Editor: This is regarding what has become a feud between the new beer tavern Hopmonk and the neighborhood residents Everyone involved, Planning Commission, tavern owner, neighbors, seems to have lost sight of what is at stake here. It is not the volume of the music,... Continue
Letters To The Editor
Editor: The Bongiovanni family (Keith, Patty, Return and Dominic) of Sonoma recently returned from a trip to Italy. The impetus for our trip was a five-day package in Lucca, generously donated by Margarita Ramirez-Dalton of Traveling Matters to a fundraiser for the Sonoma Ecology Center... Continue
Editor: I just love how this “issue” is all about everything except the truth. The debate is cloaked with phrases like “box-store” and “small-town charm” and blah blah blah. The truth is…we’re kind of snobs. People are up in arms because a big chain is... Continue
Editor: What do Abraham Lincoln and Adolf Hitler have in common? Both financed economic development during a national crisis with “fiat” money, as explained in Ellen Hodgson Brown’s book, Web of Debt, the focus of a weekly study group in May. Ellen Hodgson Brown has... Continue
Editor: Rachel Arietta is my niece, and a birthday present to me 19 years ago as we were born on the same date. She has always been a straightforward, loving and tough girl, however, since becoming a Marine, Rachel exudes physical and mental strength that... Continue
Editor: I want to thank Mr. Garcia for sharing his story and for sharing Yo Soy! with the families in Mexico. By affirming their worth and supporting reading, you are building their futures. God bless you. Leslie Brown Sonoma Continue
Editor: I’m sorry I was not available when Jody Purdom tried to contact me regarding last week’s roller derby cover story. I live in Sonoma and am so proud of Jen and all the women of roller derby. My father invented the game in 1935... Continue
Editor:Regarding the fallacies of Dan de la Torre’s economics: I have been trying to unpack some of the rhetoric around our so-called budget crisis. Here are a few observations: “Your bank called and said you’re overdrawn.” The federal deficit is not analogous to your personal... Continue
Editor:***** Please accept this copy instead of the previous letter sent by me. For all of those people who are adamantly or even somewhat opposed to opening Staples in town, here might be an unintended consequence of your actions. Having a Staples adds another location/revenue... Continue
Editor: It is with my best intention to recognize Gerard as the BEST bartender in Sonoma. Seriously, Gerard. He ranks as high as all other only first names - Seal, Rosanne, Oprah, Cher. He has worked himself into a frenzy, being awarded several recognitions with... Continue