Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive We always assumed that the hatred of Jews in Marin County was coming from the occasional rightwing goofball Nazi wannabe from Vallejo slinking into town to pepper houses with Nazi swastikas and related BS propaganda. It’s more than upsetting to find out … [Read more...] about It’s time for Marin elected leaders to declare themselves: Do you stand with Israel or not?
Columns
Let Fairfax be Fairfax: A small town, with a rich and colorful history
The Fairfaxian/Mike Ghiringhelli One thing folks, locals and visitors alike, could count on about Fairfax over its illustrious 100 year history, is that this is an entertainment town through and through. Good times were guaranteed for all. Before the Golden Gate Bridge was built, … [Read more...] about Let Fairfax be Fairfax: A small town, with a rich and colorful history
The Ross School District is stuck between a rock and a hard place
The View From The Hill/Lew Tremaine The Ross Valley School District is in a “damned if you do damned if you don’t” situation when it comes to the Fairfax-San Anselmo Children’s Center at Deer Park School. They could sell the school property to the Children’s Center for a nominal fee. Even … [Read more...] about The Ross School District is stuck between a rock and a hard place
Properly Subversive: Marin’s 3 steps to Crazy Town on the issue of homelessness
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive From Binford Road outside Novato, to the path along Mahon Creek in San Rafael and now in the bucolic Peri Park in Fairfax, homeless encampments befuddle local governments in Marin. Some of it has to do with misguided policies that place the … [Read more...] about Properly Subversive: Marin’s 3 steps to Crazy Town on the issue of homelessness
Join the Fairfax Problem Solvers Club
Lynnette Shaw/Listen Up I have been contacted by several Fairfax citizens who are very concerned by the unresponsive-to-the-public Fairfax Town Council. Since the TC cannot seem to hear our pleas for help or change their direction in order to get things sensibly done for the betterment … [Read more...] about Join the Fairfax Problem Solvers Club
Fairfax Forum: Let’s start enforcing existing laws
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to Fairfax Mayor Cutrano and Council Members Coler, Hellman, Ackerman and Blash: I would like to express my concern about the growing homeless encampments in Fairfax. Here are some photos from Fairfax’s encampment at Peri Park taken on Sunday, 7/30/23, … [Read more...] about Fairfax Forum: Let’s start enforcing existing laws
Fairfax Forum: The down side of amending the town’s zoning code for gas stations
Dear Fairfax Forum: This is an open letter I have sent to Mayor Cutrano and Fairfax Council Members Coler, Hellman, Ackerman and Blash: I am writing to request this letter be added to the public comments record relating to Agenda item #1, pertaining to an ordinance amending the … [Read more...] about Fairfax Forum: The down side of amending the town’s zoning code for gas stations
Fire prevention: Goats can be a good friend
Dave Marston/Writers On The Range Goats are particularly good at one thing: Eating. Unlike a horse or cow that leaves noxious weeds behind, goats eat the whole menu of pesky weeds, bushes and small trees. That means goats can be one of the answers to the growing problem of tinder-dry, highly … [Read more...] about Fire prevention: Goats can be a good friend
I love my funky, artsy, musical Fairfax
Lynnette Shaw/Listen Up I am excited and proud to be part of the re-launch of the Ross Valley Reporter. Fairfax has always been a cannabis loving town which I discovered when I moved here in 1984. I have enjoyed tons of public support in my crusade to legalize marijuana and to stop the … [Read more...] about I love my funky, artsy, musical Fairfax
Homelessness in Fairfax is way out of control
Lew Tremaine/View From The Hill By way of introduction, my name is Lew Tremaine. I am a former editor of the Ross Valley Reporter and later a columnist for the paper. I served 12 years on the Fairfax Town Council, three years as Mayor. I am pleased to return the pages of this … [Read more...] about Homelessness in Fairfax is way out of control