A simple review of Scamper's comments reads precisely like a paid operative. Harping on Lynda Hopkins' campaign contributions that have been discussed endlessly, with no real factual conclusion...

Yes, follow the money. Thanks for the admission, Marty. It explains alot of the smear Noreen's campaign spreads around.

Just a little caveat scamper. It's informative to know your zeal is tempered by a paycheck.

Knowing you are on her staff helps me a great deal to "interpret" your comments.

It's been my experience you have to watch who is on whose payroll in this business.

Marty, did you know Lynda took a vineyard out of production on her farm to grow other crops? What makes you think she would just bow to the wine industry? Did Noreen bow to her former donors while in...

If they're not on her payroll, they must go out and have a beer together occasionally. That's what we'd do if they were my pals.

No Barry, I disagree with Tom that Lynda will win and Noreen will lose. I was very proud of Tim's showing in the election. I believe he could have been in the top two with greater financial backing....

We can only guess, and be glad the 5th attracts such quality candidates. I'm not decided yet, and I pay attention, because our supervisor is the most important politician in my life. As a parent,...

Tom -

I disagree with you on this issue, but I do miss bantering with you. You always understood, during the election, that people could disagree with you, and never took it personal. Glad you...

That sure sounds disingenuous to me...

The whiff of anger and smear seems to permeate the unfounded accusations of Noreen's surrogates. I keep expecting them to exclaim that Crooked Lynda founded Isis.

Beshiva writes, " Efren, (whose...

I think hopkins will win because she got the most votes in the primary and the other two contenders who got substantial support were more in alignment with hopkins platform. Just doing the math....

I'm sure Noreen is not some delicate flower that will be crushed so easily Tom. She is a very experienced political player in northern California and adept at the game. It's even hard to tell who...

Scamper, no one is characterizing Evans' vote 20 years ago as particularly heinous, only that it demonstrates a pattern of serving her organized labor constituency, who back her with tens of...

Mostly likely people are tired of driving our atrocious roads and seeing other services cut, partly due to Evans' voting record on County pension obligations.
It appears that a majority of the...

The mailers sent out by the SEIU and Noreen's own mailers imply Lynda is bought and paid for by big business, wineries, real estate interests, and so on. Noreen has accepted money too, now and...

I agree. Whether you like Lynda Hopkins or not she has consistently taken the high road and has not run a negative campaign against her opponent, preferring to focus on issues and solutions. Noreen,...

Jeez. Is it too much to ask to have a breather from the rancor around this campaign? How about until September when the signs go back up.

Sweet shot:


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Hey, Tom! I was one of the recipients of your phone call and didn't mind a bit.
I just want to remind you and the other candidates that Tiny Homes on wheels should be included in the Jr. Second...

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What a ridiculous thing to write. Examples of Noreen and her supporters going negative abound. Take effrans endorsement of hopkins, he wrote that evans was an unresponsive representative, she...

Published first on Wacco and again [with many edits] in today's Press Democrat letters to the editor.

Letter pasted starting here:
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Fear-mongering politics

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FYI on housing... below is part of Efren Carrillo's column in the 6/1/16 Sonoma Gazette (go Vesta!). This is good news.


"In the coming weeks, our Board will be receiving recommendations from...

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I think that public employees need to have the right to collective bargaining. I was married to a high school teachers who, being a good teacher, would occasionally cross swords with the...

I have tried to articulate that there is a true difference between Public and Private unions, the most obvious is there are no owners controlling the money issues in public unions. Do you agree...

Lisa is the expert, but management is generally not in a union at all. And the really big union pensions go to police and fire.

Sebastopol political power broker Richard Nichols, a coordinator of the inappropriately named Sebastopol Tomorrow just wrote:

"I will be totally done with west co politics if people who should...

If you want to dismiss Churchill then you dispute his numbers. Rabbit didn't want him on the county budget committee cause rabbit is on the scera board and was elected in the last years of the sweet...

I want to thank the last dozen posters or so, both that agree with our endorsement of Lynda Hopkins, and those that do not, for returning the focus of this forum thread to its intention: which...

What "Peacetown" is concerned about is the diminishment of essential public services due to the escalating unfunded public employee pension obligation which is taking up a larger percentage of the...

OK you guys, quit bickering. The object of language is communication, not semantics. Who cares what word is capitalized. Perhaps you should capitalize all your stuff since you are both shouting at...

Today, I received another 9" X 12" mailer supporting Noreen Evans paid for by Service Employees International Union Local 1021 Candidate PAC. And yet, my questions to Lisa Maldonado remain...

I just re-read every one of Johnathon's post on this thread and nowhere could I find a single statement that is anti-Union. You insist on labeling him a Union Basher yet there is zero evidence of...

Pensions are an important issue that Noreen has been unwilling to talk about. Her solutions to the housing crisis are just what's being done now plus rent control, both proven to be ineffective. Her...

Tom should be proud that he is endorsed by the same organization, the Sonoma county GOP, that endorsed and will be working for Trump.

Things have got wickedly strange. Here is the evidence....

I have an idea, "Erik Perez." In late March, you commented on Wacco for the first time ever, as one of a dozen posts you have since made asking snide and accusatory questions about Hopkins, and me,...

Today, I received a mailer promoting Noreen Evans that was paid for by Service Employees International Union Local 1021 Candidate PAC. I researched how much money the SEIU contributed (by donation or...

Erik, this post was about an endorsement. You borrowed a page from the Newt Gingrich school of politics; "attack the messenger," to deflect from discussing the message. As per blue below.
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In answer to Marty's question, this excerpt from the Progressive Sebastopol Voter Guide June 2016

We share a concern about Hopkins’ donors from the construction and wine industries. Hopkins...

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Linda Hopkins has come under fire because much of her funding comes from interests that seem to be at odds with her professed values. I watched the video of the Sebastopol forum, and in particular...

I still think you are Lisa m, the writing is so similar.

What's really a turn off about many evans supporters is the whole us vs them ideology for a local position where we need a person who can listen to all 5th district concerns. Evans supporters tout...

Erik,

If you had taken the time to read the voter guide before your attacks on me above, you would see that the decision was made not by me, but by the nine people who comprise the endorsement...

Very interesting that the Republican's choice in the 5th District Supervisor race is Tom Lynch. This is the same person who has fed this entire online community with one issue...pensions. While at...

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Sonoma County Republican Party endorses Tom Lynch for 5th District supervisor

Sonoma County’s Republican Party is...

Lisa's modus operandi seems to be to insult those of us who raise valid questions she is unwilling or unable to honestly answer. She has done this repeatedly to me, podfish, you, Riverosprey, and...

Lisa, you frequently repeat, as you did with me earlier, that critics of the SEIU County pay deal are misinformed. And perhaps you are right. I am certainly not happy to learn Efren retires with six...