March 11, 2010
Soon you will be all wanting him back! A community member is rare ina aposition like this! The heavy hand of Washington will soon show its face. Your voices are not required to be heard and soon you will long for an ear that at least appears to be listening.”
Comment posted on the Marin Independent Journal’s website after publication of an editorial about outgoing Point Reyes Nation Seashore Superintendent, Don Neubacher.
March 4, 2010
“If you drink 32 ounces of Green Drink, then your body will start talking to you.”
Female shopper at Good Earth Natural Foods in Fairfax to checker McKenzie Boylet, as told to Linda Sturdivant of Inverness Park.
February 25, 2010
“It rained the entire time I was in Palm Springs - a first-World problem, I know.”
Comment made by a woman at a gathering over the hill, heard by a citizen of West Marin.
February 18, 2010
“Give me the paperwork to fill out for adoption. The dog is dead. Long live the dog!”
Comment made by a woman at the Marin Humane Society whose old dog had just been put to sleep. Heard by Cititzen advertising manager Linda Petersen of Point Reyes Station.
February 4, 2010
“I’m sorry West Marin has lost another colorful person. I’m told Walter had quite a crush on my mother.”
Comment by Rita Iravani of Vallejo, on the passing of Walter Pack of Lagunitas. As fate would have it, Mr. Pack and the object of his affections, the late Phyllis Mattsson, shared a page in the Citizen when their obituaries appeared together.
January 28, 2010
“If you ain’t the lead dog, the scenery never changes.”
Bumper sticker on a pickup truck parked over the hill, spotted by a West Marin citizen.
