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Open Our Hospital Effort Finally Succeeds Despite 5-Year Opposition by Political Establishment and Sonoma West Newspaper0
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Richard Power Reverses Opposition & Supports Hospital Sale as “Fair Market Value”
February 5, 2019Board Votes 4 to 1 to Support YES on Measure A Selling Facility to AAMG for 7-Day Urgent Care, Outpatient Services and Local Jobs -
Why Sonoma Specialty Hospital is Good for West County
January 28, 2019New COO Matt Salas on AAMG's Sustainable Model for Urgent Care, Long Term Acute Care, Surgeries, Lab and More -
Investigative Series on Palm Drive Hospital Wins Top SF Area Journalism Awards
January 1, 2019Independent truth telling challenged deceptive political narrative -
“America 2034: Utopia Rising” an Underground Classic Set in a Trump Dystopia
December 17, 2018Well-Crafted Contemporary Vision for a Harmonious Future Thriving in West Coast Utopia -
Palm Drive Board Candidate Jim Horn’s Campaign of Deception to Close Our Hospital
October 28, 2018Candidate Klich-Heartt Joins Effort to Divert Hospital Tax Dollars to West County Health -
Vote Colthurst and Smith if You Want Our Health Care District to Survive: Commentary
October 25, 2018We the people agree that the public welfare is improved by having a hospital in the community -
Remember Andy Lopez = Vote John Mutz for Sheriff! / Commentary
May 17, 2018Historic Opportunity to Transform Policy of Shoot First and Ask Questions Later -
What Trump’s John Baron Deception Says About our Truth-less President
May 16, 2018Pundits Reflect on Deeper Meaning of Story About Trump Lying His Way onto Forbes Rich List -
Why Electing Jim Horn Will Doom Hospital
April 16, 2018District Board candidate has emerged as leading opponent to reopening -
Sonoma West’s Relentless Vendetta to Stop Dan Smith from Re-Opening Palm Drive Hospital
April 16, 2018Campaign of deceit disguises political attacks as news -
Behind Palm Drive Hospital’s Closing: Wells Fargo Bank & the Shutdown Playbook
April 15, 2018Decision to close made before single hearing; attorney for bond holders misleads public -
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Sonoma Independent Wins Top Journalism Award for Political Column on Clinton’s Risky VP Choice
April 12, 2018Greater Bay Journalism Awards Also Gives This Website Prizes for General Excellence, Leonard Cohen Profile and Sonoma County 2016 Election Coverage -
Inequality, Boom and Bust: From Billionaire Capitalism to Equality and Full Unemployment
April 6, 2018New Book by Renowned Economist Inspired by Bernie Sanders Campaign -
Landmark Case Puts Cancer Risk of Monsanto’s Roundup on Trial
March 14, 2018For The First Time in US Courtroom, Renowned Health Experts Link Popular Pesticide to Cancer -
Sebastopol Women’s Rally Draws Record-Breaking Crowd to Town Square
January 21, 2018Teens Activated to Defend Their Rights and Protest Trump -
Spreckels Spamalot Offers Phenomenal Laughs for Next Two Weekends
October 19, 2017Top Quality Production of Hilarious Monty Python’s Classic Provides Comic Relief for Our Fire-Weary Community -
Sonoma West Hospital Fills Critical Care Need During Fire Tragedy
October 18, 2017Community Hospital Filled Emergency and Patient Transfer Needs as Fire Caused Sutter, Kaiser and Sonoma Valley to Close -
Signs of Our Times: San Francisco Peace Rally Expresses How Most Americans Feel
August 28, 2017Inspiring people-power signs from SF Civic Center rally on August 26, 2017, when tens of thousands marched to reject hate and racism -
Why Did Press Democrat Run Extortionist Claims Against Hospital on Front Page?
August 14, 2017Newspaper Editors Refuse to Answer Questions or Run Letters About Journalistic Ethics of Providing Megaphone for Shakedown Lawsuit -
Six Reasons to Vote No on Measure A, the “Marijuana Hypocrisy Tax”
March 2, 2017COMMENTARY: Alcohol is far more harmful than cannabis. A 10% tax on grapes & wineries would yield far more money for the County. But that will never happen. -
Five 2016 Election Victories that Prove Sonoma County is ALREADY Great!
November 16, 2016Historic Local Victories for Women, Library, Hospital & Organic Ag as Voters Reject the New Normal -
What I Learned from My Wise Uncle Leonard Cohen
November 14, 2016His Secret of Success with Women: "When You Are Done Listening, Listen Some More" -
Stunning New “Water is Life” Video on the Stand at Standing Rock
November 13, 2016Eight things you can do to support the Standing Rock Sioux in stopping the Dakota Access Pipeline -
Five 2016 Election Results that Prove Sonoma County is ALREADY Great!
November 12, 2016Historic Local Victories for Women, Library, Hospital & Organic Ag as Voters Reject the New Normal -
Sonoma Independent Wins Greater Bay Journalism Award for Library Story
October 14, 2016Column About Supervisors Refusal to Fund Restoration of Library Hours Despite Record Budget Surplus Wins First Place Award -
Will the Monsanto Doctrine Destroy NorCal’s GMO-Free Farming Zone?
September 10, 2016Historic legal ruling will determine whether local government has power to protect public safety and the environment -
Epic Earth Day Eco-Fail On Electric Vehicles
September 1, 2016Most Sonoma County Cities Fail to Walk the Talk in Greening City Fleets -
Sonoma County Songwriter Predicts Trump Will Kill Republican Party
August 11, 2016Ralph Paterno's New Song "The Day Their Party Died" a Biting Parody of "American Pie" -
Sanders Political Evolutionaries Will Win In 2020. But It’s Now Time To Support Clinton And Defeat Trump
August 2, 2016Why the reformist Bernie supporters who insist on honest government for the public interest are the future of the Democratic Party -
In Bypassing Warren As VP, Clinton Raises Risk Of Losing To Trump
July 24, 2016Commentary: Bernie Sanders' young and independent supporters are the last voters in the world who should be taken for granted. -
Will the New Monsanto Doctrine Hijack Democracy in Epic Hawaii GMO Ruling?
June 14, 2016Federal and State agencies created to protect people's health and environmental safety have been reinvented as legal shields to protect the world's most toxic agrochemical companies from people -
How to Create 25,000 Attainably Priced Housing Units in Our County Without Public Funding
May 10, 2016The Sonoma Independent Solution calls for rezoning 1% of the County to allow 15,000 rentals for under $900 and 10,000 homes costing under $200,000 -
Will Sanders Campaign Fund the Grassroots to Win Big in the West and Ensure Fair Elections?
May 10, 2016Bernie’s key to winning more than 60% of the vote in California may be to shift millions from planned media buys to funding grassroots efforts -
The Kind of County We Don’t Want
May 9, 2016The problem wasn’t that THEY came, but rather that WE were essentially evicted. -
People-Powered Media Fuels Bernie’s Revolution to Restore Democracy
April 14, 2016A new generation of web-savvy Americans has awoken to the political empowerment that comes from being their own media filter -
Thriving New Hospital Passes Key Profitability Milestones
February 12, 2016Temporary Cash Flow Crunch at SWMC Caused By Reopening Costs, Not Operational Losses -
Friends Group Launches Petition to Help Sonoma West Hospital’s Cash Flow Crisis
January 27, 2016District Board bridge financing needed for shortfall caused by delayed insurance reimbursement; Congressmen Huffman and Thompson urge Medicare bureaucracy to speed up back payments -
Time Traveling 1967 Hippy Kids in Peacetown with New Year’s Message “Vote for Bernie”
January 1, 2016They call Sanders candidacy "once in a lifetime opportunity peace in our time" -
From Burning Man with Love: Fun Videos of Inspired Gift Givers
November 12, 2015Eight Videos of Inspired Gift Givers 2015
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