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November 21, 2025

2017 goals should include plan for sustainable tourism

We request that the city of Healdsburg’s 2017 goals include a plan for sustainable tourism. The plan would initiate a study and eventually create a set of measures to balance tourism growth with the needs of residents and the economic and social costs associated with tourism. Importantly, to maintain the land use status quo while a study is pending, the city should immediately enact a moratorium on new hotel and tasting room approvals.

Step zero and waiting

Measure R, Healdsburg’s voter-defeated housing plan, has left city leaders and attuned citizens scratching their heads and wondering why it lost and what will come next, if anything, to address a severe local housing crisis.

A farming county

— Rollie Atkinson

Letters to the Editor: Oct. 1, 2020

On the debate

Letters to the Editor, April 4

Roundup is not sustainable

Letters to the Editor: 9-24-20

Editor's note: While these letters are from residents of Healdsburg and focus on Healdsburg, the Healdsburg District Hospital is paid for and utilized by residents of Windsor. To learn more about all the ballot measures, including Measure BB, click here. 

Will we destroy our town in order to save it?

The March 10 commentary piece “The elephant in the room” brought to mind a quote attributed to a U.S. Army officer in Vietnam concerning a military operation there. “It became necessary to destroy the town in order to save it.”

Vote no on Measure A

The more arguments that are presented in support of Measure A, the quarter-cent sales tax increase on the June 2 ballot, the stronger our opposition becomes. First it is called a “road tax.” Now “Yes on A” campaign literature features a firefighter and a public safety message. What is Measure A, really? It is a “free pass” for our Board of Supervisors and their labor union contributors to avoid fixing their unfunded pension problem and other budget imbalances.

Less to burn

I am bewildered by Toni Lisoni's letter regarding debris burning

Letters to the Editor: Sept. 24, 2020

Editor's note: As election season approaches, some of the letters we receive from other areas about local measures may appear in our Letter's to the Editor section.
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Thanksgiving dinner

Finding the feast for Thanksgiving Day in Healdsburg

While in normal times cooking a big meal at home is possible if not enjoyable, this year’s ballooning guest list makes it all but essential to call in reinforcements and pick up a Thanksgiving meal in advance, in order to be ready for the holiday.