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Monthly Archives: March 2017
Activism, Petaluma
Occupy the Petaluma Butter & Egg Days Parade
by Christopher Fisher •
Activism, Fossil Fuels
Fight to Stop Keystone XL Moves to Nebraska
by Christopher Fisher •

Published on Mar 27, 2017 by the Real News Network. Retired school teacher and farmer Art Tanderup says he and nearly a hundred other landowners are pushing the Public Service Commission in Nebraska to deny permits for the pipeline KIM BROWN: Welcome to The Real News Network in Baltimore. I’m Kim Brown.Donald Trump, on Friday,…
Petaluma
More Open Space for Petaluma or 63 Luxury Mansions at the Scott Ranch Property? Aqus Meeting 5:15 pm Today
by Christopher Fisher •

The rolling hills of the Scott Ranch property at Windsor Drive and D Street could soon be home to dozens of mansions valued in the millions of dollars, if luxury home builder Davidon has its way. Petalumans for Responsible Planning would like to remind us that the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the proposed…
Petaluma
Basin Street’s Riverfront Courtyard by Marriott – Ugly, 1960s Soviet – Style Edifice to Dominate View of Petaluma from 101
by Christopher Fisher •

The Courtyard by Marriott hotel coming to Petaluma as part of Basin St. Properties’ Riverfront project, is back on the Petaluma Planning Commission’s agenda for its upcoming March 28 meeting. Their current proposal for the hotel’s architecture is remarkably unattractive, and has been (accurately, in our view) described as befitting a 1960s Soviet style edifice.…
Health, Petaluma, Trump
Huge Interest in Single Payer at Jared Huffman’s Petaluma Town Hall on Health Care
by Christopher Fisher •

The one single subject which repeatedly caused the crowd to break into spontaneous applause – and a standing ovation – at Jared Huffman’s Town Hall meeting on healthcare, Monday, March 6, 2017, was single payer healthcare. There seems to be no doubt that the more information people find out about single payer, be it Medicare for…
Toons
Mourning Glory
by Christopher Fisher •
Toons
Va-Gi-Na!
by Christopher Fisher •
Toons
Put it Together, People!
by Christopher Fisher •
Cannabis
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Calls for Federal Decriminalization of Marijuana
by Christopher Fisher •

“Our outdated policies on marijuana are having devastating ripple effects on individuals and communities across the country,” said Rep. Gabbard. “They have turned everyday Americans into criminals, torn apart families and wasted huge amounts of taxpayer dollars to arrest, prosecute, and incarcerate people for non-violent marijuana charges. Differences in state and federal law have also…