Worth every dime!

The site is beautiful Laura, so glad Barry is helping you and helping create a smooth transition for everyone...

What do you mean failed? WaccoBB has been a smashing success for 15 years. Ad revenue is down because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected lots of successful businesses, some of which gave up...

Barry, you and wacco will be missed! I have found wacco to be informative and entertaining. I'm really going to miss your cartoons and Larry's poems, among other things. I can well understand your...

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The time has come to close the WaccoBB.net website.



Lots of factors have converged to make this the appropriate...

Opening this thread to discuss the reopening of schools.

Districts are brainstorming on ways to safely open schools. I don't think that is doable while we have rising case numbers. Even if you...

Sheriff has to be a very high stress job especially during a pandemic. It sounds like it would be a good idea if the Sheriff took some time off and let second in command take over for a while.

I had the same thought. If someone is able to kill a whole colony of birds, including babies, there’s something wrong. I have to wonder if this person is ok. How can you not react to the idea of...

Thank you so very much, Sealwatcher! I’ll contact him! I very much appreciate your well wishes and engagement. Yes, a very strange and difficult technicality at such a critical moment in my...

I enjoy Wacco daily, but can't someone correct this misspelled eyesore of a header? "its tenants"

[ Fixed! Thanks! :waccosun: ~ Barry]

California Coastal Commission Weighs in on Marathon :

Sonoma Coast Marathon CDP Requirements



Hello All,
We have been asked for our opinion regarding the coastal development permitting...

Here's the byline for this news:
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A new federal law makes it illegal for law enforcement to cite or arrest...

I received the following email from Enmanji Temple. I want to appreciate them for their prompt response and decision to stop using RoundUp (Glyphosate).

Dear Dr. Bliss,...

Ray50sfo, you may not know that Shepherd has been working many years to hold the Wine Industry accountable. Unfortunately, our county has elected, and continues to elect, supervisors who only drag...

Dear Enmanji Temple,
I have been informed by credible sources that you use Roundup. Is that accurate?

If so, I beg you to discontinue that use, since it is a primary cause of Sonoma and Napa...

I think most of us don't want the character of West County to be whipsawed by whatever the big money is in. We are fed up to our eyeballs with wine and all its bullshit. And we can see that, unless...

Doghairnancy, you are totally correct that our local government has sold us out. When Permit Sonoma planners working on the cannabis regulations openly call themselves TEAM 420, you know the fix is...

The non profit that does this is LIHI, Low Income Housing Institute. Julie Combs hosted a presentation i just attended.

The essentials of how they operate are this: Put about 30 "tiny homes" in a...

Just got this in, so wanted to share:

AWARENESSVeteran MD Drops Bombshell At Michigan’s 5G Small Cell Tower Legislation Hearing

I'm going to actually share the very last thing, and the one before it. I hope to read responses from some of the compassionate people in our community. It may inspire a gifting community, like...

Overpopulation is the elephant in the living room of any discussion about environmental degradation, etc. Unfortunately, it's the key to nearly all the problems we are facing but somehow it's taboo...

I believe the question should not be "can she do it" but "should she do it". I realize that it's rarely a bright idea to take a position against a MOM but with the way the "first world" nations suck...

This is very interesting ... Public comment in Santa Rosa regarding cell phone towers ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je5JYITfM6k

If you or one of your parents ever served in a branch of the US Armed Forces, you can get insurance from the United Services Automobile Association. They give exemplary service and probably the...

All good questions; I have had a Bottom up eye on Recycling ,Compost ,Creative Re-use ,and landfill waste ,all my life, and for the 12 years I have been in Sonoma County. I like stuff and try to keep...

Homelessness itself is NOT a very complex problem - it is a long term camping trip for those who live that way.

There are certainly more simple answers, though what communities need are not simple...

I was in contact with Supervisor Zane's office, regarding the Tiny Houses for homeless Vets, in Santa Rosa. They reported that the project is being managed by Community Housing of Sonoma County. ...

Before everyone jumps on the tourism band wagon I'd like to point out just a few of the sacrifices we have made to have a wine/tourism dominated economic model in this county. First of all, any...

My Tiny House group is beginning to lobby our State representatives to legalize tiny houses as a temporary and/or permanent solution to the housing crisis in California. Feel free to copy & paste...

Welcome to the Napafication of Sonoma County. Having colonized the smaller Napa County, the wine industry now takes on Sonoma County, with its rampant, destructive tourism. Napa vintners, such as...

I just saw the Academy Award winning Spanish film "Pan's Labyrinth," by Guillermo del Toro, again. It is about Spain's Fascism under Franco. The star is a young girl who believes in magic. I highly...

Those of us who work in groups such as Wine & Water Watch (www.winewaterwatch.org) and Preserve Rural Sonoma County just won a major victory. The Zoning Board has frozen commercial development in...

Here is the latest posting from Julia Bystrova who is at Standing Rock now.

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Here's a good roundup of some of the funnier signs from the SF Women's march.

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I'm relatively new (three years) to the Bloomfield/Baker Lane neighborhood and acutely aware of the impact our increased human population and our agricultural fences are having on our wildlife,...

Thanks for this report, Shepherd and for the good info.
On Sat. I went to a ceremony and ritual for Standing Rock at the Center for Sacred Studies in Guerneville. Very moving and sacred. And money...

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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...

In Tom's posting, he says that the Commission approves or disapproves wineries. However, there is rarely a disapproval. Tom said that in many smaller wineries, "...use less water per year than a...

Gravel mining, unions and who is voting their financial interest.

First Gravel Mining, I am glad to see that high respect is paid to the Russian River Keepers for the great job they have done...

Another way of asking your question, which of our candidates has held elected office before, or heck, even had a real job in the last ten years? (Noreen is the candidate who, you know, worked for a...

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...

This is a beautiful, clearly written piece that honestly express the realities of our community's challenges, (Sonoma County at large) and the desperation that many of us face, as we, and those we...

I took your advice and skipped to 5, since this seems to be your favorite. I found a letter to the editor that contained no references, and completely misrepresents Noreen's proposal to use some...

That is exactly right! And if they don't trust her to win a campaign, why exactly are they investing these huge amounts of money? Just think about it for a moment. These are the people that will...

Okay, since we are playing "Dictionary", let's look up "Plausible Deniability", the concept that I was attempting to illustrate with the Nixon and Christy analogies (I apologize if they were too...

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...

But the real point here is the evidence of HOW MUCH MONEY does not want Noreen in office. that has to tell you something - and it is scary!