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Posted on July 9 at 10:44 a.m.
Without Erika ( a brilliant TEEN) and Ray Ford and his colleagues at the Indy, we would be hopelessly at a loss for good info. Kudos to all of you - with a bucketful of thanks for a job tremendously well done! We in the community are so very grateful!
Something in the county needs to change - in a big way. When the power is out and I lose my link to independent.com I have no good source of information. And that has been quite often...
Yes, the radio stations seem to have gone back to "business as usual" as another poster wrote and the KEYT coverage has been lousy throughout. Why can't they get a map that is current???? Erika, you do need to go work for them for these first few weeks before school resumes and teach them how this is done!! At an enormous hourly rate, I might add. Skills like yours are priceless!!
With a grateful heart,
Ela Z
Posted on July 2 at 8:07 a.m.
Ray Ford - you are amazing! You worked tirelessly to keep us informed about the dizzying movements of the Zaca Fire last summer and now you are on top of the Gap Fire, which is "on top" of many of us!
Thank you!
Posted on February 21 at 10:45 a.m.
I find the actions of the Goleta City Council's .... pro-growth majority saddening and infuriating. They are now voting against their own staff recommendations to build, build, build! (See article from the S.B. Independent below.)
Shame on you Eric, Michael and Jean! What a disappointment your actions are! PLEASE wake up and realize what you are doing to our wonderful community or your legacy will be one of destruction and a drastically reduced standard of living. PLEASE start acting on all of the public input AGAINST further growth which you received!
The problems caused by rampant, irresponsible growth do not just affect the residents of Goleta, but rather the greater community as well. Being hemmed in by mountains on one side and the ocean on the other is one of the things that makes our beautiful community unique. It also puts us at risk in the case of a natural or other disaster. With our current population we would already find ourselves in dire straits as we all attempt to flee via our ONLY main artery, the impacted 101 freeway. How can anyone believe that MORE building, more rampant growth can be good for our town or for southern S.B. county?
We deserve better, YOUR own families deserve better. It is time to do what is best for our community, not for the handful who will benefit financially from all of this development. You were elected by the people and I cannot imagine that most of us knew the building frenzy which would result during your tenure. Do you honestly see yourselves being REelected by your constituents if you keep this up? I hopefully urge you to reconsider your stances.
Roger and Jonny, I applaud your efforts to do the responsible thing! Impossible when you are outnumbered.... I would also like to thank Martha Sadler and the S.B. Independent for reporting on this issue.
Knowing Eric and his family personally, this is a difficult email to send, but I feel so strongly about this issue that I must do so.
Sincerely,
Liz Zok
Goleta resident since 1988
Posted on January 19 at 5:33 p.m.
Ali you must have gotten in before the gates were stormed, but how the scene outside was horrible, dangerous and very, very wrong and preventable! Good for you for getting in, I'm glad you did so safely. But don't forget that a large number of people were shocked and frightened for their lives at some points, and just plain stunned by what happened.
I do not blame Hillary, i would have loved to have heard her speak.
Posted on January 19 at 9:30 a.m.
Have those of you posting here contacted Chancellor Yang, Susan Rose, or any other officials? How about straightening out the media which has NOT covered the happenings of the evening accurately?
Those of us who were there know the truth and just how dangerous this situation was. This must not happen again. Please encourage your friends who were in attendance to make their voices heard.
Posted on January 19 at 1:21 a.m.
continued...
The handful of campus security officers and police officers were very ineffectual. Once the situation became horrible they made a half-hearted attempt to restore order, but as it grew worse and more dangerous, they abandoned their efforts and watched from the sidelines. Disgusting.
I do not blame Hillary for the events that transpired. She and all of us were let down in a very big way by the organizers. I hope that those who gained admission into the gym because of their lack of regard for the rules of our society, for common courtesy, feel at least a shred of remorse, but I doubt it. Again, Hillary deserved better.
Posted on January 19 at 1:20 a.m.
Apparently this is too long and I will post in two sections.
Oh, where to begin. This was chaos, plain and simple, yet so very PREVENTABLE. I have never been so embarrassed and shocked by our community nor so frustrated by the lack of regard for safety and order, not to mention fairness. If this was part of the greater plan by the organizers, as some have suggested, in order to have video footage of huge crowds waiting to see their hero, I feel it was esight and sensible ticket distribution/crowd control management practices.
From the time I lined up at 4 p.m. it was obvious that this was a very disorganized effort. There were NEVER any actual tickets distributed. As I walked around looking for those in charge to voice my concerns - this was around 5 p.m. when things were clearly disorganized buut still calm - there were few people to be found. And those that I did speak with were all passing the buck, claiming that they were not in charge of crowd control, they didn't know anything about tickets, etc.
Several members of the SB for Hillary team were passing out what they said were tickets and were to guarantee admission to the gymnasium, but they were just sheets requesting contact info for future mailings from the team. We were in the 700 range when the person with the counter walked by and we did not get in. Nor did a student we know who had been waiting peacefully since 2:30 p.m. and was approximately 100th in line! Instead of attending what we hoped would be an informative and inspiring event, we were almost trampled.
Sadly, aside from the VIPs the gym was filled MOSTLY with ruffians who stormed the gates. There were no tickets required, nor was there anyone trying to collect the so-called tickets that had been haphazardly passed out.
We found ourselves in a crush of people with students around us panicking because they could barely breathe. Without a bit of exaggeration, I feared that someone would be trampled and killed. I don't know what happened to the mom with two young children I had seen in line hours earlier or some of the elderly folks. I assume that when things got ugly they left. I had female students around me crying, literally terrified for their lives as they were being pushed from all directions and towards a stucco wall. We were all trying to push back and screaming, "STOP PUSHING!" Thankfully no one was killed or seriously injured, but that could easily have been the case.
Posted on November 10 at 9:16 a.m.
Penny, I too, am moved by your story and proud of you for being so courageous and honest. Your column is very important to others in the gay community and I hope you will keep your terrific articles coming.
I am a happily married mom of two great teens and if they ever come to me and tell me they are gay I will accept them with open arms. NOTHING would change my love for them and I would feel honored that they could be honest with me and their dad.
I am disgusted by the intolerance and hatefulness of so many in our society, these so called Christians who do not walk the walk of Jesus' teaching to love thy neighbor as thyself!
Stay strong.
Hugs,
E.
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Posted on August 12 at 2:49 p.m.
Reusable cloth shopping bags are the way to go. I have about ten of them, both insulated and canvas ones, in both cars at all times. I have no problem taking my Trader Joe's bags into Vons or Costco (jumbo!) bags into Kmart. No trees are destroyed this way and I'm not contributing to the production of plastic and the pollution all of these bags cost.
Yes, these are baby steps, AShaw, but have you ever noticed how a bunch of $10-$30 purchases on a credit card can quickly add up to thousands of dollars? Doing something is better than doing nothing.However, I don't think taking one small step then frees us to waste other resources with no guilt. We all need to thoughtfully plan our purchases and think about our actions.
Trader Joe's offers shoppers who provide their own bags a raffle ticket for a chance to win a weekly $25 gift card. I would like to see stores offer cash incentives to shoppers who bring their own bags (of any type-reusing paper ones, for example) or charge a minimum of 20 cents per bag. That would encourage folks to buy at least a couple of reusable bags and surely, if we all did that, it would make a difference.
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