I was in a group of parents and children watching my daughter’s soccer game one recent morning, when a woman, talking on a cell phone next to me, suddenly blurted out loudly, “Get the f**k out of here!” She wasn’t angry. She was excited. Big smile. A number of heads turned, but [...]
By Paul Gullixson Those who were logged into the Santa Rosa Twitter world last week witnessed a heated word feud that reflects the divisions among Sonoma County labor groups in this election. Here's a sample: (Truncated Tweet-speech and all): Brad Conners, vice president of the Santa Rosa Police Officers' Association, [...]
Is there a third party in our future? In a column we published Tuesday, Thomas Friedman of the New York Times predicted a serious third-party challenge for president in 2012 barring a transformation of the Democratic and Republican parties. He didn’t sound optimistic about overcoming the vested interests represented by [...]
A few details of the state budget leaked out almost as soon as the deal was cut last weekend – suspending Proposition 98, saving welfare-to-work, postponing some tax cuts for business. On Tuesday, the Sacramento Bee reported in passing that the deal also included tax considerations for Humboldt Redwoods Co., [...]
I just got off the phone with Pat Broderick, dean of Empire Law School. Here’s what he had to say about the mailer that arrived today accusing him of having a temporary restraining order issued against him in 1998. “It is tragic, and it is repugnant that John LemMon, in [...]
Last month, there was a story about a Rohnert Park City Council candidate whose wife had been granted a temporary restraining order against him for a domestic dispute. Now another Sonoma County candidate, a judicial candidate, is being accused of once having a restraining order issued against him. In a [...]
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This blog is written by Press Democrat editorial writers Paul Gullixson and Jim Sweeney.