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Poll: Electronic toll at the Golden Gate Bridge

About 64 percent of those responding to this week’s online poll opposed a change to electronic-only toll taking on the Golden Gate Bridge. About 27 percent supported the change and 9 percent weren’t sure. Here were some of the comments. —— “Because our beautiful Golden Gate Bridge, California and the [...]

By | January 24th, 2013|0 Comments

Poll: Transit tops list of priorities for City Council

The top three priorities for the new City Council to address among readers responding to this week’s online poll were traffic and transportation; jobs and economic development, and the future of the tribal land south of Petaluma. Traffic and transportation was the highest priority with 53 votes, while jobs and [...]

By | January 17th, 2013|0 Comments

Poll: Extending services to Dry Creek tribe

Most of those responding to this week’s online Argus-Courier poll thought that the city should not give voters the opportunity to extend the urban growth boundary, including sewer and water, to the Dry Creek tribe if it would negate the potential for a casino on land south of Petaluma. About [...]

By | January 9th, 2013|0 Comments

Poll: Tighter smoking rules a good idea

Most of those responding to this week’s online poll about Petaluma’s pending new smoking ordinance , which would implement stricter rules on where people can smoke in public places, thought that the changes were a good idea. About 56 percent agreed with the changes, while about 40 percent disagreed. About [...]

By | January 2nd, 2013|1 Comment

Poll: Most satisfied with current gun laws

The majority of those responding to this week’s online poll thought that gun control laws should stay the same at the state and national level. About 54 percent said Congressman Jared Huffman should not push for tighter gun restrictions in Congress, while about 64 percent thought our state representatives should [...]

By | December 30th, 2012|0 Comments

Poll: Most say, ‘keep tax laws the same’

The majority of those responding to this week’s Argus-Courier online poll believed that tax laws should not be revised to reduce the percentage of vote needed to pass a local special tax or parcel tax from 66.7 to 55 percent. Only 15.7 percent supported the change and 2.4 percent weren’t [...]

By | December 19th, 2012|0 Comments

Poll: New council will work together better

Two-thirds of those responding to this week’s online poll thought that the newly-elected City Council would work together better than the current council. About 17 percent thought they’d work together about the same as before, and about 11 percent thought the new council would work together worse than the old [...]

By | December 5th, 2012|0 Comments

Poll: Drones should be regulated

About 67 percent of those responding to this week’s online poll thought that the personal use of drones should be regulated. Roughly 21 percent thought regulations weren’t needed, and 12.1 percent weren’t sure. Here were some of the comments. —— “And regulate the use of police and government drones: New [...]

By | November 21st, 2012|0 Comments

Poll: National issues draw most concern

Most of the people responding to this week’s Argus-Courier online poll said they were most concerned about federal, rather than state or local, issues. About 60 percent cared most about federal issues. About 25 percent were most concerned about local issues, and just 15 percent were most concerned about state [...]

By | November 9th, 2012|0 Comments

Poll: School testing is lacking

Most readers responding to an Argus-Courier online poll said they did not think that the current tesitng system in public schools is useful. About 56.5 percent said the system is not useful, while 39 percent said it is. Here were some of the comments: —— “If we are talking about [...]

By | October 31st, 2012|0 Comments