Michael Moore has been hosting a podcast site for several months now, putting out 2-3 podcasts per week. He insists it's not just a "Bernie site", but because he's been working on Sanders' campaign,...

Dear Friends, Neighbors, Colleagues, and others,
At 75-years-old, I deeply feel my pending decline. So I have filled my 425 square feet writer’s cabin here in Sebastopol with many give-away things....

Be sure to read this! Bernie has never been subjected to the Republican Fear Machine. He would be a uniquely target-rich nominee, and the 2018 results cited in this article demonstrate that the...

Wow! This is a very powerful message. I challenge everyone to accept her challenge.....if we have the courage!

Özlem Cekic's email inbox has been full of hate mail since 2007, when she won a seat...

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Hallelujah....I am glad to see a sports reference in wacco, thanks for posting this good news.....I have for decades been keen to observe the interaction of sports and social movements...I know a lot...

Pine Grove is returning to the Sebastopol City Council next Tuesday, Jan 16th, starting at 6pm at the Sebastopol Community Center Youth Annex (Teen Center).

The parking study has been completed...

Thanks to a WACCOBB writer I was alerted to the practice of a local newspaper (wonder why they were reluctant to name names!) of charging extra for a glossy magazine that probably nobody wants. I...

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Setting aside whether "AI" was used appropriately in the last article's headline, further investigative reporting continues to illustrate how computer technology is being used to more effectively...

That was the second article I'd seen in the past week on the same subject. It isn't about the broad tech world, and it's not only or even primarily about the US presidential election. It's about the...

I happened to be driving to Novato just as his news conference came on, so I heard most of it. Usually I read more about him than hear/see him (except for very brief clips) and I've also tried to...

Because I don't see any other option...and while I have issues with this (more the open ended potential future abuse then as it will apply in the next couple of years) I don't see any other way...

Sonoma County voters will vote this March 7 on a local cannabis tax. How should we vote; yes or no?

I will vote no because it is a clearly hostile measure written with the mentality that cannabis...

Hmm- do we have any independent information to back this up? Because I can't find any information except from a couple of far left sites... and this reminds me of controversies involving both the...

There will be a public meeting at the Glaser Center in Santa Rosa , Feb 21st 6-8pm

from the county mailing list:
"Community Meeting and Survey
County of Sonoma & City of Santa RosaFebruary 21,...

This Special, one issue election, is costing taxpayers about $400,000. the estimate submitted by the Board of Elections to the Board of Supervisors who passed it....
Supe Hopkins was not part of...

I am here to learn, I've always been for marijuana decriminalization. Though I'm not in the industry i know many people who are and wonder how legalization will affect us all. My guess is that in 5...

I think you get my point, I will vote no. You make an interesting point, 64 was designed to put the screws on the counties by the state. I didn't know that, yet it is so familiar. Every time I get in...

First- sorry- but it was in the PD. And it is not the county's fault if no one submitted and opposition- we have county's+ of countless public meetings throughout the county- plenty of oppurtunity.
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Seems to me tax should be at the final point of sale so farmers have a level playing field.

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/opinion/6597141-181/close-to-home-rallying-around

Close to Home: Rallying around a statement of defiance

SUSAN LAMONT, Press Democrat January 29, 2017

Sonoma...

Hello Dear Community,

As you all know by now, I am back in town and resting up. I want to deeply thank Scott McKeown for his initiative in posting my Facebook posts and then later, hosting me and...

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Here are a few selected postings from Julia Bystrova since she recently returned to Sebastopol from having lived at the main Standing Rock camp for over a month. Julia will be speaking at the...

This is an updated report on the Election Recount including action you might want to take from Lori Grace of TrustVote.org.



A brief update on the recounts and the electors


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Julia is back in West County. Here are a few of her reflections since she has returned. There is an event this coming Monday evening 12/19 at the Sebastopol Grange where Julia and others from...

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UPDATE: Julia Bystrova has arrived back in Sebastopol last night direct from Standing Rock.

We are organizing an event for this coming Monday evening (12/19) at the Sebastopol Grange hall...

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It appears Julia is making her way back to West County from Standing Rock. Here are her postings in the last day since the previous ones above.

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Julia's latest postings from Standing Rock in the last 24 hours.


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.Julia Bystrova's postings and photos from Standing Rock in the last 24 hours, as of 9:54 PM Thurs. 12/8
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.Julia's postings from Standing Rock in the last 24 hours (as of 10:52 PM Wed. 12/7)
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More selected postings directly from Standing Rock from Julia Bystrova in the last 24 hours as of 11:35 PM Tues 12/6:...

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Postings from Julia Bystrova in the last 24 hours, as of Monday 10:30 PM:
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Julia's postings from Standing Rock in the last 24 hours, as of 10:00 PM Sunday.
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Like others,I started spontaneously crying for joy hearing this. The power of love.

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Below are the latest postings in the last 24 hours from Julia Bystrova at Standing Rock.

On a personal note -- I am worried about how the weather will be getting worse at Standing Rock in just...

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Julia Bystrova's most recent Facebook postings in the last 24 hours from Standing Rock.
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Selected Facebook postings by Julia Bystrova direct from the Standing Rock action in the last 24 hours:
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Here are a series of recent Facebook posts by Julia Bystrova direct from Standing Rock. The most recent posts are at the bottom. ...

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Another very recent FB posting from Julia Bystrova from Standing Rock.

We are getting some real direct-from-the-front-lines stories from Juila you won't get through any media.

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Long time local Sebastopol resident Julia Bystrova, who many folks know from her many years of contributing to our community in various positive ways, has been at the main Standing Rock camp for a...

I want to give a public shout out to my long time friend and also long time Sebastopol resident Julia Bystrova who is, right now a this moment, at the Standing Rock main camp assisting with the medic...

Morning After To-Do List, By Michael Moore, Michael Moore's Facebook Page, 10 November 16
https://readersupportednews.org/images/stories/alphabet/rsn-M.jpgorning After To-Do List:

Take over the...

Dear Neighbors;
Here's a short article I posted on WineWaterWatch.org (https://winewaterwatch.org/2016/09/7-is-heaven-5-is-jive-prop-65-prop-67-between-the-lines/) about the plastic bag propositions...

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ELECTION 2016
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From the following 2005 San Francisco Chronicle article, Rob Muelrath, currently Lynda Hopkins' campaign consultant, contributed to the defeat of the Measure M GMO ban back in 2005.

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Lynda's father-in-law apparently owns that winery. Both female candidates have "wine industry ties," as do most successful Sonoma County politicians, who receive donations from the wine industry.
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Thanks for the illustrated commentary on an extraordinary week. I'm a native Californian of a certain age, who studied the antebellum South at Berkeley. As a professional, I spent some...