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Locals speak out at supervisors hemp decision

“Maybe what our AG commissioner voiced to a constituent, “If you don’t like it sue or leave the county,” is what staff and elected official feel? “ LOCALS SPEAK OUT AT SUPERVISORS DECISION: (who are they working for?)   Dear Supervisors,  To say that I am disappointed by the hemp decision is putting it mildly.  …

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Thank you Veterans! Are we taking good care of them?

“A total of 56 House bills have passed that have addressed veterans either as a focus or peripherally. But of the 25 Pelosi discusses, none have passed in the Senate, aka Moscow Mitch McConnell’s graveyard.”  Moscow Mitch is leaving veterans behind Joan McCarter Daily Kos Staff Monday November 11, 2019 · 8:40 AM PST 16 Comments …

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General Plan 2020, response from citizens on delay and priorities

Letters@pressdemocrat.com Dear Editor, Thanks for Teri Shore, Greenbelt Alliance, for her wisdom and comments in your Close to Home  section from May 9.  I couldn’t agree more with her concern and critique of our elected Board of Supervisors, who questionably continue the stall to update the county General Plan and zoning codes(for 3 years!).  Recent …

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Letters to the editor

Failures in Sebastopol EDITOR: I have lived in Sebastopol since the early ’70s and I have seen quite a few knucklehead moves, like when the local cemetery misspelled Sebastopol on their marble entrance plaque. This year there have been two whoppers. Knucklehead of the year: Painted bike lanes on major streets, in some spots eliminating …

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OPINION: Trump’s impeachment ‘should be initiated immediately’ after he declares national emergency: legal scholar

Everything he touches, he destroys……environment, social equity.  Impeachment Petition to Congress from Move-On: https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/congress-begin-impeachment  OPINION: Trump’s impeachment ‘should be initiated immediately’ after he declares national emergency: legal scholar Common Dreams 15 Feb 2019 at 09:59 ET While Democrats are preparing to propose a joint resolution challenging President Donald Trump’s expected national emergency declaration in order to obtain funding …

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OPINION Thomm Hartmann: It is time to bring back the corporate death penalty — here’s why

How corporations gained more rights than citizens…. It is time to bring back the corporate death penalty — here’s why Thom Hartmann, AlterNet – COMMENTARY 07 Jan 2019 at 16:35 ET “The prevalence of the corporation in America has led men of this generation to act, at times, as if the privilege of doing business …

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