Lynda Hopkins may be an organic farmer with a fresh face and a couple of “Ivy League West” degrees, compared to Efren’s one. Like him, she represents the good old boy network. And it is her campaign...

From today's Press Democrat:

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Three steps to address our housing crisis
By
NOREEN EVANS AND JULIE COMBS
Our need for housing in Sonoma County has reached crisis proportions. Our...

Right - city-centered growth is what our General Plan is all about. New housing should go in the city (and town) centers where services and transportation is already available.

See what the city council candidates had to say about the hotel proposal at last night's Sebastopol City Council Forum at the Grange:

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I've been involved in my own little priviate Idaho and did not know about the proposed hotel until I read it here on wacco.

This hotel is going to be 5 freakin stories high??!!! Really? Holy...

Barry

I am requesting that you ask Tom Lynch to moderate the tone of his posts on this thread. I, for one, find them overheated, rude, hostile appeals to emotion rather than reason. He makes...

On the topic of campaign contributions, I believe Lynda Hopkins and her supporters are missing (or obscuring) the point. They do not deny that she receives a substantial degree of support from...

A couple of things about her "resume". She was at Farm Trails for less than a year and let go, I have no idea why. I believe she held that position some years ago. "Leadership Circle" for Community...

I apologize in advance for the length of this message. :wink:

I have been reading this thread and need to make a few of my own observations. I originally entered the race for 5th District BOS, in...

Facts though-- she still has never had to seek a full-time job, work her way up professionally anywhere, and her resume is still a big ball of fluff.

Being given a parcel of land isn't the same...

Thank you Beshiva. What is the problem with getting some experience and show your leadership skills before running? The unions that support Noreen gave us a 5 day work week, worker safety, 40 hour...

And speaking of being honest- ask yourself why Barry and Tom are " worried and concerned" about Noreen being too close to working class organizations but not at all worried about Lynda Hopkins'...

Hi Rustie, Kane, et al,

My comment "perhaps if there were more boutique hotels perhaps there would be more affordable housing" is a wry comment on the effect Airbnb has on the rental market....

oh Jeez- come on Tom, you know half this stuff just isn't true that you wrote and seems to me written in a heated moment. Really, 20 years of failed environmental policies and the like from...

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2016-09-25_13-21-58.pngThis was posted on FB this morning by one of my friends who lives in Healdsburg…if we can't learn from the mistakes of our...

The proposal for the new hotel sounds sounds eerily familiar to the process with the new CVS. Have an owner of a vital downtown parcel partner with a developer to build something no one wants. Go...

from The Press Democrat, 9/24:
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There is plenty of negativity go around on all sides. This is politics. Barry, have you ever seen an important race like this that didn't have negativity. Let's see um... Clinton/Trump? ...

Oh and by the way she lied. Only one developer supports her? Do you really buy that?

From 4 years ago. Different time, different race.

Noreen stands for community values: safe streets and sidewalks for school children, protecting rural values (supporting coastal access, greenbelts--including the Southeast Greenway), affordable...

Hopkins will also be eligible for a county pension if she is hired to be supervisor. Hopkins also just moved here. Hopkins has no record to measure, all we know for sure is that she took a whole lot...

As a senior who's been around and worked in public radio for a bit, I'm surprised you'd suggest that KPFA "find corporation with integrity and use their resource" to stay solvent. The quality that...

Thanks Barry for the post and bringing to light the negative ad campaign recently made against Lynda Hopkins...I agree with you that this is not needed - not by either of the candidates...it appear...

The "special interest" group you refer to are interested in protecting our county from the ravishes of over development. Their special interest is in serving the community. If you are not aware of...

I'm surprised, given your sensitivity, that you didn't respond at all to the now famous "bullshit" piece by Lynda.
And that came right from her, not from an independent group. You might also...

from The Press Democrat, 9/21:

Mexico City: Authorities Shut Down Illegal Logging

Mexican environmental authorities say they have closed seven sawmills operating illegally in the forest reserve...

from The Press Democrat, 9/21:

Evans’ track record

EDITOR: Barbara Baer’s comments in support of Noreen Evans were right on target (“The case for Evans,” Letters, Sept. 13). Just about the...

Gee whiz, if Sonoma County had public campaign financing in place for county-level office, the "beholden thing" would be a moot issue for the candidates opting to "run clean" and NOT accept any...

Our Democracy is in trouble. Our political system is being flooded with millions of corporate dollars, drowning out the voices of small donors and voters.

Thankfully, there is a game-changing bill...

Further good news: Asclepias, botanical name for milkweed, is available from many sources. It loves neglect, except for help with aphid control, spreads freely through root system and has flowers...

Just wanted to let the community of Graton know that if you have been seeing Monarch butterfly's in the area it is due in part to the efforts of my partner, Darlene . This is the second year of her...

If anybody knows "bullshit," it would be Hopkins.

She claims that she has wide support here, but her money (both her personal wealth and her political funding) comes from the 4th district, not...

Hopkins video about "bull***t" was awful! :shitstorm:So ugly and also, ironically, it contained so much of her own BS. She skirts right past her gravel mining ties as if it just doesn't matter. She...

Um, people posted Lynda's weird video twice, you don't think it is fair to post a response? And how can you keep fundraising out of it. It is critically important to know who is funding which...

Since the other thread was closed, here is Noreen's response to the Hopkins video that was posted there.

CLEAN IT UP!

Yesterday, my opponent released a bizarre, profanity-laced video in a...