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Jim Sweeney @jwsweeney

Editorial Director, The Press Democrat, writing editorials on local, state and national news and selecting letters to the editor

Joined March 2010
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Jim Sweeney@jwsweeney
21 May 2024
PD Editorial: The high cost of outlawing farms pressdemocrat.com/article/op…
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Jim Sweeney@jwsweeney
15 Feb 2024
PD Editorial: Press Democrat recommendations pressdemocrat.com/article/op…

PD Editorial: Press Democrat recommendations

Here are our recommendations for Tuesday’s primary election. Voting centers close at 8 p.m.To find a ballot collection box or a voting center, click here.For Voter Guide, go here:SONOMA COUNTYSuper...

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Jim Sweeney@jwsweeney
20 Oct 2023
PD Editorial: Sheriff can’t ignore immigration law pressdemocrat.com/article/op…

PD Editorial: Sheriff can’t ignore immigration law

At a Board of Supervisors meeting this month, a group of activists asserted that the Sonoma County jail should stop cooperating with federal immigration authorities.In effect, they called on the...

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Jim Sweeney@jwsweeney
17 Oct 2023
PD Editorial: Preserve elk and dairies at Point Reyes pressdemocrat.com/article/op…
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Jim Sweeney@jwsweeney
17 Oct 2023
PD Editorial: Quick takes on bill signings and vetoes pressdemocrat.com/article/op…

PD Editorial: Quick takes on bill signings and vetoes

Gov. Gavin Newsom capped off the 2023 legislative session by signing 890 bills and vetoing 156 ahead of Saturday’s deadline.Among a batch of bills we highlighted when legislators adjourned last...

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Jim Sweeney@jwsweeney
11 Oct 2023
PD Editorial: The feds might finally chill out a bit on marijuana pressdemocrat.com/article/op…
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Jim Sweeney@jwsweeney
11 Oct 2023
PD Editorial: Nobel doctors’ tool helped fight COVID pressdemocrat.com/article/op…
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Jim Sweeney@jwsweeney
11 Oct 2023
PD Editorial: SMART builds its case for tax renewal pressdemocrat.com/article/op…

PD Editorial: SMART builds its case for tax renewal

Following a review of the North Bay’s commuter rail service, Marin County’s grand jury posed a provocative question: How does SMART plan to continue operations without its sales tax?The quarter-cent...

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Jim Sweeney@jwsweeney
11 Oct 2023
PD Editorial: Close the loophole on ghost guns pressdemocrat.com/article/op…
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Jim Sweeney@jwsweeney
11 Oct 2023
PD Editorial: Congress must protect wildfire victims from the IRS pressdemocrat.com/article/op…

PD Editorial: Congress must protect wildfire victims from the IRS

California’s clout in Washington has waned lately, but that shouldn’t prevent Congress from passing a bipartisan bill to help the state’s wildfire victims.Victims of wildfires in 2015, 2017 and 2018...

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PD Editorial: The feds might finally chill out a bit on marijuana pressdemocrat.com/article/op…
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PD Editorial: Remembering Polly Klaas, 30 years later pressdemocrat.com/article/op…
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PD Editorial: McCarthy’s brief tenure ends in chaos pressdemocrat.com/article/op…
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Jim Sweeney@jwsweeney
30 Sep 2023
PD Editorial: Dianne Feinstein: Passing of a political giant pressdemocrat.com/article/op…

PD Editorial: Dianne Feinstein: Passing of a political giant

Dianne Feinstein’s extraordinary career was filled with firsts and superlatives.Feinstein was the first woman elected without first being appointed to San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, the first...

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PD Editorial: Calling Trump to account pressdemocrat.com/article/op…

PD Editorial: Calling Trump to account

The third indictment of Donald Trump is the proverbial big one.The former president already is accused of paying hush money and mishandling classified documents. Now he must answer the most consequ...

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PD Editorial: Thumbs up, thumbs down pressdemocrat.com/article/op…

PD Editorial: Thumbs up, thumbs down

Tying up sideshows in courtWe’ve made no secret of our support for efforts to crack down on sideshows, those dangerous displays of speed and stunt driving that tear up pavement, cover streets with...

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Close to Home: Perpetuating stigmas and stereotypes at the fair pressdemocrat.com/article/op…

Close to Home: Perpetuating stigmas and stereotypes at the fair

On a beautiful spring day in 2000, my second daughter was delivered to me at Memorial Hospital. I had a normal delivery, and she was born healthy and kicking. My husband and I were utterly surprised...

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Jim Sweeney@jwsweeney
24 Jul 2023
PD Editorial: Still unwelcome after all these years pressdemocrat.com/article/op…

PD Editorial: Still unwelcome after all these years

One of America’s least popular devices just marked a milestone. The parking meter, which debuted in Oklahoma City in 1935, turned 88 on Tuesday.The first meters were placed at 20-foot intervals along...

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Jim Sweeney@jwsweeney
21 Jul 2023
PD Editorial: Public officials need to meet in public pressdemocrat.com/article/op…

PD Editorial: Public officials need to meet in public

Gov. Gavin Newsom officially rescinded California’s COVID emergency restrictions on Feb. 28.Perhaps the state Legislature didn’t get the message.Because five months later, lawmakers are advancing...

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Jim Sweeney@jwsweeney
21 Jul 2023
PD Editorial: Make child trafficking a ‘serious felony’ in California pressdemocrat.com/article/op…

PD Editorial: Make child trafficking a ‘serious felony’ in California

California’s Democratic lawmakers committed political malpractice last week before heading out on their monthlong summer vacation. It took an intervention by Gov. Gavin Newsom to convince them to...

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