms of the arguments we make to mainstream folks against fluoridation - I suggest that we stick with the very core scientific arguments - they really are enough - and the more fringe arguments...

I've thought about it and I don't know why people are stuck on the idea of competing markets. There should be ONE market, at the Barlow. Everybody wins except the current Management of the current...

Hey, hold on just a cotton pickin' minute. The Barlow is still a work in progress, it isn't even finished yet. I don't think there are any up and running small businesses there yet. Why be...

Okay, I was happy to wait for the project to be finished and opened to the public to see what treats would be waiting inside. But . . . this thread got me curious. So - I went to the website and...

Yes. I want to be a vendor at the new market.

I want to know what the vendors think now. It seems a decision was made to move to the Barlow 2 years ago. Do the majority of the vendors still want to move there?

When I spoke to Paula about the...

It's been pointed out to me that my post at the end of the earlier thread on this topic (which helped kicked off this current discussion) which characterized a Sunday farmers market at The Barlow as...

Barry, PRECISELY. Another ice cream parlor (used as only an example, Mimi's!) would simply offer another choice for people. Several vendors at the market offer the very same vegetables and lilacs....

While we may not agree on a Barlow Sunday Market I really appreciate the way you expressed your opinion without vilifying opposing points of view. One of the things I appreciate about Sebastopol is...

So. OK... what does the rest of the community think of this wearying thread? I am finally weighing in:

I’m a new vendor at the S F M where I sell my hand-crafted jewelry. It’s a tiny little...

Thank you for your positive thoughts on this subject. It is a breath of fresh air to see such sanity on this Thread.

Even if all of the members of this Board were involved in the discussion, it...

Wow, lots of back-and-forth opinions on this thread, but there really are only a few people participating.

So . . . I hope no one is going around spreading gossip that the residents of...

The tricky thing with free speech is the requirement that we defend speech with which we disagree. Of course, this is your board, so you get to moderate it according to your taste. but if "conscious...

This doesn't make sense!

[Willfully and blatantly lying
Nancy, You seem to feel it's OK to use this kind of abusive language in your posts. I don't think I'm the only Wacovian reading them and ...

I personally don't care if it was the "original plan", and Paula is welcomed to her opinion but I was never on board with moving the Plaza Market.

I'm all for a market at the Barlow and you've...

Thanks Tom,

Being a veteran of waccoBB.net from incubation, and on Wacco's mothership @ yahoogroups for about 10 years, I've had many opportunities to passionately get it right and wrong.

I'd...

It is unfortunate that our quaint town plaza is at an intersection where 2 major highways converge and cause a loud stinky neighborhood. The Barlow will inevitably detour some of the traffic and...

Having two exciting markets in Sebastopol on Sunday seems like a great idea to me. A little competition will keep both improving. It will bring more folks into town who will probably shop at both...

I am not even remotely concerned with what may or may not have occurred in the past.
That's unfortunate, because it does matter.

Sebastopol Farmers Market is crowded. The produce is fine but extremely over-priced. Expand the market and provide a real venue for real farmers and hobby vegetable gardens. When my kids were...

Oh sheesh - I will just delete anything I said about a lawsuit - I really don't want to get into this. I just want a solution for the market that works for everyone.

The only problem with a market on Friday is there is already an established Farmer's Market on Friday in Occidental, which is closer to my neck of the woods. The Friday Occidental market is a great...

Why do it, indeed? Could it be the Barlow is a better location? The Barlow has more spaces so more farmers can sell their wares and the public has a greater selection, they have more parkjng, they...

I'm curious why there is an assumption that vendors will have to choose one or the other location? Why couldn't they sell at both locations? Is there anything from the Sebastopol Farmer's Market...

Barry,
I highly respect what you have created for this community.

I can understand the necessity of moderating to keep things copacetic. I have to do so often on my forums. However, from my...

I am not even remotely concerned with what may or may not have occurred in the past. What is evident in the current thread that I have been reading is there is a lot of bias and a lot of personal...

If anyone is interested in what Barney Aldridge has to say about this, he has posted several comments on The Barlow's Facebook page- It's under their post from Wednesday, under replies (he has given...

Rarely post here...but my God the censorship on Nancy and MAKING her post a pic is sickening - maybe she doesn't want complete strangers glaring at her due to their utter lack of respect for her...

Obviously the whole issue here is, if you have an open mind, where is the best location for the Farmer's Market, and who should take the lead in its management. If the Barlow feels their location is...

I'd like to thank you sebastacat for this line in your response as I sign-off on this issue for the last time. "Now that certainly would slant the newsletter in an unwanted direction!" That is simply...

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you missed the point!