The year 1978 might seem like ancient history – a distant memory for most voters, and unimaginable for a growing class of policymakers who were not yet born then. With the passage of time, folklore prevails and myths sometimes come to overshadow facts. It is... Continue
Letters To The Editor
By Jane Hirsch, Chair, SVHCD Board of Directors -- The hospital board addressed several timely topics at its August 3 meeting which I’d like to share with you in this report. South Lot Process The ongoing South Lot discussion led the meeting, following a closed session in... Continue
A few weeks back another newspaper printed a letter from Steve Page in defense of Mr. Anderson's hotel (Sonoma Hotel Project) environmental impact report. Steve Page knows all the tricks on how to get a very flawed EIR through the system. Steve is employed by... Continue
Let me get this straight. A guy got up at a School Board meeting, lauded the suddenly departing superintendent of schools, threatened one board member with recall, later another, and was chosen interim school superintendent. Another guy got up, said he didn’t think the superintendent... Continue
As members of the Elders Salon we are seriously distressed by the rapid restructuring at the Family Resource Center. This seems a top down bureaucratic decision on the part of La Luz management—corporate behavior, in other words. We are led to surmise that the decision... Continue
It does not surprise me that letters in Darius Anderson’s newspaper, The Sonoma Index-Tribune, have been pro-Hotel. It is his project and it is his paper. A hotel of this size so close to our sacred historical Plaza is not a good idea, in my... Continue
In the editorial "The Meaning of Education" which appeared in the Sun's July 6th edition, it's frustrating to see the familiar, glowing descriptions of the founding fathers and a romanticized view of literacy and education in 18th Century America. I understand the urgency of addressing systemic... Continue
A letter to members of the Sonoma Valley Hospital District Board: I am writing to express my strong support for the Community Option for the SV Hospital south lot. This is the time you must be your higher selves in creating a lasting vision for... Continue
I am an enrolled citizen of the Confederated Tribes Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw. Ever since my daughter was very young, we visit the 4th of July parade. In the past it has always been a fun experience. This year I was horrified and disappointed... Continue
Hey neighbors! Join with myself, Richard Silver and Earl Blue for it is time for a Legal Medicinal Cannabis Facility in the City of Sonoma. The Council took up this issue in May of 2009 when I was Sonoma’s Mayor. Unfortunately I took the advise... Continue