Q&A with city council candidate Neysa Hinton
Two seats on the Sebastopol City Council are up for election on Nov. 3. Both of the incumbents, Michael Carnacchi and Neysa Hinton are seeking re-election. Challengers in the race are Everett Fernandez, Diana Rich and Vaughn Richard Higginbotham. Sonoma West Times & News submitted questions to the candidates. Hinton's responses are included here in a Q&A format. The responses have been edited for length in some places.
Snapshot: Opening New Doors
The Senior Center threw open its doors earlier this month, literally, following the completion of a long-awaited project to improve access both from Matheson Street and the parking lot behind the building. New fully automatic sliding doors at the front and rear entrance allow...
Commentary: Life Long Learning
In the Fall of 2002, I enrolled in a course titled "Greed and Corruption in Corporate America" through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Sonoma State University. We had recently moved to Sonoma County after I retired from practicing Pediatric Dentistry for 40-plus years in the Bay Area. The Enron scandal had just unfolded, and I wanted to better understand how capitalism works in this country and broaden my horizons in general. The course and the OLLi program changed my life. I have not looked back.
Sale of Foss Creek School near completion
The Healdsburg Unified School District and the City of Healdsburg move forward with the city’s plan to purchase HUSD’s Foss Creek Campus, which has become surplus property for HUSD. The Foss Creek School was vacated seven years ago due to declining student population and has been leased to the city for six years since then.










