Having just traversed the state on a quick four-day family trip to Yosemite - passing dozens of polarizing election signs, scanning various newspapers and listening to too much talk radio along the way - I've come to one conclusion: Despite all the talk, the only hope for any real change [...]
On April 15, we published an editorial opposing a PG&E proposal that would drive up electricity rates for people in cooler coastal communities – that’s us in Santa Rosa – so they can cut rates in the Central Valley, where there’s been an uproar since SmartMeters went in last year. [...]
When Art Linkletter visited Santa Rosa five years ago, he told a story of how he was visiting a nursing home where he was autographing and giving out his publicity photos to residents. One elderly woman with a smile was repeatedly looking at the photo she had just been handed, [...]
Today we published a Dan Walters column about a lawsuit, filed last week by an assortment of education groups, alleging that the funding system for California’s K-12 system is so messed up it’s unconstitutional. The president of one of those groups, the California School Boards Association, is none other than Frank Pugh, [...]
It happens like clockwork every election cycle: About two weeks before Election Day, slate mailers start turning up in the mailbox. We started getting phone calls about them last week, and the first letters to the editor arrived this week. You might get “Your Democratic Voter Guide” or “Your Republican [...]
We're in the home stretch for the June 8 election and a number of things are starting to become clear -- while others are as clear as mud. Let's start with ... DEEP MUD: So let's see: A full-time staffer (Michael Allen) for state Sen. Pat Wiggins (government agency No. [...]
Join us at 10 a.m. today for an hour-long online chat with 4th District supervisorial candidate Mike McGuire. Just click here. It will take you directly to the discussion. We're about to start. - Paul Gullixson
ESTRAGON: “We are happy. (Silence.) What do we do now, now that we are happy?” VLADIMIR: “Wait for Godot. Things have changed here since yesterday.” ESTRAGON: “And if he doesn't come?” VLADIMIR: (After a moment of bewilderment). “We'll see when the time comes.” — “Waiting for Godot,” Samuel Beckett And [...]
On Sunday, we published our endorsement of Petaluma City Councilman Mike Healy for the 2nd District seat on the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors. Today, we have posted our endorsement of Windsor City Councilwoman Debora Fudge for the 4th District seat. We recognize that these recommendations will be controversial for one reason [...]
UPDATE: The state Senate debate in Napa is Thursday. The item below has been corrected. The campaign debate season is well underway. There have been numerous opportunities to see district attorney candidates Stephan Passalacqua and Jill Ravitch and all six people running for two seats on the Board of Supervisors [...]
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This blog is written by Press Democrat editorial writers Paul Gullixson and Jim Sweeney.