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By Roz Rogoff
About this blog: In January 2002 I started writing my own online "newspaper" titled "The San Ramon Observer." I reported on City Council meetings and other happenings in San Ramon. I tried to be objective in my coverage of meetings and events, and...
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About this blog: In January 2002 I started writing my own online "newspaper" titled "The San Ramon Observer." I reported on City Council meetings and other happenings in San Ramon. I tried to be objective in my coverage of meetings and events, and saved my barbs for my Commentary page. I had some political differences with the City Council at that time and particularly with the majority dubbed "The Gang of Three," by the San Ramon Valley Times. In 2003 new Council members were elected and the Council was more balanced and fiscally conservative, but I continued to write the Observer until 2009. At that point I decided I wanted to concentrate on my commentaries. So I requested a meeting with the editor and publisher of the Danville Weekly about taking over the San Ramon Observer. My timing was very apropos since the parent company, Embarcadero Media, was planning to release an online San Ramon Express that April. I was offered a "blog" under the name "San Ramon Observer" for my commentaries. I like to inform residents about what is happening in San Ramon, especially on city government and local politics. When I don't have anything to write about on those topics, I just write about anything I am doing or thinking about.
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Wiped off the Map!
Uploaded: Feb 27, 2017
I received an email today from The Danville/San Ramon Express and there was an ad on the side that says, "Your Free 2017 Tri-Valley Inspiration Guide Is Waiting." I clicked on the "Get It Now" button and went to
Visit Tri-Valley.com. It said, "Welcome to the Tri-Valley, the Sunny Side of the Bay," but there was something odd about it. Under a nice photo of vineyards, it says:
"From the top of Mount Diablo, you can see the three valleys that give us our name, which holds four cities: Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin and the town of Danville; and an original blend of scientists, wine makers and techies who call it home. Between visits to the award-winning wineries, delightfully diverse restaurants, charming downtowns and shops, a weekend in the Tri-Valley will leave you refreshed and inspired."
There are three cities, and the town of Danville, listed with links. Um, wait a minute. Isn't something missing there? A missing link between Dublin and Danville? Um, shouldn't San Ramon be in there somewhere? It isn't even on the map at the bottom of the webpage. San Ramon has been literally wiped off the map!
I wondered, why is San Ramon missing from this version of the Tri-Valley? Then I remembered. The City Council voted not to support the Travel and Tourism Agency. Wow that goes back several years. I was still covering City Council meetings when the Council voted not to fund the Convention and Visitors Bureau and the local PEG (Public, Education, Government) TV station known as TV30. This was voted on at the
May 12, 2012 City Council meeting. I spoke against it in Public Comment.
"Roz Rogoff, resident, stated that a Pleasanton Weekly commentary was very critical of San Ramon for pulling out of the Tri-Valley efforts (TV30 and the Convention and Visitors Bureau). Because San Ramon is in the 15th Congressional District, she is concerned that pulling out of Tri-valley efforts is not a good idea." (page 7 of the minutes linked to above)
So that explains why San Ramon has been eliminated from the Tri-Valley. I know the City Council was trying to save money, but I still feel it isn't worth the savings to be wiped off the map.
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