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Posted on October 3 at 9:02 p.m.
Gaviota Village: May we park there and hike around now?
On County 10-1
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Posted on September 14 at 8:34 a.m.
Yes, Ochoa is that judge. Pay attention to what he does; he lets all sorts of people off with a hand slap. He thinks society is rife with people who 'had a bad childhood' or were 'victims' of something else. I sure hope he isn't the judge on the case where the drunk driver killed the deputy DA. Johnigan had past abuse. As if that excuses murder...
Posted on September 14 at 8:24 a.m.
The most successful people in life are those who love others, have others love them, and who make us laugh. He obviously was a wonderful, successful man -- someone to be cherished and emulated. That's a lovely obituary. Thank you for sharing.
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Posted on July 15 at 9:27 a.m.
"die from lead poisoning after eating on the remains of animals hunted by lead bullets." This is not true. The studies that have been done show that lead from sources other than lead hunting bullets were more prevalent in condors with high lead levels. Wheel weights were very common in condors with lead poisoning, for example.
Please do not give credence to the political shibboleth that hunting ammo was the primary source of lead poisoning of condors by blindly repeating this as if it were true. The science did not show that. Outlawing lead hunting ammo was primarily political posturing.
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Posted on June 13 at 11:06 a.m.
Thank you for the overview and summary. Many of us knew things were problematic at the SBBG, but didn't have the details. This helps explain and will, I hope, rally the community behind the employees & volunteers who have done so much for the garden.
Shame on current management for their defensive posture and refusal to be open to all about what's going on and possible ways to fix it. Open. Public. Responsible. Stewards of a public asset and trust. Please do that -- transparently -- or leave.
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Posted on February 6 at 7:36 p.m.
Sanitary Sanity? A Government Story.
There once was a governmental agency that actually did the job it was supposed to do, did ONLY that job, and did it responsibly. It planned for the future and set aside money to pay for needed future maintenance and upgrades.
The other governmental agencies saw this frugal, responsible agency and said, "We can't let this continue!" Indeed, the responsible agency had even warned that a big bully agency, the state, coveted the money it had prudently set aside for future needs, and warned that the state might try to steal that money.
The newest local governmental agency, who was still young, but trying desperately to prove that it could be as inefficient, bureaucratic, and profligate as any other governmental agency, said, "It will be better if we, a local agency, steal this money, than if the big bully steals the money. We can use it to hire some more bureaucrats and grow our local little agency even bigger." (Not surprisingly, they conveniently forgot about why the pot of money they coveted had been set aside in the first place -- to pay for needed maintenance and upgrades of the local sewage service -- to deal with our crap more responsibly.)
The subjects of all the government agencies were upset. They felt there were far too many inefficient and irresponsible bureaucracies already. They certainly didn't want the smallest and most efficient little agency, who quietly just did their job of dealing with our crap quite well, raped and pillaged by the bigger agencies. But what the subjects wanted was unimportant.
This horror story is still evolving. The bigger agencies are all pretending that they're being responsible, but mostly they're not dealing with the crap they're supposed to, and are continuing to feed us more unadulterated crap. What they don't know, is that we subjects can all smell this load of crap, and would like to send the big bureaucrats to the outhouse for a deep whif of their own output.
signed: a resident of West Goleta, who would like to keep and promote the responsible little agency, and who has regretted voting for the City of Goleta time and time again...
On Goleta Wants Sanitary District’s Load; Agency Likely to Sue
Posted on January 29 at 8:53 a.m.
It's *my* local beach. (I live up canyon.) Enough! No more Bacara buildings. What had been one of the best 'locals only' beaches (because no one else would hike down there from the railroad tracks) was changed forever when they came, and not for the better. They just keep pushing and pushing. Enough!
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Posted on December 4 at 10:22 a.m.
I enjoyed getting local news via the GVV on Friday. I knew Wendy had bought it, but also knew that she largely kept her hands off (which is probably why there was still some news in it.) The only thing of value in the SBNP (and why I still guiltily subscribe Friday-Sunday) is the local ads. If another paper could take over the local and Sunday ads and give us a daily alternative, I'd switch in a second. Unfortunately, if it's not a 'home delivery' daily paper, the chances of local businesses advertising, or larger businesses paying for Sunday inserts, is slim to none. I keep hoping W&A will get bored and give up, or for a clever coup, or for a richer savior though...
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Posted on November 5 at 10:31 a.m.
I work with lots of cops locally, and he is generally respected, and liked, and has fixed a lot of problems. Stop with the negativity. He's doing a great job in a very difficult position, with a totally broken budget. He inherited a lot of problems that he's working on fixing. He's doing a great job.
On Interview with Sheriff Bill Brown