Requiem for a mountain lion

I write this eulogy while looking across one of the ten-lane freeways P-22 somehow miraculously crossed in 2012, gazing at a view of his new home, Griffith Park. Burbank Peak and the other hills that mark the terminus of the Santa Monica Mountains emerge from... Continue

Government and Big Tech are the real oppressors

In 2001 our government, which is run by people sworn to protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic, passed and signed into law the PATRIOT Act, which asked us to give up our constitutional rights to privacy and protection from illegal... Continue

Say no to the utilities’ profit grab

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has proposed to make it much more expensive for consumers to go solar starting in April 2023. Specifically, the CPUC is proposing to slash, by 75% on average, the credit that new solar users receive for sharing their extra... Continue

A call for action on housing, food

With fewer than half of us saying we are financially comfortable in these hard times, members of the Sonoma United Methodist Church strongly support local-government action to alleviate the Valley’s housing problems. And we are willing to take action to help each other and to... Continue

The real Issue is community power, not a plaza

As residents of the Boyes Hot Springs, we attended both public meetings last week– one in English and the other in Spanish– addressing the question of establishing a plaza in the parking lot next to the Boyes Hot Springs post office building (18092 Sonoma Highway).... Continue

What price for a Springs Plaza?

Lost in the talk of a plaza being developed in/for the Springs is that an underground parking garage will first be build in the location, then the Springs Plaza will be developed on top of that. It is not a surprise that this important information... Continue

Thanks from Mike Thompson, re-elected to Congress

Thank you to everyone who voted in the Midterm Election yesterday, and especially to those who voted to re-elect me. Serving the people of the district where I was born, grew up and raised my family is the greatest honor of my life. I am... Continue

The importance of Veterans Day

Veterans Day, recognized on November 11, represents a time for Americans to come together to celebrate and commemorate the bravery and sacrifice of everyone who has served. The holiday began in 1919 when President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11 as Armistice Day to memorialize the... Continue

SDC 1,000 units is a good deal

I’m writing to encourage members of the County Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors to support the Eldridge, SDC Specific Plan’s preferred alternative of 1000 housing units. The BOS will have to weigh stilted and conflicting claims about SDC but one fact stands clear:... Continue

Joe Lemas for School Board

I’m writing today to express my strong endorsement for Joe Lemas for School Board Trustee Area 2. As a parent of a recent SVHS graduate, and also a current 4th grader, I all too well have been witness to the struggles facing the Board in... Continue

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