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I agree with Tommy. The front page of the current Sonoma West has a photo of people with signs such as "Love Trumps Hate." Yesterday, even in the rain, a group of people, mainly from Analy Hi, stood...

While I've never been a fan of this new building from a design and impact point, I'm wondering if the community "starves them out" as you suggest, what becomes of the building? I'm sure the sale...

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,...

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...

Lynda Hopkins may be an organic farmer with a fresh face and a couple of “Ivy League West” degrees, compared to Efren’s one. Like him, she represents the good old boy network. And it is her campaign...

yet. But you're right, for more retail you probably need a source of customers. Which leads to: clearly this hotel looks huge to some people. I don't think it does, but I wouldn't venture to guess...

Great question.
If I was her campaign consultant- ("former" republican) Muelrath with over $400,000. at my disposal, I would certainly hire all the paid workers I could to paper the county with her...

Hey Rossmen, you're on the right track about the out-of-town developers making it clear that they would take their toys and go home if they don't get the nod for their luxury liner. There is a subtle...

How you get I'm running from Evans from my posts i'm not sure. I'm leaning Evans at this point. I am still kicking the tires to some extent. I have noticed in my travels around the west county that...

Here's my campaign sign.

It sums up the 5th District Supervisor's race in a 2-word puzzle,

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You can figure out what this puzzle means if you research who's paying for the campaigns.

As someone born in Sebastopol struggling to be able to stay here like so many other young West County people, this hotel project seems to not meet the needs of the residents of Sebastopol. Sebastopol...

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2016-09-25_13-21-58.pngThis was posted on FB this morning by one of my friends who lives in Healdsburg…if we can't learn from the mistakes of our...

Kitty,

Thanks to respond. Maybe most folks around here agree with you, that's what I'm trying to find out.

I would however like to respond to your comments, maybe we can get some dialogue...

I want to echo what Dan says below about the Grange gathering. I also attended Lynda's Town Hall. I was impressed by how democratic, vibrant, diverse, and inclusive it was. Lynda's answers to...

I’m concerned about Jonathan Greenberg's candidacy for Sebastopol’s City Council.

On his website Mr. Greenberg asserts that he is Sebastopol's most effective advocate for re-opening Palm Drive...

I'm finding our current active discussion thread "What's with alll the Lynda Hopkins signs?" rather redundant these days, besides the discussion wandering way beyond the title, which I now notice is...

NOREEN EVANS...it all adds up

LYNDA HOPKINS + THEM = THE 1%

NOREEN EVANS + US = THE 99%

Just curious, but has either Hopkins or Evans commented publicly about the promotion of Erick Gelhaus? I haven't heard anything. My guess is that, just like ALL the elected officials in Sonoma...

unlike your twenty year career Tom, right....of course, you couldn't support Noreen- they would hang ya!
you and best buddy Efren, (whose now best buddy with Hopkins)...i can see why you might not...

The race in the 5th reminds me of the old adage, "the road to hell was paved with good intentions". Would you rather have a total novice with zero experience or someone with a track record? I don't...

In journalism it's always true that "if it bleeds, it leads." Bad news sells newspapers.

It should be pointed out that my brother Dan and sister in law Joan began funding life saving endevors here in Sonoma County decades ago. They funded needle exchange here in Sonoma County. They...

no, because private property. Rent's a way of converting your control of real estate into fungible assets - that part does become monetization 'because the market'. But it's rooted in the idea that...

I hate to say it, being a landlord at the moment who just raised the rent (reasonably, IMO) , "supply and demand" makes the rents go up thanks to:


Landlord born costs, generally, have not...

I find this anti union invective very disturbing. Certainly there have been serious abuses perpetrated by unions, usually when the upper management lost touch with their membership and became another...

I have no idea what caused Detroit's demise, but to point to unions as the cause and basing your stance on a few quotes from Forbes and USA Today is just shoddy research. Here's a few quotes that I...

Thank you photolite, as well as Tom Lynch, for your pertinent information and point of view. But what is Lynda Hopkins' hopefully brilliant solution to this financial mare's nest fundamentally...

<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:RelyOnVML/> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--> Community non-commercial radio is one of the best platforms for...

Thank you Tommy for your insightful comments on this thread.

Around 2003 the Sonoma Board of Supervisors and the City of Santa Rosa voted for 50% unfunded, retroactive increases in pensions, from...

I replied to your questions a few pages back. I said I was proud to work for SEIU and the working class. And I told you the average pension for our rank and file workers.

I'm very proud and...

Again- I post under my own name. I was never 'outed' anywhere (if you have actual factual evidence please post it) There seem to be a lot of people like yourself and Tom Lynch who think that any...

Update on Ernie's Assessment of the Hopkins Campaign: Firstly, it's getting weird out there. Would like to be a fly on the wall when Hopkins learned that her campaign manager/consultant/handler Bob...

The Sonoma Independent Solution just published a bold new Attainable Housing Coalition solution that calls for rezoning 1% of the County to allow 15,000 rentals for under $900 and 10,000 homes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SclV1ZR0F9MLet's revive and dust off this thread regarding affordable housing. At Friday nights debate in Bodega Bay, Noreen Evans said the solution to affordable...

35658I keep hearing that Lynda is a staunch environmentalist and she is not in the pocket of business and developers- even though she is being funded and endorsed by the Sonoma County Real Estate PAC...

The Board of Supervisors has the power to adopt standards regarding vineyard development and their environmental impact. The County of Sonoma bends over backwards to assist vineyards. Regulations are...

i had the good fortune of meeting Noreen Evans (i went to one of her public meet and greet) and i went there a little bit kicking and screaming.. my good friend asked me to "just try"..lol In...

The lady doth protest too much, methinks!

Politics is not an ideal debate form. It has evolved in North American as a peculiar art. Donald Derump has expanded the parameters to dangerous ground. Certainly, politics is not for the faint of...

Noreen Evans has worked hard for this County and the North Bay for MANY years. If you wish to disregard all that because of the Press Democrat (who hates her environmental activism) CREATED these...

I agree with Dorothy and Ron with regards to supporting Tom's non-violent direct action in the streets. This is certainly to his credit. I think that we need more such creative actions to draw...

I remember the large impression that Tom's act made on me and the public at large. Seeing a load of manure dumped at the doorstep of Santa Rosa's city hall brought to the eye of the public the issue...

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Hi Tommy,

The manure was actually composted that I got from Grab and Grow and put in Warren Dutton's manure spreader and tractor I rented. The City of Santa Rosa reused it on their...

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2016-03-25_21-33-09.pngSonoma County Conservation Action’s Board of Directors announced their endorsement of Noreen Evans for 5th District Sonoma...

I remember from an early grade that an act of civil disobedience (which had property impacts), was important in the creation of our nation. The wastewater violations were on growing and getting...

No Zeno,
I'm glad you both went to Stanford but What does it say when Lynda Hopkins, a candidate running for office in Sonoma County where rents are increasingly out of reach for workers, hires...

uh, that's kind of baffling. You seem to be saying there's no money involved, just go for a third eye solutions? Sounds intriguing anyway, whatever it means. I guess by dichotomy you mean Marin vs....

I hear this often ... get out, get out, get out ! ...

Well, many of our residents can't get out ... many of our residents are elderly and starting all over somewhere else is not an option ......

Well, there's affordable and then there's affordable. Affordable for whom? Poor people? Old people? Housing for people to buy, to rent or to merely occupy? Just for the struggling people of...