Posted on June 14 at 10:06 a.m.

If someone is nutty enough to pay $250 for an imaginary benefit then they deserve what they get....nothing.

On Healing the Weird

Posted on June 7 at 1:51 p.m.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/lif...

Here is a link to a story of a Columbus Ohio family that dumped their homeless son in Santa Barbara. What were they thinking?????

On City’s Empty Pockets

Posted on June 7 at 1:44 p.m.

There is a myth about how welcoming Santa Barbara is to the homeless and mentally ill. They arrive daily by bus from all over the US, sent here by family members hoping to give their relatives a cushy Santa Barbara life.

On City’s Empty Pockets

Posted on May 4 at 9:48 a.m.

Change "The Warriors" to "The Teenagers."

On No Dogs Need Apply

Posted on April 29 at 7:20 p.m.

Quote from the article:

"Fifty eight percent of people staying at Casa Esperanza this winter lived in the Santa Barbara area immediately prior to becoming homeless."

So that means that 42% of the people CAME to SANTA BARBARA to be homeless?

No wonder the budget is a mess.

On County Mental Health Cuts a Self-Sabotaging Strategy

Posted on May 28 at 7:20 p.m.

Last week when driving by the spot where Jake was killed I saw a car stray across the yellow line while the driver was distracted by all that stuff hanging from the fence, nearly causing a head-on collision. It's very sad that Jake died but that shrine is a traffic hazzard. Couldn't all those items be transferred to his grave?

On Driving Lessons