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Keep the Parklets

I can see no reason to eliminate the current parklets on State Street while the city decides on long-term rules other than to eliminate the competition to the owners of businesses not having such parklets.

Press Secretary as Barometer

For the majority of Americans, who are not brain dead, Donald Trump provided daily reminders of just how profoundly unfit he was to be our president.

Other People’s Agendas

This recent news headline reminds me of something I saw at Vons across from San Marcos High School a few years ago.

More than Condolences

Thoughts and prayers, moments of silence, candlelight vigils. A few days of political shouting matches. No change.

Tax the Wealthy

Once again, the citizens of the city of Solvang are asked to bear the burden, the financial burden, that should not be placed on our shoulders!

Check the Math

I am writing an open letter to Joseph Holland, Santa Barbara County Assessor, to raise his attention to dubious calculations used in the assessment of property values.

Follow the Money

Our Founding Fathers were idealistic, educated men, but they were human.

Muskets and Flintlocks

The Second Amendment guarantees a person’s right to own a musket or flintlock pistol — not an automatic weapon or a weapon of war.

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