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Posted on April 7 at 6:26 p.m.
Mission Street under the 101 is horrible for bicyclists. Improvements were approved in Feb.08, so get busy, Santa Barbara!
http://www.independent.com/news/2008/feb...
Until then, riders should use the much safer West Anapamu, West Micheltorena, or West Junipero Street bridges.
On UPDATED: Injured Cyclist in "Stable But Critical Condition"
Posted on March 21 at 5:55 p.m.
This is one more sad symptom of the drain on federal resources attributable to the occupation of Iraq. Education cutbacks, economic recession, California National Guard not available to protect this nation, healthcare shortages for returning veterans, and now ocean safety buoys decommissioned: all resulting from sending $3 billion a week out of the country to fund Bush-Cheney's boondoggle.
Posted on March 11 at 5:15 p.m.
Vera Cruz Park (200 block of East Cota Street in downtown SB) will have a "marketplace of ideas" for progressive and peace groups, from 10am until the march at 12 noon. Come and talk with other activists to discover what you are FOR, as well as being against war.
Some groups expected to be there:
- Healthcare For All;
- Humanist Society of Santa Barbara (for separation of church and state);
- Impeachment of Bush+Cheney Townhall Meetup.
The march will head to the County Courthouse to form a giant human peace symbol around 1pm.
In the afternoon, from 2-4pm, you are invited to the downtown Public Library Faulkner Gallery, for workshops to boost support and understanding for progressive and peaceful causes.
Posted on January 10 at 7:54 p.m.
The Humanist Society of Santa Barbara offers 22 public meetings every year, Solstice parties and other events for those seeking secular, non-religious fulfillment of life! http://sbhumanists.org
Posted on December 20 at 7:42 p.m.
I was one of the more than 20 activists for peace who successfully lobbied the City Council to pass the resolution, calling for politicans in the nation's Capitol to end the occupation of Iraq, bring American soldiers home and care for them when they return. I commend Nick Welsh for his report, above.
Speaker after speaker observed that, among other things:
- Millions of dollars should have come to Santa Barbara for federal projects such as harbor dredging; instead the money has been spent on wars overseas.
- More that seventy American cities have already passed similar resolutions, strengthening each other when cities, mayors, states and governors lobby Washington together for action.
- The unwillingness and unresponsiveness of politicians in both parties to end the brutal, unpopular and immoral war means that democracy must come down to the local, non-partisan level, such as the City Council, for the will of "We the People" to be heard.
- The California National Guard and Coast Guard are down in strength, because too many of their brave members have been sent overseas; they would therefore be unable to assist Americans in case of natural disasters such as an earthquake, tsunami, mudslide, flood or wildfire.
- Servicemembers and their families are suffering through separation, combat injuries, mental trauma and suicide, with inadequate resources available to help them when they finally return home.
During more than an hour of public comments and statements from the Mayor and Councilmembers, NOBODY spoke in opposition to the motion, so it passed unanimously and deservedly so.
Posted on December 6 at 5:25 p.m.
Yes, I wrote the above letter last Friday 11/30/07, thinking that Big Telco had just dropped said monstrosity onto the Granada building, with or without permission. That same day, I got reassuring responses from Mayor Marty Blum and Councilmember Grant House that the metal entity is permitted, temporary, and will be removed in a few weeks. Barney on The Beat reported this in the Independent online Tuesday 12/4/07, so I too was surprised to see my now obsolete letter published Thursday 12/6/07.
Sorry to stir things up unnecessarily...
Posted on October 17 at 5:13 p.m.
Vista del Monte is midway between UCSB and SBCC; see website http://sbhumanists.org for maps to the meeting location and free parking. Correct admission is $2 for students, $5 general and everybody is welcome!
On The Human Approach to Peace and Reconcilation in Iraq -- 10/20/07 at Vista del Monte
Posted on September 14 at 8:39 p.m.
There is a slight error in the above story: I hosted 911-101, the commemorative and educational event at the Unitarian Society on Tuesday, 9/11/2007. Thanks to the Independent's 1/4 page feature, in addition to the weekly Calendar listing, about 60 people attended and we formed a Meetup Group to continue our investigations http://9-11.meetup.com/352. The correct title of the film I showed was "9/11 Press for Truth", which I highly recommend http://911pft.com.
Posted on August 31 at 5:33 p.m.
This is an excellent letter with one small error - Arnold vetoed SB840 last year (2006), not last week. SB840 was passed, for the second time by the California Senate earlier in 2007, then got stalled in the Assembly while they worked through the annual Budget Fiasco.
All the other points made by Shannon Miller are correct - we the people must demand universal single-payer healthcare despite big pharma and insurance company lobbying against us for another veto of SB840. Worse, they may persuade Arnold to send down a mandatory health insurance bill, like the awful mess passed by Romney in Mass.
Campaign website http://www.onecarenow.org has status updates and full details of why SB840 is what we should be pushing for!
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Posted on April 7 at 6:30 p.m.
Mission Street under the 101 is horrible for bicyclists and these improvements will come too late for this unfortunate rider. Get busy, Santa Barbara!
http://www.independent.com/news/2008/apr...
Bike riders should instead use the much safer West Anapamu, West Micheltorena, or West Junipero Street bridges.
On City to Improve Mission Street Bike Lane