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LETTERS con’t from page 3
History tells us what happens when people don’t vote. I am a “no party preference” registered voter. I love and support third parties and am excited about the strides many have made. The reality is there are two major parties right now and one of their candidates will win the Presidency this year.
Ministerial Permitting
of cannabis applications by the Agricultural Commissioner’s Office is unacceptable to residents
As we take our daily walks now, it’s a bit of a different scene. It seems we notice that incredible tree trunk that must be so very old and so incredible in its beauty. In the past we have just walked by it.
It’s a wonderful time in our usual busy lives, to note the beauty and peace around us. It is everywhere if we will take the time and notice.
More puzzling are the folks who state they just won’t vote. Our country is a democracy. Voting is not only a privilege but a right that others literally died for so that you could have it.
We thank you for your work during such difficult times in our county and country and pray for your personal safety.
It’s so very great to see our wonderful air quality and why not try to keep it that way
We wish to register our opposition to the proposed ministerial permitting of cannabis growing applications by the Sonoma County Agricultural Commissioners Office.
We can change the way we live and if we hope to leave this fragile, incredible beautiful planet to those who come after us –
This election is critical. Climate change is a time sensitive issue that MUST be dealt with. Our country’s and our world’s survival depends on it. This takes precedence over abortion rights, gun rights, hell any rights. If you’re not going to be alive & standing here NOTHING else matters. Suck it up & vote for at least that We already know where Trump stands on the environment so please do it for your children,. your friends, yourself. 2016 already showed us what happens people sit it out. Just as we are being asked to help protect others in our present situation, I ask---no, I BEG of you--to vote in the November election not only for yourself but for the protection of others. Please and thank you.
First, cannabis is unlike any other “crop” grown in the county. It stinks. It encourages crime. It requires high-intensity security measures, like concertina wire fencing, cameras, lights and guards that have high impacts on the surrounding population.
THE TIME IS NOW!!
THERE IS BEAUTY IN TURMOIL Joy Bennett
I take Issue with Your Tissues
It requires water and pesticide use that threaten the environmental and economic stability and health of rural neighborhoods.
I’ve seen them, and by them I mean it’s not just one person, nor just one location...it’s happening all over town as if it’s its own pandemic.
Morons who don’t dare get closer than five-feet from a garbage can who simply toss their mucus-laden tissues somewhere in the direction (or same county) of the proper receptacle.
Considering the unique impacts of cannabis cultivation and its generally inappropriate designation as a “crop”, it is critically important to take it out of both ministerial permitting and out of the Ag Department’s purview. The public should be engaged in appropriate location determinations and it should be regulated by transparent protocols.
You aren’t being smart, you aren’t being clever, you are simply being lazy...so KNOCK IT OFF! Someone else is going to have to pick it up!
Bianca May
EPA Water Fluoridation Trial Rescheduled
The Court has set a new trial
date of Monday 6/8/2020. The trial
is expected to run two weeks. For reasons of public health, the trial will be conducted entirely by videoconferencing. We hope, but do not yet know, that there will be live streaming of the proceedings. We do know that the federal court films its trials, and that the public is usually invited to attend. It is possible that, in these unusual circumstances,
the court will continue to honor the tradition of public attendance with a live video feed. If so, Fluoride Action Network (FAN) will provide access on a variety of internet platforms.
I think I’ve seen enough of this behavior with people and their dog poop bags who simply set them atop as if divine intervention is going
to make them disappear...C’MON PEOPLE...you are smarter than this!
The Government shutdown, and now the Covid-19 situation have caused the EPA water fluoridation trial to be postponed twice.
We have already seen how the wine industry has run roughshod, through ministerial permitting and fragmented approval processes, over residents and our local environment. We ask you to consider our concerns in your process of writing county regulations and convey our message to those setting policy.
Sadly, we only act when we feel our wallets getting hit, I truly am looking forward to the day (if it ever happens) when such instances reap heavy heavy fines!
Marcos Emiliano Zapatero
With many thanks,
Laura Morgan & James Seward Sebastopol
VOTE 2020
In this time of chaos it’s easy to forget about our immediate needs or think ahead to the end of the year.
But I ask you to to do so.
I ask you to please vote. I know the Democratic party isn’t where people would like it to be. I know Joe Biden isn’t everyone’s top choice. BUT I ask you to set that aside and vote.
We will keep you informed. Carol Goodwin Blick
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