Posted on May 10 at 1:10 a.m.

Why is no one pointing out one other "industry" bound to make a huge profit with this? THE PUREBRED BREEDERS!!! I have NEVER owned a purebred dog. I LOVE mutts. I am not so naive that I would assume that because of this law, all mixed breed puppies would suddenly disappear, but I am seriously pissed about the possibility of having to get my next puppy from someone who clearly broke the law just by allowing that puppy to be born. And all the responsible dog lovers out there who DO happily choose mixed breeds - whether out of love for mutts or the fact that they are actually AFFORDABLE - are much more likely to end up with genetically messed up, "registered and therefore holier than thou" purebreds which will no doubt be that much more overpriced. Hip issues, epilepsy, genetically modified everything. Woopee. Can't wait. So grateful the state of CA supports ethnic cleansing in animal form.

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Posted on May 20 at 11:36 p.m.

Despite your helpful suggestions to your friends about where to blow money on their second home, it is NOT the homeless causing white flight in this town. Did you miss the article on the school budget issues? It's the Miramars and Ritz Carltons and gentrification that push out the teachers, policeman, firefighters and service industry workers who go elsewhere before THEY end up on the street trying to feed their families. ***But don't worry, it won't be long now before those people working in those silly non-profits can't afford to live here either. Thank God. They are the real scourge, don't you think? If it wasn't for them, I'm sure the homeless would be someplace more appropriate, like Lompoc. (***Please note the sarcasm here, if you've skipped to the bottom of my post.)

On Homeless Brawl on Eastside

Posted on May 20 at 11:31 p.m.

For heaven sake - get a grip, people. These are some of the nicest homeless people I have ever met. (Have you ever tried convincing someone in Chicago that you can't help them buy a bus ticket? Yikes.) Have you ever actually TALKED to any of these so-called criminals-in-training? If you are so afraid of them pulling you down with them, why don't YOU try pulling them up with you instead? Yes there are drug and alcohol addictions, yes there are mental health disorders, yes there are fights and scary looking figures looming in the dark on the beach. You can take that exact same sentence and apply it to the wealthy in Montecito - it will still be true. (*Gasp* Blasphemy!) The difference is that people in Montecito who rape, pillage, plunder, snort, drink, abuse, steal, and destroy other people's lives have a safety net - a community, money, family, connections, and estate walls to hide behind. But you keep talking about WHEN one of them - ONE of them - commits a major crime against a poor innocent tourist or "real" Santa Barbara resident. There have been homeless people here for HOW MANY DECADES? I'll admit I don't know the numbers - must be you do. What percentage of murders, rapes, beatings (etc. - whatever you'd consider major or gruesome) have been committed by homeless people here against whatever you'd consider to be a fine upstanding citizen? Please do the research, I'm prepared to change my tune if properly horrified. A UCSB student plowed his car through a street full of people in IV a few years ago. No one said, "You see, this is what happens when you let university students into your town." More recently an ex-postal worker (not the first in this country!) opened fire and killed people here in cold blood. No one said, "Those postal workers are a real blight on this town, why are we still funding them?" A so-called investor from Hope Ranch bilked people out of bazillions of dollars and I didn't hear anyone say, "Something has to be done. Letting all those businessmen and entrepreneurs congregate in the same neighborhood really opens the door for the rest of us to experience a serious BLOODSUCKING!" Why not? Because there are good apples, and there are bad, in any population - however you slice it. Taxpayer money goes to help the potentially good apples stay on the tree a little longer until they're ripe. It's not used to spray paint the bad apples bright red so they can be sent out to wreak havoc at your next beach picnic.

On Homeless Brawl on Eastside