Editor: I believe a Medical Marijuana Dispensary in the Springs would be inappropriate for the community. Like most Sonoma County voters, I voted for the initiative that legalized medical marijuana. As a parent of teenagers, I am aware of the unintended consequences of that initiative.... Continue

 Editor’s note: These comments were delivered to a State Senate Budget Subcommittee hearing on the Light Brown Apple Moth. I am the California State Grange’s Legislative (outreach) Advocate for farmers and consumers. For those unfamiliar with the Grange, it is California’s oldest agricultural organization, priding... Continue

Editor: In response to a letter in last week’s paper, there is no guarantee that the dog Janet Cain was bitten by had its rabies shots; and I would not take the word of the dog owner who acted irresponsibly by not controlling his dog... Continue

Editor: Kudos to your newspaper’s support for the Sonoma Community Center’s annual membership drive. SCC is one of the few historic sites in the city that has actual every-day utility for our residents in the 21st century. Originally a school where previous generations actually learned things, it has extra historical significance in a... Continue

Editor’s note: The following letter was addressed to Sonoma County Supervisor Valerie Brown. Dear Supervisor Brown: I have just been informed that a local Sonoma food purveyor, Sheana Davis, has been told she may no longer sell her cheese and other products at the Sonoma... Continue

Editor: My wife Kathy and I are Sonoma residents who frequently patronize the Friday morning Farmers Market. We were surprised to learn the other day that local cheese maker and merchant Sheana Davis had been removed from the Market by Hilda Swartz the market’s current... Continue

Editor: I am contacting you at this time regarding the write-up that was published in your paper of February 10, 2011, about a presentation I am to make on Human Trafficking next week. Please note that the statistics presented in the second paragraph were not... Continue

As a thirteen-year-old (42 years ago), I rode my 10-speed Schwinn Varsity all over this Valley, hunting and fishing the creeks with my close friends.  At that period of my life, I was a sensible and sober young man and I remember well my first... Continue

Editor: In response to Jerry Brown’s open letter in the Sun, I would like to welcome the Governor back and wish him all the success in the world because he is certainly going to need it. Unlike those who wished President Barrack Obama to fail,... Continue