P.S. Check out the retirement difference before 2003 and after, look what Ernie is getting compared to Mike (Ernie are you mistaken saying you're getting $400/month? You do know your retirement is...

Good question Barry...sorry for the long response but this is a complicated issue.

State law requires prior to any retirement benefit, the County does an Actuarial Study to determine the cost of...

Thank you Tommy for your insightful comments on this thread.

Around 2003 the Sonoma Board of Supervisors and the City of Santa Rosa voted for 50% unfunded, retroactive increases in pensions, from...

Thank you Richard (Hi to Brenda :). Yeah, I think Efren shouldn't have accompanied the endorsement with a dig at Noreen. I would like to see everyone run on the issues instead of this guilt by...

Erik Perez...Welcome to Wacco! Who are you really? Lisa Maldonado? Marty? Ernie (no Ernie would post under his real name)... So Lynda is accusing YOU of a "dirty campaign"? It's funny...Doesn't...

Wow, Lisa and Doug Bosco are neighbors! I'm not saying nothin :)... Lisa you're right, we all have a right to participate and have a say in local politics, including myself, and I will not be bullied...

Richard, I have always loved you and Brenda, and appreciated ALL that you both have done for our community. You are perhaps too young to remember that in 1990 I re-registered as a pony-tailed...

You are good Lisa...like I said before I don't look forward to tangling with you :). You certainly know more about unions than I. I was a union member of the UFCW packing plant in Spencer Iowa...IBP...

This is my great concern with Noreen. She is the last of a generation who voted for massive, retroactive, unfunded, 50% increases in retirement benefits, for the first wave of retiring baby...

Sonoma County now has several places they allow car campers and RV's to park at night for free...and they have port-o-lets and hand wash sinks (and rumor has it are working on showers. The ones I'm...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SclV1ZR0F9MLet's revive and dust off this thread regarding affordable housing. At Friday nights debate in Bodega Bay, Noreen Evans said the solution to affordable...

Hi Lisa,


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luiwyzDmCL4You're good, don't look forward to tangling with you after I get in the top two after the primary. Just wish you'd have done as well by the...

Thank you Joel and Tommy for your comments...

This is exactly right, as the Press Democrat article states in today's paper, we have seen a five-fold increase in pension costs since 2003. I am...

https://tomlynchforsupervisor.com/LIVE_SITE/sonoma-county-issues/

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2016-04-01_18-17-38.pngI've lived in West County over 36 years and have never...

Here is a video of why I'm running for Supervisor:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC_pQZ7D014

On the page below you can see more information (and video) about each of issues:
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Hi Tommy,

The manure was actually composted that I got from Grab and Grow and put in Warren Dutton's manure spreader and tractor I rented. The City of Santa Rosa reused it on their...

Thank you Marty, for the clarification. So it's ok to say because someone is endorsed by a realtor group, then they must be in favor of evicting tenants, even though they may not be in favor of...

While we're at it, I would like to share a PD Obituary of Pranab Chakravarti:

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/csp/mediapool/sites/PressDemocrat/News/story.csp?cid=2312435&sid=555&fid=181 )
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I remember years ago a former Sonoma County Planning Director Pranab Chakravarti, when asked the solution to affordable housing, said, "...legalise slums." :) a very controversial statement, but his...

The number one reason we lack affordable housing in Sonoma County, are the policies of Sonoma County and many of the cities. We make houses less affordable with punative affordable housing fees, and...

35145Thank you, Barry, for the kind words :). I'm looking forward to sharing some ideas and solutions with my fellow Fifth District friends and neighbors. Loved Frank Robertson's recent column in...

Hi all WaccoBB brothers and sisters :)

I agree with Henry's assessment, not necessarily for the same reasoning :0). I think Efren can quit drinking and improve on the great representation he has...

Dear Shepherd,

Looking forward to a broad range of discussions...my particular interest is "intergenerational equity"...I'm looking for a better term on this one.

Basically we are in the midst...

Hi Ya'll

OK, Barry, Edward, Shephard, Jon, Sebastacat, et cal...Hopmonk Tavern, Friday Aug,23rd...First rounds on me :).

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Tom Lynch
..looking forward to a collegial discussion:banana:

Thank you Edward, Shepherd, and All for your passionate concern for the future of Sonoma County...I disagree with some on the future path ahead; but respect your opinions and contributions. Always...

My apologies to Edward Mendoza, Sebastocat, and All Posters to this thread,

I'm sorry, I was in a hurry today having read these posts and decided to post and did so without thinking. I did not...

Dear Edward Mendoza, Shepherd and All,

(with gracious thank you's to Barry giving us all the ability to edit past transgressions :0).

I sometimes cruise by here but haven't posted in years on...

Very nice endorsement of Efren from Vesta Copestakes with Sonoma County Gazette, including comments on Dutra and Best Family Winery.

I would echo everything that Vesta says about Efren and these...

Presently Petaluma gets much of its' asphalt from an old plant in the middle of one of the poorest neighborhoods in Sonoma County (go to google maps for Bodean Asphalt in Santa Rosa). Much of the...

Hi Barry,

I spose I should add my 2 cents in on some of these great issues as well. Been busy trying to make a living and haven't posted for a while...

Hopefully I wouldn't cause too much of...

Hi Gang,

A lot of great writers on this thread...though I beg to differ with many assertions of the bakers dozen contributing.

I ain't changed my mind one bit about Supervisor Carrillo...he...

Dear Zeno Swijtink and Sonia Taylor...

Sonia your information about Efren regarding unpaid taxes is mistaken. When I received the e-mail today from Sonoma Wildlife I called Efren and said did you...