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September 17, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Furch speaks out on Fifth District race

Letter to the Editor 8-11-16

Marijuana in the mainstream

Differing views on growth management

At a public forum held on July 28 at the Villa Chanticleer, four community members participated in a panel discussion about possible changes to Healdsburg’s Growth Management Ordinance. Their prepared statements are reprinted below. The Tribune welcomes letters to the editor on this important topic, which will be on the Nov. 8 ballot.

Letters 8-11-16

Signals? Meh

Buying the Farm

All sorts of barnyard proverbs and euphemisms could be used to explain the current taxpayers’ dilemma. Not to beat a dead horse, but we’ve repeatedly warned about too many tax increases and bond measures on the next ballot. We don’t want to sound like Chicken Little and claim that the sky is falling, but decades of runaway pension costs are finally coming home to roost. Somebody left the barn door open and all that is left in our taxpayers’ barnyard is a pile of cow pies and horse biscuits.

County cannabis regulations moving forward

Over the past several weeks the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors has hosted a series of town hall meetings to gather input from the community to shape future rules addressing medical cannabis. Later this year, Californians will again vote on whether or not to legalize recreational use of marijuana.

City to offer more recycled water to vineyards

State mandate to stop discharging treated wastewater to former gravel pit adjacent to Russian River

City to decide direction for Cerri

The Healdsburg City Council may decide the fate of the Cerri Building on Monday, Aug. 15. After almost a decade of dithering and multiple studies, the decision has come down to whether to renovate the building or tear it down in favor of more parking. The cheapest option for the land on North Street is to raze the building and install a much-needed parking lot, but the building has admirers who say that it represents the community’s agricultural heritage and should be repurposed as a covered event center with parking alongside. The City Council meeting begins at 6 p.m.

Letters to the Editor 8-11-16

Electric car chargers

Police and Fire Logs 8-4-16

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