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

PHA president: a missed opportunity to help the Developmentally Disabled.

Last Thursday Sonoma Developmental Center families received word that Sonoma Developmental Center would be fast tracked for closure. It remains to be seen if this announcement and the subsequent actions by those in Sacramento will shut down a movement led by Supervisor Susan Gorin 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

Sister of SDC resident speaks out against closing

It is with great sadness that I send you this response to the May 6, 2015 article by Nancy Gardner entitled Guest opinion: another view of the SDC. Thank you for respecting my point of view that represents SDC clients and my sister who has... Continue

Closing Development Center puts lives at risk

This letter is in response to Nancy Gardner's opinion piece about the Sonoma Developmental Center that ran in the April 30 issue of The Sun. A mortality rate which was 80 percent higher for those who were taken out of SDC and the other developmental... Continue

Keep mobile home rents affordable

I trust the Sonoma City Council to find an equitable solution to bring into balance the very high returns that mobile home park owners enjoy with affordable rents for the homeowners. (I understand there are very few investments today realizing the high rate of return... Continue

Cutting down Broadway trees would be ‘shameful’

The Sun was copied on this letter to Sonoma City Councilmember Madolyn Agrimonti In the April 30 issue of The Sun, it is noted you are in favor of removing the beautiful red oak trees planted in 1993 between East Napa and Patten Streets. The ‘community... Continue

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