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Coastal marathons the new “thing”? Marin also has marathon September 22nd

With coastal residents upset about the coastal marathon on our Sonoma Coast, looks like coastal marathons are the new way to exploit coastal resources. We don’t want it here, Marin what are you thinking? Did the California Coastal Commission approve this? San Francisco Race Calendar Coastal 50K/Marathon Race Information This point-to-point trail run from the …

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Year of the Tourist?

Supervisors do you hear the populace yet? Almost daily citizens are complaining about poor land use decisions made by the Supervisor’s allowing our neighborhoods to become collateral damage to big wine and binge tourism. People are complaining about lack of service businesses that cater to residents, stores turning into tourism based businesses, neighborhoods are getting …

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Are Sonoma County roads becoming inebriation highways? by Judith Olney

When our Supervisors take the oath of office, protecting the health, welfare and safety of the public is part of the oath. We have seen years of terrible land use policies obliterating our rural areas and promoting industrialized “agriculture” lands (96% of our food is imported according to GoLocal). We totally agree with Judith’s “spot …

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“Wineries attitude toward concerned county residents………is out of line.”

Subject: Wineries attitude toward concerned county residents   Dear Mr. Wick, Thanks for your efforts, and our hoped for efforts by our elected Supervisors, to set limits on winery expansion and winery demands in Sonoma County.  We just read that Napa voters are resisting more of the same in that county.  So, the mean-spirited comments …

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