Cultural Creep Spurred by Cultural Creeps

by Jim Buckley

Have you ever wondered why or how our or your American culture has drifted so far from where it was, say, thirty years ago or more?

How has it come to pass that so many people think it’s okay that a school administrator, teacher, nurse, or official, can arbitrarily decide that you should no longer be in charge of your child after that child has been convinced by those same teachers, administrators, nurses, or whatever, that he or she was “born in the wrong body” or had been “identified” as the wrong sex at birth?

Have you wondered too how “Drag Queen Story Hour,” for example, became an appropriate event for your six-year-old to attend and, worse, when you object or question the wisdom of holding such an event and suggesting or insisting that your child shouldn’t attend, you are subject to ridicule and worse?

How is it that so many parents have accepted the above with aplomb and indifference, sometimes even with enthusiasm?

Something is very wrong.

Where did our/your rights go?

And how did it happen?

In Ernest Hemingway’s novel, “The Sun Also Rises,” two hard-drinking World War I vets – Mike and Bill – are having a conversation about their lives. Bill asks Mike, “How did you go bankrupt?” Mike answers, “Two ways, gradually, and then suddenly.”

This is precisely how we got here.

A virus called DEI (Diversity! Equity! Inclusion!) entered the bureaucracy a couple decades ago and has wormed its way into every corner of our lives. Today, new hires in even the smallest business, if it uses an outside accounting or bookkeeping service for payroll, are required to sit through a lengthy indoctrination video that is nothing more than propaganda for left-wing causes.

Most people want the job they are trying to qualify for, and most business owners give it no thought; it’s just another BS government requirement.

But it’s more than that. Much more.

Which is why we now have school boards that accept – even encourage – their bureaucracies to take over the duties of parents who question the wisdom of their decisions.

To the point that now in California, Minnesota, and elsewhere, if your under-age child is taken to one of these “sanctuary” states and is looking for “gender-affirming” care, you – the parent – are legally helpless.

So, just as DEI started small and has now taken over many institutions – particularly school districts – the best and probably only way one can reverse this evil tide is to get oneself on a school board, district board, or one of these other positions listed below.

Time is short this time around, so even if you can’t answer the call this year, add your name to a list of potential candidates and as openings occur you may be selected.

Santa Barbara County Republican Central Committee member Cheryl Trosky advises that “This is one final call to step up and serve. The seats listed below are uncontested meaning no one has filed! If you file for this seat you will walk into the position without campaigning. Please review the entire list as it is not in alphabetical order. If you are interested or if you know of someone that might be interested, please contact me at 949-466-0167 (texts are welcome).”

Filing deadline is Friday, August 9, 2024.

No one has filed for the following seats:

Cuyama Jt Unified School District (shared with San Luis Obispo) need three candidates;

Santa Maria Jt Union High School TA#1;

Ballard School District TA#3;

Buellton Union School District TA#2 and TA #5;

School College School District TA#2;

Hope School District TA #3;

Solvang School District TA#3; 

Vista Del Mar Union School District TA#3;

Carpinteria Sanitary District Division#4;

Casmalia Comm Service District Director and Short-Term Director;

Cuyama VAl Recreation Director three openings;

Goleta Water District, Director District 4;

Goleta West Sanitary District, Director District 2;

Isla Vista Community Services District Director (two-year term);

Montecito Sanitary District, Director two open seats;

Santa Maria Public Airport District Division 1;

Santa Maria Val Water District Division #4 and #5;

Santa Ynez Comm Service Director need one candidate;

Santa Ynez Water District Division 2;

Summerland Sanitary District need one candidate;

The following need candidates to run but are contested:

County Board of Education Trustee Area #4;

Santa Barbara Community College TA#2;

 SBUSD TA# 3 to run against William Banning and Chris Wichowski, both Democrats;

SBUSD TA#5 to run against Celeste Kafri;

Hope School District TA#1 Dan Cunnison Democrat filed;

MUS might be okay as follows: 

Seat One: Anthony Charles (Swing) filed

Seat Two: Jessica Smith (Incumbent) Democrat, Mitchell Bragg Republican

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