California’s March 3 election – here’s the Benicia & Solano info

[BenIndy Editor – Below is an interesting overview on our March 3 California election.  Note that March 3 is a PARTY PRIMARY for presidential candidates, but we actually ELECT our non-partisan Solano County Supervisor.  Progressive Democrats of Benicia have endorsed Monica Brown for Supervisor, and will hold a presidential candidate forum on Feb. 12.  Vote … Continue reading California’s March 3 election – here’s the Benicia & Solano info

Benicia Herald: Misleading letter attacking Bernie Sanders

As published in the Benicia Herald, by Roger Straw, January 5, 2020 First, please note that I have not been a Bernie Sanders activist or supporter.  I am among the huge number of Democrats who have taken the Indivisible Pledge: to support the eventual Democratic nominee in order to be rid of an incompetent, lawless … Continue reading Benicia Herald: Misleading letter attacking Bernie Sanders

Nuclear power IS / IS NOT the answer…

[Editor: Back in the 1980s, I followed the lead of Dr. Helen Caldicott, who called for a “nuclear freeze.”  My spouse and I thought it was important enough that we founded an educational program on the dangers of nuclear arms and nuclear energy.  I have felt the same urgency in more recent years about the … Continue reading Nuclear power IS / IS NOT the answer…

Benicia and Vallejo residents’ thoughts on impeachment vote

[BenIndy Editor: Thanks to Times-Herald reporter John Glidden for including my comment in his report.  – Roger Straw] Locals mostly positive toward historic vote By John Glidden, Vallejo Times-Herald, December 18, 2019 at 6:36 pm As President Donald Trump became just the third president in U.S. history to be impeached, many residents in the local … Continue reading Benicia and Vallejo residents’ thoughts on impeachment vote