Letters
More Like That
Thank you for publishing Paul Relis's excellent, important story of how Carpinteria Valley agriculture came to be protected back in the '70's. Read story.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Gaviota Rangeland
I know very little about raising cattle and what I know about ranching comes from watching old cowboy movies. Read story.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Save Isla Vista Clinic
They saved the Santa Barbara parking lots, and we need to save The Isla Vista Neighborhood Medical Clinic from being sold and turned into another apartment house or McDonalds! Read story.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Creeping Kafkaesque Reality
Governor Brown’s proposed budget makes excessive additional cuts to court funding. Read story.
Monday, May 13, 2013
4-H on the Chopping Block
This past Friday, Santa Barbara County released its draft budget in advance of hearings during the week of June 10-15. Read story.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Barking Up the Wrong Ban?
Regarding Buellton’s ban on head shops, I find it hypocritical that in a community where alcohol sales and consumption are so prevalent and increasing rapidly, there is such opposition to anything relating to the sale or use of marijuana. Read story.
Friday, May 10, 2013
Naive Notion
Nick Welsh's diatribe against Israel is counterproductive and ill-informed. Read story.
Friday, May 10, 2013
Easy to Criticize
Nick Welsh is correct that Richard Falk’s most recent diatribe against U.S. and Israeli policy in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings was not quite as egregious and offensive as his past anti-Semitic and maliciously anti-Israel comments. Read story.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Convenience vs. Environment
The letter "What’s the Harm” missed the mark about Santa Barbara’s proposed plastic bag ordinance and perpetuates misinformation being put out by plastic bag industry lobby groups like “Save the Plastic Bag Coalition,” so I’d like to set the record straight. Read story.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Cutting Social Security Benefits Not the Way to Go
Since President Obama released his budget last month, I’ve heard from constituents throughout the Central Coast with comments and concerns, especially about one specific provision: the President’s inclusion of the Republican proposal to change how Social Security cost of living adjustments are made by using a benefit calculation called “chained Consumer Price Index." Read story.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Shout Out to Cottage Hospital
I would like to publicly thank the staff at the Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital Emergency Room for their phenomenal care during my recent heart attack; and especially for their concern for my wife's welfare during a trying time. Read story.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Carbon Fee and Dividend Before It's Too Late
Recent news articles about atmospheric carbon dioxide approaching the ‘dire milestone’ of 400 parts per million remind us that we are dangerously near a threshold of catastrophic change to the world as we know it. Read story.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Rein in the Showgrounds
The Earl Warren Showgrounds has a long history of disturbing both their immediate neighbors and more distant parts of the city with excessive sound levels. Read story.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The Right Meets The Left
I wonder where that word came from ... Read story.
Monday, May 6, 2013
What's the Harm?
Regarding the Santa Barbara City Council's desire to ban "recyclable" plastic bags and to impose a paper bag tax: Pursuant to the doctrine of equal protection and application of law, what recyclable bag distributor entities must be affected - grocery stores, fish markets, meat markets, vegetable markets, farmers markets, liquor stores, restaurants, bakeries, drug stores, department stores, apparel stores, hardware stores, dry cleaners, book stores, sporting good stores, etc.? Read story.
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