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Nancy Dervin The city of St. Helena’s current water restrictions allow residential accounts 65 gallons of water per person a day, which amounts to a reduction of about 30-43%, while commercial users only must cut back by 10%. The approach in Lake County is “All customers in the five water systems are being asked to voluntarily conserve water and reduce usage by 20%” and in Marin County “We are asking all customers, residential and commercial, to save as much water as they can. Our collective goal is 40%.” Healdsburg residential customers were given a water...

Mary Koberstein and Alan Galbraith Last week, Nancy Dervin attacked Paul Dohring (“Spoken like a true lawyer,” May 13). Nancy says Paul is “myopic,” has “tunnel vision” and “should be ashamed of himself.” Why? Because he values a comprehensive approach and knows it takes a realistic financing plan to turn visions into reality? Nancy says Paul and his “hotel-pushing comrades” should get over the idea of a hotel on Adams because last November’s vote put that matter to rest. Really? That was an advisory – not binding – ...

Nancy Dervin Here’s an idea for Councilman Dohring and his hotel-pushing comrades: get over your preoccupation and declare Adams Street off the table for hotel development, and then pursue all other options, of which there are many ("Let’s put the puzzle together," May 6). We just voted on the issue 6 months ago and, again, advised the city we do not want a hotel on Adams Street. Can these people not see how a hotel on that property would be a huge nail in the coffin of our rapidly dying middle class while bowing to the wealthy? Maybe they do see it. Ugh.

Letters: Hotel is not needed - and not wanted by residents.