The best argument for The Measure B electionis the weakness of the arguments against it. Like stale mints under the hotel pillow, they are rather hard to swallow. Granted, the transient occupancy tax (hotel bed tax) is a big chunk of the city revenue. Opponents... Continue
Editorials
Not ours, necessarily… but the collective opinion of our neighbors here in Sonoma Valley – that counts very high, in our estimation. To encourage discussions in coffee shops and market aisles ahead of the November 6 voting, we shared last week our opinions on some... Continue
The Sonoma Valley community is fortunate to have several citizens offering to serve as our elected representatives. We thank them, as we believe that just having a competitive election helps to energize local discussions about the appropriate role and reach of government. We trust the... Continue
That’s what Tuesday night’s school board meeting was. It started out well with two exceptional Sassarini students – Marrina Hinkley and Justin Cox – being honored as students of the year. The school site report for Sassarini was no less glowing with Principal Leticia Bhatia (formerly... Continue
Hard to believe I’m writing about this, but here I am nonetheless. Slow news week? Perhaps. But the topic shows no sign of going away so I thought I’d add my two cents. To what am I referring you ask? Why, dog poop of course.... Continue
The Sun took a break last week. Our apologies if you missed your weekly dose of news, your favorite columnist, the puzzle page or the wit that comes from Page 3. For us, it was a nice respite. A time to spend with family and... Continue
We’ve been looking forward to this long Christmas weekend, though we have to note that last year we had two days off, with Christmas Eve and Christmas Day both falling on weekdays. Say, why not have Christmas on Friday every year? The feds moved Abe’s... Continue
The Sonoma City Council will hold its first Revenue Enhancing Meeting on Wednesday evening, November 2 – just as The Sun goes to press. According to city councilmember Ken Brown, the council is choosing to be proactive to spur revenue in the City of Sonoma... Continue
It’s official. As of this week, I am the mother of two teenagers. My son turned 13 on Wednesday. My daughter is now 15. Wow. Where on earth did that time go? It seems like you turn around and your children, and the children they’ve... Continue
9/11/01. We all know where we were and what we were doing when the unbelievable and devastating news reached us that day. A beautiful ceremony on the Plaza this past Sunday commemorated the events of September 11, 2001 including the reading the names of the... Continue