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LETTERS con’t from page 3
Shes everywhere, always attending the events that matter to us here on the lower Russian river. She has my whole hearted support.
I love that she has carried her baby with her to work and meetings, proving you can work for the community and take care of your family.
I love Lynda’s unwavering dedication to her district and her family, it is inspiring. Her passion, work ethic, and commitment are uncompromising. She hasn’t had an easy term, fires, floods, the JRT crisis to name a few but she perseveres!
Bonnie Hill
I love that she’s honest. She’s done everything she said. She’ll tell you where she stands, even if it’s not politically correct. Nobody works harder. She responds to everyone. She shows up everywhere. She’s a good problem solver. She’ll listen to different views about a difficult problem, and come up with a solution that makes sense. I could go on, but In a nut shell, we’re lucky to have her as our representative. I don’t expect she’s gonna have any problem. The 5th district loves her!
Jeniffer Wertz
eventually wind up on our beaches if the poison drop offshore is allowed to proceed. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s poisoning scheme will be discussed at an upcoming meeting
enjoy life (I’ll be 90 in 2021), but
I hope you are going to continue writing a column. In fact when you’re no longer in charge, you can start advocating for your own concerns. Even better.
Michael Fauss
of the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council on February 19 at the Bodega Bay Firehouse from 9 am to 4:45 pm. While this panel’s recommendations are only advisory, public comments are welcome at all Sanctuary Council meetings at the appointed time. See: farallones.noaa.gov/manage/sac. html for the precise timing of the public comment opportunity there. Interested citizens will also have a second opportunity to again provide public comment at the Coastal Commission hearing on this issue to be held in Sonoma County this June. For your remaining questions, or
And that leads me to the long article in the Sunday PD about an attempt to launch a recall of Lynda Hopkins. I don’t believe there has EVER been a Supervisor who has worked as hard as Lynda works FOR her constituents. I’m fairly confident that you share this thought.
Caren Catterall
Rather than blame Lynda for
the Rodota Trail encampment,
this idiot should be launching a drive to help with the housing of these unfortunate people--and the Supervisors are doing this as fast as they can. The City itself removed them from sheltering themselves under the Freeway overpasses so maybe he wants them shunted to a forest, far from sight. Then he can go back to forgetting they exist.
to take action in writing, please see PoisonFreeSanctuary.org
Richard Charter
I’m sure Lynda has about 90% support--even in Santa Rosa. She’s smart and constantly engaged. She put aside all District 5 issues, which includes my area in Santa Rosa, when we needed a comprehensive response to the 2017 fires. She’s a magnificent example of what a public servant should be (a nightmare job
She has a good ear heart eye, she has language, and good sense, she is willing and relentless when it comes to problem solving, she is pragmatic and a dreamer, and she doesn’t pander. doesn’t say
Hide the Dog?
A foundational duty of our Sheriff is to secure the public respect and cooperation vital to the ability of his -- our -- deputies to do their jobs.
For that reason, he should support expanding the authority and budget of the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO), and a citizens’ ballot initiative to do just that. Resistance to independent oversight of those we pay to protect and serve us would otherwise suggest a function that
at best). I can think of people who may deserve this calumny, but Lynda isn’t one of them.
yes when she means no, and when she doesn’t know, she says so and goes about finding out. and she is aware of the diverse nature of her constituency and our county.
Would it be wise, in the February Gazette, to have your West County contributors weigh in on what Lynda has meant to their towns?
She is reasonable, sensible and thoughtful in all of her decisions. She
is a role model to women everywhere, proving that moms can find success and still be good moms
Poison Drop on the Farrallones
It is time for our region to stop the proposed poison drop in the midst of our Marine Sanctuary and fishing grounds and then emulate the protections now in place in Malibu and the Santa Monica Mountains by banning brodifacoum and similarly hazardous second-generation pesticides in the currently-pending Sonoma County update of our Local Coastal Plan, along with addressing the predicted washed-up dead Western Gull carcasses that will
is above accountability, and that couldn’t be more untrue.
Arthur Hills
Olivia Rabellino.
The vast majority of our deputies perform their very challenging work within the bounds of the laws and Constitution that make their jobs
Judi Goldberg
GOOD IDEA, Arthur. I asked my Facebook friends. 22 COMMENTS... here’s a sampling:
so important, and so difficult. Any fool with a badge and a gun can beat, choke or shoot someone they believe is misbehaving, but ours is
a democracy where even suspected criminals have rights. It takes professionals to avoid excessive force when engaging and sometimes arresting those who may be uncooperative, even violent, so they can be bound over for trial.
I’ve lived in district 5 for 26 years.
I have never felt more represented
by anyone until Lynda came along. I voted for her, and am still very happy I did. No one, no one, has ever been boots on the ground, and as accessible as Lynda has been. And she has done this while raising a family. She may be super human! She speaks her mind, doesn’t cow tow to the powers that be, stands behind the truth and facts, and communicates with her constituents articulately.
As confirmed by reactions to a torrent of videos nationwide, the public is increasingly alienated by ‘out-of-control’ policing.
Deb McGauley
LETTERS cont’d on page 6
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