Brilliant plan Editor: Government plans to spend $3.6 trillion of our money to get us out of the depression. Hard to wrap your mind around a trillion? That’s 1,000,000 times 1,000,000 or one followed by 12 zeros. $3.6 trillion would be more than $32,000 for... Continue
Letters To The Editor
Suggests more access to information Editor: Regarding the water discussion at the City Council meeting Wednesday night and in particular residential water use, I was pleased to see members of the public and Mayor Pro Tem Steve Barbose echo a suggestion I made a few... Continue
Public school funding Editor: Educational spending is a highly charged topic at all levels. Maybe this rather simple example will help explain a fiscal problem public schools encounter frequently: Mrs. Smith is feeling generous after finding an additional $2000 in the family budget. She tells... Continue
Hope for the future Editor: I’d like to believe, along with my ten year old son who suggested it, that the person who took his bicycle (almost new, matte black with gold lettering, Specialized Hard Rock Sport mountain bike) on Saturday, January 31, from the... Continue
Appreciates Sonoma Valley Hospital Editor: Recently, I experienced the services at Sonoma Valley Hospital for a very minor surgery. Even though minor, it seemed to require, in addition to a surgeon and an anesthesiologist, the assistance of some eight nurses, nurses aids and student nurses.... Continue
Readers speak out on affordable housing Editor: California law requires that 20 percent of the funds received by the Community Development Agency be used exclusively for low-income housing development and support. Moreover, of all housing categories required by the state, Sonoma is deficient in housing... Continue
Do you care? Editor: Last November voters overwhelmingly approved Measure P, which authorized the Sonoma Valley Health Care District to sell $35 million of general obligation bonds for specific uses. It now appears that the district did not fully understand the requirements to gain approval... Continue
Cows not a threat Editor: About cows on the Montini property. I am an artist and have gone out painting where cows are, and cows are very curious and will sometimes come over to see what you are doing, seemingly to critique your painting! So... Continue
Stick to the planEditor: A recent letter writer’s view (see Jan. 2 “Letters to the Editor”) of the issue of the cows and Montini Ranch seems to have been “lost in translation.” The issues are not whether the Montini family made millions, the backyard views... Continue