On Thursday, the Transportation Authority of Marin Board of Commissioners will consider a proposal reducing an essential public safety component of our community: school crossing guards. Approving it would be a mistake. Crossing guards serve vital roles in increasing safety for our children walking to and from school, and benefit the community at large. The […]
We must put end to our reliance on coal, oil, gas Every year is hotter than the previous one and storms are getting insanely intense. Yet some people still don’t get it: Climate change is a global emergency. In his letter of Feb. 10, Daniel Sonnett notes that his gas stove worked during a recent […]
Marin City history exhibit is worth the trip I read John Tetzlaff’s Jan. 24 letter to the editor regarding the 1865 decree that freed slaves be given 40 acres and a mule, only for it to be rescinded after President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. As we celebrate Black History Month, I wonder how many people in […]
Vote yes on Measure A for Tam District high schools Marin County is an extraordinary place to live. As someone who served on the Tamalpais Union High School District Board of Trustees for 12 years, I have seen the positive impact that quality schools have on students as well as the broader community. Public schools […]
Benefits must be factored into public safety projects I very much doubt that any public safety infrastructure project similar to the Ross Valley flood mitigation would ever pencil out to the reduced-emissions requirement that Ross Asselstine suggested in his recent letter to the editor. Such projects must factor in the reduced threat to human life […]