I have known Mollie for over 30 years, she is the most wonderful hardworking woman I have ever known, I was her meat supplier for many years and she was nothing but a pleasure to work with, I was always impressed with not only what a wonderful hardworking woman working woman she was but what a fantastic, generous person she was to our community always finding a way to give back in some way or fashion, anyone that does not know her and then finds a way to criticize her should get a friggin life.
Thank you Polly, it is a corned beef recipe I came up with and I had my supplier make up for me 35 years ago and it was a big hit throughout the years in local restaurants and households…👍
👍 I buy a lot from Shalhoob's Butcher Shop - duck legs (which I confit), steaks, ground beef, ground lamb, ground pork, bones for stock, sausages, chicken. And the delivery guy, Art, is terrific. What a great business and community service you built, Jerry.
Jerry, beautiful reference for Mollie, and I like her website too - https://www.molliesdeli.com I haven’t been there yet, but it’s going to the top of my list of ‘things I'm going to do”!
Nondisclosure agreements, or NDAs, are not appropriate and not should be permitted for public employees: why? Because some public employee is spending public money to prevent the public from knowing how, or why, their money is being spent.
In addition to making NDA’s unlawful, I’d add public employee unions. Department heads are now unionized. What CEO or key executive in the private sector can walk off the job? Public employees have NO RISK, no investment, very limited or no legal exposure, and self-regulate. They are a protected class of workers. Most own their public job for life!
Why the need for unionization? Maybe to protect them from our dysfunctional City Council decisions?
Thank you for writing. Perhaps it's time to offer the public executive jobs, etc. to folks for less money. I'm sure there are many that have the qualifications, and would work for less. At some point, these public employees will bankrupt the City... is it the time Now?
Unions were formed to protect the worker from unfair big business practices. Where is this reasoning in public employment? "Over worked and underpaid city worker fights the oppressor city government employer." Both parties are on the same side... I'd call this a government formed monopoly. (Anti trust laws were formed to protect us from monopolies-is it the time Now?)
Glaring at us is that private enterprise takes on huge risks and competition (Mollie, Tesla, SB Current and Shaloob, etc.), while government employees have NONE!
However, the unionized public employees can risk some injury and competition fighting at the "trough"!
Agreed. As a labor negotiator for the California court system asked me "How can you bargain with someone who makes demands while knowing the court system cannot operate without them, they cannot be replaced and their job cannot be sent out of state?"
Great article Bonnie, I look forward to patronizing Mollie’s restaurant. Maybe folks should boycott “Pat Riot?” You mentioned this person was in multiple cities? ND needs to delete this account and is an example of why people are dropping their memberships. I did attend the Network Medical event at the Granada. I had never heard of this group before, but I did hear about those trying to prevent me and others from attending. That’s all I needed to know. Upon entering the theater, there was a vocal group outside spewing disgusting rhetoric and holding equally disgusting signs accusing attendees of being “Nazis.” Truly appalling by any standards and I suppose this is a similar radical group capable of burning and destroying Tesla dealerships?
More importantly is what I found inside the Granada, which was a friendly, warm, accepting group of mostly families. Network Medical is a truly inspirational and positive group.
As for City payouts to employees, it would seem this type of arrangement is tantamount to a payoff? Hush money?
One disturbing article I read on (of all places) Edhat, featuring Calmatters, indicated how underwater cities such as SF, LA and Oakland are and in big financial trouble. What a surprise. What’s next, decreases in public services, requiring sales tax of 13% or more? How high can it go before a financial meltdown?
We are in at a crossroads in our local community, state and country. It’s high time, decent law abiding folks from all backgrounds and cultures, reject those which would divide us and turn us on one another. Yes, it’s time to stand up for the Mollie’s and Network Medical’s of the world.
The Democratic Party of my youth was a party of ideas and ideals. It is now the party of anger,rage and thoughtlessness. Rather than debate policy differences with cogent counter-arguments, they seem to want to vent and act out. This does not instill either confidence or respect.
Cancel culture = no culture. But it's not new. I grew up in a liberal household where culture was concerned. My mom took me as a thirteen year old to an Ed Keinholz exhibit at Pasadena Art Museum that had been deemed pornographic by the County Board of Supervisors (yes, those people) because of his sculpture “Back Seat Dodge '38.” My mom also subscribed to Barney Rosset's Evergreen Magazine - Rosset published books through his Grove Press that were banned, only to become hailed later as the masterpieces they were: books by Samuel Beckett, Henry Miller, D. H. Lawrence. And my mother also encouraged me to read books that were politically on the other side - I read The John Birch Society manifesto as well as Mein Kampf.
I'm grateful for having been raised this way. I consider myself a liberal. I read Santa Barbara Current even though - or rather especially because I don't agree with much of what's posted on it. But I love thar it stands against: cancel culture.
Obviously the Santa Barbara Current is worrying some folks who do not like open, honest exchanges between citizens. Thank you, Bonnie, for this eye opening article. It is sad to see that our once beautiful city has become so corrupt.
This was an important article, and what beautiful responses! With so much hate out there, now more than ever, the most important thing we can do is treat each other with patience, love and civility. The impartial, toxic media always fails to bear in mind that 70% of Americans are fed up with the political system. When you look carefully at the primary reason - the straw that broke the camels back, if you will - that millions of Americans turned their back on the Democrat party at this time - it was the dismantling of Free Speech. It's the #1 Amendment for a reason, and there is no such thing as conditional Free Speech. A society either has it, or it doesn't. As a Centrist, I identify with many liberal viewpoints. But attacking Free Speech is where I drew the line. Social Media a breeding ground for hate. Advocacy Journalism should have never been allowed to happen, as it breeds hate as well. We must come together in the spirit of rediscovering our common interests - which ARE there - if only people could find their calm, and breathe...they would see it! Peace. And Mollie - why yes, how can you not love Mollie. She commands the utmost respect and is a blessing to our community.
...."far right" ...... whatever that means. This oft-repeated term appears to be easy code for some persons. A buzz word sprinkled to trigger a predetermined effect, with no further explanation necessary. Solve for who are these "some persons", who intend to trigger. Then let's open a dialogue.
Bonnie, you did a masterful job digging down into this topic and bringing in the local impacts these buzz words were intended to harm. Thank you so much for brining this to our attention. Boycott, Divest, Sanction ...BDS .... needs to join the rhetorical graveyard just like CRT, DEI and ESG.
Next we can move on to the next buzzword ...."harmful rhetoric"....... which often on this very platform proves to be an equal opportunity player, since we regularly get exposed to passionate rhetoric from all sides of the political spectrum.
Accusations like .."far right and harmful rhetoric".... get tossed out like hand grenades, intended to stop discussion before it even starts. Santa Barbara Current is the one local media resource where these intent to harm buzz words actually start discussions; not close them down.
I personally bristle when "the other side" shows up here, with their own tongues afire. But I too have been forced to learn the best antidote for their "far left, harmful rhetoric" is more free speech, Very quickly, their intent to inflame becomes a dying ember by sheer over-exposure and paucity of content.
Why do you "bristle when "the other side" shows up here"? Do you just want an echo chamber? I think so.
Your statement is so sad. As is 'far right' radical dems' 'marxist Biden', blabh blah. Let's do what Brian (who I normally disagree with) stated and talk to each other.
My biggest concern for you JL is your opinion is so against one wall. It makes me wonder. I love my wife and kids - but I can find faults and places for all of them to improve.
But as much as you mock folks with "orangemanbad" you seem to only be able to say "orangemangreat" . Like I've said before, you could teach Kellyane Conway and now Karoline Leavitt how to cheerlead.
You are right TJ, I thought I did want an echo chamber when SB Current started. But I did not get that here, and political wisdom does now reward learning where the other side is coming from.
I agree that we need to have conversations—however, as a “middle” person, sometimes comments I make in other forums are attacked as being conservative, and comments genuinely seeking to learn that I’ve made here are labeled “lefty” nonsense with no actual conversation.
As I seek to understand and gain insight, it gets harder and harder to have substantive conversations without being shut down from both sides. I hope that in the future more people will take this approach and be willing to have conversations!
More California voters now register Independent, rather than GOP or Democrat. Independents are the swing voters that chose continuing on this current path of one-party economic destruction; or supporting a renewable more politically diverse future for this state.
Best places to start in the next elections are the local school boards and the State Superintendent of Schools.
It seems to me that many people are waking up to the same realization that you experienced 10 years ago. It makes me very happy. The intolerance of the left is finally starting to turn off the true liberals the preach true tolerance and it’s about time.
Sending you hugs Mollie from your former neighborhood with the gorgeous home you built on Elegante in the mid-1980s. Your graciousness and commitment to community helped set the tone that remains today, 40 years later, in our neighborhood. May you stay healthy, appreciated, and respected for the beautiful human you are!
City Council's urgency in advocating for another sales tax increase,...... OK a CAB we told you so. The City's stupidity in street destruction demanded by anti car and anti freedom of travel comes at a cost.
The cost has been downtown retail.
The cost has been blocked and narrowed streets.
The cost has been the middle class.
The cost has been the narrow minded enclaves of wealth who say we know better.
Now these same types with 3 Letter ID'S, run from anyone or group that states are you going to pay for fixing what took 40 years to destroy. But of course that would force them to Move (get it) to a position that admits failure that Fertig stated 20 years ago.
CAB found it interesting that at the SBCAG MEETING OF MARCH 2025 the statement was made when asked if 101 traffic was less. SBCAG stated no, 101 is moving smoother because of increased capacity. Exactly what CAB predicted
Yet the City of Santa Barbara and its new and amazingly inept Traffic Planner refused to admit that less street congestion would be the result of increased or improved street capacity.
Gee capacity = robust retail / business .
Do You Remember Before Covid?... State St. was open and there were less bike riders before the idiotic statement - we have almost 100 miles of bike paths. There are less today then pre COVID.
Cancel Culture and Cyber Bullying Arrives at NextDoor...... Bonnie it was there long ago, but took the 2 AM death threats on the phone, and false claims against people using government stats to kick them in the pants.
It all comes at a cost. To paraphrase JFK, it is ironic that reduction of taxes increases government income.
"Reduction of taxes increases government income" ......... took a bit to get my head around this statement, but what a great reminder. Another vote for unleashing freedom and ingenuity.
Regarding cars on State Street, may I remind the group that pre-Covid State Street did not have parking - retail consumers still had to park on Anacapa or Chapala. Also, pre-Covid vacancies were also very high. So, how will a return to car traffic solve our retail problem? I will also add that a pilot program where golf carts shuttle people from the garage's to State is about to start. Down the road, there will be a shuttle going up and down State. This should solve the mobility problem. I would be happen to have a direct discussion about this with anyone. It will be nice to see State Street return to its former glory.
Boy, I could write pages and pages in response to the Cancel Culture section. Like most folks here, I've been bloodied in this war. But like mostt righteous causes, (Ours in defense of our beloved country, its Constitution and its values, IS a righteous battle), we lost some skirmishes along the way. But now, the tide turns! The American people are standing up and speaking out. Or, in the case of miscreant name-calling, shrugging and walking off the playground. Most recent idiocy: Yesterday someone posted on NextDoor free T-Shirts. The shirts are designed using the Palestinian flag. BTW, the poster never identified the intent, just "free" and treating us like mindless sheep. I reported and it was shortly taken down. I took the shirt's messaging as anti-Semitic. I suspect the Free T-shirt is a compaign nationally, among numerous covert actions propagandist in intent to be sure. Thanks for this Bonnie.
More are standing up now because they were inspired by your own choice to stand up first, Celeste. The wider world saw first hand the shameful treatment you received over the SBCC Pledge of Allegiance incident, taking place in our own local tax dollar-supported institution of higher learning.
Joan, thank you. Maybe now is the time to explain the incident further. Actually, as vile as the Pledge assault before the Board of Trustees, worse was what happened several months later at the Academic Senate meeting, a public meeting. On May 1, 2019, I attempted to give public comment, on the record stating that Chemistry Professor Napoleon was unsuitable to serve as incoming Academic Senate President because of her role in inciting the audience at the January trustees meeting. I was not permitted to speak. The faculty present at the meeting shouted to protest my public comment, demanding I be silenced. The presider, outgoing AS president AND, ironically, chair of the Journalism Department, acquiesed. Everyone walked out, some laughing. Yes, highly educated faculty laughed at the silencing of a person speaking at public comment in a public institution. I stood in the near emptied room (the staff secretary and student journalist remaining) and gave my remarks. I left, walking through the hallway while my former colleagues continued to make a mockery of the shameful action they'd contributed to. They basically pissed on the Bill of Rights that day and felt smug about it.
Yep, SBCC is run by a mob of far left trustees, progressive cult administrators, and An intolerant anti-DEI Faculty Senate. To see is to convince you to defund.
Celeste is no defender of free speech. She reports anti war comments she doesn't like. She only wants free speech for herself to say the Pledge of Allegiance.
She did speak for herself. She freely volunteered that she reported a post that was for freeing Palestine. Your reading skills must be poor if you missed it. That's what I was responding to.
Love those "Mollie Melts"! From my previous postings, SBC readers know I do not share many of the viewpoints expressed in SBC. But I swore an oath to "defend and protect the Constitution" and somewhere in there is YOUR right (and mine) to "Free Speech." My father never finished the 8th grade, but this WWII veteran was wise enough to teach me that every American votes TWICE, once on election day, and again EVERY TIME YOU REACH FOR YOUR WALLET. While shopping for a drill in Perozzi Hardware in Lompoc I found one that was cheaper than the one my father had selected. "Son," he told me, "that drill was made in China. If I buy this one made here, an American has a job." Well, obviously not everyone shared my dad's sentiments or concerns. On a smaller scale, I can understand why Pat would not want to support local businesses that advertise in SBC, but that is ultimately his choice. Joining with him (or not, if you REALLY like "Mollie Melts"!) is your choice. There are several places I will never shop nor bank, and several products I will never buy because the profits go to causes I oppose. Like my father, I will "vote with my wallet," but I will spare you my list.
I have known Mollie for over 30 years, she is the most wonderful hardworking woman I have ever known, I was her meat supplier for many years and she was nothing but a pleasure to work with, I was always impressed with not only what a wonderful hardworking woman working woman she was but what a fantastic, generous person she was to our community always finding a way to give back in some way or fashion, anyone that does not know her and then finds a way to criticize her should get a friggin life.
Thank you for reading my Rant !
Jerry Shalhoob
Founder of the Shalhoob Meat Co.
Est: 1973
Agree. Btw, I bought a Shalhoob Corned Beef and cooked it per the instructions for St. Patrick's. It was the best Corned Beef I've ever had.
Thank you Polly, it is a corned beef recipe I came up with and I had my supplier make up for me 35 years ago and it was a big hit throughout the years in local restaurants and households…👍
👍 I buy a lot from Shalhoob's Butcher Shop - duck legs (which I confit), steaks, ground beef, ground lamb, ground pork, bones for stock, sausages, chicken. And the delivery guy, Art, is terrific. What a great business and community service you built, Jerry.
What a great compliment, I appreciate it.
Jerry
Jerry, beautiful reference for Mollie, and I like her website too - https://www.molliesdeli.com I haven’t been there yet, but it’s going to the top of my list of ‘things I'm going to do”!
Nondisclosure agreements, or NDAs, are not appropriate and not should be permitted for public employees: why? Because some public employee is spending public money to prevent the public from knowing how, or why, their money is being spent.
In addition to making NDA’s unlawful, I’d add public employee unions. Department heads are now unionized. What CEO or key executive in the private sector can walk off the job? Public employees have NO RISK, no investment, very limited or no legal exposure, and self-regulate. They are a protected class of workers. Most own their public job for life!
Why the need for unionization? Maybe to protect them from our dysfunctional City Council decisions?
Thank you for writing. Perhaps it's time to offer the public executive jobs, etc. to folks for less money. I'm sure there are many that have the qualifications, and would work for less. At some point, these public employees will bankrupt the City... is it the time Now?
Unions were formed to protect the worker from unfair big business practices. Where is this reasoning in public employment? "Over worked and underpaid city worker fights the oppressor city government employer." Both parties are on the same side... I'd call this a government formed monopoly. (Anti trust laws were formed to protect us from monopolies-is it the time Now?)
Glaring at us is that private enterprise takes on huge risks and competition (Mollie, Tesla, SB Current and Shaloob, etc.), while government employees have NONE!
However, the unionized public employees can risk some injury and competition fighting at the "trough"!
Agreed. As a labor negotiator for the California court system asked me "How can you bargain with someone who makes demands while knowing the court system cannot operate without them, they cannot be replaced and their job cannot be sent out of state?"
Exactly Michael & Brent!
Great article Bonnie, I look forward to patronizing Mollie’s restaurant. Maybe folks should boycott “Pat Riot?” You mentioned this person was in multiple cities? ND needs to delete this account and is an example of why people are dropping their memberships. I did attend the Network Medical event at the Granada. I had never heard of this group before, but I did hear about those trying to prevent me and others from attending. That’s all I needed to know. Upon entering the theater, there was a vocal group outside spewing disgusting rhetoric and holding equally disgusting signs accusing attendees of being “Nazis.” Truly appalling by any standards and I suppose this is a similar radical group capable of burning and destroying Tesla dealerships?
More importantly is what I found inside the Granada, which was a friendly, warm, accepting group of mostly families. Network Medical is a truly inspirational and positive group.
As for City payouts to employees, it would seem this type of arrangement is tantamount to a payoff? Hush money?
One disturbing article I read on (of all places) Edhat, featuring Calmatters, indicated how underwater cities such as SF, LA and Oakland are and in big financial trouble. What a surprise. What’s next, decreases in public services, requiring sales tax of 13% or more? How high can it go before a financial meltdown?
We are in at a crossroads in our local community, state and country. It’s high time, decent law abiding folks from all backgrounds and cultures, reject those which would divide us and turn us on one another. Yes, it’s time to stand up for the Mollie’s and Network Medical’s of the world.
The Democratic Party of my youth was a party of ideas and ideals. It is now the party of anger,rage and thoughtlessness. Rather than debate policy differences with cogent counter-arguments, they seem to want to vent and act out. This does not instill either confidence or respect.
Cancel culture = no culture. But it's not new. I grew up in a liberal household where culture was concerned. My mom took me as a thirteen year old to an Ed Keinholz exhibit at Pasadena Art Museum that had been deemed pornographic by the County Board of Supervisors (yes, those people) because of his sculpture “Back Seat Dodge '38.” My mom also subscribed to Barney Rosset's Evergreen Magazine - Rosset published books through his Grove Press that were banned, only to become hailed later as the masterpieces they were: books by Samuel Beckett, Henry Miller, D. H. Lawrence. And my mother also encouraged me to read books that were politically on the other side - I read The John Birch Society manifesto as well as Mein Kampf.
I'm grateful for having been raised this way. I consider myself a liberal. I read Santa Barbara Current even though - or rather especially because I don't agree with much of what's posted on it. But I love thar it stands against: cancel culture.
Obviously the Santa Barbara Current is worrying some folks who do not like open, honest exchanges between citizens. Thank you, Bonnie, for this eye opening article. It is sad to see that our once beautiful city has become so corrupt.
This was an important article, and what beautiful responses! With so much hate out there, now more than ever, the most important thing we can do is treat each other with patience, love and civility. The impartial, toxic media always fails to bear in mind that 70% of Americans are fed up with the political system. When you look carefully at the primary reason - the straw that broke the camels back, if you will - that millions of Americans turned their back on the Democrat party at this time - it was the dismantling of Free Speech. It's the #1 Amendment for a reason, and there is no such thing as conditional Free Speech. A society either has it, or it doesn't. As a Centrist, I identify with many liberal viewpoints. But attacking Free Speech is where I drew the line. Social Media a breeding ground for hate. Advocacy Journalism should have never been allowed to happen, as it breeds hate as well. We must come together in the spirit of rediscovering our common interests - which ARE there - if only people could find their calm, and breathe...they would see it! Peace. And Mollie - why yes, how can you not love Mollie. She commands the utmost respect and is a blessing to our community.
...."far right" ...... whatever that means. This oft-repeated term appears to be easy code for some persons. A buzz word sprinkled to trigger a predetermined effect, with no further explanation necessary. Solve for who are these "some persons", who intend to trigger. Then let's open a dialogue.
Bonnie, you did a masterful job digging down into this topic and bringing in the local impacts these buzz words were intended to harm. Thank you so much for brining this to our attention. Boycott, Divest, Sanction ...BDS .... needs to join the rhetorical graveyard just like CRT, DEI and ESG.
Next we can move on to the next buzzword ...."harmful rhetoric"....... which often on this very platform proves to be an equal opportunity player, since we regularly get exposed to passionate rhetoric from all sides of the political spectrum.
Accusations like .."far right and harmful rhetoric".... get tossed out like hand grenades, intended to stop discussion before it even starts. Santa Barbara Current is the one local media resource where these intent to harm buzz words actually start discussions; not close them down.
I personally bristle when "the other side" shows up here, with their own tongues afire. But I too have been forced to learn the best antidote for their "far left, harmful rhetoric" is more free speech, Very quickly, their intent to inflame becomes a dying ember by sheer over-exposure and paucity of content.
Why do you "bristle when "the other side" shows up here"? Do you just want an echo chamber? I think so.
Your statement is so sad. As is 'far right' radical dems' 'marxist Biden', blabh blah. Let's do what Brian (who I normally disagree with) stated and talk to each other.
My biggest concern for you JL is your opinion is so against one wall. It makes me wonder. I love my wife and kids - but I can find faults and places for all of them to improve.
But as much as you mock folks with "orangemanbad" you seem to only be able to say "orangemangreat" . Like I've said before, you could teach Kellyane Conway and now Karoline Leavitt how to cheerlead.
You are right TJ, I thought I did want an echo chamber when SB Current started. But I did not get that here, and political wisdom does now reward learning where the other side is coming from.
It’s quite easy, getting back to middle ground that it is.
But it requires conservative middle people, both D & R, to speak up.
Stop playing possum, stop giving way to people who are bullying you into submission.
There are more common senses conservative people than there are radicals.
United we stand, divided we fall.
Start having conversations again.
Wonderful statements.
I agree that we need to have conversations—however, as a “middle” person, sometimes comments I make in other forums are attacked as being conservative, and comments genuinely seeking to learn that I’ve made here are labeled “lefty” nonsense with no actual conversation.
As I seek to understand and gain insight, it gets harder and harder to have substantive conversations without being shut down from both sides. I hope that in the future more people will take this approach and be willing to have conversations!
More California voters now register Independent, rather than GOP or Democrat. Independents are the swing voters that chose continuing on this current path of one-party economic destruction; or supporting a renewable more politically diverse future for this state.
Best places to start in the next elections are the local school boards and the State Superintendent of Schools.
Seems it’s time for another political party or maybe two more.
It seems to me that many people are waking up to the same realization that you experienced 10 years ago. It makes me very happy. The intolerance of the left is finally starting to turn off the true liberals the preach true tolerance and it’s about time.
Sending you hugs Mollie from your former neighborhood with the gorgeous home you built on Elegante in the mid-1980s. Your graciousness and commitment to community helped set the tone that remains today, 40 years later, in our neighborhood. May you stay healthy, appreciated, and respected for the beautiful human you are!
City Council's urgency in advocating for another sales tax increase,...... OK a CAB we told you so. The City's stupidity in street destruction demanded by anti car and anti freedom of travel comes at a cost.
The cost has been downtown retail.
The cost has been blocked and narrowed streets.
The cost has been the middle class.
The cost has been the narrow minded enclaves of wealth who say we know better.
Now these same types with 3 Letter ID'S, run from anyone or group that states are you going to pay for fixing what took 40 years to destroy. But of course that would force them to Move (get it) to a position that admits failure that Fertig stated 20 years ago.
CAB found it interesting that at the SBCAG MEETING OF MARCH 2025 the statement was made when asked if 101 traffic was less. SBCAG stated no, 101 is moving smoother because of increased capacity. Exactly what CAB predicted
Yet the City of Santa Barbara and its new and amazingly inept Traffic Planner refused to admit that less street congestion would be the result of increased or improved street capacity.
Gee capacity = robust retail / business .
Do You Remember Before Covid?... State St. was open and there were less bike riders before the idiotic statement - we have almost 100 miles of bike paths. There are less today then pre COVID.
Cancel Culture and Cyber Bullying Arrives at NextDoor...... Bonnie it was there long ago, but took the 2 AM death threats on the phone, and false claims against people using government stats to kick them in the pants.
It all comes at a cost. To paraphrase JFK, it is ironic that reduction of taxes increases government income.
Thanks Bonnie.
"Reduction of taxes increases government income" ......... took a bit to get my head around this statement, but what a great reminder. Another vote for unleashing freedom and ingenuity.
Regarding cars on State Street, may I remind the group that pre-Covid State Street did not have parking - retail consumers still had to park on Anacapa or Chapala. Also, pre-Covid vacancies were also very high. So, how will a return to car traffic solve our retail problem? I will also add that a pilot program where golf carts shuttle people from the garage's to State is about to start. Down the road, there will be a shuttle going up and down State. This should solve the mobility problem. I would be happen to have a direct discussion about this with anyone. It will be nice to see State Street return to its former glory.
Another relevant column, thank you Bonnie!
The hypocrisy of the progressive left (including politicians, media & Hollywood) has become cartoonish and laughable.
Talk about a dog whistle buzzword: As in patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Pat Riot = patriot?
Boy, I could write pages and pages in response to the Cancel Culture section. Like most folks here, I've been bloodied in this war. But like mostt righteous causes, (Ours in defense of our beloved country, its Constitution and its values, IS a righteous battle), we lost some skirmishes along the way. But now, the tide turns! The American people are standing up and speaking out. Or, in the case of miscreant name-calling, shrugging and walking off the playground. Most recent idiocy: Yesterday someone posted on NextDoor free T-Shirts. The shirts are designed using the Palestinian flag. BTW, the poster never identified the intent, just "free" and treating us like mindless sheep. I reported and it was shortly taken down. I took the shirt's messaging as anti-Semitic. I suspect the Free T-shirt is a compaign nationally, among numerous covert actions propagandist in intent to be sure. Thanks for this Bonnie.
More are standing up now because they were inspired by your own choice to stand up first, Celeste. The wider world saw first hand the shameful treatment you received over the SBCC Pledge of Allegiance incident, taking place in our own local tax dollar-supported institution of higher learning.
Joan, thank you. Maybe now is the time to explain the incident further. Actually, as vile as the Pledge assault before the Board of Trustees, worse was what happened several months later at the Academic Senate meeting, a public meeting. On May 1, 2019, I attempted to give public comment, on the record stating that Chemistry Professor Napoleon was unsuitable to serve as incoming Academic Senate President because of her role in inciting the audience at the January trustees meeting. I was not permitted to speak. The faculty present at the meeting shouted to protest my public comment, demanding I be silenced. The presider, outgoing AS president AND, ironically, chair of the Journalism Department, acquiesed. Everyone walked out, some laughing. Yes, highly educated faculty laughed at the silencing of a person speaking at public comment in a public institution. I stood in the near emptied room (the staff secretary and student journalist remaining) and gave my remarks. I left, walking through the hallway while my former colleagues continued to make a mockery of the shameful action they'd contributed to. They basically pissed on the Bill of Rights that day and felt smug about it.
Sounds like mob mentality from people one would hope would know better.
Yep, SBCC is run by a mob of far left trustees, progressive cult administrators, and An intolerant anti-DEI Faculty Senate. To see is to convince you to defund.
Good reminder when considering what taxpayers in fact are buying, when they uncritically fund our state institutions of higher learning: https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/2023/santa-barbara-city-college/
SBCC has moved on since the worst of this incident a few years ago, but have they done any soul-searching into its origins?
Celeste is no defender of free speech. She reports anti war comments she doesn't like. She only wants free speech for herself to say the Pledge of Allegiance.
Celeste can speak for herself. Not sure why you are trying to speak for her, L.Angel.
I'm one of the few authentic people on this page, by the way. Along with S. 2. I haven't read one authentic comment from you.
She did speak for herself. She freely volunteered that she reported a post that was for freeing Palestine. Your reading skills must be poor if you missed it. That's what I was responding to.
What's wrong with freeing Palestine? I thought you were for free speech. Why would you report it if you were against censorship?
Love those "Mollie Melts"! From my previous postings, SBC readers know I do not share many of the viewpoints expressed in SBC. But I swore an oath to "defend and protect the Constitution" and somewhere in there is YOUR right (and mine) to "Free Speech." My father never finished the 8th grade, but this WWII veteran was wise enough to teach me that every American votes TWICE, once on election day, and again EVERY TIME YOU REACH FOR YOUR WALLET. While shopping for a drill in Perozzi Hardware in Lompoc I found one that was cheaper than the one my father had selected. "Son," he told me, "that drill was made in China. If I buy this one made here, an American has a job." Well, obviously not everyone shared my dad's sentiments or concerns. On a smaller scale, I can understand why Pat would not want to support local businesses that advertise in SBC, but that is ultimately his choice. Joining with him (or not, if you REALLY like "Mollie Melts"!) is your choice. There are several places I will never shop nor bank, and several products I will never buy because the profits go to causes I oppose. Like my father, I will "vote with my wallet," but I will spare you my list.