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From Senator Kamala Harris: This week we learned that the FCC is moving forward to repeal net neutrality rules that protect our free and open internet. As I said in my letter to the FCC just a few months ago: this proposal is a grave threat to the idea that the internet should be free …
Internet neutrality under attack…time to act is now! Read More »
Let’s Keep The Conversation Going! We the People of our Napa County came together Thursday, August 10th, standing room only, at the Horsemen’s Association in Napa. For over two hours many residents spoke of concerns as we brainstormed together how to make our community more cohesive and resident-friendly. Thank you who joined us. It is …
NapaVision 2050 Town Hall meeting, neighbors working on issues together Read More »
There is now a website for the fight against the big event/beer gardens/wine tasting center in Freestone. It is: http://djmalloc.com/ . The Freestone Bodega Preservation Committee did send out some postcards to the immediate residents to sign up for alerts. On the above site you can hit contact and sign up for alerts as they …
Close to Home Growing Pains: Myths and Realities of a Tourism Based Economy By Padi Selwyn Tourism is the best economic development driver, right? Tourists come, spend their money, and leave. Wonderful, right? Wrong. New and extensive research is debunking the myths of an economy dominated by tourism. In early April, Napa Vision 2050 …
Growing Pains: Myths and Realities of a Tourism Based Economy by Padi Selwyn Read More »
Did the California Coastal Commission members already have their minds made up before the vote? Many of the activists that attended Wednesdays hearing thought so. The bad players here are Vargas, McClure, Turnbull-Sanders, Uranga and Diaz. Good players are Mary Shallenberger, Carole Groom, Mary Luevano, Steve Kinsey, Dana Bochco and Gregory Cox. Governor Brown, what were …
Who appointed who on the California Coastal Commission and how they voted Read More »
Preserve Rural Sonoma County works to protect the rural character of Sonoma County from the industrialization of agricultural lands caused by the encroachment of wine and spirits processing complexes/event centers. PRSC educates, advocates and organizes to protect our families and communities, watersheds and wildlife habitat, addressing traffic safety, noise impacts, infrastructure and other impacts on the …