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Posted on September 23 at 4 p.m.

Having been forwarned to avoid the 101, I drove from north Goleta to work via Cathedral Oaks and Foothill around 9:30am.

Westbound traffic was normal at Fairview, Patterson, and Turnpike, slightly higher near 154, then bumper-to-bumper stop-and-go from the light at Cieneguitas to Mission.

The traffic jam was almost completely unnecessary. La Colina school was already in session. Why not disable the traffic light and prevent a traffic nightmare like this?

Instead, hundreds of cars idling their engines, going nowhere, all because the city or county didn't think it important to have officers wave westbound traffic through the lights at Cieneguitas and at La Cumbre.

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Posted on November 18 at 8:56 p.m.

Sheriff Brown's uses the words "young adults" because he knows that to say "students" automatically leads to the question "Students from what school?" His is a transparent and unimaginitive attempt to protect the school in question.

If charges are filed, then we will now soon enough which school is involved. Perhaps Sheriff Brown uses the words "young adults" because he knows a deal has been done, that charges will not be filed, and that the name of the school will therefore not be made public.

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