Commune meets Dude Ranch

You may have heard me mention the little town I hail from, Sebastopol. If a few UC Berkely graduates wanted a place to raise families and grow apples/vineyards...Sebtown would be that place. It is one mile in radius and has a population of 7,800, elevation 100ft. Some defining features:

1. It was the first City Council with Green Party majority in the United States.
2. All 'stop' signs in town have/had 'Bush' or 'War' written along the bottom. And I know who did it.
3. There is one main road that defines downtown...Main St.
4. On Main St., a topless parade, Breast Fest, was held. Dont get too excited though, the women who did participate; you would rather they not have.
5. My parents recieve most of their produce from a cooperative farm down the road, and have purchased half a cow when it was born, to ensure organic/proper raising.
6. There is a folk artist, Patrick Amiot, who makes huge welded sculptures from recycled garbage and convinced everyone on his street, Florence Ave, to display one of these monstorous masterpieces on their front lawns.
7. In high school, we were often bored, and the only remedy for most was cow tipping, road sign stealing, special herb(80+%), and four-wheeling in orchards.
8. On New Years Eve, the only locally advertised event was a drum circle and chant for peace at the community center.
9. Analy High School parking lot is littered with BMWs/F250s, and smells of cow.
10. Since there is no crime, Sebtown police (about three officers) are forced to be meter maids all day, and harass skateboarders/loiterers and any other young person out after 6:30pm.
11. The openings of Starbucks and Bradley Video were highly protested.
12. There is one movie theater in town. Nobody under 30 ever pays to see a movie there, since you always are at least vaguely aquainted with the box office employee. The only movie that ever sold out pre-release, was Michael Moore's Farenheit 9/11.
13. Since 9/11: On the east side of Main St., Women in Black protest the war, giving peace signs to onlookers. On the west side, a few veterans salute pedestrians and drivers. Its a weekly silent showdown of priorites.

Related Links:

pics of Amiot stuff: http://www.villagedwellers.com/patrickamiot.htm
how much Garfield the movie sucks: http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=garfield_sucks