(This article first appeared on October 28, 2016) With the election less than two weeks away, anti-hospital activist Jim Horn is running for election to the Palm Drive District Health Board on the shocking platform of ending the dedicated parcel tax subsidy to the Sonoma West Medical Center (SWMC), selling or leasing the building to
During these bewildering post-election days, a number of friends have told me that they are sorry I did not win my race for Sebastopol City Council. I appreciate their support. But I do not feel sad, or even disappointed, about the friendly race that we just ran in Peacetown, USA. In truth, I feel that
(This article first appeared at WaccoBB.net on May 21, 2014; it has been slightly updated to add additional documentation). The decision last month by Palm Drive’s Board of Directors to reject the doctor-led Foundation Plan that would have kept the hospital open was the moment of truth in the contentious struggle to retain a life-saving emergency
