Here we are in the midst of political, economic, health, and climate crises, yet some people are making a big deal about small problems, while big problems get short shrift. For example, look at the impressively long thread of posts on NextDoor about the horrors... Continue
Editorials
In the spirit of positive thinking, good vibes, and sheer dumb luck, we offer this list of hopes and dreams for the coming year. That we emerge from this cocoon truly caring about all people who live in our Valley, and willing to sacrifice for... Continue
A new city manager and two new City Council members face tough times ahead as 2020 draws to a close. The City of Sonoma, like the rest of the Valley, California and the nation as a whole, has been affected dramatically by the Covid-19 pandemic,... Continue
Election Day has come and gone. Candidates have won and lost and various state and local measures were affirmed or defeated. The potential for future change exists, but for the moment, anyway, things remain largely as they were. The pandemic is raging across America, mostly... Continue
Despite the absence of an election for City Council, since Amy Harrington and Jack Ding earned seats due to a lack of other candidates, there are a number of important measures on this year’s ballot. Voters are being asked to approve four different measures: renewal... Continue
On this year's ballot the City of Sonoma is asking voters to approve Measure V, the half-cent sales tax first approved in 2012 and renewed, for another five years, in 2016. Each time, the pitch was that the tax was temporary, that it would automatically... Continue
When the pandemic flipped the education system upside down six months ago, people had concerns about how kids would finish the year. Here we are in a new school year and still dealing with Covid-19. At the start of the spring shutdown, the district rushed... Continue
This pandemic has proven that many of our assumptions about social structures are wrong. Conventional truths about working, economic stability, education, and community have all been challenged. Office workers need not spend hours commuting each day to sit behind a desk and work on a... Continue
At each major turning of the wheel of history, the symbols of the formerly powerful are destroyed. These iconoclastic urgings result in the destruction of the religious or political statues and monuments of those who subjugated others, and provide expression to the accumulated frustrations, suffering,... Continue
Every legitimate epidemiologist agrees that by wearing face masks the public can greatly reduce the transmission of Covid-19, yet a significant number of people ignore that advice, even flaunt it. Despite mounting evidence that the recent upsurge in Covid-19 cases is due to socializing by... Continue