Editor: Labor advocates were brilliant in leveraging support for Preserving Sonoma's Hotel Limitation Measure to win promises of living wages for certain hotel workers from Kenwood Investments. Now I hope they'll join forces to pass a city ordinance that would extend the salary scale to... Continue
Letters To The Editor
Editor: The Sonoma Valley Woman’s Club wishes to thank Sonoma Market for its donation of lunchmeat and to Vella Cheese for its donation of cheese for our Games Day Fundraiser March 22, 2013. Due to their generous donations, and the donations of others, the Woman’s... Continue
Editor: I am collecting signatures for the Hotel Limitation Initiative because I grew up in Monterey during urban renewal when the city government knocked down the center of town and left it a vacant lot for 11 years. Several good things came out of that,... Continue
Editor: I have lived in a rural area, suburbia and a big city. I lived in Pleasant Hill, remembering the drive to my grandfather's farm in Walnut Creek to help harvest the walnuts. The travel took us through walnut orchards and pastures. Now, all filled... Continue
Editor:I have been working on how to finesse the notion that there are “facts” with the inescapable reality that no one can sidestep being biased and skewing information one way or another. Global warming is a perfect example of how facts are manipulated to support... Continue
Editor: In my entire adult life, whenever I sought information from my local, state or federal elected representatives, I always got answers to my questions, and never have had to justify why I was asking a question before getting an answer. That is, until now.... Continue
Editor: (This may be better submitted as a column or opinion-piece). IDIOTS ON BICYCLES My first bike was a Firestone, a present for my eighth birthday. It had fat tires, two cross bars, generous handlebars, a broad seat with springs, coaster brakes, a one-speed transmission,... Continue
Editor: Thank you for recognizing what that other newspaper in Sonoma doesn't get, that a visit to the Springs by a member of the state legislature is a rare event. However, your article in the May 2 edition about Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada's visit and tour... Continue
Editor: Ken Brown (now Mayor) enthusiastically signed the last hotel petition while serving on the City Council. Now, he has no position? This reference was made in the March 20, 2013 Press Democrat in regards to Ken’s actions in 1999 when faced with the Rosewood... Continue
Editor: I’ve been addressing children’s health issues for three years as a member of the Sonoma County Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health Advisory Board. I’m writing to point out that there has been a coordinated effort in Sonoma County to improve children’s access to dental... Continue