With an election coming up, and three candidates for two seats on the Palm Drive Health Care District Board, it seems this might be the time to segue into a discussion, perhaps even a forum, where we...

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PG&E’s top bosses receive hefty pay hikes

In what moral universe is this acceptable?

I don't know if everyone's looking for 5 acres. I think a lot of people who get rv's or tiny houses have unrealistic ideas about what living in them brings with it. There's the wastewater (or even...

I agree with this PD letter about the dangers of the bloated wine industry in our beloved county. With some important exceptions, especially among the few truly organic vineyards, they consume most...

I try to do something nice for someone every day AND not get caught.

The following letter was published in the PD on Friday 9/7 and in my opinion, raises legitimate concerns as to the Wine Industry's negative effect on our county:

Defining sustainable
EDITOR:...

This question made me smile...thank you!

I usually do my good deeds without telling others, but since this made me smile, I hope I'll bring some smiles to others by sharing the following:

I...

Our Church, Saint Seraphim of Sarov, in Santa Rosa started putting together "Blessing Bags", and my husband and I have continued to do the same. You can get many quality items at the Dollar Tree to...

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...

Hi Shepherd,
Thank you so much for adding your name to Natalie Portman's petition asking that the United States government stop tearing children away from their parents. Here at the National...

I write as someone born in California and raised partly in San Antonio, Texas, and Tampa, Florida. Californian and American agriculture would be impossible without the skilled labor of Latin...

Thank you for addressing my question, spam 1. The answers all boil down to the fact that these people have been living in such fear and misery in their home countries that they have been driven to...

You sound so, so logical, Spam1. But isn't there another question that needs to be thrown into the mix in order to present a slightly more complete view of reality? Why are all these people driven...

Open the borders. This action is inevitable anyway. The sooner we do it, the better chance of surviving the worldwide refugee tsunami. We need to practice, get ahead of rapid changes wrought by...

looks like that's my theme on this thread. It's not "only (two) choices" - it almost never is, on any issue. The way this issue is framed has a lot to do with it, thus my complaint on language...

Have you heard that children were separated from their parents under Obama & Clinton? Then, you need a little Facts vs Myths lesson. Michelle Martin, PhD Cal State Fullerton summed up the most...

You are believing a lie: the separation of children from their parents is not in the law. It is a result of an presidential order which was reversed today.

The fundamental assumptions of your post...

Assembly member Marc Levine, North Bay
Action for Immigrant Children

Dear Friends,
This is one of those times when outrage is not enough.

When the Trump administration uses family separation...

Statement of the
Interfaith Council of Sonoma County
on U.S. Government Family Separation Policy


June 19, 2018

We decry the deliberate separation of children from parents as a deterrent...

Well put. I don't see any reason, other than DT's fear mongering his base with stories of gangs and murderers, for his own political interest, to change the way it was, given that there is not a...

Well, this does clarify a lot of what's happened in the past and how it's been changed under DT to be even more hostile to immigrants coming from the south so thank you. And--the laws need to be...

Yes speaking of Caracas, look what is going on in Venezuela. People are starving, parents cannot feed children, even fathers working for the national oil company. And you can bet that if Venezuela...

I consider an edict that children should not be picked up or cuddled to be cruel, evil, and inhumane. What does it say about us, as humans, that we tolerate such behavior? Much of the world looks...

The ACLU is actively working thru the legal system to stop this. The best thing we can do as individuals besides voting for Democrats., is to support the ACLU. They represent people who cannot pay...

I've been heartbroken by recent news stories of children being torn away from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.

If you've been heartbroken too, then will you click here now to add your...

If ever there was a form of terrorism, it is babies and other children being taken from their parents, such as is happening in Texas, as described and documented below. And these people call...

Gentrification dooms a Neighborhood
by John Omaha


What I will miss most is the children. Babies in carriers, ten year old girls coming from soccer games with their “besties,” boys in baseball...

I have had occasion, for the last two Aprils, to use the services of the Sonoma West Medical Center Emergency Room. In both cases, the care I received was excellent. Dr. Kimbro and her staff treated...

The notion that the hospital has been mismanaged is a mean spirited deceptive narrative that insults the many, many hard working people who have done an amazing job reopening and staffing and working...

No one in this community wanted the hospital to open and succeed more than myself.

And now, as much as I hate to say it, the District selling the hospital is probably the best scenario.

However...

Here is the link to the master list of so-called affordable apartments in Sonoma County; including those in various cities and those in the County unincorporated areas.
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The 'never cannabis' cabal has made many factually incorrect and hysterical claims though their website and wherever they can bend an ear but I feel it is time for me to address this nonsense put...

YES! I have long been exasperated by the fact that even staunch gun control advocates seldom bring up that first phrase of the second amendment, thus allowing gun fanatics to bully everybody around....

I’m glad to see this happening;it gives me faith in the future generations. Even though the marches may not have direct impact on most of the lawmakers, who have “friends with benefits”. It gives...

When I was 12, an uncle, one of my father's brothers, was murdered when he came home after work and sat down to count the $ from his grocery store business that day. A man hiding in his bedroom...

I totally appreciate your input and out of box thinking. If this option was brought up upon my initial meeting with the district. I probably would have completely (mistakenly) embraced it. In a...

Just wondering if Restorative Justice & practices are still being used in Sebastopol?

SPD used to be very supportive of the process & it's very effective. I retired from that work and in my...

This discussion ("Sexual Abuse Epidemic at Brook Haven School (Open Discussion)") is welcome to continue in a respectful manner.

Let's leave this skirmish right here, shall we?
There are different points of view and different people are going to react differently.

Perhaps I am being an alarmist? In the past 5 months there have been 3 different boys who have groped 4 different girls, one girl got groped by 2 different boys. Making a total of 5 groping incidents...

Following are some of the comments that John's friends have sent me. I have an unconfirmed report that a remembrance is being scheduled for John this Fri. at 2 p.m. in the Sebastopol Plaza. If...

I didn't know John except that I saw him on the dance floor on Friday nights at Wischemann Hall. I'm sad to hear about this. May he RIP.

I am content with SCAN.
Covers more than most other plans.

Juna

Shepherd, thank you for your kind words. I pray, with you, that his other friends and family can feel the peace we know is there, in our hearts ~ May we all BE Peace on the Planet, as a gift to All...

Dear Friends,

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2017-12-24_13-48-08.pngAs some of you know, it has been confirmed by police that on Dec. 22 my long-time friend John Taylor took his...

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last night's SR City Council meeting. some really wonderful articulate people last night-
issues discussed- Safe Parking, keeping public informed on daily basis with...

:Yinyangv: Well, thank you very much, Dogenzip. Today I sent it to Susan Gorin's fb page and to NextDoor Sonoma. It would be better to send the letter to all the BOS sups. Thank you for your...

with all due respect, i'd like to point out that these points have been brought to both the SR City Council and the BOS, for quite a long time, both by the homeless themselves and homeless advocates,...

I am grateful for your piece on Homelessness after the Fires. As a urban planning consultant for many years, I found your ideas on these issues to be among the best I have read and heard discussed....