Little did I know that I traveled through the Tannery Bend District on the fateful visit that brought me to Napa.

It was my husband’s work party — a birthday party in Sacramento for three colleagues. My husband and I were looking for some well-earned time out to ourselves, but the babysitter had cancelled at the last minute. 

In its last session, the Supreme Court made a ruling about the 4th amendment rights of students at public schools. In the case is Safford Unified School District v. April Redding, the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the strip search of Savana Redding, then a 13-year-old 8th grade student, was unwarranted and violated her 4th amendment right against unreasonable search.

Please consider these points, then read the last paragraph:

As Register writer Kevin Courtney's article states, the city of Napa is spending nearly $100,000 to have a consultant come up with a plan for filling 105,000 square feet of new commercial space and another 76,000 square feet in older buildings that sit empty.

Roughly 240,000 miles above this blue rock is a metal plaque bearing the words, “Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon July 1969, A.D. We came in peace for all mankind.”

Dear editor, We appreciated the “In case you missed it ...” editorial on July 9. Right on!

Dear editor, To the person who found my wallet the morning of July 13, left in a cart at Nob Hill around 9:30 a.m., please accept my most grateful gratitude for you finding it and turning it in. I’m not sure if you are a loyal customer or an employee of Nob Hill, but I want to thank you sincerely for doing the right thing and turning it in. The world needs more people like you.

Dear editor, The letter from the person complaining about the school sprinklers running in the afternoon reminded me to do this (“Getting all wet at West Park,” July 3). I have written this letter in my head almost every morning.

Dear editor, During the last two weeks there have been news articles, two editorials and letters to the editor regarding the present state of Napa’s downtown. The Napa City Council has now decided to spend another $100,000 to determine why there are so many vacant stores and what can be done about this problem. Apparently only an outside consulting firm can come up with the magic answer. The downtown’s major property owner has also announced the hiring of a high-powered firm to solve the problem.

There was one big pothole on Highway 29 that I had driven over for years, I learned to look out for it every time I drove home, and there it would be. I could count on having to swerve around it. After a while I grew to like looking out for it, swerving on cue every time I went by.

I have often wondered about the logic behind the death penalty.

What politically-themed issue makes you want to scream?

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