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- Written by: James Comstock
As your supervisor, I will represent all District 1 constituents in working to preserve the beauty and rural lifestyle which we value in our community while promoting appropriate and managed growth that will bring jobs and services to our residents.
I look forward to fulfilling the promise that I have made to advocate for District 1 in Lakeport and to ensure that we receive our share of county services.
I would like to thank my opponent for a vigorous and spirited campaign.
I would invite all residents of District 1 to share with me questions, ideas and concerns as we work together to meet the challenges ahead.
Middletown resident Jim Comstock will take office in January. He succeeds Ed Robey, who retires from the board this year at the end of his three-term.
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- Written by: Riviera Elementary PTO
The PTO would like to thank Ray’s Foods, Seely Farms, Bruno's, Frito Lay and Joanne Domby for their generous donations.
We would also like to extend our thanks to all the parent volunteers who helped make this a memorable event – especially Tammi Mendonca, Clay VanHousen and Tinker Bell for the hay rides!
Thank you again to all who participated. We hope to see you at our next event.
The Riviera Elementary Parent Teacher Organization is based in Kelseyville.
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- Written by: James BlueWolf
Social Security, once decried as evidence of socialism in the U.S. by conservatives, is now being pointed to as an institution under threat from the new president before he’s spent even one day in office. Reality has been pushing many of us to the realization that no one in this country will be able to live solely on their retirement Social Security, especially now that deregulators have allowed the corruption of laissez-faire capitalism to loot the retirement accounts that could have provided the balance of income necessary to retire.
Disenchanted Republicans are once again decrying tax-and-spend liberals just as their own two-term president outspent every Democrat in history in the last eight years and ballooned the deficit past the point of possible repayment. Since virtually all of our taxes go to repayment of the interest on what the Fed “loans” us to fund the U.S. government every year, discussions about tax raises are ludicrous. The government funds virtually all of its programs, from defense spending to social services by writing worthless checks, backed by an even more worthless promise to pay.
The world’s economy is now fueled more by a willingness to go further into debt than by any real hope of ending debt. The horizon is darkening not due to the election, but by the direction we have taken over the last century.
Even as Americans sense the possibility of greater unity and purpose, we’re headed back to a time, like it or not, when families and communities will have to fend for themselves. Any effort to bring us closer to tolerance and a willingness to take responsibility for the security and stability of our extended families and community cannot be viewed disparagingly, except by those who have lost their generosity of spirit and live only in selfish fear of losing their personal wealth.
If a tiny country in the midst of the Himalayas can utilize a principle of decision-making measured not only by gross national product but also by gross national happiness ‒ and make it work ‒ surely such an advanced and morally superior nation as the U.S. can find our way forward.
James BlueWolf is an artist and writer. He lives in Nice.
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- Written by: Jan Cook
The county Friends have provided money for a variety of things that the library budget doesn’t cover. A lamp and some new shelves for Upper Lake Library came courtesy of the Friends. For children’s programs, the Friends donated a special rug for story times at Lakeport Library and books for the county-wide Summer Reading Program. They have donated a video camera, a CD/DVD buffer machine and an extra computer monitor for Lakeport Library. The Friends have also purchased other books, CDs and DVDs for the library collection. The Friends’ generosity also extended to paying for memberships in the Association for Rural and Small Libraries for two library employees.
The Middletown Friends donated money to purchase juvenile and adult books on CD and documentaries on DVD for Middletown’s collection. They are investing money in an account to donate if and when a new Middletown Library is built. Their semi-annual Book Faires have become popular events that generate a good deal of money.
Jan Cook, library technician, writes on behalf of all the employees at Lakeport Library, Redbud Library (Clearlake), Middletown Library and Upper Lake Library.
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