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Preserve Rural Sonoma County

“How the Redwood Empire became Wine Country” by Preserve Rural Sonoma County

From our friends at Preserve Rural Sonoma County: Friends, Happy 4th weekend! As many of you may recall, we have been working on the production of some video clips to help spread our message. Many have already been completed and the first one we are releasing is below, featuring Ernie Carpenter. (Ernie did an amazing …

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Red Flag for further event permits…do you hear me now?

EDITOR: Staff Writer Christi Warren’s reporting on the massive traffic jam caused by a festival at Sonoma Lavender in Kenwood warranted placement on Page A3 in Tuesday’s paper (“Highway 12 grinds to halt due to festival”). What was not mentioned is the potential for the cumulative impacts caused by the many events permitted (and not permitted) that …

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Caymus Vineyards, Napa County close to settlement, gaming the system

Napa County Farm Bureau President Norma Tofanelli criticized the proposed Napa County agreement for recognizing Caymus marketing events as a pre-Winery Definition Ordinance right. She disagreed that Caymus has this vested right and warned the commission against setting a precedent. Marketing events should be granted as a use permit change, she said. Dairyman’s infamous owner, Caymus/Wagner’s …

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Fumbles and Follies……Napa County Board of Supervisors do you hear me yet?

  As printed in the St. Helena Star and the Weekly Calistogan on Feb. 4, 2016.   Fumbles and Follies by Donald Williams   Sunday’s Super Bowl, the year’s premier sporting event, could hardly have been bigger. It succeeded because of the high quality of performance, the marketing, and the public satisfaction intrinsic in experiencing …

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Dairyman Stalled, permit pulled

 Dairyman Stalled & More The Permit and Resource Management Department has withdrawn the Dairyman Winery and Event Center project application as a result of the Sonoma County Regional Parks Department formally affirming that the owner has no legal rights to cross the Joe Rodota trail for his intended purposes. The developer is appealing the decision, and has entered a lengthy, bureaucratic …

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