Kate Smith Sings for Public

At the polls yesterday, the ballot was dispensed with a special notice that School Board Candidate Kate Smith had been disqualified because she had moved out of the School Board’s jurisdiction. Despite the caveat, Smith garnered more than 13,000 votes-nearly 3 percent more than Jaqueline Inda. Smith appeared in front of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art this afternoon to protest her ejection from the race, and to sing a very heartfelt rendition of “God Bless America” for passersby. “I ran for the Santa Barbara School Board to expose corruption in our schools!” she shouted, catching the attention of a couple of people who stopped for a couple of minutes to listen politely. “I was disqualified illegally, and they cannot violate the peoples’ rights with impunity!”