Sonoma Valley Unified School District Trustee John Kelly doesn’t seem to know when it’s time to do the right thing. If his alleged allegations against superintendent Palazuelos and other school board members plotting against parents has any merit, he should’ve stood up and objected right... Continue
Letters To The Editor
It’s widely understood that the Board of Supervisors and Santa Rosa City Council are pro-cannabis. However, the latest push by marijuana operators to eliminate and/or decrease their business taxes is out of bounds. And the fact that the supervisors wasted no time in placing it... Continue
I served on the County Cannabis Advisory Group (CAG) in 2017-2018 as a neighborhood “rep” and had a lot of interaction with industry reps. Having read about mega grow operations near Palm Springs and other areas in the south as well as large operations in... Continue
The cannabis industry continues to whine because they are burdened with regulation and taxes. So now officials are considering lowering or eliminating taxes. Our state and local governments rushed to enact pot ordinances because of the lure of easy money, i.e. greed, in the form... Continue
We [at Pets Lifeline] recently heard the concerns of many of you regarding a stray male dog that was brought into our facility on January 15, 2022. After reviewing the comments on social media, it became very clear there is a lot of misinformation and... Continue
Many people are not aware that the Board of Supervisors on 1/25/22 gave the cannabis industry a tax holiday. Our Supervisors will revisit this gift in April when the holiday expires. Why did our Supervisors grant this delay? The so-called “legacy” growers are complaining they... Continue
The cannabis industry sold our Board of Supervisors on the fiction that legally grown cannabis would generate abundant taxes. On that basis, the Supervisors approved Measure A, “...to fund essential county services such as addressing industry impacts, public safety, fire, health, housing, roads, and environmental... Continue
With Dr. Rhonda Stallings of Arroyo Veterinary Hospital, I was a co-founder of SVDOG and a former president. I “retired” from SVDOG several years ago and Rich Lee is currently president. Like other organizations SVDOG (Sonoma Valley Dog Owners and Guardians) has understandably, and in... Continue
This is to augment Teri Shore’s great column in the recent Index Tribune Close to Home section. I am so glad she referred to an old mentor of mine, Bill Kortum. Many of us miss his stalwart support for improving and protecting Sonoma County. For Teri’s... Continue
Former publisher/editor of the Sonoma Index-Tribune, Bill Lynch, thinks it a wonderful idea that the Sonoma Developmental Center become a new village, a new town in the heart of Sonoma Valley. I do not, for the following reasons. Perhaps Mr. Lynch, who often waxes nostalgic... Continue