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 [...]
On today's editorial page, we reported how local voters appear divided over three tax measures on the Nov. 2 ballot, according to our latest Press Democrat Editorial Board survey. Measure P, the quarter-cent sales tax measure in Santa Rosa, appears to be most in danger of going down to defeat. According to the survey, [...]
It hasn’t received much attention, but Rep. Lynn Woolsey is scheduled to square off tonight at Santa Rosa City Hall against her Republican opponent Jim Judd. The forum, sponsored by the League of Women Voters, will be held from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Santa Rosa City Council Chambers [...]
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 [...]
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This blog is written by Press Democrat editorial writers Paul Gullixson and Jim Sweeney.