LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – 10-13-11

Smith contributions
Editor: Lately, it seems as if the newest trend is to minimize all
the really excellent things Dan Smith has done over the years in
our community. As a long-time volunteer at Food for Thought-Sonoma
County AIDS Food Bank in Forestville, I would like to bring to
light the fact that Dan Smith and The French Garden donate weekly
at least two boxes of the most magnificent produce for our clients.
Breathtaking produce that inspires clients to want to get into the
kitchen and eat healthy. He is reliable and we can count on that
weekly donation. That means a lot to the food bank. I know we are
not the only non-profit to receive these weekly boxes from an
angel. So, thank you Dan Smith and the French Garden.
Barbara Doyle
Sebastopol
SCWA no underdog
Editor: I was glad to see several letters challenging the
commentary by Frank Robertson on Brenda Adelman (“Brenda and the
surfers,” Sept. 22). As any activist will tell you, it has taken
many different approaches over many years to safeguard the Russian
River. And the job is far from done.
The Sonoma County Water Agency gains income by selling Russian
River water to entities such as Marin County and their motives in
proposing less water be left in the River are worth examining
closely, to say the least. Contrary to what Frank comically
suggests, few of us think of SCWA as the underdog in this or any
other dispute.
I also thought it highly questionable that Frank wrote the Page 1
straight news story on the lawsuit in the same issue (“Lawsuit
filed to block estuary management,” Sept. 22).
Charles E. Wagner
Guerneville