The esteemed Sonoma Valley Sun columnist Bob Edwards is also a cynophile and cynophilist, endowed with intense canophilia. He is also a notable retired attorney licensed to practice law in the State of California and ipso facto (a Latin legal term which only professionals like Bob Edwards are privileged to use) he knows the meaning of words like cynophile and canophilia (not to mention ipso facto).
Given his significant credentials, we are logically persuaded to give due consideration to the subject of his December 18 column which posed the question of whether or not the Lord and Savior of all God’s creatures – that being Jesus Christ Himself – would ban only canines from the sacred Sonoma Plaza. Leashed dogs, after all, are permitted on the well-trod Sonoma Bike Path, in countless dog-friendly dining establishments, even in sections of the Jack London State Historic Park in Glen Ellen, representing a major exception to California State Park policy which is notably anti-dog.
The anti-dog City Council policy, Edwards explained, was addressed four years ago when Councilmembers were asked to consider allowing a “test period” to see if public concerns about pooch poop were actually justified. The Council, Edwards reported, never responded…