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Posted on November 18 at 11:44 a.m.
As for more pet friendly landlords, if there were more pet conscientious tenants, that would be likely. Leaving a dog alone all day and dog barking and not picking up poop are too frequent. (The first, of course, is a real problem for so many people who struggle to live here and pay the high costs of living.)
That aside, good luck to the Montecito Pet Shop.
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Posted on November 18 at 11:30 a.m.
After the rip-off that was the state water ballot measure in 1990's engineered by Amerikaner's formerly named law firm, Hatch & Parent, voters are going to have to have believable statistics as to the benefits to be directly and specifically derived, here in Santa Barbara.
Although the health of the Bay delta is of great concern, there will have to be transparency and a reasonable way to follow the money --- and proof that this is not yet another growth-inducement scheme. And there will have to be proof that the levees will fail in the event of an earthquake --- and what is the likelihood of that happening. (Shades of Measure B and Cottage Hospital, no?)
Without those degrees of proof, I agree here with Jackson and think it won't pass the smell test. People in Solvang can tell the SB County a thing or two about state water promises and costs....
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Posted on November 13 at 7:02 a.m.
Well, there's Das waiting impatiently in the wings. Should he win the primary in June and then should he win in November, how long do you think it will be before he runs for Congress? He was barely on the city council before he ran for 2nd District supervisor; then right away in his second term on the council, he runs for Assembly.
Down with career politicians who are out for themselves first and foremost. One thing about Capps is that she is not a career politician but genuinely is trying to do a good job for her constituents. She may not be that successful at it but it's not herself first that she works for.
Posted on November 13 at 6:54 a.m.
No problem: His name would be Lee Lee, similar to Ling Ling or Lang Lang. And there's Lee Bill Hackett; Ooops, that's right, that democratic group kicked him out of their church, uhhh, society a couple of years ago.
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Posted on November 10 at 10:48 p.m.
Well, preserving the Terrace was something in this bulldozing by the management of the SBBG of the property ... and the public process. Who was the one commissioner who voted no?
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Posted on November 1 at 8:47 a.m.
@Binky - thanks for the correction. I liked the NP very much during the Roberts' several years and was surprised at those calling it News-Suppress and thought it started then.
As for the line between editorial/news, it seems to be fuzzy for most newspapers, unfortunately. Surely, when Nick Welsh writes the Poodle and also writes news analyses/stories, there's a question raised. That's certainly so for those who do not share the Indy's editorial viewpoint. But I think it's a given: I gave up my subscription to the News-Press because of the one-sidedness of it.
Where Armstrong and the paper went over the line was in such sneers as recently against Pritchett and all the time against the female politicos, Iya excepted, and the refusal to publish all the news (as the massive amount of money by Wolfswinkel) and opinions. I am glad he quit but, indeed, he was but McCaw's servant and whoever comes next will say similarly but, hopefully, less nastily.
Posted on November 1 at 8:27 a.m.
As for the scurrilous red herring of rebuilding and B:
Why would not a change of an existing ordinance be legal. The present ordinance mandating building only to present code and requirements if a non-residential building is more than 75% destroyed is, apparently, legal. There's never been a disaster, an airplane strike, a meteor falling, a tsunami, or an earthquake serious enough to destroy SB's tall buildings.
Just as legal would be a change in that ordinance saying that such buildings could be rebuilt as they were. (Residential buildings already can be rebuilt.)
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Posted on October 31 at 9:51 p.m.
Right on! This supporter of animal rights and wildlife protection has been almost silenced by not wanting to be in the same company.
Those who hail the Jerry Roberts era forget that an awful lot of people then criticized the News-Press; that was when the term "News-Suppress" was first used. It was just that the voices belonged to different people. Criticism goes with the media territory.
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Posted on October 25 at 11:11 a.m.
(continuing)
And, Onkyo607, I respect the volunteer and paid, I assume, work you've done with non-profits. (I, too, have done similarly.) However, because you disagree with Jacobs - and I haven't always agreed with her votes but don't think things are as black and white as you, apparently, do - gives no license to trash on the basis of her spouse and that makes it easy to dismiss what you write.
I continue to think that most of the schools sit empty so much of the time; why aren't these classrooms more used for adult/GED education. Yes, indeed, respect for adult English-language-learning efforts and I like that SBCC reaches out to help (and have at times helped as a teacher.) The students there are like many other SBCC students: some motivated, some not, just wanting a place to be --- and that's okay.
You seem to overlook that for many painting and pottery, which you seem to scorn, are not only ways to earn some needed income, but ways to keep alive emotionally and intellectually. Maybe it's the word "enrichment" that's at fault when in reality these art classes can be salvation.
I don't think there is any relation between free watercolor classes, as you put it, and K-12 funding. I have no children, yet I have paid through my taxes for years and years for others' children considerably more than I ever cost the system in my own schooling. And I've done it willingly, knowing we all benefit from a literate society. However, I expect there to be also some regard for my needs and wants; adult ed has been that regard.
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Posted on November 21 at 8:44 a.m.
Thanks for publicizing the book, the issue. It's one all of us should think about. I eat considerably less meat and am always conscious of it. I listened to the OnPoint interview with Foer, have looked at his book but can not bear to read it. Much of it I already know and I do not want to be haunted by word images about a situation about which I can do little to nothing (except to alter my own behavior.)
Wendy McCaw's ideas (and, of course, it got personal against her) were torn apart with ridicule several years ago, including in the Independent, when she suggested that rather than turkey, so often mass-produced as though these are not living creatures, an example should be set and people given vegetarian meals. It's about time that happened. I would be willing to support and donate to the Foodbank if they swore off providing meat. Undoubtedly others would do similarly.
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