Is political spin making the drought look worse? Today, two readers questioned the annual Santa Rosa rainfall average published by The Press Democrat. A comment attached to our drought editorial said: “We will always be in drought because the annual average rainfall went from like 25 inches to over 30 [...]
Santa Rosa City Schools opted out of the state’s Race to the Top program, citing concerns about potential strings attached to the federal dollars and the prospect that districts with weaker schools would be targeted for the money. But more than half the school districts in the state have applied, [...]
Democrat Pat Wiggins of Santa Rosa is out as chairman of the state Senate Local Government Committee, replaced by Republican Dave Cox of Fair Oaks. The change was included in a committee list released Friday by state Senate President Darrell Steinberg. An accompanying statement said Steinberg was scaling back the [...]
There may be no new taxes in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget, but there’s a surprise for lead-foot drivers. He wants to add speed sensors to red-light cameras and send people tickets for speeding. The recommended fines are $225 for up to 15 mph over the limit and $325 for more [...]
Santa Rosa City Manager Jeff Kolin waxed a little poetic in his latest and final weekly e-mail message this afternoon. Kolin, who is leaving to become the city manager of Beverly Hills, will be honored, along with his wife, Patty, at a going-away party Sunday night at Legends at the Bennett Valley Golf Course. But before going, [...]
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger stayed upbeat, as usual, but the Terminator lurked between the lines of his State of the State address Wednesday morning. Foremost among his targets was the California Correctional Peace Officers Association. The union representing state prison guards is a force in state politics, pumping millions into the [...]
Opponents of Dutra Materials’ proposed asphalt plant alongside the Petaluma River received some new ammunition from the U.S. Coast Guard. After initially submitting a letter stating that barges moored at the proposed plant wouldn’t affect traffic on the river, the Coast Guard reversed itself in a new letter issued just [...]
Paul Gullixson
Jim Sweeney
This blog is written by Press Democrat editorial writers Paul Gullixson and Jim Sweeney.