I find the hype about prices at Whole Foods tiresome. If you stick to the luxury items, it's expensive. But if you're just trying to get a well-rounded organic diet into your kitchen, it compares...

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...

I gotta comment on your line "I used to love Sebastopol".

What makes this place a great place to live is not the buildings, businesses or highways. It's the natural beauty of the area, closeness...

By the way, there are two openings on the Sebastopol Planning Commission for the upcoming four year terms.

If you want to be involved in planning for our town this is one way to do it.

More...

" were you here for the fight to stop the Barlow? It was not welcomed by many and many fought it. "

This is an interesting re-write of history. As I remember it, the huge fight was over what was...

Seriously? People in the Republic of Sebastopol are upset about Peet's coffee coming in?? For the past 30 years I visited the original Peet's in Berkeley to buy coffee when in the area. My daughter...

Peet's makes good coffee. Use your energy for better things like getting rid of CVS & Starbucks.

My first Peets coffee was at Walnut Square in Berkeley probably around 1970. I had a lot of barista friends working there, and i would begin my 8 mile run there, up Spruce and around and thru the...

A vote for Richard Power alone is the best way to improve the chances of getting another responsible person on the PDHCD board. Voting for Power and one other lessens the chance he will be elected
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I'm voting only for Richard Power, a local attorney who is very interested in and knowledgeable about our community and in the Palm Drive fiasco but doesn't have an axe to grind or past mistakes to...

In the fall of 2017 and spring of 2018, SWMC Inc. made likely illegal "kickback" payments as part of its ill-fated drug testing program with Aaron Durall and Reliance Labs. Certain Palm Drive...

I thought Marty's apology was sincere and well done.

Regarding Vaughn, I too believe his heart is in the right place, which counts for a lot. It's true that we that we are blessed with a strong...

While I generally agree with you, and it is especially relevant to the current national leadership of the Democratic Party, it doesn't apply here in Sebastopol for two important reasons:

1) The...

there needs to be a reason to move between the two areas. They're certainly close enough to each other. Right now there's a big gap between them, with the empty lot and the blank wall of the...

Dear Sebastopol Voter,

Prepare to VOTE!

I am writing you today to urge that you cast your local votes for the incumbent candidates for Sebastopol City Council, Sarah Gurney, Una Glass, and...

I think it's good when police eat or drink coffee in with the public in public establishments. It integrates them into the neighborhood better. Last year I was eating in Chipolte in Santa Rosa,...

Wow, just looking at all the venom directed at Peets -- basically a local Bay Area company that did very well business-wise and grew to expand to many locations. They were up against the Starbucks...

Harper Lee wrote in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.....

Mockingbirds don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin...

A few thoughts on Pine Grove Square:

1. This shouldn't be an "or" proposition (housing or parking). I think there is an "and" solution (housing and parking). If you look around downtown, there are...

Here's the link for the Humane Society Low Cost Spay Neuter Clinic.

https://sonomahumane.org/owner-support/low-cost-spay-neuter/

"Our clinics operate on Tuesdays for dogs, and Wednesdays for...

I do hope you weren't serious about turning your "over-supply of cats" loose. That would be utterly irresponsible on your part. What about the ones who aren't adopted by homeless people? What if the...

I think Starbucks will be serving a special coffee drink for Sebastopol called "fait accompli."
...

Letter by Vice Mayor Patrick Slayter regarding the Pine Grove Square concept
Sent to the Sonoma West Times & News,
in part as a reply to this letter, published in the Times and News
Reprinted...

I remember when the train tracks ran through where this parking lot is now. As much as I'd love to keep the small Sebastopol charm, not like to increase traffic, and am concerned about parking, what...

I was at the meeting, too. What the council asked the consultants to study a project that accommodated the project's parking demand. So that would replace the current general use parking spaces.
...

I disagree. Boston's downtown core thrived when they stopped cars from coming there. We are two-footeds and it is healthy for us to walk. I have never seen the large CVS parking lot, open to all,...

I went to the discussion last evening and was surprised at the number of people who interpreted "replacing the parking lot" as losing parking. I thought the Council made it clear that they wanted to...

Housing is more important than parking. Cars are a big problem. Walking is part of the solution. I lived in the Boston area decades ago when the city decided to close the downtown core to traffic. At...

Terriann,

Regarding your question about left turns into/out of the CVS project from/on to Highway 12:

The Mitigated Negative Declaration/Initial Study for the CVS project incorporates the AECOM...

Bob,
You seem to be blaming the victim, in this case John and others on the City Council. They fought heroically against one of the largest, most powerful, wealthy corporations in the world. They...

Barry,

Thanks for putting up with me on the telling of this account. It is important that as many people in Sebastopol and the West County know what a crappy corporate neighbor they have with...

So there's the whole story, according to former City Councilmember John Eder.

To recap, the city had an existing moratorium on drive through windows for fast food restaurants at the point of...

How CVS conned Sebastopol
by John Eder, former Sebastopol City Council Member
Part 5 of 5

(See Part 1 here)
(See Part 2 here)
(See Part 3 here)
(See Part 4 here)

The Future

How CVS Conned Sebastopol
by John Eder, former Sebastopol City Council Member
Part 4 of 5

(See Part 1 here)
(See Part 2 here)
(See Part 3 here)

The Settlement

Oh, if only every topic (here, or anywhere) could be covered like you have done here! Thank you so much.

We have quite a few things that are more pressing right now than this issue... like

FASICST OLIGARCHS taking over our country's government.

I am actually grateful for the person who said that they wanted a Smart Meter. I do also. Some of those people you mention are the ones that voted against free wifi that was offered to the city by...

Sebastopol extends rent-hike cap
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Really? I do not understood this silly ban on Smart Meters. It ended up with people threatening blue collar guys who were contracted by PG&E to do this. I think this is silly and stupid. I hope the...

3 things:

1. I am mystified at the Hopkins supporters that are in favor of her because she has a "fresh approach" with no experience, as opposed to a "career politician" such as Noreen Evans, who...

I’ve lived here for only a few years and this election for 5th District Supervisor has been a real eye-opener for me. I’ve gotten to know many local people, a long list of community leaders and...

It is extremely disingenuous of you to say that Noreen Evans, rather than Lynda Hopkins, has "taken the most political donations over the course of their political careers". Evans has been working...

This is a beautiful, clearly written piece that honestly express the realities of our community's challenges, (Sonoma County at large) and the desperation that many of us face, as we, and those we...

That PAC exists to create the illusion of distance between two arms of the same two-pronged attack. That is the function of a PAC!

The entities that fund the PAC, fund her campaign. Define direct...

Well, I had to reply to this but please don't think this an attack on Tom Lynch, the person but instead a critique of Tom Lynch, the Planning Commissioner.

He is one of the majority who time...

Surely a campaign that is strongly environmental would not be inundating the area with scads of expensive dirty tricks to defeat a candidate with fully demonstrated legislative abilities and a...

No one has ever found Lynda to be the problem. She's an average smart woman, with very little job experience from San Diego who brags about going to Stanford a bit much but other than that seems...

I think Lynda's response is completely disingenuous and does not truthfully respond to the questions. She warns us about the county's election funding website and telling us how difficult it is to...

Dear Tom Lynch,

From your post above...
"....Supervisor Efren Carrillo, who’d been wearing a political bull’s eye on his back ever since the Great Carrillo Dating Debacle of 2013.... "
...

Hey, you could just watch baseball like a regular person right now and save some words for later.

Noreen is the better qualified candidate. I voted for her already. So according to my random and...