A long-awaited cleanup project along the banks of the Petaluma River got started last Thursday, as a crane brought in by the Environmental Protection Agency began clearing away some of the debris that has accumulated on a harl sunken barge not far downstream from downtown Petaluma.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- PM Saturday, June 4, 2011
Solomon Questions Opponent’s “Self-Focused Response” to Redistricting Scenario
Congressional candidate Norman Solomon released the following statement Saturday:
Political leaders should be ready, willing and able to clearly distinguish between personal career interest and the public interest.
While I’m confident that I would be successful in the proposed new congressional district stretching from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border -- and I would be proud to represent the entire North Coast -- the point of assessing the scenario’s boundaries should not be whether they might advance an individual’s political career. That’s why it was disturbing to see Jared Huffman’s self-focused response to the first remapping of the congressional district.
The overarching significance of the vitally important redistricting is not about any politician’s political calculus -- it is, or should be, about what would best serve the public.
Is it really in the best interests of the people of Marin County to be in a separate district from most Sonoma County residents while being grouped with a county on the Oregon border?
Is it really in the best interests of the people of Sonoma County for the congressional representation of their county to be split?
At this crucial moment, those are the kinds of tough questions that should be asked and answered.
On Friday, when the redrawn district map was released, I responded quickly with this statement: “The integrity of the North Bay should be preserved in the new congressional district. This is a region with common interests and shared terrain. For a long time our communities and concerns have flowed together. The new district should allow for full representation of those communities and concerns.”
You are invited to attend the Town Hall meeting at the Friedman Center on 4676 Mayette at 7 PM on June 6th - Monday night. Make your voice heard about what you want to see happen with the old Highway 12 right of way at this meeting.Please come and meet the American Institute of Architects Sustainable Design Assessment Team. (AIA/SDAT) and talk with them and with your neighbors about the future legacy of 55 acres, 2 miles long of "raw" land that bisects zip code 95405 in southeast Santa Rosa and could some day connect downtown to Spring Lake or ??
Its up to you.
Spring Lake Park
Imagine...A Greenway to Spring Lake. Join the American Institute of Architects' Sustainable Design Assessment Team and the Southeast Greenway Campaign to create a community vision for the Greenway. Learn more and let your voice be heard.
ASL and Spanish translation available both evenings.
Child care is available if you call in advance 542-1906
See you there, - Julie Combs Santa Rosa Community Advisory Board, Greenway Campaign Outreach,and 96406 Neighborhood Association 542-1906 2308 Lakeview Drive Santa Rosa, CA 95405
It's merely the 4th day of June, and already 2011is going down in the books as one of the wettest Junes on record in the Bay Area.
DISCUSSION...AS OF 5:00 AM PDT SATURDAY...
ANOMALOUS LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO SPIN OFF THE COAST AS BIZARRE
EARLY JUNE WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS THE DISTRICT. ALREADY HAVE
BROKEN THE RAINFALL RECORD AT KSFO FOR TODAY...ONLY NEEDING 0.16
INCHES WHICH WE`VE ALREADY SURPASSED. RAIN IS OBVIOUSLY STILL
FALLING SO FINAL DATA WONT BE CALCULATED AND COLLECTED UNTIL
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THE CALENDAR DAY BUT POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL
PRECIP RECORDS TO FALL TODAY.
(as of 9am) JUNE 4TH DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS:
LOCATION RAINFALL AMOUNT YEAR NEW RECORD
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KENTFIELD 1.00 1993
NAPA 0.53 1993
OAKLAND CITY 0.10 1993 (0.51 AS OF 6 AM)
OAKLAND AIRPORT 0.04 1984 (0.57 AS OF 6 AM)
RICHMOND 1.42 1993
SFO AIRPORT 0.16 1947 (0.43 AS OF 6 AM)
SAN FRANCISCO CITY 0.49 1934 (0.50 AS OF 6 AM)
SAN JOSE 0.18 1993 (0.25 AS OF 6 AM)
MONTEREY COOP SITE 0.14 1993
SALINAS COOP SITE 0.18 1993
SANTA CRUZ 0.42 1993
An unusually strong cyclonic low-pressure rotation was visible in the 11:30am PDT satellite image shown below:
A long-awaited cleanup project along the banks of the Petaluma River got started last Thursday, as a crane brought in by the Environmental Protection Agency began clearing away some of the debris that has accumulated on a harl sunken barge not far downstream from downtown Petaluma.
