Comments by jonkwilliams
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Posted on October 26 at 2:14 p.m.
Okay, I'll call you parochial but only if you'll call me sensible: Measure A will surely save tons of money that could be used for, say, much needed after school gang-prevention activities; it will nearly double the number of citizens participating in municipal elections, increasing the "democracy quotient"; and I have a hunch (call me predictable, er, predictive, uh, predicative--oh heck, just don't call me late for dinner) that Measure A will also lead to a much better informed Santa Barbara electorate--voters will have "caught the bug," so to speak, from increased media coverage of all things political, local as well as national. (And David, I tremendously enjoyed your "Iraq to Islay, abortion to Anacapa." May I add "from gay marriage to gaping holes in our unbiased daily news coverage"?)
Anyway, that's how I feel so you can call me finished.
Posted on October 26 at 11:58 a.m.
I'm e-special-ly happy to see such passionate and well thought out responses to the Indy's unbelievable take on Measure A. Hopefully a lot more of the paper's readers looked beyond the headline to see that the "staff" recommendation, all things considered, was actually "Yes on Measure A." And a big thank you to the League of Women Voters for its support!
Posted on October 8 at 3:53 p.m.
David, you forgot to mention that Measure A will cure dandruff, too.
No, seriously, voters need to get behind Measure A because it is going to save taxpayers money while significantly increasing the number of voters weighing in on local elections and ballot initiatives.
Posted on September 27 at 11:47 a.m.
Wow, what a coup -- a fundraiser at our very own Biltmore (well, Montecito's), with drinks afterwards at Joe's, is the reason Rudy was "too busy" to attend Tavis Smiley's people-of-color Republican debate. Doesn't that make us feel important!
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Posted on October 26 at 2:59 p.m.
So what are we to do when "the other side" is either too odious to invite into the discussion or refuses to participate because one seat on a panel of four is not acceptible?
The N$#s-P@#s just published a letter from someone on "the other side" of this issue whose prior appearance in print involved declaring a fear that "the Mexicans" were going to move into her neighborhood. Could we really benefit from giving voice to someone like that?
Thoughtful citizens have tried to put together an educational experience based on the successful coming together of factions that quite often disagree with one another. That a spoiled brat of a newspaper publisher along with a few of her flying monkeys could derail the effort is almost literally a crying shame.
Personally, I'd like to see some well-intentioned local with more money than sense institute "The Western States Progressive Workshops" in Santa Barbara, taking advantage of the many knowledgeable and experienced teachers, leaders and doers we already have in our community along with the attractiveness of this fair burg to activists across the country willing to travel to a place where issues, ideas and solutions are always being productively discussed.
Needless to say, such an entity wouldn't be required to include voices of regression and intolerance, though such people might well serve as the "live mine field" through which our commandos in training could crawl.
Anyway, here's to the day Santa Barbara's esteemed daily paper passes into new owners' hands. Here's to a brighter, more progressive tomorrow!
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