Open Trench

There’s really no end to the ways our various governments can extract more money from us, either directly or indirectly.…

And then there’s the truly gut-wrenching fact that Sonoma County has essentially guaranteed a 7.5 percent investment return on pension…

I don’t think the proposed fare structure is SMART’s biggest issue. I recently visited Denver, Colo., and was very impressed…

Homelessness was much less obvious in Sonoma and Healdsburg, our county’s most high-profile tourist destinations. I wondered why.   In…

There’s a monumental difference between the number of A Line trains actually running each day and the proposed number of…

With almost every request for tax increases, our leaders promise to spend the money on public safety, roads, schools and…

 What happens if the CalPERS investments don’t earn 7.5 percent, as they haven’t in recent years? Do you still hold…

Our lawmakers started with the laudable goal of making things more convenient for truly disabled persons. A friend once told…

For me, the very mention of tiny homes triggers alarm bells.   I often wonder how much of “the real…