Joshua Rymer and Michael Mainardi are running as a team for the Sonoma Valley District Hospital Board. They are supremely well qualified for this difficult and largely unappreciated job. The challenges of running a community hospital are many and the solutions complex, never more so... Continue
Letters To The Editor
An update on getting the county counsel's opinion about why Municipal Advisory Councils should be appointed and not elected. (Half the ones in the state are elected.) This came up at last week's meeting about MAC's when Kevin Carruth asked if we could have a... Continue
Sonoma Valley citizens have a unique opportunity in the upcoming election to elect a duo of dynamic leaders to serve on the Sonoma Valley Hospital Board, Dr. Michael Mainardi and Joshua Rymer. Their combined experiences, enhanced with an outstanding blend of expertise and commitment will... Continue
Can a man who is a moderate independent win an election in Sonoma? This endorsement of a man who has been described by a fellow Citizens Advisory Board member as: “a good guy who does his homework” is about the right person for the Sonoma City Council... Continue
Protect Sonoma's philosophy on this City Council race is as simple as ABC. Anybody But Cribb. This is based on our two years' experience with Cribb as he served on the Planning Commission, most significantly in his brief tenure as the Chair. Cribb repeatedly treated... Continue
We join with Margo Ginsburg in her letter to the Sonoma Valley Sun, published October 4, regarding the character of Nita Rothschild, whose husband was found responsible for her brutal death. We, too, knew Nita and Steve through their regular participation in our local bridge... Continue
Editor’s note: Steven Rothschild was recently convicted of manslaughter after admitting to strangling his wife Nita. Juanita (Nita) Rothschild was brutally and viciously killed by her husband on August 4, 2017. He beat and strangled her, until she died. He could have stopped but... Continue
Here is why I’m voting Yes on Measure M to invest in Parks for All. Since I moved to Sonoma Valley 30 years ago, I’ve adored living so close to so many parks. Early on, I walked Maxwell Farms Regional Park every day with my... Continue
A grave injustice occurred during the Rothschild murder trial. With heavy brushstrokes, Nita Rothschild, a Sonoma resident, was painted as the one responsible for her own brutal death. How can that be? Steven Rothschild, her husband, received a verdict that was based only on his... Continue
I am concerned about a flyer recently put out by Steve Rogers, a candidate for VOMWD Water Board. I am currently President of that Board and would like to set the record right. Steve, in his flyer states that the Board “voted a massive raise”... Continue