CHRIS COURSEY

Department: Columnists

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Chris Coursey worked for more than 30 years as a daily newspaper journalist, and was an award-winning news columnist for the Press Democrat from 1999 to 2007.

He has lived in Santa Rosa since 1980.

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• COURSEY: Fiddling around with the tax code

  Published May 21, 2013
  Know the story about Nero fiddling while Rome burned? Substitute 'Congress' for Nero, and 'America' for Rome, and you've got a good idea of what's going on in D.C., writes Chris Coursey.
  

• COURSEY: Cotati Taser video will confirm your view of police

  Published May 17, 2013
  The viral video showing a Tasing by Cotati police calls the city 'a brutal police state' but really doesn't tell you much about Cotati, writes Chris Coursey.
  

• COURSEY: Real-life Parks and Rec is no sitcom

  Published May 15, 2013
  'Parks and Recreation' is a TV sitcom, and also a department in Santa Rosa, but right now there's nothing funny going on there, writes Chris Coursey.
  

• COURSEY: IRS provides another distraction for do-nothing Congress

  Published May 14, 2013
  As Congress gears up for a probe into the targeting of conservative groups by the IRS, another important question will almost certainly be ignored, writes Chris Coursey.
  

• COURSEY: The price of parking in downtown Santa Rosa

  Published May 10, 2013
  You've got to admire Dave Madigan, who's still fighting Santa Rosa's downtown parking policies from his new home in Alaska, writes Chris Coursey.
  

• COURSEY: Peaceful Cinco de Mayo a change for the good

  Published May 8, 2013
  A lot has changed since the PD featured a Page 1 photo of a teen hurling concrete at police at the 2005 Roseland Cinco de Mayo festival, writes Chris Coursey.
  

• COURSEY: Doing a lousy job

  Published April 26, 2013
  A career-guidance website describes the profession of newspaper reporter as the worst. Read why Chris Coursey disagrees.
  

• COURSEY: Who are you supporting with your mutual fund?

  Published April 24, 2013
  It's good news that financial regulators are contemplating wading into the campaign finance field — somebody has to, Chris Coursey writes.
  

• COURSEY: Appreciating Earth on Earth Day

  Published April 22, 2013
  Earth Day had me out early this morning, pedaling fitness miles in advance of the heat of what has turned out to be a very summer-like afternoon.
  

• COURSEY: Love Annadel? Take care of it

  Published April 19, 2013
  Annadel is a park. Not a bike park, or a horse park, or a hiking park, but a park. People who enjoy it should take care of it, writes Chris Coursey.
  

• COURSEY: The only thing we have to fear ...

  Published April 17, 2013
  If this week's bombings at the Boston Marathon remind us to be vigilant out in public, they should also remind us we are remarkably safe and sheltered in this country, writes Chris Coursey.
  

• COURSEY: Playing chicken with Social Security

  Published April 15, 2013
  President Obama isn't making many friends with the proposal in his budget to reduce Social Security benefit increases by tying them to what's now known as the 'chained CPI,' writes Chris Coursey.
  

• COURSEY: Opening the door of the 'last closet'

  Published April 12, 2013
  A major motion picture opens today about an athlete breaking through the barriers of discrimination and using sports to spearhead changes in society.
  

• COURSEY: A lesson in political science from Point Reyes

  Published April 10, 2013
  The closure of Drakes Bay Oyster Co. is no longer about oysters, or the terms of the lease, or jobs, or science. It's about politics.
  

• COURSEY: Are we aiming for a post-sustainable world?

  Published April 9, 2013
  Civility is in; sustainability is out. That's what Chris Coursey learned Monday at the public meeting on 'Plan Bay Area,' he writes.
  

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