Features
A 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…
Read MoreA Home Is Not A House
Gemütlichkeit is the best word I can find to describe my home. I have to go to a foreign language to properly describe what contemporary American culture is in the process of decimating in the same manner in which it has relegated many species to the edge of extinction. The house hunters come at people’s…
Read MoreA ‘Vital Threat to Oakmont,’ a Decade in the Making
This statistic shows the number of participants in golf in the United States from 2006 to 2016. In 2016, the number of participants (aged six years and older) in golf amounted to approximately 23.82 million This article I wrote in 2005 describing the challenges facing the Oakmont Golf Club, reads almost as if written today.…
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