California doubtless will go for Hillary, so use YOUR vote to get GREEN's to the vital 5% which ENABLES MATCHING FUNDS AND BEING IN THE DEBATES - AND A REAL SHOT AT CHANGING THINGS. IMAGINE THAT... ...

WANT EVIDENCE OF RIGGING? WATCH THIS. AND THIS IS ONLY PART 1.


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Overpopulation is the bigger elephant in the room. In Sebastopol and all over Sonoma Co. I am astonished at the large families I continue to come across, families with four children and sometimes...

Stargazer, personal attacks, put downs, and lack of respect can be seen in many responses, and almost always from a certain few. It's unfortunate, but as Barry said in his response to our recent...

WHAT IF….

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yes. so it is. now what? jude

Personal attacks regarding someone's post is inappropriate and counter productive. I am very far from selfish. I pose these questions for people to think about the "reality of what is." I am not...

When was Hillary "pre-politics?' High school, maybe? She was certainly involved in politics when she wrote that book, I believe, and she's even more deeply entrenched now. Best to be up to date on...

Hillary for queen?… Really?! … And then you even put that in caps!
Wow!…(:wow:) … I personally want a elected president (by popular vote, not some rigged Electoral College crap) not a king, queen,...

CVS is a nasty corporation. There are many nasty corporations. Maybe we have to live with them. But we don't have to be polite to them or buy anything from them. I certainly won't.

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Well, it must be said,
you did a magnificent job, Jim Corbett!
Thanks for all you do to bring music,
joy into our...

And a HUGE Thank you to all those who gave such valiant efforts to start the campaign to Open Our Hospital, endure the naysayers and sceptics, put together a "wonderful" plan, and bring it ! You...

At an overfilled meeting at Palm Drive Hospital (soon to be renamed the Sonoma West Medical Center), the District Board voted unanimously to accept the management agreement under which the new entity...

Thanks to Dan for playing Devil"s Advocate in this monumental effort to reopen our hospital. I love the mountain climbing metaphor. When Royal Robbins pioneered the use of hexagonal chocks instead of...

(above and beyond the call of duty for the Greater Good of this Community): That’s what I call a “Hero” in my book, Dan and Joan!<o:p></o:p>
You have made this Report transparent and clear enough...

I attended the presentation by SWMC CEO Raymond Hino at the Grange Tuesday evening, along with a full house of around 100 people. I was impressed by the plan that he presented for re-opening the...

Barry,

Since Jim has demurred from advocating for Sonoma West Medical Center, here is the email I sent you that lays out what I see as the major risks in reopening our hospital. While no one of...

As an investigative reporter, I have long subscribed to the practice that "sunlight is the best disinfectant" to transform backroom politics that do not serve "We, the People."

The power of...

Barry,

I have sent you a private email with the risks and weaknesses with the SWMC plan as I see them and suggest to Jim that he sends to you as well. Then, you can judge if each of us has made a...

I think you are on to something there, David!

I'd love to see a pair of posts by Jim and Dan taking some version of the other's point of view. That is for Dan to post a critical, perhaps even...

Jim,



First let me say that some of your critiques have been valuable for improving the plan and have caused us to relook at assumptions we have made. Sometimes, our original thinking has been...

You and Rollie seem to be the only ones still voicing "serious questions" about the plan. Neither of you need to "shut up".

Re-opening the hospital as the Sonoma West Medical Center is now what...

I have communicated with this woman ... the last that I heard her car had been vandalized, her computer hacked, her phone destroyed, her income compromised, she had a known government agent living...

"The End of Oppression" is Josie the Outlaw's six-part series of videos which show what it will take for humanity to finally outgrow and escape its long history of violence and oppression.

Some sunshine would be nice!:waccosun:

Farmer Dan

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

>>>But why are you still doggedly trying to shoot down Dan's plan now?

This is the question in many minds, I think, and not just in my own. It emerges again in the latest Sonoma West coverage,...

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:
...

Ernie,

As someone who 'hasn't followed' the Palm Drive situation, you seem to believe you know a lot about the finances. Is this because you have studied them and have a background in hospital...

Jerry,

In the weeks prior to the public announcement to close the hospital, a PR firm, Young & Company was hired. Here is what their contract said:

'The goals of the communications strategy...

I have to say that (in all these negative news (tidbits) I don’t perceive Dan Smith as a “Bully.” Dan’s goal here is admirable. He put his own money where his mouth (heart) is. If nothing more, he is...

Jonathan,

An email I received this morning is below.
I took out the names because it was sent to me privately.

It occurred to me that maybe the problem is that Rollie and friends just aren't...

Well, this article did it; I'm cancelling my subscription, and I'll let the editors know why.

Well at least Jonathan Greenberg, an excellent reporter himself, has the wherewithal to call the local West County paper on its shoddy reporting of a complex situation that should have been focused...

Jonathan,

This story is not about heroes or villains but whether we will accept failure as our only option.
It is not about Dan Smith, Nancy Dobbs, or Frank Mayhew, it is about all of us as an...

I too posted a letter to Sonoma West. I don't know the various people involved, and I don't know the merits of the charges, but for me this journalism was on the level of junior high kids talking...

Call Off the Dogs

I was sorry to see Sonoma West's attack piece on Dan Smith. It was largely the complaints of the losers of the Palm Drive Health Care District election.

The election is over...

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....

​Great list Barton!

One big thing missing though:

I would like to add Dan Smith and Joan Marler to this list, the two people who have refused to allow Palm Drive Hospital to remain closed....

Jonathan Greenberg's Concession Statement:

I congratulate the three incumbents on winning re-election. I applaud their dedication and commitment to our wonderful city. I feel as though our...

Bill Shortridge, an active member of Sebastopol Tomorrow who posts in Wacco as Eeeeow, seems to be the only person publicly defending this mailer. He calls it a "church flyer" compared to my...

EEoowww you have succeeded in forcing the hand of the evil Dan Smith to show his "true colors." Eeeoooww indeed!

You have revealed his sinister plot to conspire with dozens of doctors, health...

arisiletz,

Well said!
Interestingly, when I looked at your post, the ad below came up.

I note that it starts with 'healthy, prosperous and inclusive.' We just lost the hospital that has...

The flier suggests Jonathan Greenberg doesn't understand how government functions. For the last couple of years I've had numerous office chats with Jonathan and have come to realize that he...

Barry, unlike you, I have studied the new plan, and the underlying business assumptions, and the financial history of the hospital and what went wrong.

My forecast is that the new plan will...