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Here is a graph I picked up on Paul Krugman's NY Times blog from a few days ago. The data is from the Economic Policy Institute. For me, this says a lot about how our economic system, as it has...

The following is what I said at the City Council hearing on Thursday....I hope you share my sentiments and if you do let the council and the Pellinis know...in the spirit of consensus, Magick

You...

Aug 12, 2012
I want to post publicly what I said to Kenyon in person recently, which is that I offer my apologies for the tone of this article. While I still think the main point of the article,...

CVS & The battle for a ‘green’ Sebastopol




Published June 27, 2012 SONOMAWEST

by Jonathan Greenberg

The ongoing struggle to rein in a downtown land grab by CVS and Chase, two highly...

Who wants it?

I take it there are local people who would like to see the project approved despite all the misgivings that have been expressed about it. I'd like to know just who they are and why...

I've attended every DRB meeting on this subject for the past year. Not until the last meeting did I feel the DRB was actually basing their opinion on the General Plan. I'm still surprised they...

Or better yet, a WALK and shop deal - which is what we really want in the center of downtown.

Yes, and most of what we say and do is fair in love and war... You've raised something you call human behavior, and regulate and change. Here's another term — status quo. Here's one: Corporate...

Congressman Dennis Kucinich, the tireless warrior for peace, will be campaigning with Norman in a series of events this Sunday in Marin and Sonoma counties.

TELL YOUR FRIENDS. BRING YOUR...

Ya know, I have been of a split mind about this project for some time.

Philosophically, I actually agree with the project because it would place a public-good service in the center of town, it...

Hello Peeps

Here we go again ... CVS/Chase is back the same old poorly designed suburban strip project in this month's flavor ... brick! The next meeting is Wednesday, May 30 at 4 pm. at the...

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The...

Yeah, you're right. I had a little wine with friends last night and had been nursing a grip for some time about the decline of grammar spelling and punctuation online among professionals and the...

I can choose not to patronize the businesses, and I can ignore a whole lot of bad design, but if the traffic at that intersection isn't going to be improved by this proposal......then I'll fight!

Gee. I saw the typo, scrupulous vs. unscrupulous. I understood what the poster meant by the rest of their comments. But "Occupy the language?" Puleese!

A few thoughts:

1. Our City can only regulate types of businesses to the extend allowed by the City's Municipal Code. Going beyond the powers described in the code amounts to tyranny. That said,...

The City Council rejected the CVS/Chase design last night! :Clap:
See the PD article here.

Today, after a hearing of less than an hour and a half, the DRB voted 3 to 1 to deny approval of the Project at 6877 Sebastopol Road (formerly Pellini Chevrolet). The applicant had made a request,...

The whole project was denied in short order by the DRB. It will surely be appealed to the City Council soon - so stay tuned!!

IMPORTANT:

It was brought to my attention that all email correspondence to individual city council members should also be copied to the Sebastopol Planning Director, Kenyon Webster, at...

Here is another document that you should review- the City of Sebastopol Design Review Guidelines. These are concrete, defensible grounds upon which to deny the CVS/Chase project or cause it to...

Excellent post, John - thanks for all the detail. At the risk of getting stoned from all directions, I have to say I am a little mixed here. I think the project has improved greatly and could be...

The meeting ended around 8 P.M. Three of the DRB members strongly and eloquently voiced their opposition to the current proposal, on a variety of good, solid grounds. They essentially indicated that...

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Let's occupy this corner! Make it close to home and personal!

The developer is not getting tired- they are getting pissed. I hate to sound like the harbinger of doom, but is less likely that CVS/Chase will "get tired and go away" than they will ramp up the...

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The DRB continued to hear...

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Sebastopol group files suit demanding traffic study for new pharmacy
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Here's the fixed URL for the Feynman video: https://www.youtube.com/user/pbrinton?feature=mhee#p/f/0/wMFPe-DwULM
In fact, here's the video:


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I visited CVS today and spoke to an employee about the upcoming move. This individual is telling all her customers to contact the CVS Corporate Office and let them know that many people do not think...

As most of you know, the developer representing CVS has appealed the Planning Commission's denial of the Negative Declaration to the City Council. This issue comes to the Council next Tuesday, July...

from delancyplace.com:

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In today's encore excerpt - veteran prison counselor Sunny Schwartz embarks on the
task of...

- Transition Voice - https://transitionvoice.com -

Learning from the Community of the Land

Posted By Shepherd Bliss On June 23, 2011

A word to the wise: let a chicken be your guide. Photo:...

I'm not surprised that CVS is appealing as they have a real incentive in moving to the Pellini location given it's proximity to Palm Drive Hospital and the Medical offices. However, the Redwood...

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Dear Noah,
We could have sworn you said the ark wasn't leaving till 5.
Sincerely,
Unicorns

Dear World,
Please stop freaking out about 2012. Our calendars ends there because some Spanish dirt...

From what you've described in the first portion of your (edited) statement, the police officer was following procedure to ensure his own safety. While it sounds like your son did nothing wrong,...

( Video was removed from YouTube. You can download this audio book for free here:
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Last night my husband, my 19 year old son, and I went to see Hoytus in Sebastopol at Aubergine. At about 11 PM my son decided to go out and take a walk down town to just see what's going on further...

It's flooded:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSvvmrB7qEg

https://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/51446-danish-scientist-indicted-in-us.html

American prosecutors are seeking to extradite a Danish scientist who a federal grand jury in Atlanta has...

Didn't Safeway in Santa Rosa have to build a mixed-use development in order to expand over on Mendo ave?

If CVS and Citibank are expanding in Sebastopol, seems that the city of Sebastopol can...

Here's a follow-up to my original posting. I attended a design review meeting Wednesday and confirmed that what is being proposed is a suburban strip center with a big CVS box with a drive thru...

Thanks for posting this. The site above has helpful links along with excellent disturbing video by Jonathan Greenburg of Progressive Source Communications in Sebastopol of someone using a gas powered...

While in China , a man is very sexually promiscuous but does not use a condom during the time he is there.
A week after arriving back home in the States he wakes one morning to find his penis...

Hello,

I'm looking to collaborate with "Tiny House" enthusiasts and Acreage Property Owners to strike a deal.

For the last several years I have lived in a 450 square foot studio, and while...

.... are you searching for a silver bullet or are we out of balance? :Yinyangv:

If the the only acceptable way to have time off is to be sick, and even being sick (being human and vulnerable to...

The time has come (if not passed) for us to come together and focus on what we want - especially the kind of lives and world we want and that we'll leave the next generation. How can we support each...

Two more things that also significantly effect health that need to be stated again:
1) It is vitally important to make sure that you eat well; but not too much. Small amounts of food throughout...