Readers will recall that Our Petaluma #22 talked about a KYN proposal that has evolved from several years of volunteer-driven, community-centered projects that encouraged greater use of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) in all sectors of a community: education, government, business, health care, and non-profit organizations. We have given the [...]
I know that the title for this post might seem critical to some readers, but I believe it is a legitimate question to ask. Today's edition, introduced their "Sonoma Sunday" section which privides "a place on the page for dialogue with the community." Congrats to Pete Golis, the PD's editorial [...]
Within the past 24 hours I've had the opportunity to mingle and talk with a potential neighborhood sparkplug on the west side (Westridge) and a NERT leader from the Hagstroms area; as well as "walk the walk" with well over 100 folks who gathered at a KYN (Know Your Neighbor) [...]
"Stay tuned. Let's see how many KYN Sparkplugs will start their engines, " was the closing sentence to my last blog. (Hammerhead #8 - We Live Locally.) One of my regular readers posted a comment that provided "food for thought:"Your "sparkplug" analogy is not a bad one--but it is incomplete. [...]
One might also ask, "What roles do NGOs (non-governmental organizations) play in creating a "sense of community?" What about our art and musical groups? Our historical museum and society? Our various civic and social groups? Even the "Petalumans of Yesteryear?" Lets not forget the various conversation groups that meet at [...]
The chicken or the egg? We know the answer to that question - don't we? Some scientists claim that the chicken (a bird) had to come first in order to lay the egg so that it could be hatched. Now you ask, "Where did that "bird" come from originally? Didn't [...]
I know that it's too late to turn the "town" clock back to 1972 when Petaluma's population was 26,100; let alone 1858, when "our town" was declared a "Chartered City" by the California State Legislature on April 12th. If you read the lead article (p.1) in today's Press Democrat (1/29), [...]
Yesterday afternoon, our new Mayor, City Council and School Board members were "sworn in" by outgoing Mayor David Glass. The Council Chamber and hallway were packed with well-wishers, and the feeling tone of the event was genuine and supportive. We the people had elected and installed a new legislative body [...]
Today, I am "thankful" for many things, including family and friends that stretch from coast to coast and around the world, a professional career that enabled me to wake up each morning anxious to "go to work," and most important of all - a loving and understanding wife who, by [...]
Earlier, this morning, I attended the fund-raising kick off event by the Community Health Foundation of Greater Petaluma that will benefit the Petaluma Health Center, as well other local health care initiatives. The number of people who showed up for the 7:30-8:30 a.m. program and tour was much fewer than [...]