I said that, albeit using my highly evolved diplomatic skills :wink:

https://www.garden-counselor-lawn-care.com/images/gopher-look-like-5.jpgI'm actually not all that woo-woo, but I'll be damned that the period when I went out into my yard weekly and "asked the gopher...

Ernie Carpenter posted a very clear statement regarding why he is running for Efren's seat.

I moved it to our article section. See it here: Why I am running for the Board of Supervisors.

Barry

Let's take the Dutro plant, for instance: Millions of tax dollars that were spent on reinvigorating Schollenberger park have been squandered by vote for Dutro to proceed. The park, along with three...

"Lazy, not me. I'm challenging our sitting Senator on this. What are you doing besides posting foul language here, and ignoring the loss of our rights under this President? Careful though; you're...

As I've said before, Free Speech does not apply here. Should anybody else want to chime with criticism of Food For Thought or any of it's directors, please be sure to include:

Your full real name...

Let's start calling it 'freeish speech'!
I beg to differ, so called; ‘free speech’ is not absolute. Even in law slander, inciting violence or crime, libel, and obscenity are considered exceptions to...

I am elated that the Rialto is back- it has been a struggle for me to avoid patronizing the rip-off Summerfield Cinemas while it has been dormant. To have the Rialto locating in Sebastopol is a dream...

Ernie Carpenter
WaccoBB.net

Here is a report from the April, Santa Rosa Wine Industry conference. It is official folks; the wine industry is eying the coast for cheap lands and the next big boom...

Attempts at character assassination and personal attacks, particularly against such well-loved and respected members of our community as Ron and Rachel, say infinitely more about the attacker than...

What? I just sent the guy a "private email" saying I thought "occupy the language" was great! What did I miss here? Not the fact that you mis-capitalized in your quote.

Look, the city staff left everyone out to dry when the planning commission denied this in the first place. This has turned into Friends of Pellinis vs. Sebastopol.

There has been an attempt to...

Trying to appear as two different users is out of integrity. If you try to deny it, you are further out of integrity.


Agreed!


The only FACT you posted was the link to their IRS Form 990....

I can't say whether Food For Thought is well run or not (but if they've got 500 volunteers they must be doing something right! And managing an organization with 500 volunteers is a significant task!)...

PS: given that nearly all the food is donated or grown in their gardens, it actually does make a bit of sense that they wouldn't be putting much of their budget into food.....simply because they...

Uhhh.... MOST DEFINITELY not "weeping"!! I just found a few days ago one of my card board boxes with a PUDDLE on it. Checked out everything and a stack of plastic totes each had a puddle! ...

I too appreciate the posts that are supportive of Paula - I was a vendor in the early days - for many years I sold cut flowers. She was always fair and square - and fun, too. She took the manager...

The following is from Scott Wilson who sells pottery at the Santa Rosa and Sebastopol markets:

SR is not the only market Redwood Empire is trying to take over. They went to the City of Rohnert...

Hello Waccoland,

Wanted to respond to the critical posts I read lately on Wacco about Paula. As some of you know, I have been a vendor in the Sebastopol market for over 10 years, and on occasion I...

Great post, Neil! I agree wholeheartedly! I don't have any ponies in this race either, or rather, I have good connections to both sides.

My experience with running this site, admittedly as a...

As a farmer and member of a farming family, I have sold farm produce on no less than 25 different farmers markets in four states spanning several decades. I've dealt with the various market...

I want to point out that the comments below are from craft vendors rather than farmers. That's ironic since one of the new group's (REFM) complaints (see quote from Dan below) was that Paula let in...

While reading through this thread, I kept thinking: Wow! We are so lucky to live in an area where small farms abound . . . AND the community wants to get their food directly from those farmers. ...

Hi Barry,

Cute cat :) Good for you for getting to a neighborhood disaster preparedness meeting. I'd take your chances with a collar getting lost over the stronger possibility of Rudy developing...

The arguement that there are too many crafters is just bogus. Paula works to keep the market full, and there are times in the season where there is more, or less, produce that is ripe. during those...

[Farmer Dan has chosen to remove his post that I am responding to. - Barry]

Seems like you have a dog in this fight, Dan. Are you involved with Gleason Ranch, which it sounds like is bidding to...

Ron Paul's useful idiots on the leftProgressives who make common cause with Paul on US foreign policy ignore his stunningly reactionary views on everything else
...

[Paula Downing asked me to post this for her.]

Hi, This is Paula, contributing my two cents as the Sebastopol farm market manager:

When you think about the Barlow, just think about the possible...

A grand presumption that generally rules on project design is that everyone's schedule should be the same, 8 to 5 work and 10 Pm to bed, there's many who would like a more involved night time scene,...

Not all fats are created equal. Animal fats from healthy animals along with unrefined plant oils are what we evolved to eat, and a person with a healthy digestive system will not have trouble...

By Laurel Blair, NTP
WaccoBB.net

Since publishing my recent article about the current epidemic of low stomach acid, I’ve received questions from several readers wondering what can be done for...

Mark,
While "technically true", your point is naive, in my opinion.

Saying that "people are perfectly capable of making their own choices".. that "it's not up to the City and the planning...

I think casting aspersions on "middle-aged, upper class liberals" isn't very helpful or an accurate assessment of the situation.

I certainly agree that rents are ridiculously high and landlords...

Don't bet on it! When I used to work in mental health and took a mental health client from the residential facility to the dentist's office, the mouthwash bottles in the dentist's bathroom turned up...

One main point that ought to still really be emphasized regarding this CVS/Chase thing is
the traffic. Bad enough they're putting in suburban sprawl, but drive-through means an untenable increase...

There will be a total of 3 store locations which are vacant at the Redwood Shopping Center after CVS relocates. Won't that current location become blight? How does the council plan to handle that?

Being female, I don't have a penis of any configuration. However, it does not take a genius to observe differences in sensitivity and function, albeit on a second-hand (ahem) basis.

There was an...

On day I imagine hearing town folk say "Why the hell did we let that go in? Now all we have are these corporate chains taking our money away from the community and undercutting local merchants 'til...

The conference is now underway in Rome and the IntactAmerica team is there trying to counter the lies spread by the likes of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, who seem determined to inflict the...

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised


You will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip,...

Interesting article in its miscellaneous parts. But in a way deeply offensive, in typical media manner, bunching a huge variety of "alternative" lifestyle issues into one basket. Many of our...

I have done business with Greg's tires for many years. If I have a problem I go back to them and they take care of it.
I would suggest the same to those that have a problem. It is a real dis-service...

LOL!
So funny, Dixon, this is just the kind of response I was afraid of, Cold, Dry and full of Ego. Oh well.
And BTW, Dixon, who said I was "poor", I would not qualify myself as such.



Um......

Hi All...

I am passing along information about city council candidate, Ron Basso, that I believe that the voting public should be aware of.

Ron was arrested in January 2008 in Rohnert Park. ...

9949After watching a debate in person and reading through the many articles, interviews and questionnaires of the Sebastopol City Council Candidates I have decided to support:

Sarah Gurney
...

I agree with Conrad that each of us is fallible, deserving of tolerance and empathy, and has the capacity for redemption. If Ron Basso has experienced an epiphany in the years since I left his...