How transparent has this Board been? It was not even aware of the state of the finances of the hospital until March. Who was minding the store? Replace them with whom, you wonder? Well, Sonoma...

I have not said that the BOD is responsible for the financial situation. However much it inherited, I don't know, but what they did inherit they have not managed or resolved in a positive, prudent...

I'll selectively pick these two. Both of these beautifully illustrate the kind of fallacies that call the critical judgement of the poster in question. Sorry that sounds more personal than I quite...

I respect and understand this point of view. If you can prove that this BOD is in dereliction of duty, that they caused the financial failure, then I would agree. But the fact is that the hospital...

This Board of Directors, God Bless 'em, has been in place for some time and we have gone from the frying pan into the fire. I do believe we need new leadership, new stewards, to guide us prudently...

Again, I wonder, who is minding the store? How is it possible that the CFO didn't mention these drastic finances (if true). Doesn't the Board hire the CEO, and isn't that CEO accountable to the...

Even the phonetics involved with the pronunciation of the word "Fukushima" are seemingly insulting expletives that might be suggestive of a payback for Hiroshima, in the plot-line of a South Park,...

Well, I suppose that couldn't hurt. But if we are going to go there then there is no safe level of just living. We're all going to die.

With the effects of radiation, how radiation damages...

:biglaugh:


Before I started reading this thread (occasionally, not every link), I was leaning toward thinking there was an extreme and immediate threat to those of us on the West...

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I'm sure the attempt to personalize this discussion by calling out an unidentified "you" can't possibly refer to me as I've never made comments about the public health...

There are many reasons for the Palm Drive closure, but none of them are based on the hysterical "dereliction of duty", "remove them from office" attacks on the Board. Hospital finances are very...

Good to know there are scientists out there being vigilant about this.

From what I read from the real experts about radioactivity it's all about the levels.

I noticed this paragraph in the...

Last night I drove over to Palm Drive Hospital to join the candle light vigil protesting its closure by its elected Board of Directors. Even though it was 11:30 on a Sunday night it looked to me...

Yes indeed. We have a very successful worker operated enterprise only a few miles away- the Alvarado Street Bakery- 30 years old, over 100 worker managers, and last year the average person there made...

I read about this, excerpted below, in the PD today, here

If the hospital board could NOT vote tomorrow to close our hospital, but instead move toward a doctor-run takeover of the hospital, the...

Lydia's Express has come to Sebastopol! Serving incredibly healthy, delicious organic, gluten-free, vegan food. Some raw, some cooked, all optimally healthy!

Hop on the health train at Lydia's...

Thank Goddess, friends, for an independent lower court judiciary! This judge knows intimidating corporate bullshit when he sees it …I guess the claim that this was being done to (ahem) provide...

Dear Community,

I write to you all because I feel compelled to offer my voice regarding the “Women's Circles” which many of our friends are involved with. I am particularly referring here to the...

Hi Dave -:balance:
Please reconsider. Please do not reward CVS for doing the right thing by no longer selling tobacco products. I am disappointed, in fact, that you apparently have continued to...

The legal action continues. The city has responded to CVS' response to Sebastopol's request for a summary judgment in the case. Reading it leaves me feeling that our lawyers are doing an excellent...

The news just hit the home page of the PD, article by their EXCELLENT Mary Callahan, linkable here,
and pasted below

Last night's meeting went late and I joined more than a dozen citizens...

I was standing in front of the canned cat food aisle at Target last night when a couple walked up to buy some cat food. The guy suggested a seafood variety and his friend said, "No. I'm not buying...

I want to appreciate Jonathan for doing such a good job of keeping us updated on this important issue and for expanding it beyond our small town of Sebastopol to what is happening in Petaluma. We...

An update: I have been advised that unfortunately, cities cannot receive their legal fees back, even if they prevail in lawsuits like this, except under very narrow circumstances (probably proving...

Earlier today, Sebastopol filed a motion for summary judgment, asking the Federal District Court in San Francisco to dismiss CVS' lawsuit. It is a great legal response--well argued and entirely...

Jonathan's analysis and resulting statement of the right of our community to decide, within legal limits, the disposition of the use of the land within our town is, in my opinion, valid and...

I don't know where to begin in responding to Photolite's comments quoted below.
Perhaps when Photolite writes that our City defending CVS' lawsuit:
"Feels to many of us like tyranny by the...

Before these uninformed rumors gather any more traction, I want to shed a some reality on the situation. I attended budget hearings through last year's process ending in June, and continue to analyze...

Here's a very good article in the New York Times about our new Mayor! :waccosun:
Barry


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Thanks to Dusty for the clarification. Community Market is a NOT FOR PROFIT, and it is "worker run" NOT worker owned-- which means that nope, there are no "profits" that are divided among the...

This was my letter in today's PD...


EDITOR: The struggle to restore the level of library service that local government managed to provide for a century took an Orwellian turn as our supervisors...

Benches are vital in a pedestrian-based community! There's a hand-made bench at the corner of Gravenstein Hwy. and Fellers Lane. Check it out. No due process/permits/$ required! How about some...

Great article regarding the November Cotati City Council vote rejecting the addition of fluoridation chemicals to water supplied by the Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA).

By Lynn Kwitt,...

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration. -Andrew...

The struggle to restore library hours back to where they were three years ago, before a hugely unpopular, and unprecedented 25% cutback in hours began depriving tens of thousands of us libraries...

I think it is honorable and thoughtful for politicians to have a well-rounded view and for them to take into consideration the circumstances of all concerned. My objection to the City Council vote...

Please join me at our City Council meeting this evening, Tuesday, November 5, at 425 Morris St, for public comment about 6:10 pm, to ask our Council Members to reverse their opposition to allowing...

This is one of the most saddening "community watchdog" subjects that I have posted on. I have enthusiastically supported many of the actions taken by Mayor Michael Kyes, Vice Mayor Robert Jacob, and...

​It has been more than two years since Sonoma County libraries suffered an unprecedented 25% cutback in hours, locking their doors on most evenings, and on Mondays, for the first time in a century. ...

My letter to the editor from the Press Democrat is below and I will help with any recall effort, if (sadly) needed:

Carrillo and Newsom
EDITOR: Let’s take a closer look at the comparison between...

No need to invite him; he'll be coming through the window, invited or not.:crazysmile:

C'mon Judge Chouteau.
You have got to be kidding me with your
"General Order Re: Expressive Activity" banning protests on the courthouse steps.
...

I'm delighted to see that 18 people indicated they are interested in a monthly salon! Since I just set up our Annual Picnic for Sunday, Oct 6th at Ragle, I'll hold off starting the Salons til...

I've been thinking about a monthly WaccoBB salon for a while! If you'd be interested in coming to one, please click gratitude.
Barry:waccosun:

Beautifully stated, sandoak ...

Really, what kind of world do we want to live in? A world where we further injure those that have made mistakes or a world where we help them to recover from those...

I like apologies, and Efren’s statement to the Board of Supervisors is an unqualified, no-excuses apology. This is rare from a human being. From a politician it’s exhilarating fresh air.

I liked...

Dear Jon Box,
“The truth will come out,” you say, so we should just "sit tight" for the legal system without also using the court of public opinion. I doubt that we will ever know the full truth,...

https://www.hotpress.com/news/Israeli-Supreme-Court-Backs-Work-of-Irish-Scientist-on-Fluoride/10088280.html

The excellent PowerPoint by Irish scientist Declan Waugh, whose work contributed to the...

Iran/Contra occurred during Reagan's administration, not Nixon's.

ok, I'll broaden my observation. There are a lot of people speculating on what happened. There's another, somewhat overlapping group calling for his resignation. The most entertaining and largest...