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Yountville Is Not For Sale #9: Yountville Deserves Better. Better Than This Mailer, for a Start.
A glossy card arrived this week with no candidate, no proposal, and a photograph of a building that does not exist. We read it so you would not have to.
Sep 15
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Brendan Kelly
THE COMMONS EXPLAINED, #5, Shared Ground
How the Yountville Commons became a practical civic framework that could grow carefully, one completed phase at a time.
Sep 13
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Brendan Kelly
Congratulations. You Delayed It, #3: But Sure, Let's Do Another Study
Tim Carl counted the children. Somebody is about to suggest another study.
Sep 3
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Brendan Kelly
August 2026
Congratulations. You Delayed It, #2 The People Behind the Beds
Caring for veterans requires more than beds. It requires people. For years, CalVet and Yountville have documented how the lack of nearby housing makes…
Aug 21
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Brendan Kelly
Yountville is Not for Sale #8, The Page Gary Is Asking You to Turn
Yountville has an important choice to make this fall, and that choice still belongs to the people who live here. Ask questions, check the claims, and…
Aug 19
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Brendan Kelly
Yountville is Not for Sale #7: What the Whistleblower Actually Said
Gary Jabara described it, litigated over it, and promised to find its author. He never showed it to you. Here it is.
Aug 14
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Brendan Kelly
Yountville is Not for Sale, #6: You Are Not Invited
Gary Jabara has a Sinatra party, an anonymous whistleblower and, thank goodness, a deep telecommunications background.
Aug 11
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Brendan Kelly
Congratulations, You Delayed It. Part One: Do You Know Who Needs the Housing?
A $325 million nursing facility needs caregivers. Yountville has the land and visitor-funded housing money. A small group delayed the homes. Now they…
Aug 10
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Brendan Kelly
Yountville is Not for Sale #5: Six Candidates and the Fight Over What This Town Becomes
Six candidates. Three seats. And the most important man in the election isn't on the ballot.
Aug 9
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Brendan Kelly
The Town of Yountville Is Not For Sale: # 4: Villain of the Week.
A cynical magic trick is running in Yountville every week. Here is how it works, and who is performing it.
Aug 7
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Brendan Kelly
July 2026
Yountville is Not for Sale, Vol 3: Bezos Bought the Post. Ellison Bought CBS. Yountville Got Gary.
An Orange County billionaire helped overturn the zoning for workforce housing he was never asked to pay for. Then the town's only newspaper went broke…
Jul 26
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Brendan Kelly
Yountville is Not for Sale, #2, What the Chamber Is For
What happened at the July 21 Council meeting, and what political speech actually is
Jul 24
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Brendan Kelly
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