Editor: I have walked in Maxwell Farms Regional Park with and without a dog for more than 25 years. I enjoy walking in the natural areas and down to Sonoma Creek. I watch birds and get some light exercise on the rustic trails among the... Continue
Letters To The Editor
Tim Tesconi, executive director of the Sonoma County Farm Bureau, does a good job extolling the virtues and benefits of wine grape growing, but conveniently leaves out any of the myriad downsides. He begins and ends his prayer (“Thank God for the grapes”) and paean... Continue
Editor: A few nights ago, I called the CHP in reference to a driver, racing a truck with purple tail Lights, up and down local street, as I stood in my driveway talking with my neighbor about the driver a few minutes later, he decided... Continue
Please use your powerful influence to educate W-trams that the enormous installation they are proposing is unneeded and a waste of money. Recent roundabout practical technology suggests that a simple central small pivot around which the traffic flows is all that is needed. David Wills... Continue
We’ve heard, “too big to fail,” and its correlative, “too big to jail,” and now we’re hearing the inevitable, predictable warning, “it’s too dangerous to tell the truth.” If America reveals how its government tortured prisoners and how its government lied to them about it,... Continue
Editor: What if you knew the lives and future of 430 people in Sonoma were in jeopardy? What if you knew 900 acres of public land and property between Sonoma and Glen Ellen were endangered? Would you act? A Coalition to Save the Sonoma Developmental... Continue
Editor: I read Ben Boyce’s article in the Sun (10/13) recently and I have some things to point out. Why does this person even have a column in your paper? He is, in my opinion a far left progressive who only wants to further his... Continue
Editor: Kudos to Katy Bryne for her article entitled “Out of the Blue.” I distinctly recall a philosopher’s proverb that resonates with Katy’s belief which states: “Action is the best remedy for grief”. This proverb has stuck with me through the years, and has been... Continue
(Reader opinion by Fred Allebach) I’d love to buy local, but ordinary staples of life are simply not sold in Sonoma at prices that are affordable to the middle and working classes. For me and every skilled/ unskilled service worker I’ve ever asked -- dental... Continue
(Reader opinion by Will Shonbrun.) His blue eyes and engaging 13-year-old-I’m-hip smile stare back at you. It’s the now too familiar face of young Andy Lopez. Then, juxtaposed on the same newspaper page, illuminated from below by hand-held memorial candles is a photo of intense,... Continue