I don't know who that person is pretending to be a monkey but as many others who attack Noreen's legitimacy, they are posting to sow disinformation. Hopkins does have signs on vineyard properties,...

Jenner and elsewhere on the coast are full of signs for Evans. They include diverse, home-make signs, rather than the only one expensive corporation-made sign which the nearly half a million dollars...

Yes, I agree. I think Hopkins has good intentions, but it would be good for her to start at City Council or School Board level and work her way up. With good experience and a good track record for...

Yes, many signs on the coast for Evans--Jenner and Bodega Bay as well as the Russian River and Occidental.

This is a great track record, thanks for posting OW. Here in the last days of the campaign, I'm leaning towards the Noreen camp for the first time. Perhaps a Sacramento lawyer isn't all that bad.
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I am a Noreen supporter and have received this letter from Padi Selwyn and Ernie Carpenter that started circulating today. I don't want to take a chance that the big biz folks and out of town special...

Noreen has a PROVEN voting record of support for environmental issues over many years in pubic service, and contributions be damned. Hopkins has a pleasing demeanor and promises only. THAT is the...

Will has done it again, great article. Dyson's reaction to his workers death shows what a sociopath is. I can't imagine how anyone would not spend a few dollars to protect humans working for him....

Well, Barry, I have to say I am impressed by your ability to spin scenarios that fit your evident preconceptions. I find it hard to understand the extent of your enthusiasm for Lynda Hopkins. It...

Isn't that pretty much the Evans story? So why vote for Hopkins on the "what if" hope?

Or, let's say she doesn't want to break ties with her friends and big businesses who have given her $310,000.00 (that's right, $310,000.00), and counting to represent them on the Board of...

Thanks to Will Parrish, investigative journalist, for this latest piece. Feel free share with your lists. Worse than anyone thought --fascinating piece by investigative journalist, Will Parrish,...

Yesterday I received yet another silly and deceptive mailing from the Hopkins PAC stating that Lynda “has lived in the West County” for 10 years while Noreen Evans just moved to Sebastopol in 2015. ...

Actually, for the record Kitty, Stanford doesn't issue a degree in Coastal Land Use Policy.Lynda's Bachelor's degree is in Poetry and her Masters is in Earth Systems with an emphasis in journalism.

Im just so sickened by the vitriol in Linda's mailers, even tho in theory she did not sponsor them but Erik K did.
Putting Elizabeth Warren on the front page of one of them seemed so.....Trumpian. ...

Whoa, Barry! This has everything to do with fundraising. Particularly from big wine. I have personally spoken with pro-GMO winemakers who have donated significantly to the Hopkins cause. Hopkins...

from The Press Democrat, 10/29:

EDITOR: Congratulations in advance to Noreen Evans and her supporters for the exemplary way in which they have conducted themselves during the 5th District...

If it weren't for the supporters of the farm waif throwing whatever they can at the wall to see what sticks, we could all have a nice weekend.

A campaign contribution from a ten year old race at...

Actually, we know that Noreen will not sell out the environment to any 'big nasty donors' because of her actual voting record. Experience matters.

The landed gentry candidate took huge contributions from Syar Gravel Mining, Big Developers, and the Ratto Group. They intend to get something in return. The decisions the BOS makes in the coming...

Despite misleading posts from Dan Smith, Jonathan Greenberg and others, I do not want to close Sonoma West Medical Center (SWMC). I do want to sell or lease it to a qualified operator (like the...

Well, it's understandable in a presidential campaign. What I object to is the unprecedented amount of money going into a county supervisor's campaign -- $163,000 raised by just 9 Hopkins' supporters...

For those in the Fifth District, you have probably recently received several mailers from an independent expenditure campaign that in the last couple weeks has gathered over $163,000 from big wine,...

Here's an interesting piece from today's PD on two major Hopkins supporters:

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/6225339-181/santa-rosa-garbage-firm-facing

"To date, the county has fined Ratto...

Barry has stated several times, along with others, that the mudslinging started with Noreen or her supporters attacking Lynda first. Could someone supply the context for this, please? It seems to me...

The truth of the matter is that members of the Senate and assembly are not members of the coastal commission and do not have to attend meetings. Noreen was on an oversight committee that only needed...

"A couple thousand feet" or as we call it, about a half mile.

I guess when you get the gift of of a large parcel of Sonoma County real estate, what are a "couple thousand feet" give or take,...

The devoid of real facts mailers that Lynda's super pac is sending out is turning off many folks. Lynda keeps saying that she is running a positive campaign and has no control over her prime backers?...

from The Press Democrat, 10/24:

Follow the money
EDITOR: Contributions in the 5th Supervisorial District will exceed previous ...

:waccosun: Editorial ~ Craig Litwin for Sebastopol City Council :waccosun:


https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2016-10-23_16-21-34.pngI support write-in candidate,Craig Litwin for...

I agree with our wise geologist Jane. I appreciate Jonathan for the good work that he does, outside of being an elected official, as I have told him. It is my opinion that once elected as a council...

Sorry, I can't agree about Mr. Greenberg being a stellar candidate for a collaborative City Council. I'm not a Sebastopol voter, but I interviewed him for Sonoma County Conservation Action, and came...

And one last thought for this morning, do you all know any professional adult who mentions their dang ten year old degrees this much? Me neither.

The assault on Noreen is basically to lie, and then keep it up. I think the 5th Dist folks will see past all the BS.

John Dyson and his wife have contributed $9,500 to Hopkins and another $35,000 to Eric Koenigshofer's super PAC. He is a New York investor, former deputy mayor appointed by Rudy Giuliani, and part of...

There are posts here that claim more extreme river gravel mining will improve the river, that celebrate a candidate's ignorance and lack of experience, and frame her thin skin and shrill temperament...

from The Press Democrat, 10/19:

Evans and the coast
EDITOR: The letter criticizing Noreen Evans’ attendance at the California Coastal Conservancy reflects ignorance of her job as state senator...

Charles Lester, the Coastal Commission director recently deposed by Gov. Brown's appointees, lauded Noreen's service on the Commission in a fundraiser for her at Bodega Bay last month. I've done the...

As Bernie as so eloquently said many times Corporate Bosses own our governement. Why shouldn't workers and their unions have the right to participate in creating an economy that works for all- not...

i'm trying to imagine the seating up on the BOS chambers,depending on who wins. and where the heck would they place Lynda Hopkins?...i would guess she would just have to sit next to Gore, the Other...

Lynda's campaign has huge bucks to send all these mailers out and hire national poller's like Rand Corporation who have called my home twice now. First time was for rating our concern over the coast...

Again its interesting that Barry, Johnathan and Dan are afraid of unions (which are simply working people in collective action) standing together and aggregating their individual interests as...

Susan, thanks for your feedback. I am sorry you find my 'bold' font offensive. Really its just because i have a very time reading this clunky old interface on this sight and its hard for me to see...

Dear Eric,

What has happened to you? I’ve known you for over 30 years and have considered you a friend. I respected your zeal and participation in the local political process even though I...

Will she be producing more videos about manure then? She alienated lots of locals with that. I get that you find her dreamy for your own reasons (youth and inexperience as far as I can tell)--I...

I know I said I would write only once on this thread, but I feel compelled to respond to this. I realized I can no longer walk the tight rope of political correctness in order not to hurt a friend.
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Ken Sund brings up a very important consideration. When I first met Lynda Hopkins, she was a reporter for the Sonoma West Times/Hbg Gazette group, and since becoming a candidate she has told me face...

I think the problem here is that you have an unreasonable expectation of the kind of answer a candidate can honestly give. In fact I would say that if a candidate was willing to give you the kind of...

1. Both candidates moved to the district in the past year. Both say they did so because they like it here.

2. Your candidate is backed by wealthy developers and big wine. Noreen is backed by...

When you get election-related junk mail and when you get it depends on the "universe of registered voters" that the campaign selected when it produced the mailng list that went to the bulk mail house...