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How a bike bridge threatens a City Council tradition

“And do as adversaries do in law, strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.” — William Shakespeare, ‘The Taming of the Shrew' “You don't win friends with salad.” — Homer Simpson Every other year, it's customary for the Santa Rosa City Council to keep the agenda light for the [...]

By | December 5th, 2010|0 Comments

Tweets, kids and expletives

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 | October 15th, 2010|0 Comments

Unions far from unified in this election

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, [...]

By | October 11th, 2010|0 Comments

Can schools raise standards while cutting?

  By Paul Gullixson Fifteen years ago, Ruben Armiñana set a high bar for his campus — and raised a few eyebrows in the process — claiming that Sonoma State University was fast becoming California’s public “Ivy League” school. That was pretty heady stuff for an institution commonly referred to [...]

By | September 13th, 2010|0 Comments