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LETTERS cont’d from page 3
sustain it. He is trapped with nowhere to go.
But I read the Gazette for other reasons - to enjoy special columns - my favorites being “The Night Sky, The Family Pet, the recipe columns which also afford an educational excursion.. I also keep informed as to what is going on in Sonoma County as well as to learn what is going on in the various communities and special people who live there. There is an added plus of finding a competent person for any repairs. There are also special articles which urge one to learn more: the June issue of a Bicycle Backyard Tour and “Take
a Walk on the Wild Side about the nursery specializing in carnivorous plants - both fascinating. I even cut out several articles to share with my children.
I think this is not only an invest local solution, but is a good carbon footprint when focused on rural permaculture style living that lots
of young poeple want- especially in place like this where it is so easy to grow food and sell to the local farmers market, and “buy local” restaurants like Peter Lowell’s, Backyard, Handline etc.
As a resident of this city, I too feel like that jack rabbit. Being displaced by corporate interests for the sake of having a better city at the expense of those already established here? Will RP’s new 20 year general plan take away the Rancho Verde mobile home park, leaving three hundred middle to low income families homeless like those poor jack rabbits? I’m sure there are a thousand people or more living in the park. Like those Jack rabbits, will our families be eradicated too? Will our land be sold to the highest bidder for the sake of having a better money making venture for someone else to enjoy?
Thank you Margie—very well- expressed letter. My concerns for Rohnert Park mirror your own. It breaks my heart to see our communities turned over to corporate interests. My hope is that our citizens will vigorously participate in the next General Plan update.
We are very lucky to have Lynda Hopkins leading the west county
into a political environment that provides some measure of control and input from full-time residents. For the first time in decades I think there is a future for the lower river and the west county that can be good for everyone. We must resist those moneyed interests of both private and government that see our community as a welfare state that is funded by our tax dollars. These entities created by the BOS to represent our views
What do you think? I know you are very vocal and active so I thought it would be worth getting your thoughts on this approach.
You know this is what some of the old guard of back to the landers have been trying to do at Ecotopia and La Tiera and OAEC somewhat under the radar. Maybe now that we have Linda Hopkins and an “outside of the box” thinking board of Sups trying to solve the problem we may have a chance.
I personally think its way better than the townhouse condo cheap urban apartment model.
“It makes a village”
Michael Heumann
Waiting for an answer,
Margaret Cantwell / RP resident 6/3/2018
So read the Gazette and know there will be strong opinions that won’t match your own I’ve lived long enough that I know my world has changed drastically - I don’t have to like it, I frequently don’t, but I try
to smile at strangers,regardless of whatever they believe.
B. Cuneo, Windsor
RP’s New 20-year
General Plan: Who will
Like many Rohnert Park residents, I have enjoyed the vacant lot on LaBath Street behind Ashley furniture for years. It represented the last little patch of the wild in a city that’s growing in a direction many of us fear is weeding out us local residents.
Strong leadership
Chain Vs. Local
Pharmacy Pricing, in general, is a Tough Pill to Swallow. (June Gazette). Take Humalog for instance, which
by the way, the price of this life- sustaining prescription drug has risen 1123% since June 1996. I decided, after reading this article, to reach out to my local ‘Chain Pharmacies’ and my ‘locally-owned small pharmacy’ to compare the price of what they’re charging for Humalog insulin versus the price my husband and I are currently paying out-of-pocket at
it exclude?
Pharmacy Pricing
My dog Jack and I got to know
the family of Jack Rabbits that have lived on that patch for countless generations. Every spring they would frolic before breeding then behold, the babies of a new generation
would soon arrive. It was our way of enjoying and being a part of nature’s remarkable cycle of life.
are exactly what is needed to stop the stream roller of social engineering that has oppressed the area in a serious way for the last 15-20 years. Thank you Lynda for empowering the residents. Thank you Lynda.
our local grocery store pharmacy for Humalog insulin. Here’s what I found out: Walgreens - $325.00 (100 units per ml) x 1 vial; Rite Aid - $307.69 (100 units per ml) x 1 vial; CVS - $329.00 (100 units per ml) x 1 vial; Walmart
This spring there was no joy. A hotel broke ground right around the time those babies were to be born. I wire fence was erected and the ground movers starting destroying their habitat. All I could do was watch in horror as I knew the fate of this last generation. We have not seen our rabbit friends since.
Beef Mcwin
- $647.60 (100 units per ml) x 5 vials; Raley’s - $268.39 (100 units per ml) x 1 vial; locally-owned small pharmacy
- $289.00 (100 units per ml) x 1 vial. Like anything else, it pays to shop around for the best price, especially if you’re enrolled in a ‘high deductible’ Prescription Drug Plan.
Yesterday, to my horror, I saw
one of the jack rabbits exposed, in broad daylight in the middle of the afternoon looking for a way out.
He was in the asphalt parking lot
in the enclosure. The little rabbit is emaciated and desperate to live. I tried to think of a way to get him but as wild is, it wouldn’t let me approach and it ran back into the empty dried out field they plowed down where there is no food or water left to
This and that
The letter from M. Gillean, entitled “Opinionated Columnists” caught my eye, but, of course, anyone reading “The Gazette” would know how political the whole paper is. Egads, even the Astrological predictions are so anti-Trump, they are laughable and even though I turn to my sign each month I know what to expect! And some columnists are very self-serving - i.e. Christopher Kerosky who specializes in immigration law and seems to only spotlight immigrant success stories.
Melanie Simson Garner”
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