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Guest Editorial: OVA Dues and Loans
Although the approval of the East Recreation Center (ERC) loan is old news, it’s been on my mind. Taking loans for maintenance and improvement work on our facilities appears to be a new fiscal direction by our current OVA Board of Directors (BOD). I recognize, as many others have, that our reserves are insufficient and…
Read MoreFire: Let’s not Press Our Luck
Fortunately, most Oakmont residents, despite evacuations and stress, did not lose our homes in last year’s fires, but we can no longer assume that these kinds of devastating fires are once-every-half-century events. We have already had red flag warnings this year, earlier than what used to be called “the fire season.” Fires in California are…
Read MoreA Novel Approach to Newspaper Publishing in an Era of “Free” Information
Many small (and large) newspapers are struggling as they compete with the overwhelming amount of content available for free on the internet. A local publisher in Sonoma County is employing a novel approach, one that has been successful for other small newspaper publishers. “Last year Rollie Atkinson, the owner and publisher of The Healdsburg Tribune…
Read More17 Cents a Day to keep green fairways and 36 holes of golf in Oakmont? Hell Yes!
I am very much opposed to the way the OVA board has handled the OGC situation. We were promised complete transparency by Mr. Spanier when he was running for President, and we’ve gotten pretty much the opposite. That being said, with Tiger playing strongly again, and with pro golf tournament contenders mostly in their mid-20s,…
Read MoreOVA Membership Launches GoFundMe Campaign
8/14/18 Update: Oakmont Alliance announces $6,090 raised (Umpqua Fund & GoFundMe,) and has increased its funding goal from $5,000 to $10,000. An Umpqua bank account set up last month is accepting checks and cash contributions: Oakmont Alliance, c/o Umpqua Bank, 6641 Oakmont Dr, Santa Rosa, CA 95409. A recently launched GoFundMe campaign is seeking OVA member contributions for the purpose…
Read MoreBikes in Oakmont
After several recent conversations with bicyclists in the area, I have realized that Oakmont has gotten a reputation of ‘hating bicycles’. I myself found the opinions expressed in a recent OVA Board letter to Santa Rosa City Manager Sean McGlynn highly disturbing and not representative of my thoughts on cooperation with the city’s bike/pedestrian planning…
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