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Four Democratic Party presidential candidates, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, Michael Bloomberg and Elizabeth Warren, were represented at the Windsor Democratic Club’s first meeting of 2020, Jan. 30 at Round Table Pizza.

I approach what can only be described as a castle in the lovely hills just off West Dry Creek Road. It’s built of thick, grey stones with a bridge going over a circular koi pond. Also on the 56-acre property are an old gas station, a huge ceramic studio, a completely outfitted metal shop and a beautiful meditation room. Stained glass windows, handmade metal gates and railings and one-of-a-kind artwork pop out of the natural setting.

There is a lot of new money in our county, buying up the real estate. One new neighbor told me he moved up here because it was cheaper than where they lived in the East Bay. Yikes, people moving here because it’s cheaper?

While we are all doing our holiday gift shopping around town and other places, there’s a reminder we should add to the bottom of our lists. Once upon a time, when we were little children, only Santa Claus knew if we’d been good or...

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A discussion about free trade versus tariffs raises all sort of choices, conflicts and conundrums. We’re not talking about forging steel, smelting aluminum or processing Trumpisms. Here, we do wine and beer, tourism, water exports, clean energy distribution, medical technology and don’t forget cannabis, among all our other potential imports and exports.