Two thirds of respondents to an Argus-Courier online poll Dec. 11, 2008 said they are very concerned about recent criminal incidents following hyphy music shows at the Phoenix Theater, such as the Dec. 6 shooting in the Keller Street parking garage.Asked what should happen in the wake of the shooting, [...]

An electronics and computer equipment store is the most popular choice for a replacement for Mervyns in the Washington Square Shopping Center, closely followed by a department store and general merchandise store, according to respondents to a Dec. 4, 2008 Argus-Courier online poll.The clothing and department store chain announced in [...]

Respondents to an Argus-Courier online poll about holiday shopping Nov. 27, 2008 gave a slight edge to Petaluma stores over out-of town stores.Asked where they are buying their holiday gifts, 61.5 percent said in local stores and 38.5 percent said they were going out of town to shop. An equal [...]

Reduction in office hours and staffing levels at city offices apparently hasn't been much an inconvenience for local residents, according to an Argus-Courier online poll Nov. 20, 2008.Some 29.7 percent of respondents said the closures have affected them either "somewhat" or "very much," while 64.8 percent said they were affected [...]

More than 70 percent of respondents to an Argus-Courier online poll Nov. 13, 2008 say they plan to ride the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit passenger trains "frequently" or "occasionally" when the service is up and running in about five years.Asked if they would ride the high-speed rail service between San [...]

Election season is finally over and more than half (60.6 percent) of those responding to the Argus-Courier's online poll Nov. 6, 2008 are very pleased with the outcome of the presidential election as opposed to 21.2 percent who were not.When asked if they were pleased about the results of the [...]

A little more than three-quarters (76.5 percent) of those who responded to the Argus-Courier's online poll Oct. 30, 2008 are "very concerned" or "somewhat concerned" about the recent and impending closures of stores such as Mervyns, Shoe Pavilion and Lombardi's Bakery in Petaluma.When asked if they would be shopping out [...]

Nearly four out of five people whom responded to the Argus-Courier's online poll Oct. 23, 2008 said that teen drug and alcohol abuse is a problem in Petaluma.However, when asked if the problem is getting better or worse, nearly half (47.1 percent) said they were not sure. No one felt [...]

More than three-quarters (82.6 percent) of those who responded to an Argus-Courier online survey Oct. 16, 2008 say they are concerned that cutbacks in city government will affect the quality of life in Petaluma.When asked if they thought layoffs and cutbacks in city government were appropriate, the answers were divided [...]

Nearly nine out of 10 people who responded to an Argus-Courier online survey Oct. 9, 2008 say they are very concerned about the global financial crisis.Nearly 90 percent of respondents (85.7 percent) said they were "very concerned," while 10.7 percent said they were "somewhat concerned."More than four out of five [...]