Editor: The Grassroots effort to Save Banco de Sonoma and Glen Ellen branches is a group of concerned citizens, political officials, land owners, business owners, and professionals that are trying to raise awareness of the importance of a bank and vital products and services in... Continue
Letters To The Editor
Editor: As the saying goes, money talks. Those of us who are Sonoma Valley Bank customers, and don’t want to see Westamerica Bank close the Boyes Hot Springs and Glen Ellen branches, can use the power of our money to take a stand. My husband... Continue
Editor: Just want to add my support for Montana Mathieu as an advocate for small farmers in our 6th District. Montana has worked for us selling at the local Friday Farmers’ Market and has impressed us with her broad knowledge-base, willingness to work hard and... Continue
Editor: I have recently become aware that the huge, faceless corporate monolith known as AOL has embarked on a national 500 city rollout of “hyper-local” news/blog websites. Sonoma’s newspapers, like many other North Bay cities and towns, find themselves under attack from this effort. AOL’s... Continue
Editor: With the failure of voters to approve Prop 21, our state parks will be facing another round of budget cuts from Sacramento. Earlier this year our Sonoma State Historical Park was closed on Thursdays and the Petaluma Adobe SHP was closed three days a... Continue
Editor: Earlier this month California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) registered a controversial, carcinogenic new pesticide (methyl iodide) for use in the state’s strawberry fields. Never in DPR’s history has there been more public outcry against a new pesticide — or such a compelling scientific... Continue
Dear Editor—I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O’Hanlon Virginia, your little friends are... Continue
Editor: In response to last week’s letter about dog poop in the Plaza, bah humbug! Frankly, what I find offensive are those rude unwelcoming signs all over the Plaza with big red slashes through a picture of a dog banning all of us Sonomans and unsuspecting... Continue
Editor: Wikileaks is a website through which whistle-blowers can deposit documented information leaked from government and corporate sources. The data is then offered to newspapers of note for publication. A good deal of the documentation is labeled as secret. Governments and businesses operate in secret... Continue
Editor: Thank You for such a wonderful newspaper. Pat Hoffmann Sonoma Continue