Following is a link to an article in today’s PD about the new Sonoma County Cannabis Advisory Group. Please consider attending this Sept. 27, Wed., 3 p.m. County meeting to consider how to proceed. I...

Environmentalists say proposed cannabis grow rules fail to protect wildlife

GUY KOVNER, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT | August 9, 2017

Four environmental groups have faulted proposed state rules for...

Charlotte Williams of Wine & Water Watch (www.winewaterwatch.org) just sent out the following information. I plan to go to the July 21 presentation in Sebastopol. Please join us at one or more of...

I would like to add two quotes to Berta's excellent closing quote:

As the poem on the Statue of Liberty declares--
“Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
...

From a friend Julia at Standing Rock::heart:
We are at Standing Rock. We are safe. We were able to secure press passes and have visited the front line (at a reasonably safe time) for a press...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: J. Kevin Jones Jr., Chair
(707) 565-2693
[email protected]
The County of Sonoma Commission on Human Rights Passes Resolution in Opposition to the Dakota Access...

Thanks for remaining a hater- I am as well (and there are many of us). CVS rates our anger for, among other reasons, the manner in which they deceived the City during settlement negotiations to...

Around 300 people gathered Nov. 15 at the downtown Santa Rosa Citibank to protest its funding the four-state Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in North Dakota. It was one of hundreds of protests at...

PLEDGE TODAY for Standing Rock!
Goal $25,000. over 5 months.

37621Hi. My name is Heather Wakefield and I am personally raising money to help stop the oil pipeline. I'll take donations by cash,...

The following just went up on the Bohemian's Facebook page. I had been told by a reliable source about this sale, which she heard about from Barlow tenants. If this is true, it would not be likely to...

My appreciations to the managing editor for Sonoma West Publishers for the following balanced column in this week's paper.
Shepherd

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Hi all,

That the campaign against the proposed KOWS antenna structure on Pleasant Hill Road has been marked by controversy should come as no surprise - this is a fairly common response to any new...

TY for these shots.

I hope the City Council approves it, for the public good.

It would be unfortunate if a NIMBY attitude of a few were able to deprive the greater public of this improvement...

May 10, 2016
From: Alexandra Hart
TO: Sebastopol City Council
RE: In favor of KOWS Radio Tower

Gentlefolk:

To be transparent, I am a KOWS programmer with a monthly 2-hour show called...

Chemical vineyards, such as those of the Jenkins on Pleasant Hill Road, kill. They kill bees and vegetation and harm the most vulnerable humans, including children and elders. It is a disgrace that...

I am hoping those who are interested might take a moment to let me know their stand on something. I have a foot in both camps on the subject of farming, in that I do farm. I believe ag is very...

I've been thinking the same thing. But the problem is, the tower is visible, Roundup isn't, so it's much easier to dismiss. I do wonder if the people who are upset about the tower obstructing their...

Misleading information is being distributed by chemical grape growers Bob & Nancy Jenkins regarding KOWS radio’s harmless antenna moving from the top of a tree at the Occidental Arts & Ecology...

On last night's KOWS-FM radio program "A Better World IS Possible" the Winegrowers' expensive propaganda was refuted by a wine industry member, a food farmer, an activist in Wine and Water Watch...

My home-town newspaper, the Omaha World Herald, published the following article by LA Times writer Geoffrey Mohan today, so I added my comment. Please consider adding yours. This helps make our...

My appreciations to Lilli for this report. Others in the 4 Russian River tributaries, which these letters focus on, have also received such letters. Meanwhile the County is still permitting yet more...

Outrageous!!!!!! I also just got my letter and reading through the maze of instructions alone, before even getting to the actual forms is overwhelming and I can handle tax returns. There are...

from the Press Democrat, 9/2:

Dairyman hurdles
EDITOR: As Napa County struggles to rein in the growth of its wine industry, 33-year-old wine entrepreneur Joseph Wagner has turned his focus to...

letter to the Press Democrat, 8/21:

Irrigation district plan

EDITOR: I’m alarmed by the wine industry’s intent to create its own irrigation district comprising five Russian River watersheds...

the choice is NOW - between wine and water.
wells are running dry daily, streams ceasing to flow.

when you turn on your tap, and you have to buy water - delivered in huge trucks to tanks which...

An overflow crowd spilled into the lobby at California State Senator Mike McGuire’s August 13 promised Town Hall. Many were alarmed by an article at the top of the front-page of the prior day’s...

This week's Sonoma West also has a long defense by the Winegrower's Karissa Kruse. Fortunately, it also has a letter to the editor by Padi Selwyn of Preserve Rural Sonoma County. It would be helpful...

from today's Press Democrat:

Attacking the messenger
EDITOR: Since Ernie Carpenter’s commentary appeared in the paper on July 15 (“Is Big Wine the Big Oil of Sonoma County?”), at least three...

I like suggestion #2 regarding a way to rate wineries re sustainable best practices. In my opinion,
suggestion #1 although a "parody" is not funny at all, just an adolescent style way of getting...

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2015-07-15_14-00-45.pngTo date, most attempts to fight greenwashing (like GreenPeace's StopGreenWash.org) have been reactive and uninspiring. More...

This is sure not the county I moved to in the mid-70s. It was an easy going place that had horses and other nice things. :):

:stoptheinsane:Now, Santa Rosa is the city where landlords are...

Geologist Jane Nielson, Ph.D., a water expert, adds the following. It is important to get scientists verifying this information.

What is sustainable wine growing in Sonoma County?

The County’s...

Padi Selwyn of Preserve Rural Sonoma County has sent the following letter to the PD editor in response to the outrageous ad below, paid for in part by your tax dollars. Please let the PD know what...

those words they string together "sustainable wine growing practices"...hummm
what is sustainable for OUR county about wine growing?, except that it brings in tourists...and how does that help us...

Thanks for the heads up about this, Shepard.

You know, I remember back in the early 90's The Anderson Valley Advertiser proposed making the Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter our state bird.

At the...

Sorry to bother you again, but it gets worse. The full page ad in today's PD may have been paid for by your federal tax dollars. The following is from the North Bay Business Journal. Read, weep, and...

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2015-07-13_14-39-23.pngToday's PD has an ad placed by the Sonoma County Wingrowers. It claims that they are "Growing a Sustainable Future." They...

Thank you, shepherd. I am anticipating the next thoughtful article regarding the land, property and rental market greed that is driving out our children and we long-time SoCo resident renters. Anyone?

Shepherd, Last night I had the pleasure of dining with David Keller, Bay Area Director of Friends of the Eel River. This morning I went to FER's site and discovered this excellent article on wine...

Shepherd,

Thank you for this insightful article. You have strongly stated many important points.

I would like to add some thoughts about the Wine Empire and climate chaos, and possible actions...

Wine Empire replaces Redwood Empire

By Shepherd Bliss
WaccoBB.net

Sonoma County has been known as part of the natural Redwood Empire. Wine industry lobbyists re-branded it as the commercial...

By Shepherd Bliss
WaccoBB.net

https://scontent-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/11054411_344117509112343_7244564359220210952_n.jpg?oh=a46a97af97c8cd1951860ea569ff7ed0&oe=55C623E1In the...

Following is a link to the Rural Alliance’s Anna Ransome’s excellent Close to Home “New Winery Backlash Rising” in today’s Press Democrat:...