Compassion doesn't take us down; it's acting with compassion directly (person to person) without due diligence, or if our compassion serves us in some way, which creates a positive perception fed by...

Beautifully and soulfully expressed. Who was it that said "The poor you will always have with you"? Are we being Christ-like to accept this? Maybe better to reflect on this "there but for the...

As some of you know, I was a director of the Palm Drive Health Care District for several years. Last May, I resigned from the board out of frustration with the District’s poor fiscal management and...

Reposted from Lynda Hopkins Facebook page
I am grateful to my colleagues on the Board of Supervisors for supporting a homeless emergency declaration regarding the Joe Rodota Trail in December, and...

I am with you. This is why I stopped using Nextdoor, because of all the hateful insults and arguing among neighbors. And we wonder why we are always engaged in endless wars. SMH

This thread is out of control and has no bearing on the facts.
I refuse to see any more of this ignorant, hateful rhetoric from twisted individuals who have absolutely no idea what they're talking...

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Turmoil in wake of Sebastopol flood clouds recovery at The Barlow
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Sebastopol flood swamped...

I'll respond to the two previous posts here. I disagree that moving the market to the Community Center parking lot will be a success. It's at one end of town away from the hub of vitality in...

The local businesses (hypocritically) complained for years about the congestion and parking issues caused by the market.
It happens with many farmers' markets, and in most cases I have seen the...

While this post makes very little sense to me I am curious as to the reasons behind the cancellation of the Occidental Farmers Market. I thought it was a fun, well attended Friday evening event and...

This is such an intelligent and brilliant summary / comment / response.
The questions asked and the issues complexity outlined ...
My environmental science teacher said,
"Most environmental...

My doctor advises me that if I have a trauma or a possible heart attack or stroke to not go to urgent care because the docs there won't know any more about taking care of me than an ambulance medic. ...

When this project was first proposed Sebastopol Water Information Group (SWiG), went to the city meeting and told and showed with maps that Zimpher Creek had been buried underneath the Barlow. While...

I agree with Shepherd - unless the Barlow buildings were built above historic flood levels, it is challenging to rely upon this technology and a rapid response team to keep out that much water. We've...

Several points should be made.

One, those who would vote yes tend to want a "hospital" at all costs, any kind of hospital, whether it offers emergency room services or not. They conflate the...

No

Let the private market determine how many drinking establishments are needed. If these places are legitimate businesses they will stay in business and if they fail then there are too many. Let the...

What’s unclear to me is:
if the sale goes through and the voters vote to dissolve the district does the parcel tax end?

and

There was a high appraisal which included giving the building value...

I've been reading all the information trying to understand the two options we have. I'm hoping someone can offer an answer to a few questions:

1. If the measure passes, what assurance do we have...

oh come on. It's pretty reasonable to question whether too many bars in an area impact the neighborhood. In fact, I think it's pretty indisputable they do - note they don't let them next door to...

If they're successful, then the customers don't think there are too many, even though we might not agree.

Agreed. I personally do not shop there, but let's not diss the workers, please. Doing the best they can. All kinds of reasons why they might need this particular job.

John,

I am no fan of CVS or their corporate leaders and do not shop there. I do take offense at your attacking their workers as "slimy maggots". They are working people who need the job, and from...

I'm the Sebastopol newbie, so I don't know what your history with CVS is. It sounds bad, but may I offer a little different perspective? please without getting pummeled.

My daughter and I moved...

This grapevine is clearly more like the telephone game. I'm sure you learned from the city that the downtown cvs is. Peets is building a new coffee shop in their parking lot. The old cvs site is...

That would preclude having a chain (Peet's Coffee) store occupy a location in town, that would preclude allowing any chain (Trader Joe's) business from occupying space in town, but who believes we...

I'm so glad you mentioned traffic on quiet residential streets.
Drivers, please slow down on our residential streets. They are not highways.
Drivers, please stop at stop signs. A stop sign means...

Bike lanes are an attempt to make the roads safer for bicyclists,but they require everyone's participation to really make them safe. The person (walking?) in that picture could easily get hit by a...

As a long time resident I know how to get around the huge traffic backups that have resulted from this unfortunate turn of events. However,this may mean the end of a vibrant commercial downtown and...

https://www.sonomawest.com/sonoma_west_times_and_news/news/new-ada-ramps-for-sebastopol/article_2f249fdc-b6bc-11e8-b3a5-63b1725804ec.html

This is the most relevant Sonoma West article. It is about...

Actually, the Seb. City Council voted 4-1 for the bike lanes, with only Michael Carnarchi opposing them, as noted here on Waccobb.net and also in a recent front page article in Sonoma West.

I am...

as George Carlin said about driving, anyone faster than me is a maniac, anyone slower is a moron.

I have as much or more skepticism about the way policing is done as anyone, but it's a bit silly...

I also take some issue with: MikeHs post:
1) seems like you are stalking a sheriff. You said that he came to your home to harass you, did you file charges? Make a complaint? If you did not, you are...

“Over sized holstered gun” that is standard issue, not anything unusual. If you are not comfortable with guns you will usually have an issue with any gun at all. I know this first hand. OC, Taser,...

I can understand you being upset about Carmens', or that you think the Stark's new operation won't fit the neighborhood you dream of (which sadly is dying in a world with social media - not...

ahhh, a sense of humor is always appreciated : )

43382I confess that CVS is not as bad as feared, thanks to our city council's design changes (thank's in particular to Councilmember John Eder in particular). I still resent CVS's strong-armed and...

I'm curious how many people think the city will see a $30,000 profit from the development of this space...
We're talking the sale of the property, not some fantasy about tax dollars offsetting real...

You just made a great argument for building housing in town. Then the elderly, mobility challenged etc.will actually live close to services and won't need to drive and park.

Parking is NOT the key...

Not using the available parking at CVS is cutting off your nose to spite your face. Using the parking does not help or harm CVS.

:hearye:

ALL PARKING SPACES AT CVS
ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE!

:waccosun::waccosun::waccosun:

This was a condition of their approval that they agreed to.
You should have no...

good to know. i have never had a challenging parking experience in Sebastopol. (outside of major events when i expected difficulties and was able to plan for parking. i opposed cvs. i understand that...

i believe we have handicap parking spaces for those who are not able to walk short distances. last sunday i was at hop monk (there was a benefit/event), and i went past 3 such spaces to park by cvs...

From what I can gather after reading all of the posts on two threads (!) on the topic of harassment in our local schools I have some outside observations:

This girl was touched inappropriately...

Pine Grove is returning to the Sebastopol City Council next Tuesday, Jan 16th, starting at 6pm at the Sebastopol Community Center Youth Annex (Teen Center).

The parking study has been completed...

I'm pretty certain that the school officials are aware of this thread, and in this particular community, are aware how litigious they can be. I highly doubt if I were in their position that I'd meet...

Seems like these boys may be taking clues from our President.

In 2003 the Sebastopol City Council recognized that the old apple processing district in the northeast area of the city would eventually come under pressure to develop. The General Plan at the time...

Those were market rate houses, that would not have helped the housing situation of the low or even medium income. That is why we organized and stopped it.