Letters to the Editor 11-7-13

Fawn future
Editor: The future of Sonoma County wildlife depends upon us all. As their habitat is destroyed, wildlife must deal with more hazards. Wildlife Fawn Rescue is searching for responsible Sonoma County homeowners with remote acreage to set up an out-shelter facility in which to raise four fawns each year. Fawns are raised in this natural habitat by the homeowner. Rescued fawns are stabilized at WFR headquarters then transferred to these out-shelters where they are raised for four months. Once they are weaned, recognize their natural foods, and are prepared to survive in the wild, the gate is opened and they are free to, live in the surrounding territory. Training is provided by our Animal-Care Coordinator. All expenses are assumed by WFR. We need you. If you can help please call WFR at 931-4550 for further details. Pass the word.
Marjorie Davis
President, WFR Board of Directors
Thanks Robert
Editor: Thanks are due to Robert Beauchamp for his very articulate take-down of the Barlow (“What is The Barlow?” Oct. 31).
I visited the Barlow on many occasions before it was “complete.” It was quite a jolt to any sane person’s sensibility. This metal monstrosity seemed to engulf all that stood in its way. One day I chatted with a contractor working at a business preparing to open at the Barlow. I always remember his term for the Barlow, “A shabby-chic shopping mall.” He got it right.
I wonder how many merchants at the mall are aware that one of the vacant spaces is labelled, “Flood Log Room,” and that the other buildings on Morris Street are elevated.
If I was a business person thinking of locating at The Barlow, I’d seriously wonder about that!
Ed LaFrance
Sebastopol
Distraction?
Editor: The good-old-boy network and the 2-tiered justice system is alive and thriving in Sonoma County. Peeking? How many people have been charged with peeking in the last 10 years? Is peeking illegal? Will we arrest parents who play peek-a-boo with their babies?
The Efren (Carrillo) camp, with the help of their friends at (Santa Rosa’s daily newspaper) would like us to believe that his transgressions are no more serious than a child’s nursery game.
The Board of Supervisors did manage to break the deafening silence they’ve embraced since Efren’s return from rehab.
“I don’t see this as a distraction” says Chairman David Rabbit. “This was slightly uphill from nothing, to be honest.”
Two felony arrests, a 3 a.m. underwear romp, a long-term problem with binge drinking, a month in rehab, a likely civil suit and a misdemeanor charge of peeking equals no distraction and adds up to little more than nothing.
Welcome to the new standard for serving on the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors.
Thomas Morabito
Sebastopol