What do you suppose Napans complain about most?

Save Rural Angwin, representing the interests of the community (and numerous other Napa County voters), will oppose the new version of the Triad project for Angwin. The number of proposed units is still too many for this small village, and many houses would still replace green farm land in the heart of the community.

Matthew Alexander, sadly who must use a pseudonym, is a former special operations pilot in the Air Force and senior interrogator in Iraq. He was in charge of the team of interrogators in Iraq that interrogated Al-Qaida’s leader there, Zarqawi. This is a must read article on the torture issue that he wrote for the Washington Post. Someone in his position can hardly be called a squishy liberal.

Recently, the state Legislature passed a new law requiring local governments to plan land use around dense urban development. A recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle laid out the basics in this law, which was signed into being by Gov. Schwarzenegger in September.

A recent report about an uptick in American Canyon burglaries gives us reason to remind people to take precautions with their possessions, especially this time of year and even more especially during a time of economic strife.

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Dear editor,

With the appointment of Christine Romer to head up his council of Economic Advisors, the key person to advise the President on economic policy, Obama has put in place an economic team that consists of centrists if not right of center policy makers. He has already put to rest the "socialist" criticism leveled continually by his Republican critics, but are they paying attention?

Do you start your holiday shopping early?

Some families go to Hawaii, Disneyland or other vacation spots for the holidays.