Graffiti is plain ugly, everybody knows that ... in fact, this week it's been talk of the town ... or at least the bloggers that inhabit the Napa Valley Register's Web site.

The Summer Olympics started in Beijing on Friday, and I’m having some trouble getting excited about the spectacle this time around ... too many pro athletes, too many endorsement deals and too many sports that have passed their prime.

The Summer Olympics started in Beijing on Friday, and I’m having some trouble getting excited about the spectacle this time around ... too many pro athletes, too many endorsement deals and too many sports that have passed their prime.

Five years ago this month, Arnold Schwarzenegger met with the press for the first time as a candidate for governor, declaring his opposition to raising taxes to help balance the state budget.

Dear editor, I was offended by Oliphant’s editorial cartoon published in the Register on Aug. 6, regarding the afterlife of writer Solzhenitsyn. It included the captions, “He’s never happy with anything.” “Hey, he’s Russian! Or maybe he’s Jewish.”

Dear editor, the Aug. 3 From the Editor column (“The Fourth Estate”) brought back memories of my teen-age years in San Francisco, right after the Pearl Harbor attack.

Yesterday the proposed election for a transportation tax died a quiet death in the Board of Supervisors chambers. I was disappointed because I would like to see the roads fixed, and I do not believe they will be fixed without one in any reasonable time frame, but I agree it was the right decision. Taxpayers are scared right now for a lot of reasons, and I think the final blow was our Governor proposing the 1 percent state sales tax.

Proposition 8, the "Limit on Marriage, Constitutional Amendment," on the November ballot, calls for an amendment to the state constitution, declaring that marriage can only be between a man and a woman.

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