Grandpa packed a revolver.

Angwin residents and all citizens of Napa County can support the good work of the Napa County Board of Supervisors in completing the remaining task of updating the Napa County General Plan: eliminating the notorious Angwin urban bubble.

Last Sunday’s Parade Magazine insert in the Register has a lead story titled “Who Are The World’s Most Wanted?”

A social experiment in online decorum has resulted in tremendous online progress for our Web site and our readers. We have reached a point where almost all of our readers are staying on topic and not attacking the messenger.

Worst-case budget scenarios are coming at a head-spinning rate these days, just as the governor and lawmakers appear to be on the verge of reaching an agreement.

Dear editor, A few weeks ago, I read a simple obituary about a beautifully simple man, Jean Louis Hill. I grew up in Wooden Valley, where Jean lived as well. I attended Wooden Valley Elementary, a one-room school. Jean volunteered his time to teach art to the children there for many years and it was the highlight of Thursday afternoons.

Dear editor, As I sit here in my chair all the way in Nebraska, I think about all the memories I have as a child growing up in the city of Napa. I remember how big of an ordeal it was to have the outlet stores in our growing city. I guess what I’m getting to is that bigger isn’t always better. I go and visit my family every year and can’t believe how far away Napa has gotten away from our idea of a close-knit community we prided ourselves on.

Dear editor, The article written on nursing homes was fantastic (“Feds rate local nursing homes,” Feb. 7). This should’ve been done a long time ago. I had a horrible experience with one.

This week Napa County began a process of examining what to do about the enormous deficits in pensions due to the meltdown of the stock market. Pension and actuarial expert John Bartel presented an actuarial analysis on Tuesday to the Board of Supervisors to begin this process.

Tuesday, the Napa County Board of Supervisors will look at the principles guiding them in this years budget preparation process, and one thing on the agenda giving me pause is the statement "Pursue new revenues to the fullest extent possible for all services.”

Remember when we were kids and we took Valentine's Day cards to school? In some of my elementary school classes there would be bags for the cards to be put in so no one could see if one person had a lot and another only had a few.

Fire out your thoughts here on your topic of the day that is not covered through a Register.com article or opinion item.

Buffalo wings. Those awesome little deep-fried nuggets of spicy chicken goodness, dunked in thick bleu cheese dressing. I can trash a pile of them in one sitting. But where are the best wings in Napa?

Napa's downtown trolley, little used by tourists and locals alike, is facing a grim future should downtown Napa business owners decide to stop an annual $50,000 subsidy of the trolley.