Editor: The hotel initiative that is coming up for vote is more than a little strange. It favors new businesses over established ones and creates an illusion of control over the City. El pueblo Inn was built over fifty years ago and is still in... Continue
Letters To The Editor
Editor: I am amazed that so many people want to change something that works quite well--Sonoma. Here is an exercise in creative visualization: Close your eyes and picture the square. A quiet plaza filled with trees and green grass, a duck pond, the heart of... Continue
Editor: I’m glad President Obama is seeking approval from Congress before taking military action in Syria, but I’m sorry he’s declining to bind himself to their decision. The use of chemical weapons, any weapons of war, against innocent civilians is a crime against humanity. A... Continue
Dear Editor, Fortunately the Great Recession is behind us, people are spending money and booking lodging in Sonoma as predicted by PKF Hospitality Research which has forecasted an increase in demand and occupancy rates for U.S. hotels. In Sonoma, the effects of a fixed lodging... Continue
Editor: I met my wife in the Sonoma square, and our first meal was at La Casa. I asked her to marry me on the same bench we met at in the square. We have always gone back there to celebrate our anniversary, and always... Continue
Editor: It’s certainly ironic that the no-regulations, Chamber of Commerce, anti-government, no taxes crowd all of a sudden wants to trust city government and laud the benefits of planning, taxation and social welfare. Why the apparent about-face? Republicans want no oversight, no taxes, no government... Continue
A researcher once put a frog in a pan of tepid water, then put the pan on a burner turned very low. As the water warmed gradually, the frog, being cold-blooded, thought it was pleasant and saw no need to move. Since it’s normal for... Continue
Dear Editor: The 650 or so folks around town who support Transition Sonoma Valley take very seriously the threats to our community from climate change, the end of cheap oil, and the instability of our globalized financial system. Nearly all of us would prefer to... Continue
Editor: I am responding to the Letter titled "A good parade, ruined", written by Mr George A Moll. I cannot disagree more. What better day to exercise our constitutional rights and debate our beliefs than Independence Day? What better time than during a civic event... Continue
Editor: Like most Americans Mr. Moll has the right to express his views. This country, after all is a Democracy or is it! Is it also American to attempt to silence or to malign those courageous Americans as unpatriotic who speak out? America needs to... Continue