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Brent's Journal's avatar

The wealth being consolidated was aided by the politicians in California, and other blue states, shutting down small businesses during COVID and driving consumers to the giants that remained open and/or offered ways to spend time indoors, such as of Amazon, Netflix, and Google. There only being two building permits issued after the Malibu fire is another example of politicians creating a system that will force owners to sell to a giant, perhaps Blackrock, who have the "staying power" to outlast the system and buy properties below the former market price and build multi-unit housing.

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Bernard Gans's avatar

So many issues; not enough time. Berney

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elce's avatar

Boys and girls, in class today we are going to teach critical thinking.

Your assignment: compare and contrast this Santa Barbara Current opinion piece to the opinion pages of the SB Independent. Have fun.

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Polly Frost's avatar

Are you hanging out with ChatGPT at Bar Lou, again? Grok is into Spam Sliders at Live Oak Café. Poor Wikipedia doesn't get out at all these days. That's what happens to kept women (even the non-binary ones) with too much plastic surgery.

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david mccalmont's avatar

Vladimir Putin continues to live rent-free in Mr. Ehringer's noggin!

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