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Sorry O.W.
All the Riverkeeper staff that live in the Fifth District (Anastasia Hammond-Guerneville) are voting for Lynda Hopkins, along with former Riverkeeper president Fred Euphrat, and...

Thank you Larry Hanson, Shepherd, and WaccoBB’ers for all your good works protecting our waterways and environment. There have been many and continuing improvements in Sonoma County’s vineyards and...

From Sonoma West:

Agent of harmony

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https://i.imgur.com/yv1Iu.png
Out of Hear: The Pot and the Kettle
Frank Robertson ​11/02/16

With only a few days left to worry about the Fifth DistrictSupervisors’ race some of us may feel a...

Haven't sent yet...will review...T.L.

Hopkins has strong values

I have known Lynda Hopkins intimately for fourteen years, and been married to her for six. We met while in Stanford’s Earth Systems program, where we studied land use,...

from Vesta Copestakes (Editor/Publisher of Sonoma County Gazette)

My FAVORITE Letter to the Editor about the 5th District election - THANK YOU Scott!!!

BIG-MONEY GIRL DOES GOOD

I understand...

Ahem...(cough...cough)...Mouse, India, whoever you are (Lisa? :)...you're info on Wacco says you live in Monte Rio...sorry, but that means you can't vote for anyone in the Sebastopol election.

I...

For the record, we're not talking about Noreen's vote for the massive retroactive pension increase at the County, but rather the city of Santa Rosa. With a 100% voting record to defend these...

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)

THE SECOND COMING


Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot...

Some people have no shame, can we keep our public servants out of the line of fire, and not slander them? I don't think any of our public servants from either camp, should have their integrity...

Hi Tommy,
Welcome back to “The Thread” J…I’m assuming that your comment rejoining the conversation, as a “Barry’s Pick”,allows me to revisit the issue of unfunded pension obligations, for the...

Hi Ken,

I have told Lynda this is my last year on the Planning Commission (eight years come January :).

Ken, what have I done on the Planning Commission that you are unhappy with? What did "Tom...

Roseland Debate video:

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2016-10-07_23-14-10.pngVesta Copestakes My favorite quote from the video is from Nancy Polosi - inLynda Hopkins' opening...

WHOAAAAA THERE LISA!!! Jesus, I know some have said you and I suffer from foot in mouth disease, but you take the cake … (justkidding :wink: ), but come on, I’m sure a lot of people are reading your...

37790I agree with Chris Smith, the thug defacing Lynda's sign is costing Noreen more than the 1% the cretin is writing.

Also as the union hit piece continues to air on the radio, I believe more...

Thank you Barry...

Our rural communities are dying, we're losing population, especially the young and those that work in our communities, who's children used to go to our schools. We are becoming...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmF1WmJz9AE&feature=youtu.be

Wow...Monte Rio Forum...Difference of Night and Day between Lynda Hopkins and Noreen Evans.

Sorry, but Noreen doesn't have a clue...

From : Vesta Copestakes (Publisher of Sonoma County Gazette - via FB)


People want to know the details of why I endorsed Lynda Hopkins instead of Noreen Evans. As I come up with replies - if ...

Ross...you are a man after my own heart :)...

BS is like money, it only works if you spread it around...

Thank you Barry, Patrick, Lisa et al,

I will endeavor toward brief comments...thank you Barry for removing the digest.

L, Tom

Thank you Barry for sharing your honest opinions in this forum.

Majority at Monte Rio Forum Wednesday night, saw Lynda Hopkins as an exciting, visionary, courageous new leader, that Sonoma County...

Thank you Dan Gurney for your years of public service, and thank you for your kind words toward our next Supervisor Lynda Hopkins. Likewise Shepherd thank you for your continuing good vibes, we...

Marty,

You should read Noreen's comments in the Sonoma County Gazette, "Why not put these public employee pension assets to work for all of us, building housing affordable to our working...

Great new column in Sonoma West from Frank Robertson...

https://www.sonomawest.com/sonoma_west_times_and_news/opinion/columns/out-of-hear/article_35e61b62-7a9f-11e6-9f35-cb7350838df0.html
...

Wow...from an old manure disturber...our next Supervisor Lynda is a girl after my own heart :)...Joe Bob say's check this out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1-Q6R8XT-Y

Sorry...took me a while to respond...busy weekend, just got back from my daughter's voice lesson :).

-Tim Sergent most assuredly got third place, a great campaign with mailer's, signs, precinct...

Marty,

I am not trying to "destroy the reputation" of Noreen, she is a very nice person, I've always liked her, but I believe her twenty year career, much of which represented the first wave of...

Ready to Build JR Units!

A recent decision by the Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) board to eliminate water connection fees for JR units means that homeowners in San Rafael, Tiburon, Fairfax...

Marty,

You're absolutely right, Noreen didn't vote for the 50% unfunded increase that is bankrupting Sonoma County. Noreen voted for the 50% unfunded increase while on the Santa Rosa City Council...

Wow Tommy...that is just GREAT NEWS! I am so excited...

Proud to be part of this effort in encouraging "Junior Second Dwelling Units". Please e-mail the Supervisors and try to attend this board...

Hi Marty,

I agree, it's the classic a rising tide lifts all boats, including management and safety...and their retirements are off the charts.

Our public servants are as much a victim of these...

Sing it to me Jonathan!

So if you are a progressive Democrat in favor of fiscally sound policies that restore cuts to homeless services, social programs, roads, schools, environmental restoration...

Au Contraire Mon Ami Lisa...but Noreen is bought-hook, line and sinker...by the first wave of retiring baby boomers who control the unions, the management, and most elected's. The latest from the...

Lisa,

I took your advice (see below), and simply went to SCERA's (Sonoma County Employee Retirement Assn.) Kelly Jenkins, and asked for ALL of the pension data--Names, Position, Years of...

It is simply unbelievable how much out-of-district money is being poured into the Fifth District race for Lynda and Noreen (neither of whom have ever voted in the district...sorry, sorry, sorry).
...

Thank you Jonathan for your kind words :). I decided to take our campaign for "junior second dwelling units" on the road today. I sent out a robocall (shhhh...shhhh), to 89000 "unique landlines",...

Are you kidding me? Noreen Evans moves here from Santa Rosa with over $80,000 of special interest money from the same boomers she represented at the city council and state legislature. Sorry---Fifth...

Appreciate folks concerns about campaign contributions. With SEIU's latest report showing $64,040 from SEIU PAC supporting Noreen, along with an additional $16,000 direct from labor organizations,...

Because I was the one that didn't make it to the interview. I absolutely support what they are doing, but couldn't find the time for the interview :).

kind regards, Tom Lynch

Good Morning Richard,

I'm not trying to pin anything on Unions, the members are as much a victim of our own devices as anyone else. The problem is of course our political leaders (especially...

I will respond to Lisa's old tired rhetoric later, for now we have a new breathtaking milestone in BOUGHT BY THE BOOMERS (Great title for a TV show---more ideas later :).

Needless to say as...

All well said Barry...

Noreen doesn't have a clue-doesn't have a plan-to make these massive unfunded pensions sustainable.

This from Transparent California, average retirement for a full-time...

Thank you Barry for your sage observations.

Richard and Brenda Nichols, known ya for 30 years, love ya...don't begrudge Brenda her pension for all her good works with Calpers at JC...the problem...

35919Nice sign Zeno, but I think our signs are better, real works of art :0).

kind regards to all (including Lisa Maldonado :).

Tom "Developer Lackey" Lynch

p.s. Thank you Shepherd for your...

OMG! I am shocked, shocked to find the unions just spent $17,196.11 on a mailer supporting Noreen Evans!!!! *

35874A Union PAC just divulged they have sent out a mailer in support of Noreen Evans!...

OMG...Lisa are you serious? I have been parsing this data for years with Freedom of Information Act requests and can have SCERA (Sonoma County Employee Retirement System) send me all of the data that...

Hi Lisa,

The link is to Transparent Nevada, which it appears is related to Transparent California...so you're saying they're funded by Koch Brothers? I donate to Transparent California, can you...

Owe! Sticks and stones may break my bones, but whips and chains... well, let's not even go there :).

Lisa, sorry you missed the below response of mine to Marty, of course Noreen has never voted as...

-If Government were bound by the same Actuarial requirements of private industry ERISA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employee_Retirement_Income_Security_Act), requiring a 7 year pay back of unfunded...