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Open Mic: Measure O Supporters Not Telling the Whole Story

September 25, 2024

Measure O, which will be on the Nov. 5 ballot, would ease restrictions on new housing construction imposed by Healdsburg’s Growth Management Ordinance (GMO) by creating zones of exclusion from the GMO. But that’s not the whole story...

A farming county

August 5, 2009

— Rollie Atkinson

Time to modify growth ordinance

March 4, 2015

Healdsburg’s Growth Management Ordinance (GMO) is a citizen initiative enacted to preserve the town’s unique quality and character and insulate it from the pressures of unregulated market driven development. It effectively put the brakes on residential development and allowed the community to contemplate its future free from outside development pressures. The GMO’s authors and supporters are to be commended for their courage, perseverance and continued resolve.

A new governor

August 25, 2010

California’s state government — which controls nearly all of our

Commentary: The need for a new approach to addiction

October 4, 2017

Recently, our 37-year-old son Morgan died of an accidental heroin overdose. He was an avid surfer who dodged big waves and sharks, but could not dodge addiction. We are devastated by his unexpected and untimely death.

School cruelty

August 11, 2010

For some, August can seem the cruelest month because it means it

Editorial: No on Measure T

November 2, 2016

We haven’t changed our opinion about efforts to remove fluoride from Healdsburg municipal water.

A pension for promises

July 8, 2009

— Rollie Atkinson

Welcome back to school

August 14, 2013

If you think you know Healdsburg public schools, it’s time to look again. Our schools are moving forward with innovation that I’ve not seen anytime, anywhere, during my 33 years in education.

Reality check

March 15, 2012

I love Daisy Damskey. And I love her grandmother’s wisdom that everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion, but no one owns the facts. Well, here are the facts: