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Letters To The Editor

SV Hospital expense account is out of line

(These comments were initially made to the Sonoma Valley Health District Board of Directors at its recent public meeting).  My name is Brian Johnson and I represent a group called svhtransparency.com. Using the Public Records Act, I made several requests for hospital financial records. These... Continue

Hospital expenses — ‘Enough is enough’

(These comments were initially made to the Sonoma Valley Health District Board of Directors at its recent public meeting.) Hello my name is Linda Siemer. I am speaking here tonight on behalf of svhtransparency.com. This group obtained some information utilizing the California Public Records Act... Continue

Vacation rentals impact good faith neighbors

(This letter is in response to Supervisor Susan Gorin's recent column) Dear Supervisor Gorin, I appreciate your stance but one severe negative impact that seems to be lumped in with the impact on a community or neighborhood as a whole is the plight of the... Continue

Supes must find way to fix roads

Dear Editor, The County Supervisors would be very much mistaken if they were to read the major defeat of Measure A as a sign voters don’t think fixing the roads is a priority. I spent many weeks earlier in the year talking with Sonoma Valley... Continue

More reasons to ban the blower

As California heads into our fourth and most critical year of drought, landscaping practices are undergoing more scrutiny in terms of how the care of lawns, gardens and parks use water, and how they contribute to the ever-increasing toxicity loads in the environment. If the... Continue

Why I support a ban on leaf blowers in Sonoma

My firstborn son came into this world with a number of birth defects. After 46 trips to the OR for major and minor operations, he still struggles with compromised lungs. After his open-heart surgery, we learned we needed to move from our Colorado home to... Continue

Forum on Valley housing crisis

Dear Editor: On June 17th, residents of the Sonoma Valley will begin engaging one another in the question of “what will we do about this housing crisis?” Members of El Verano Elementary School, the First United Methodist Church of Sonoma, and the North Bay Organizing... Continue

Yes on ‘A’

After studying the condition of our roads and what Measure A claims it will do, I’ve decided I’m voting in favor of Measure A. There is no question how badly our roads need fixing. The cost only increases exponentially every year we wait. This is a... Continue
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