Yellow pavement lights don’t work Editor: If there wasn’t a more perfect example of why the flashing yellow pavement lights don’t work, it is the pedestrian death of Anna Marie Simmons. In Mr. Omarzu’s interview with deputy Mike Baraz, it was pointed out that indeed... Continue

Vote no on ‘narrow’ beliefs Editor: I was distressed to read that the local Catholics are spending their tax-free money to impose their narrow religious beliefs on everyone else. Please vote for freedom, not repression. Vote for equality, not discrimination. Dan Jones Knights exercising rights... Continue

No more donating to boosters Editor: Until the Sonoma Valley High School football players can demonstrate school spirit without violence, this donor has zipped up the wallet. For homecoming, players took turns using sledgehammers to destroy a car marked with epithets about the opposing team.... Continue

Sun needs alternative voice on forum page Editor: The spirited debate about Sun columnist Joan Huguenard’s values or rights or accuracy, for me, boils down to her forum. Expressing one’s soul is difficult under the character-count limit. My interest in her viewpoint has waned because... Continue

Profit shouldn’t be thrift stores’ only motive Editor: Several months ago we heard that the Goodwill Industries thrift store on Hwy. 12 was going out of business. The reason: they were not making a profit from that store. A month or two later they opened... Continue

Keep fighting for sidewalks, Lisa Murray Editor: This is for the Sun’s Springs columnist Lisa Murray. Keep fighting to get those sidewalks in the Springs. It is a disgrace that mothers have to push their baby strollers alongside zipping cars, with no safety zone whatsoever.... Continue