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No one is happy with county: The LCP remote workshop was entirely too remote

To whom it may concern, The LCP remote workshop was entirely too remote and not an adequate substitute for citizen input. People need to see who is in attendance, speakers need to be announced by full name and affiliation. Not only that, but of course it is still impossible to comment on a document that …

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One-sided winery rules

One-sided winery rules EDITOR: Your article about event permit rules for wineries failed to expose the redundant, chaotic, mind-boggling process the county has burdened the community with for the past several years (“Clashes over winery event permit rules,” Feb. 20). The county has repeatedly asked for feedback, from numerous workshops to the winery working group …

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WWW Responds to Winery Event Workshop by County

PRMD-WineryEvents@sonoma-county.org To: Permit Sonoma & Sonoma County Supervisors:  RE: Winery Event Ordinance Wine and Water Watch is a local organization of over 300 citizens concerned with the overdevelopment of the wine tourism industry and promotes ethical land and water use. We oppose the industrialization of agricultural lands not growing food, medicine, fiber or sileage and …

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Big Wine & Binge Tourism Cost You:

WWW published this in 2015, still just as relevant if you add cannabis and that industry’s rush to have events county wide. Note the Economic Development Board facts: Tourism is 6.5% of Sonoma County’s GDP so why all the preference?  Big Wine & Binge Tourism Cost You:  Groundwater depletion Drinking water quality polluted with chemical …

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California North Coast wine grape crop value drops by nearly half from fires, weather, pandemic

Instead of changing business practices, the push for big wine now is to take over other businesses to stay afloat. Kendall Jackson wants to go into the hotel business and more events wrecking havoc on the locals. Tourism according to the just released Economic Development Board is only 6.5% of our economy.  California North Coast …

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Mexico ousts glyphosate and GM corn

Sonoma and Napa county winemakers still using massive amounts. “Health impacts highlighted include acute poisoning, kidney and liver damage, imbalances in the intestinal microbiome and intestinal functioning, cancer, genotoxicity, endocrine disruption, reproductive and developmental reduction, neurological damage, and immune system dysfunction. “ PAN: Mexico ousts glyphosate and GM corn In a huge win for small …

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