looks like you are falling for the "political outsider" trick...so often used by those who serve the über rich few , to get elected...that was how George Shrub Bush ran....it's how Trump is...

Who knows who really supports Lynda Hopkins, because it looks like she lies about her endorsements. This just in, Lynda Hopkins refuses to take down Paula Downing as an endorser when asked by Paula....

Russian Riverkeepers cannot endorse a candidate but I do know that no one in the office is voting Hopkins. I find this thread on the river very disingenuous. Noreen has held panels on lowflow and...

So now you must see more clearly where the lines of power run in Sonoma County. The power elite owns the media, and collaborates with forces hoping to cut more trees, plant wine grapes on the Coast,...

I’ve lived here for only a few years and this election for 5th District Supervisor has been a real eye-opener for me. I’ve gotten to know many local people, a long list of community leaders and...

It is extremely disingenuous of you to say that Noreen Evans, rather than Lynda Hopkins, has "taken the most political donations over the course of their political careers". Evans has been working...

That PAC exists to create the illusion of distance between two arms of the same two-pronged attack. That is the function of a PAC!

The entities that fund the PAC, fund her campaign. Define direct...

Here is a passionate and eloquent letter sent to the PD editor from John Starkey, regarding his support for Noreen Evans in the upcoming Sonoma County Fifth District election:

The...

Indeed. All those Hopkins donors MUST think she'll be good for business, the obvious being big wine. It all comes down to Koenigshofer and Bosco for 5th District Supervisor, AGAIN!!!

Yes, this is such an important point that it justifies following up on it.

There seems to be vast sources of money to defeat Evans beyond what is expected in one county race. This points to two...

We have updated our web site with some corrections to the misinformation being spread by the opposition - some of it really egregious. Please go here to see some Fifth District True Facts....

Jeez, today the packet of seed$ with instructions for how to plant them. A last ditch effort to return to the prairie dress sweet pea approach that she started with last Thanksgiving. That's how long...

Actually, I think Barry has a perfect right to express his opinion here like anyone else. He is a valued member of the community like the rest of us, and as moderator he never suppresses our...

Well said, Mouse. And what does Lynda think is wrong about putting out "factual compare-and-contrast pieces excerpted from press coverage?" Sounds to me like that's what should be happening, as...

Thank you, John. I have found Barry's position very frustrating as well. He is obviously smitten with Lynda, but I believe it is shamefully inappropriate to use his "power" as the Moderator of WACCO...

Regarding making an issue out of pensions, pensions is part of a public trust like Social Security, Medicare protection and protecting our natural resources. Has there been abuse? Certainly but not...

Barry,

I have sat out this firefight, but I am compelled to comment about your participation in favor of a candidate even as you act as "moderator" of this forum. It's not like Hopkins needs...

"To be perfectly honest, there are things about Noreen's record at State that bother me. Things that bothered me as a voter, back in the day, and things that bother me as someone running against her...

Thanks for sharing this. It's a breath of fresh air to read, especially after that last piece in the PD.

In that earlier piece, one candidate suggested that if she wasn't elected, young people...

you know, you don't have to believe everything you read (except on the internet, of course) so you're free to read publications that you think are biased.

seriously, I'm having a hard time finding...

Lots of good reasons to vote FOR Noreen, but even if there weren't, the quantity and venal quality of Linda's mailers would turn me away. I know she is a good human being who is a good farmer, but...

Excellent Close to Home piece today in response to Lynda and Herman's fluff piece:

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Close to Home: Let’s get real about...

I cancelled my subscription days ago [Sonoma West Times and News]. They are easily as biased as the wine/real estate owners of the PD. They are next.

Someone across from Harmony on 116 has had signs posted for months about Hillary Clinton being so awful, being a "liar". When I saw their sign saying "Noreen is a traitor", after trying to decide...

She certainly cannot have any say in how the money is used. But she certainly could make a public statement about the false and misleading content being put out and the positioning online.

Yet Lynda benefits from those who seem to be pulling her strings. If she does not approve, why does she not do a serious criticism of Eric the K.? This is a hollow "disapproval"--not enough.
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Surely a campaign that is strongly environmental would not be inundating the area with scads of expensive dirty tricks to defeat a candidate with fully demonstrated legislative abilities and a...

And then there is JOHN Dyson, New York financier and Guliani appointee who has invested nearly $50,000 into Lynda's and the IE campaigns. That's ONE person.

Correction: Lynda's funding is now apparently over half a million, much of it from Big Wine.

As an organic food farmer for the last 24 years, my biggest fear is that we are losing our county to...

Oh so Frank is making predictions now. Where do we go Wednesday to watch him eat humble pie?

Dear Tom Lynch,

From your post above...
"....Supervisor Efren Carrillo, who’d been wearing a political bull’s eye on his back ever since the Great Carrillo Dating Debacle of 2013.... "
...

Hey, you could just watch baseball like a regular person right now and save some words for later.

Noreen is the better qualified candidate. I voted for her already. So according to my random and...

This is very important information to share Scamperwillow, for us all to actually understand the important work Noreen Evans has done for our county.

Also important is to note that the Sonoma...

I don't know who that person is pretending to be a monkey but as many others who attack Noreen's legitimacy, they are posting to sow disinformation. Hopkins does have signs on vineyard properties,...

Jenner and elsewhere on the coast are full of signs for Evans. They include diverse, home-make signs, rather than the only one expensive corporation-made sign which the nearly half a million dollars...

Yes, I agree. I think Hopkins has good intentions, but it would be good for her to start at City Council or School Board level and work her way up. With good experience and a good track record for...

Wow Barry, that's some darn tootin speculation. I mean, what if Bush didn't support the war machine and oil industry that supported him? Wouldn't that have been lovely. Seriously, have you ever ever...

Yes, many signs on the coast for Evans--Jenner and Bodega Bay as well as the Russian River and Occidental.

Evans has a number of signs in Bodega Bay. Some homemade from grassroots supporters, and made by local West County artists; others posted on t-posts and displayed at supporters properties. There are...

I am a Noreen supporter and have received this letter from Padi Selwyn and Ernie Carpenter that started circulating today. I don't want to take a chance that the big biz folks and out of town special...

not saying she is or she isn't but being an organic farmer isn't much evidence as such. An organic farm is a business whose product is organic produce and/or meat. Doesn't directly have anything to...

Well, Barry, I have to say I am impressed by your ability to spin scenarios that fit your evident preconceptions. I find it hard to understand the extent of your enthusiasm for Lynda Hopkins. It...

Or, let's say she doesn't want to break ties with her friends and big businesses who have given her $310,000.00 (that's right, $310,000.00), and counting to represent them on the Board of...

Yesterday I received yet another silly and deceptive mailing from the Hopkins PAC stating that Lynda “has lived in the West County” for 10 years while Noreen Evans just moved to Sebastopol in 2015. ...

Actually, for the record Kitty, Stanford doesn't issue a degree in Coastal Land Use Policy.Lynda's Bachelor's degree is in Poetry and her Masters is in Earth Systems with an emphasis in journalism.

Im just so sickened by the vitriol in Linda's mailers, even tho in theory she did not sponsor them but Erik K did.
Putting Elizabeth Warren on the front page of one of them seemed so.....Trumpian. ...

Kitty, What comes as no surprise at all is the PD's support of Lynda - her supporters are their advertisers.
Big business (VINEYARDS, WINERIES, MINING, REAL ESTATE, ETC.) is what supports the Press...

If one candidate is responsible for her 'supporters' statements,' then both are. You can't set a double standard for the "young." It really bothers me that "new" and "young" and "fresh" and "outside...

Hopkins also has the "No no Noreen" ad on accuweather.com. They've just got more money than they know what to do with. Such a turn off. And I think more people are turning to Go Go Noreen because of...

It was weird today to go to my favorite newsgroup Ukulele Underground and have a "no no Norrene Evans" add in the window.
My response to that is Hell No Hopkins

A big slick negative take down...