LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Feature: The aisle of lost souls NAPA—A Presbyterian church court offered a mixed message to same-gender couples last week when it found the Rev. Janie Spahr guilty of violating church law for officiati... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, 9 hours ago There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent 7 hours ago.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Upfront: ABAG o' troubles in Novato A volcanic debate in Novato has erupted over how the city should meet its affordable housing obligations.
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LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Whooping it up! Whooping Cough cases have spiked in Marin, according to the county Public Health and Communicable Disease department.
Read the full story here http://www.pacificsun.com/news/... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, on Aug 30, 2010 at 5:55 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 31, 2010 at 11:29 am.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Unlucky 13: Jarvis-Gann's lasting effect In a few months, Marin voters will have another chance to loosen the budget stranglehold that is the legacy of Prop 13 and the late Howard Jarvis. At least a little bit.
Re... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, on Aug 30, 2010 at 5:39 pm There have been 17 comments on this topic, the most recent 4 hours ago.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Spahr spurned by church leaders Presbyterian church panel apologetic in its guilty verdict against reverend who married same-sex couples...
"A great wrong has been done to us today," Spahr said. "This is a ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, on Aug 30, 2010 at 10:15 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Aug 30, 2010 at 10:15 am.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Wine: Oenology--or owlnology? "Barn owls are extremely effective at dealing with rodents," says Maggie Rufo, assistant director of the Hungry Owl Project, an outgrowth of WildCare's wildlife hospital in Sa... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, on Aug 29, 2010 at 10:44 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Aug 29, 2010 at 10:44 pm.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Letter: The egg industry is really scrambling over this one... The current recall of 380 million eggs from 17 states may be the result of several hundred people coming down with Salmonella enteritides poisoning, but that is only the most ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, on Aug 27, 2010 at 5:49 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 27, 2010 at 10:08 pm.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Here's something to meditate over... This T-shirt was discovered by a ==I Pacific Sun== staff member in the Walgreens on Third Street in San Rafael. Where it came from and who is responsible for the debatable sta... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, on Aug 27, 2010 at 8:16 am There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 1, 2010 at 8:23 am.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Village of the near-damned We like to think that Marin is best known for our towering redwoods, beautiful coastline and endearingly nutty post-hippie lotus-eating lifestyle, but let's face it: the count... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, on Aug 24, 2010 at 6:08 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 25, 2010 at 12:27 pm.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES the russians are coming Has anyone noticed an influx of russians in novato? Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I wonder if we should keep an eye on them. READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by tony, a resident of the Belvedere neighborhood, on Aug 24, 2010 at 12:19 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Aug 25, 2010 at 1:34 pm.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Single in the Suburbs: That wrong, Kemosabe... With the Tam High class of '80 reunion next week, the "invitation controversy" rears its ugly head again. If you didn't read the Hero & Zero column I wrote in the July 23 issu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, on Aug 21, 2010 at 2:04 pm There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent 12 hours ago.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Feature: Till we meter again... When Pacific Gas and Electric Company stuck its finger in the smart meter socket it got a shock.
Read the full story here http://www.pacificsun.com/story.php?story_id=4133 po... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, on Aug 21, 2010 at 9:09 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 26, 2010 at 4:05 pm.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES State board rebukes Tiburon orthopod The state medical board has disciplined a Marin General Hospital orthopedic surgeon for allegedly botching his care of four patients over two years.
Read the full story here ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, on Aug 21, 2010 at 3:39 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Aug 21, 2010 at 3:39 am.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Letter: Common Sense about Marin Commons Santa Venetia resident ==B Ron Ford== weighs in on the location for ==B county emergency facility==
Read the full story here http://www.pacificsun.com/news/show_story.php?id=... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, on Aug 20, 2010 at 4:45 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Aug 20, 2010 at 4:45 pm.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Feature: Attack of the SmartMeters! Residents sensitive to electromagnetic radiation, electricity say that SmartMeters trigger health problems - but the company maintains that opting out is not an option.
Read... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, on Aug 19, 2010 at 5:53 pm There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 26, 2010 at 12:02 pm.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Appeals court postpones weddings to Dec. 6 A federal appeals court panel on Monday blocked same-sex weddings in California until December, when it will hold a hearing on the constitutionality of a voter initiative bann... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, on Aug 17, 2010 at 5:43 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 21, 2010 at 9:12 am.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES MMWD- Massage Manipulate Worthwhile Dissent It has already been exposed that the MMWD Board acted in a manner that dismissed its constituent representation and water-consumer best practices when it placed Measure S on t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Louise L Mathews, a resident of the San Anselmo neighborhood, on Aug 17, 2010 at 3:12 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 22, 2010 at 3:33 pm.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Marin places 21 measures on Nov. 2 ballots Marin's breaking records again, this time with its longest county ballot measure program ever—featuring a whopping 21 proposals.
Read the full story here http://www.pac... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, on Aug 16, 2010 at 4:27 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 17, 2010 at 5:18 pm.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Huffman's metered response to SmartMeters In a recent effort to quiet tension and soften conflict around PG&E's SmartMeter program, District 6 Assembly-member, Jared Huffman, sent an official letter to the California ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, on Aug 9, 2010 at 4:27 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 11, 2010 at 7:42 am.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Letter of the Day: Why the Tam High Indian is offensive I am stunned that people are so vigorously defending their right to be offensive with the Tam High reunion posters showing cartoon "Indians" [the old high school mascot] on a ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, on Aug 9, 2010 at 2:23 pm There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 11, 2010 at 11:10 pm.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Letter of the Week: Another view of Edward Schaefer I am the "ex-spouse" that all you journalists keep writing about. I am very angry that I keep getting mentioned and my relationship with him keeps getting brought into this tr... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, on Aug 5, 2010 at 4:54 pm There have been 41 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 1, 2010 at 1:01 pm.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Letter: A drought of facts In response to Loren Moore and Adam Scow's's letter from July 16 ["The De-Salt Treaty"], in which they argued against the Marin Municipal Water District ever considering a des... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, on Aug 4, 2010 at 3:38 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 5, 2010 at 10:44 pm.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Marin Energy Authority Recognized by E.P.A. The Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday that Marin Energy Authority now ranks 13th on their Top 20 Local Government list of the largest green power purchasers.... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, on Aug 3, 2010 at 11:19 pm There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 7, 2010 at 6:17 am.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Letter of the Week: Sutter - we're the illness AND the cure In response to Peter Seidman's June 4 article "Take the Money and Run": Sutter Health's corporate honchos were probably aggravated they couldn't deplete Marin General Hospital... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, on Aug 3, 2010 at 5:04 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 3, 2010 at 7:07 pm.
LOCAL PUBLIC ISSUES Water District's measured response The veil of polite pretense dropped Monday, at a meeting called to determine the fate of two ballot initiatives aimed at taking desalination to Marin Municipal Water District ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, on Jul 29, 2010 at 4:14 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 1, 2010 at 6:19 pm.
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