An ad hominem attack would be to question someone's motives or character. Its less well-known variant, mentioned in another post by Sebastacat (sic), the ad homonym attack, would be to question...

I also thank you, Edward, for the contact information.
I also have just written an email to Efren Carrillo with a copy to Susan Upchurch. I stated my opinion that I was horrified he would terrorize...

I have to (politely) disagree with you here, Barry; this post doesn't sound strident to me at all, but true and to the point, and in this part:

"I will also tell you with confidence and clarity...

First off, 'destroyed' is a bit hyperbolic. Reputations in politics are nowhere near as fragile as all that. Maybe unfortunately, you can't play in that arena if you find insults, mocking, and...

The last few comments on this thread have disturbed me and I'd like to address them:



While I agree that "being respectful in situations like these is the most effective way" I don't agree that...

Efren is probably out, in my opinion, from reading the powerful North Bay Labor Council's request that he resign, signed by its ED Lisa Maldonado, a leading Latino activist and from today's PD...

Bruce,

I see nothing "reactionary, judgmental and hostile as my Republican mother and Christian sister" about we citizens in Efren's district suggesting that he is wrong not to apologize to the...

Friends—

We received a private email in response to Elizabeth's post about Carrillo (that was Elizabeth's, she just forgot to sign it), and while I want to respect the person's privacy, I need to...

I don't understand why ppl keep treating this like it's just a sex scandal. And, with your type of thinking, isn't there a danger of this happening?: " If charged and convicted of a felony he...

I agree that it seems unlikely that he would flat-out resign, unless there's actually a conviction for an offense that mandates more than just a fine. Is there such a thing as a leave of absence,...

I can't believe it. He recently froze the application for a grant for Forestville's Downtown Open Space Park and Bike/Trail Extension. Now it'll probably get sold to a foreign developer. I don't know...

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Thanks Peggy, I did not mean to sound so correcting though. Thank you for your understanding. I have heard similar over the years and it could be your memory is fine.

Hoping no one gets hurt...

I have to take exception to the comments about not hunting with dogs being related to the bear population increase and what we are seeing here in West County.

The reason why is the law against...

Gypsey and Chris are right. As a teacher of all grades and now with my own preschool, I teach children to develop a relationship with all things living on this planet. Where would they (and we) be...

my guess is the young bear(s) are dead (probably), or moved northwestish of the river. the mama bear might be pregnant and hanging out in her home in the willow creek watershed. nobody has mentioned...

As I understand it,. the purpose of "coloring the bears" is to educate children about their re-emergence in our midst and how to prevent them from becoming attached to our human environment.
We all...

Hi Teri:

22615Read the text, and look for the crossed out words... I just put those business names in there as suggestions to anyone who would run with this idea and propose this way of supporting...

The mandatory bear proof containers have been very effective in the Tahoe Basin. Unfortunately there just aren't enough of them.

I don't read all of the posts in their entirety, which is a...

They probably have repopulated from bears that were at Ocean Song area as early as 1999 or from above Cazadero etc. as there are many over there yet. There are so many vineyards and other...

In 1999 there were bears raiding the trash at Ocean Song. With a male bear ranging up to 50 square miles and female up to 25 square miles it was only a matter of time I thought that bears would be...

I don't believe they relocate bears now. In Lake Tahoe they have just been shooting them :( In Mammoth they have a bear program that realy helped by mandatory bear proof trash storage and other...

Peggy this is a wonderful start.

22587I had an idea to get the word out to the community through the children, and to the parents, with a fact-filled and informative coloring sheet. I have found...

The County of Sonoma Department of Health Services (DHS) has created a "Fluoridation Advisory Committee" supposedly to make a recommendation regarding adding fluoride to the water provided by SCWA....

Please see new post at https://www.waccobb.net/forums/showthread.php?98925-The-Fluoridation-Advisory-Committee&p=167838#post167838 for the latest info on the June Fluoridation Advisory Committee...

Thanks once again, LilyPads, for this emotionally moving story. I continue to be amazed at what your outstanding and diligent research turns up.

What this woman went through with her beloved pets...

This is a post from 4 months ago on the StopSCFluoridation yahoo Group. I am copying it here because many people in the West County have animals, and even though many of them are on wells, people...

I thought that the final sentence in my post would be easily understood. Obviously I was mistaken

All of your thoughts-thoughts, not solutions- are valid common sense suggestions mentioned by...

This past Monday, the bear in question wandered onto my daughter's dads property in Forestville. They awoke to it "fishing" in their koi pond looking for breakfast. They took some pics then my 16...

I guess it would say that we are in favor of and asking for relocation of the bear(s) so a safe, wilder area. Maybe if enough people signed, they would find the funds somehow. I suppose we could...

How is this helpful? Personally I want to focus on whatever we can do to either relocate this bear or encourage it to move itself. I greatly appreciate the person who contacted DFG, respected their...

A million thanks for following up with DFG and also for this honest and balanced post. You have my gratitude!

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When I went to the Sonoma County Supervisors' meeting on February 26, 2013, one of the main...

Having read all of these bear-related posts, and the reports of sightings from Occidental Ridge to Willow Creek to Camp Meeker to Monte Rio, and knowing someone who spotted two juvenile-sized bears...

Peggy (and anyone else who may be confused about this), commonly on sites like Wacco, when an url is posted, part of it is suppressed (not displayed) so we don't get super-long urls taking up space...

Thanks all for the passion and concern about this vital topic. And thanks Sebastacat for your kind words about my work. I blush! But really it's nice to see my efforts appreciated.

I am very...

I think there's another dimension to add to this - all this fluoride is going to end up in the environment and I think potentially in all water supplies (individual wells, other water sources, etc.)....

Not to worry about this - rainwater falling on the hills to the west either runs off or sinks underground and then moves downhill INTO the Laguna, not the other way. Water does not flow uphill...

While Alexia's general point, that you may well be exposed to fluoridated water many places is valid, I want to point out that it's a bit over stated.

Not "All" restaurants, farmers, backyards,...

The whole excuse is to abate 'tooth decay in underprivileged children"?

It occurred to me that wherever you stand on the fluoride issue, even if just slightly concerned but thinking a little won't...

Has anyone besides me noticed how we have all united on Wacco to talk about wildlife and especially "our" bear? With all due respect to my fellow feisty, caring Wacco-ites, today we're not arguing,...

Hi Scott, I was so pleased to hear that there is a bear in your area, and also worried. I moved from Sebastopol to the foothills a few years ago, right into bear country, and have lived in close...

I lived on Vancouver Island for 13 years so saw black bears often. When cubs are two years old, the mother kicks them out and they often wander toward civilization as they learn to live...

Today (Sunday) just a little after 12 noon a fairly large bear walked through our neighborhood and my property. I live on Green Hill Road near Sturgeon Mill between Occidental Road and Graton Road....

Thanks so much for posting this. You made my Memorial Day weekend!

I, too, hope that the people of this county are as smart as their Portland counterparts.

The task now, as I see it, is to...

Hope Sonoma County is this smart! https://www.fluoridealert.org/articles/portland_victory/

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Thanks all for the conversation here.

I wanted to let folks know that I've created a central webpage for local Sonoma County actions about community water fluoridation (CWF), which offers a handy...

Hello, Waccobbians...

I want to address a couple of points made by two of the posters today.

Nancy: I am NOT a member of any camp. If you want to put me in a "camp" just for expressing my...

RnoMistakes:


Amen!!

That's what I said a couple days ago. Apparently, by the number of gratitudes which I received, several others in our wonderful community would like to see that...

Why not compromise? Anyone ever attended the Thursday night farmers market in San Rafael? I'd love to have two farmers markets on two different days. The current Sunday market in the Plaza is...