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Editor's Choice: Notable 2021 articles not included on the "Most Read" list


The following are a list of notable 2021 Marin Post articles that were not listed on the "Most Read" list but worth a second look.

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Solving Housing Issues Sensibly

Elected officials in California have been making statements, passing legislation, and issuing edicts about housing, mostly based on incorrect assumptions and false... … more »


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Facebook’s housing echo chamber

Zuckerberg money funds news outlets that repeat Zuckerberg group's supply-side position on the housing crisis. In 2019, I reported in 48 hills that the Chan Zuc... … more »


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The Sausalito General Plan Coda: Eternal Vigilance

On February 9th, the City of Sausalito's adopted its General Plan Update (“GP”) and certified its Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR). At the City Council hea... … more »


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Dads: In Celebration of Fatherhood

“I feel like being a father made me the man I am. My children taught me to be authentic, and be honest with myself. Fatherhood has given me a whole new identity.”G... … more »


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Hurray! The Ballot Measure For Local Control Can Save The Day!

Hurray! The ballot measure for local control can save the day! Please support the "Californians for Community Planning Initiative". This measure will amend the ... … more »


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Supervisors Overturn Commission's Protections Against Dangerous 2nd Units In High Fire Zones

On January 26th, the Marin County Board of Supervisors overturned the protections that the Planning Commission had added to the County’s proposed Development Code ... … more »


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No Fear No Favor: Hope for African Wildlife

“We are the generation that are allowing the African elephant and rhino to go extinct. If you can’t bring economical value to the local people to protect animals, ... … more »


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A Must Read: "The West Without Water"

Given the American West’s drought, a highly relevant book to read is “The West Without Water: What Past Floods, Droughts, and Other Climate Clues Tell Us About T... … more »


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Downtowns and Transit after the Pandemic

Office buildings are quiet and few people are taking public transit. We’re in the middle of an economic shock, and some cities may never be the same. Econom... … more »


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The Biggest Loser

I'm republishing this article on the anniversary of its publication in 2020, amidst the first pandemic lockdown. Its content remains as relevant today as it was th... … more »


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Drakes Cove HOA has concerns about the proposed Oak Hill Development

As President of the Drakes Cove Homeowner's Association Board of Directors, I have some initial thoughts on the Oak Hill Development proposed for a portion of th... … more »


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California is losing its architectural soul

When I first escaped to Los Angeles, California, from New York City in the early 1970s, L.A. and all of California felt like a place of open spaces and unbounded... … more »


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NWP should not benefit from the state paying off its improperly obtained loan

The State of California recently paid approximately $2.4 million to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) which, in my opinion, was an improper gift of public ... … more »


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California’s middle class and our increasingly illiquid housing market

Liquidity – How easily an asset can be converted to cash. The enduring legacy of the 1980s was its belief in the privatization of public responsibilities and “... … more »


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The inequity of high sales tax rates

According to the latest reports by the California Dept. of Fee and Tax Administration, in 2020 Marin County businesses and residents paid almost 450 million dol... … more »


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If you’re playing cards and you don’t know who the patsy is at the table….

If you’re playing cards and you don’t know who the patsy is at the table, you’re the patsy. ~ Warren Buffett As reported by the Marin IJ, as “breaking news,... … more »


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Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America

“We weren’t trying to get anything our way; we wanted it that way for our descendants, for the rest of the world.” Unidentified Interviewee Monumental is a biogra... … more »


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Friends of Muir Woods Park and Watershed Alliance of Marin Sue Marin County

For Immediate Release Friends of Muir Woods Park and Watershed Alliance of Marin Sue Marin County to protect rare wildlife and headwater creeks. Conservation grou... … more »


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Why is Marin County & Marin IJ Money Going to Tax Measure Campaigns?

On October 27th 2020, Dick Spotswood of the Marin Independent Journal wrote, “The last brouhaha relates to tolerating dubious practices by Tam Union’s school f... … more »