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Letters To The Editor

Fix Our Forests Act Will Destroy Them

Dear Editor, I just visited the redwood country and wilderness forests that stretch from the cool coastal range to snow topped alpine ridges in the interior mountains in Northern California. Hiking through groves of redwoods adorned with bouquets of trillium and along clear rivers ringing... Continue

For Whom Doth The Bell Toll?’ 

In memoriam to Sonoma's KSVY Radio co-founder and veteran broadcast producer, John Myers, who died suddenly and mercifully exited this life quickly a few days ago. When your 74-year-old co-host, born in the same year as you, doesn't show up for the Wednesday gig because... Continue

A Stupid Idea for Its Time

Has anyone stopped to think that building houses in substantial numbers on rural mountain land, such as the Sonoma Developmental Center's (SDC) land currently for sale, is a really stupid and dangerous idea? This land is a welcome target for wildfires. For that matter, so... Continue

Suggests Integrative Care for Cancer, Too

David’s article pulls a curtain aside to expose local integrative care services. It’s initial and continuing focus for cancer care adds a significant missing piece as described in Kara’s story. Unlike the unfortunate myth of eradicating cancer popularized in public policy “wars on cancer” and... Continue

About “When Assholes Rule”

Yeah, yeah, I know… There’s going to be those who will say that such language is uncalled for. That crude and vulgar assertions are inappropriate and should only be heard between close friends or peers; such talk is for the Friday night poker game with... Continue

About the Hanna Roundabout

It’s unfortunate that people who are ignorant of the design and thought put into the Hanna roundabout keep spouting their ignorance around the “distractions” and limited “view of traffic.” The design of the roundabout was carefully thought out, with input from research on other roundabouts... Continue

Seniors Need Notification of Cut-Off Federal Services

Editor: I just sent the following message to First District Sonoma County Supervisor Rebecca Hermosillo. Valley residents who are dependent on Social Security and Medicare are ill-prepared for how they will cope should the current Administration's policies actually materialize.  We need information in order to... Continue

Can Democracy Save Us? 

Editor: Now that we Boomers have raised a couple of generations of Little Mermaids and Axe Men, the result seems to be a group of naïve, uninformed adults who would gladly trade freedom and democracy for more social media “likes.” Our grown children are tearfully... Continue

Likes the Roundabout on Arnold Drive

I’ve traveled Arnold Drive, by auto, bicycle, horse, and on foot since the 1960s. I’ve driven through that intersection thousands of times. By the time the roundabout was installed, traffic at that intersection, especially late in the day, was a backup nightmare. And many frustrated... Continue

Appreciates Story of Maryanne at SDC

Thank you, David Bolling, for your eloquent, heartful and ironic story of Maryanne. It truly warmed my heart. I lived on the Old Hill Ranch behind SDC for many happy years, remember well some of the unique residents who spent their lives there, and knew... Continue