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Common Sense

From “Peace and Love” to Phoenix of Hate

By Henry Schulte

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Santa Barbara Current
May 19, 2025
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One of the highlights of my life and the profession I enjoyed the most, was owning and operating the Goleta Valley Athletic Club.

I never went to college and my father loaned me the seed money to purchase the club as an alternative to higher indoctrination. I had no business experience, but I had 100% confidence in myself that I could pull it off. Where …

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