You know I wonder of the Sonoma County Supervisors are counting on tax revenue from the Rohnert Park casino to mask their fiscal ineptitude... Why else would they refuse to do anything meaningful to challenge the all-but-certain South County Slot-A-Palooza? After the recent meeting when the Supes reduced pension and [...]
I remember when Summer Vacation ended at Labor Day. In fact, I remember Summer Vacations dragging on to the point where I was so bored out of my skull that I actually looked forward to going back to school...new clothes...new notebook...new girls... Still, since we're in the increasingly cutthroat Global [...]
Some day, an admirer of historian Cornelius Ryan, will pen a poignant story of Petalumans struggling to get on with their daily lives in the face of unnecessary traffic congestion and unexpected delays, that might have been alleviated if not prevented all together, save for the short-sighted forces of retrogression [...]
Petaluma's Fairground is not unlike the goose that laid golden eggs. That is to say, the goose laid the golden eggs until the day a bunch of greedy folks captured the goose, and dissected it to learn the secret the of its magic in the hopes of getting richer. As [...]
As of this writing, 6 folks have signed up to run for the 3 available seats on our City Clowncil - that nominally elected, predictably dysfunctional, body of local mischief-makers. In the interests of self-preservation, Petaluma needs some kind of oath that would be required for all politicians upon their [...]
Fireworks are a perfect illustration of the phrase "watching my money go up in smoke." I think they're fine in a public display where you can see the really amazing ones that have to be set off by professionals. Granted that one must be either intent of mischief or totally [...]
T. Boone Pickens, the well-known oil tycoon, has of late been promoting wind power as an alternative to oil as a source of energy. He was quoted in an article that discussed America's vast resources of wind as describing the Midwest as the "Saudi Arabia of Wind." Personally, I can't [...]
Given all the marijuana that's grown in Mendocino, and all the fires that have singed that county, I've got to believe that a fair of the smoke from those fires is hallucinogenic. Of course, Sacramento is downwind, but since madness has a been rampant in California government for years, I'm [...]
Well it turns out that Golden Gate Transit's buses can't navigate the traffic circle on South McDowell Boulevard, and the city will have to bus eastside commuters who would otherwise be left stranded to the Fairgrounds where they can catch a GG Transit Bus to SF. Presumably, the city will [...]
You got to hand it to the opponents of the impending Indian Casino in Rohnert Park, not that they've been dealt a fair hand to begin with. However, other communities - while failing to prevent the imposition of a casino into their backyard - have through diligent effort been able [...]