After many decades of a local economy based on low-wage agriculture, hospitality and wine industry jobs, rumors are circulating that a cutting-edge hi-tech start-up is seeking to lease several thousand square feet of office space just off the Plaza in Sonoma. If true, hundreds of... Continue
Snark Infested Waters
Imagine how difficult life would be today if, instead of tapping a cellphone to call friends or pay bills we still had to get out pen & paper, write & mail a letter; dial "the operator" to connect us to customer service on "long distance;"... Continue
And now we celebrate – with booze, barbecued dead animal parts, & high explosives – the birth of the most Powerful Country On Earth, created by a document painstakingly handwritten on parchment with a sharpened quill dipped in the best homemade ink in a time... Continue
Even if you can’t read, that title caught your attention, eh? The Texas reaction: “No Way!! This is AMERICA!!" Yes, it is America, whose wig-headed Founders declared, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people... Continue
Life might seem more human if we put away our Devices and get out that tablet of paper and a pencil we stuck in a drawer when Technology arrived to reinvent the way we did everything – from reading and writing, to calling each other... Continue
The New Year has been here for weeks, so how are things working out so far for you and yours? Notice any improvement from the Old Year, or is everything back there fatter than it ever was? Not to worry. There's plenty of year left,... Continue
In 2013, City of Sonoma voters narrowly rejected Measure B, a ballot initiative that would have limited the size of new hotels built in town to no larger than 25 rooms until the annual occupancy rate of existing hotels reached 80%. The Measure sought to... Continue
Quick: In 45k words or less, describe what the world was like for you and loved ones just five short years ago, at year-end 2017. You remember who our President was back then. Right – that guy; he'd been in office almost a whole YEAR.... Continue
Elections are over and newly elected Sonoma City Council members will soon be taking their seats on the dais. Current Councilmembers Sandra Lowe and Mayor Jack Ding will surely appreciate fresh help in addressing the City's many challenges, opportunities and "Who put this crap on... Continue
With October upon us it's nearly November and time to elect another batch of fellow residents to City Council to replace those who are quitting for better-paying vineyard jobs, who promised only to serve one term, whose several terms expired and they're exhausted, and/or whose... Continue