I only live 30 minutes North of Santa Barbara and only a resident for 18 years. I loved going downtown, eating and catching a concert. I don’t even want to go to the Santa Barbara Bowl! The 101 has been under construction for 18 years. State street is a cluster! And beach parking is a ripoff! The bad experiences have outweighed the fun!
I find it hard to believe with all the availability of information today versus what was available just 30 years ago that people can be so fooled by what is being spewed by mainstream media. We are totally with you on which way to vote! See you at Cody‘s?
So just what has your lone ranger Randy done? I actually really like and appreciate Randy but he's zero leadership over the rest of the bunch. Our mayor is really powerless an just another vote.
If you watched the Joe Rogan interview of JD Vance, you witnessed a masterful performance! JD was cool, calm, collective for over 3 hours. He answered in easy to understand, common sense responses. He admitted not knowing the answer on a few issues, which is particularly refreshing to hear from politicians nowadays. It is clear why Trump selected JD for VP and just maybe, POTUS in 28.’
Also, it was great to see Hugh Hewitt walk off an interview conducted by lefty gay activist-journalist, Jonathan Capehart. Hewitt simultaneously resigned from WAPO while walking off! The hateful look on Capehart’s face was hilarious as he threw a “hissy fit!” Yes, Capehart went off the deep end, just like a little biatch!
How embarrassing, wonder if Bezos will have a pair and be an Alpha Male by pulling the plug on his embarrassment, disguised as a newspaper?
You know anyone could come up with long lists of Trump acting like a spoiled child versus a thinking adult. What do expect from an adolescent entertainer whose has run out of material. At nearly 80 you start giving your mic a handy while doing your best impression of a blow job. For some, that’s what they want from their President and others prefer competent adults steering the ship.
Trumps “tax cut” capped mortgage interest and real estate tax deductions which punished states like California and New,York. My taxes went up. Same with virtually every other homeowner,
AR, keep your taxes down by voting down all bond issuesand tax increase demands. Make government entities budget far better, instead of than treating taxpayers as permanent lines of credit.
No such thing as a "fair share", Andy Just th tax code as written.
Kick in your own guaranteed lifetime public pension, if you want to mitigate your own fair share. Drop your pension payouts to the level of at the average social security payment, if you want to bring economic justice in your own name.
How do you feel about tariffs replacing income tax? How do you feel about reducing the size of government by getting rid of the department of education, slashing the CDC, department of energy, eliminating department of homeland security, eliminating public sector pensions such as the obscene pensions received by retired firefighters?
I think any restructuring, and I agree it’s necessary, should be done in a careful, considered manner. As for your comments about pensions, I would trade my four joint replacements, my peripheral neuropathy and lousy lungs for my pension any day. Feel free to take the schooling and tests required to apply.
Andy, are you taking tax free disability payouts in lieu of a government pension? I understand that any later injuries on the job, or even not on the job, are automatically deemed "service related" disabilities. Is that true? Pull a muscle playing baseball and it gets called a "service related injury?
You chose a known hazardous profession. And you were well rewarded by the tax payers during your time of public service. Why are you only now complaining about the choice you made for yourself?
As an aside, I had one hip replacement while employed and the other three joint replacements after retirement. I did not file as service related and the county did not pay for them….they probably should have…
No disability retirement. I opted to stay on the job reasonably accommodated in a staff job after irregular respiratory tests. My retirement was a normal service retirement. The VA has awarded me a 20 % disability with more pending Agent Orange claims, perhaps. Yes, I was well rewarded and I appreciate that. As for later injuries I find that hard to believe. I put my life on the line both in Vietnam and with the fire department. I opted to keep working instead of taking a disability. I do not have bone spurs.
No guaranteed government pension should ever exceed the same amount of social security payouts. Anything else comes from one's own personal investments and personal retirement accounts.
Trump’s tax cap of $10000 has most of us paying tax on tax. Trump didn’t hurt our blue state, it hurt individuals with California. The cost of living increased by kicking many of us into higher tax brackets.
I’d like to see a gig chart of the property tax, state income(if any), bond, sales and/ or other taxes paid in each of 50 states that can be deducted on federal income tax returns. In Louisiana, oil revenues kept taxes low. CA needs a tax revolt. Even our water is taxed.
I can remember were i was when i heard JFK and his brother was killed. I can not remember ever seeing signs or bumper stickers stating F--- brandon, Biden or Harris like i did today. We are better than this people! Vote. trump is not fit for the job.
Trump is the change agent. Our country has been captured, and now ruled by those that wish to collapse the Nation. Trump is serving as Field General for the counter insurgency. He’s the mouthpiece with the laser pointer, as demonstrated by the education process that has been on display over these past 8+ years. Thus, the all out, 24/7, day in/day out smears, lawfare and trick & traps, since his arrival.
One example of the Deep State actions by our compromised officials:
January 15, 2020:
1. USA CHINA Phase I deal executed [China bad day]
2. Impeachment articles released by Pelosi _walked [delivered] to Senate [attack v POTUS?][coordinated/planned for a specific day?]
3. 1st C19 case lands @ Seattle-Tacoma Airport [attack v POTUS?]
Mathematical probability [same day][natural vs controlled?]
WHO BENEFITS?
PS. Only a few days left to vote the Trump. He will go down in history as our Greatest President (and one of the greatest humans to walk the earth). Peace is The Prize.
Not Putin (he's not the bogeyman)...The CCP (+++) have completed their 40-year long march through all of our institutions, starting with higher education and the media and spreading from there. The Color Revolution is now full scale.
Always amazed by fellow citizens that can't see beyond themselves and do what they think is best for the country and their families. I have a 72-year-old sister (doctor) who has constantly struggled with homelessness over these past four years. Also a 70-year-old brother who seems to knock on my door a couple times a year, asking for money assistance. And, a 32 year old daughter who just moved back home temporarily because she’s struggling to make ends meet (see 30% cost increases due to inflation/government money printing (smart kid, full ride academic scholarship, Santa Clara University). I could go on with friends, neighbors, family members, fellow veterans, life stories.
PS...We live in a banana republic. Think any of the lawfare & made up Trump smear stories push through mainstream media (mind warp — totally controlled by people that do not have your good in mind) would have occurred if Donald Trump rode off into the sunset after 'losing' in 2020?
CL: You miss the irony of the media's frank duplicity that led to popularity that phrase. Easy be offended by what you claim Trump said, and ignore the fact Trump has always been a counter-puncher. Be offended by what was said first that triggered the counter-punch. Clean up your own house first. Then perhaps we can "return to decency".
You can start with your own post claiming Trump is not fit for the job. Trump is more than fit, and now seasoned and tested. May Trump yet usher in morning in America again, and pick up where he left off before Nancy Pelosi's weaponized "covid" installed the 2020 Biden grift. Bring back Trump's very sound track record of success when it was his turn in office.
JL: Irony & duplicity aside, I am offended by trumps statements about women, health care, "the enemy within", statements about "sucker" veterans,and his propensity to do anything that will profit himself. I do not trust trump to "clean house" or drain the swamp. Do you think he EVER had chores as a kid or an adult? Can you picture him doing dishes, taking out the trash, changing a tire? Can you picture him in basic training in any branch of the military? Would you hire him? Why would anyone vote for this guy? Please respond. Thanks.
Carl, I believe there is an enemy within. You don't? There most certainly is a "deep state" that for years has been controlling this country. It is not a "conspiracy theory" (that tired old excuse when one doesn't want to believe something). Can I picture Trump doing dishes? Well I sure as heck can picture him doing them more than I can Biden or Harris. What statements about women has he said that offended you? His supposed statements about "sucker" veterans is completely false. I think you are a victim of the MSM and hopefully you will broaden your horizon with some real facts. Trump is not perfect. No one is, but he is the best candidate in this election by far.
Hi Monica, Thank you for your response! You mention a few things, let me respond to just the statements about women. Trump said in an interview some time ago there must be be "some type of penalty for having an abortion". A few days ago didn't he say something like he will be the protector of women if they like it or not? I have been married for more than 30 years, have two ,children, 2 sisters, a mother, and three granddaughters. I trust them to make their own choices.
CL...oyur refernce to the "veterans" tips your hand...might look beyond your friends on the Left for some actual facts. If you don't agree with policy, that's certainly your prerogative, but these false narratives spewed by the media and regurgitated by those not willing to actually do their own homework is unfort
You are certainly entitled to being comfortable with inflation, open borders, men in women sports, international chaos, transgender surgeries for illegal aliens at taxpayers, expense, etc. However, completely fabricated and contorted charges like the veterans, Charlottesville, and now the latest bogus charge about Trump and Liz Cheney aren't just silly...they're dangerous.
I am encouraged by your acknowledgment that there is a swamp and it needs draining. I'm confident Tuesday will be a good start..
Hi Thomas, I am an army veteran, like every male member on my side of the family since they got off the boat in this country before WWI. My middle name is my uncles who was killed two months before the war ended in the Pacific. My son served as a Special Forces SGT in Afgan so I feel pretty good about my facts about veterans. I am not too concerned about men in women sports, and transgender surgeries for aliens. Maybe you can give me the 411 on that.
I also know trump cares only about himself and wraps himself in the flag and pretends to be christian. But that is another story. trump is unfit to be president.
A vote for Harris is a vote for the Big and Bigger Government employee unions. That is her past, and that is her sole prologue. That is not "America". Far from it. A vote for Harris will lead to the total loss of America, just like what happened when the Big and Bigger government employee unions took over California.
JL A total Loss of America? Just like California? What are you talking about? Look around, start thinking for yourself. trump is not fit. Please respond and vote.
JD is muted? Just like the "drive by media" has been muting Joe Public that has had it with the last 40 years of one party control in Sacramento. Teri loved going downtown, guess what I loved going downtown for 4 decades but that was when it became the idiocy narrowing State St., destroying collateral streets, and making parking insane.
Trump proved there was a better way, and made the nation energy independent that also made the $dollar the choice of the world. The opposition could not stop him so they decided to "mute" the President with lawsuits and impeachment. As has been proven Shiffty withheld information and it would appear also destroyed information when the Majority Leader became Republican
As the author states "State St has been held hostage by 15 people of the State St Advisory Committee for the last five years, along with an inept City Council ...... " The same attitude and refusal of the City of Santa Barbara to do what was promised if narrowing did not work.... that is reverse it. It is written into the plan from MIG. This inept Council rejected MIG because of the failure of 40 year!
I'll end this with it is the same political point of view that gave us "Subprime Loans," the Obama Recession, and now failure at the State of Clalif. ($46+ billion deficit), and 40 years of failure of the bike plan - failure to reduce personal car use - and of course failure in Santa Barbara of success at the local and community wide area (just look at the homeless).
Great OPED.
From Steve "And what did we have four years ago? We enjoyed lower prices, higher wages,..." Guess what the bully thugs of the world also feared crossing the good old USA.
The country is probably needing a lot more than Trump who has his hands full. The country is going to need people that want to work. The young are being paid excessive wages for the task at hand. I worked hard, long hours to make my way through life and now I see my past earnings literally stolen by thugs, con artists, and lazy politicians such as Biden and Harris that openly steal taxpayers' money. We are in a war to retain our own existence. Expelling out of the mouth from Biden, with words representing many Democrats, was the word "garbage" describing about 50% of the population of conservatives. Most of us have connected the dots during the Biden administration's lack of interest when sending aid to Republican areas around the country, more recently the "running out of money" theme when North Carolina was hit hard with the recent hurricane. Or the train wreck in Ohio. There are many Dems liking to see us dead, eradicated from the face of the earth ... I believe that from the hell my wife and I went through with the City of SB which are truly some of the laziest and hateful bunch of people you'll find. Realize if Harris is running for President, then what do you think the IQ of the higher-ups is in the city and county government? Harris bats a zero in intelligence, then likewise the city level of intelligence most likely is below zero. It's clearly a mafia operation. Trump will have a lot to deal with when starting to crack down on this gigantic Mafia that wants us dead. If somehow Harris manages to squeak by and get into the Whitehouse, we have a problem here, Houston.
Most local voters were shocked when they saw the full compensation packages for SBCC employees, who now have their hands out for a half billion dollar bond issue.
Pyramid building of an organization is always a problem. The last company I worked for had two people between me and the person that owned the company; not many layers. Even Raytheon recognized "pyramid building" within an organization and went through periodic cuts of the layers. Isn't it interesting how the President (Dems) caused inflation which in turn supposedly requires salary increases of governments, but not so much in the private sector! I quit Raytheon in 1996 and became a whistleblower not long after when I was riding home on my motorcycle on Foothill and heard a loud bang (a.k.a. sonic boom) over my head, a warning shot from Raytheon, no doubt, not to talk. My office partner, a gun nut, and the sheriff all agreed it was someone firing above my head. I was left out of the whistleblowing activity by both the Feds and the company, they didn't want to know any more information from me. And my experience with the City of SB is no less than criminal, especially towards non-Democrats. They want us eliminated, trust me, I know, been there and experienced it personally. Interesting how Trump had several attempts on his life. I have no doubt when the City of SB with the help of the Feds was working against me, me and my wife were also targets. I can name several things including our house being gassed via the vents each morning and induced illnesses, audio and video bugged, creepy sounds at night, Sneddon's backyard (joining ours) with a large, camouflaged tent, white collar workers setting up a "control center" inside a tool shed looking structure, adding a violation claiming the house was sinking (foundation is on bedrock), received weird phone calls, received tons of g-mails from unknows, planted items inside the house to make me look like a hoodlum, stolen items, rhythmic noises during the day and night, lights dimming to a Morse code-like at 6PM each night ... just to name a few.
TJ: Those same dollars bought more for the same amount. Ergo wages were de facto higher.
Plus this is a company town, so if you are in the private sector you are also competing with all the tax dollars handouts to government employees who certainly cannot complain about losing ground when COLA is automatically added to their own paychecks.
Bidenflation. Yes, Joe did that too intentionally with Harris's tie-breaking vote to shove us over the cliff. Bragging she could not think of one thing she would do differently.
Great to see people are waking up in mass & no longer blind. Their deception [dark actions] are now on full display. People around the world are waking up to the fact, not fiction, that the corporate D party political controlled (six corporations on 90% of the media) Fake News is not unbiased journalism, but politically motivated and controlled. Wonderful to see people thinking for themselves and no longer being sheep to their narratives. They will be held accountable.
PS… Never interfere with an enemy in the process of destroying himself. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
By all means if you can stomach it, pick up a copy of the most recent SB Independent to see if their snarky featured cartoonist, Tom Tomorrow, deliver his election eve message to local voters. Every demonstrably false and actionable defamatory attack on Trump is presented within his few snidely drawn panels. Unbelievable, this is still all they have.
We yet again hear the exact same message from "progressives" that we have even hearing since Trump came down his Trump Tower elevator in 2015: Orangeman Bad and you are a Bad Person if you support him. Not a living brain cell found in this entire pack of Democrats now demanding our votes. Why do we still waste our tax dollars paying too many of these people to do this to us?
The SB “Independent “ is a piss-poor alternative to the once great SBNP. “Tom Tomorrow,” “Angry Poodle “ are both examples of low IQ rants designed for low IQ readers. But hey, the Indy makes a great bird cage liner!
I only live 30 minutes North of Santa Barbara and only a resident for 18 years. I loved going downtown, eating and catching a concert. I don’t even want to go to the Santa Barbara Bowl! The 101 has been under construction for 18 years. State street is a cluster! And beach parking is a ripoff! The bad experiences have outweighed the fun!
I find it hard to believe with all the availability of information today versus what was available just 30 years ago that people can be so fooled by what is being spewed by mainstream media. We are totally with you on which way to vote! See you at Cody‘s?
So just what has your lone ranger Randy done? I actually really like and appreciate Randy but he's zero leadership over the rest of the bunch. Our mayor is really powerless an just another vote.
Why do you keep asking sole-vote Randy to turn water in to wine? What did you do to get a new voice to support for Randy from your own district?
If you watched the Joe Rogan interview of JD Vance, you witnessed a masterful performance! JD was cool, calm, collective for over 3 hours. He answered in easy to understand, common sense responses. He admitted not knowing the answer on a few issues, which is particularly refreshing to hear from politicians nowadays. It is clear why Trump selected JD for VP and just maybe, POTUS in 28.’
Also, it was great to see Hugh Hewitt walk off an interview conducted by lefty gay activist-journalist, Jonathan Capehart. Hewitt simultaneously resigned from WAPO while walking off! The hateful look on Capehart’s face was hilarious as he threw a “hissy fit!” Yes, Capehart went off the deep end, just like a little biatch!
How embarrassing, wonder if Bezos will have a pair and be an Alpha Male by pulling the plug on his embarrassment, disguised as a newspaper?
How presidential was Trump's impression of a porn star with a microphone? Any you want this guy in charge. Interesting.
Thanks all you have? Interesting.
You know anyone could come up with long lists of Trump acting like a spoiled child versus a thinking adult. What do expect from an adolescent entertainer whose has run out of material. At nearly 80 you start giving your mic a handy while doing your best impression of a blow job. For some, that’s what they want from their President and others prefer competent adults steering the ship.
Consider the choices…Trump 2024… https://x.com/endwokeness/status/1835513015094911021?s=61
Trumps “tax cut” capped mortgage interest and real estate tax deductions which punished states like California and New,York. My taxes went up. Same with virtually every other homeowner,
AR, keep your taxes down by voting down all bond issuesand tax increase demands. Make government entities budget far better, instead of than treating taxpayers as permanent lines of credit.
The rest of America has no interest giving tax breaks to profligate CA and NY. Don't blame them.
The rest of America deserves to see everyone pay their fair share
No such thing as a "fair share", Andy Just th tax code as written.
Kick in your own guaranteed lifetime public pension, if you want to mitigate your own fair share. Drop your pension payouts to the level of at the average social security payment, if you want to bring economic justice in your own name.
How do you feel about tariffs replacing income tax? How do you feel about reducing the size of government by getting rid of the department of education, slashing the CDC, department of energy, eliminating department of homeland security, eliminating public sector pensions such as the obscene pensions received by retired firefighters?
I think any restructuring, and I agree it’s necessary, should be done in a careful, considered manner. As for your comments about pensions, I would trade my four joint replacements, my peripheral neuropathy and lousy lungs for my pension any day. Feel free to take the schooling and tests required to apply.
Andy, are you taking tax free disability payouts in lieu of a government pension? I understand that any later injuries on the job, or even not on the job, are automatically deemed "service related" disabilities. Is that true? Pull a muscle playing baseball and it gets called a "service related injury?
You chose a known hazardous profession. And you were well rewarded by the tax payers during your time of public service. Why are you only now complaining about the choice you made for yourself?
As an aside, I had one hip replacement while employed and the other three joint replacements after retirement. I did not file as service related and the county did not pay for them….they probably should have…
No disability retirement. I opted to stay on the job reasonably accommodated in a staff job after irregular respiratory tests. My retirement was a normal service retirement. The VA has awarded me a 20 % disability with more pending Agent Orange claims, perhaps. Yes, I was well rewarded and I appreciate that. As for later injuries I find that hard to believe. I put my life on the line both in Vietnam and with the fire department. I opted to keep working instead of taking a disability. I do not have bone spurs.
No guaranteed government pension should ever exceed the same amount of social security payouts. Anything else comes from one's own personal investments and personal retirement accounts.
Trump’s tax cap of $10000 has most of us paying tax on tax. Trump didn’t hurt our blue state, it hurt individuals with California. The cost of living increased by kicking many of us into higher tax brackets.
I’d like to see a gig chart of the property tax, state income(if any), bond, sales and/ or other taxes paid in each of 50 states that can be deducted on federal income tax returns. In Louisiana, oil revenues kept taxes low. CA needs a tax revolt. Even our water is taxed.
PS. trump one of the greatest humans to walk the earth? Put down the pipe. trump is unfit to be on the ballot.
I can remember were i was when i heard JFK and his brother was killed. I can not remember ever seeing signs or bumper stickers stating F--- brandon, Biden or Harris like i did today. We are better than this people! Vote. trump is not fit for the job.
Trump is the change agent. Our country has been captured, and now ruled by those that wish to collapse the Nation. Trump is serving as Field General for the counter insurgency. He’s the mouthpiece with the laser pointer, as demonstrated by the education process that has been on display over these past 8+ years. Thus, the all out, 24/7, day in/day out smears, lawfare and trick & traps, since his arrival.
One example of the Deep State actions by our compromised officials:
January 15, 2020:
1. USA CHINA Phase I deal executed [China bad day]
2. Impeachment articles released by Pelosi _walked [delivered] to Senate [attack v POTUS?][coordinated/planned for a specific day?]
3. 1st C19 case lands @ Seattle-Tacoma Airport [attack v POTUS?]
Mathematical probability [same day][natural vs controlled?]
WHO BENEFITS?
PS. Only a few days left to vote the Trump. He will go down in history as our Greatest President (and one of the greatest humans to walk the earth). Peace is The Prize.
Ok putin!
Not Putin (he's not the bogeyman)...The CCP (+++) have completed their 40-year long march through all of our institutions, starting with higher education and the media and spreading from there. The Color Revolution is now full scale.
Always amazed by fellow citizens that can't see beyond themselves and do what they think is best for the country and their families. I have a 72-year-old sister (doctor) who has constantly struggled with homelessness over these past four years. Also a 70-year-old brother who seems to knock on my door a couple times a year, asking for money assistance. And, a 32 year old daughter who just moved back home temporarily because she’s struggling to make ends meet (see 30% cost increases due to inflation/government money printing (smart kid, full ride academic scholarship, Santa Clara University). I could go on with friends, neighbors, family members, fellow veterans, life stories.
PS...We live in a banana republic. Think any of the lawfare & made up Trump smear stories push through mainstream media (mind warp — totally controlled by people that do not have your good in mind) would have occurred if Donald Trump rode off into the sunset after 'losing' in 2020?
CL: You miss the irony of the media's frank duplicity that led to popularity that phrase. Easy be offended by what you claim Trump said, and ignore the fact Trump has always been a counter-puncher. Be offended by what was said first that triggered the counter-punch. Clean up your own house first. Then perhaps we can "return to decency".
You can start with your own post claiming Trump is not fit for the job. Trump is more than fit, and now seasoned and tested. May Trump yet usher in morning in America again, and pick up where he left off before Nancy Pelosi's weaponized "covid" installed the 2020 Biden grift. Bring back Trump's very sound track record of success when it was his turn in office.
JL: Irony & duplicity aside, I am offended by trumps statements about women, health care, "the enemy within", statements about "sucker" veterans,and his propensity to do anything that will profit himself. I do not trust trump to "clean house" or drain the swamp. Do you think he EVER had chores as a kid or an adult? Can you picture him doing dishes, taking out the trash, changing a tire? Can you picture him in basic training in any branch of the military? Would you hire him? Why would anyone vote for this guy? Please respond. Thanks.
Carl, I believe there is an enemy within. You don't? There most certainly is a "deep state" that for years has been controlling this country. It is not a "conspiracy theory" (that tired old excuse when one doesn't want to believe something). Can I picture Trump doing dishes? Well I sure as heck can picture him doing them more than I can Biden or Harris. What statements about women has he said that offended you? His supposed statements about "sucker" veterans is completely false. I think you are a victim of the MSM and hopefully you will broaden your horizon with some real facts. Trump is not perfect. No one is, but he is the best candidate in this election by far.
Hi Monica, Thank you for your response! You mention a few things, let me respond to just the statements about women. Trump said in an interview some time ago there must be be "some type of penalty for having an abortion". A few days ago didn't he say something like he will be the protector of women if they like it or not? I have been married for more than 30 years, have two ,children, 2 sisters, a mother, and three granddaughters. I trust them to make their own choices.
CL...oyur refernce to the "veterans" tips your hand...might look beyond your friends on the Left for some actual facts. If you don't agree with policy, that's certainly your prerogative, but these false narratives spewed by the media and regurgitated by those not willing to actually do their own homework is unfort
You are certainly entitled to being comfortable with inflation, open borders, men in women sports, international chaos, transgender surgeries for illegal aliens at taxpayers, expense, etc. However, completely fabricated and contorted charges like the veterans, Charlottesville, and now the latest bogus charge about Trump and Liz Cheney aren't just silly...they're dangerous.
I am encouraged by your acknowledgment that there is a swamp and it needs draining. I'm confident Tuesday will be a good start..
Hi Thomas, I am an army veteran, like every male member on my side of the family since they got off the boat in this country before WWI. My middle name is my uncles who was killed two months before the war ended in the Pacific. My son served as a Special Forces SGT in Afgan so I feel pretty good about my facts about veterans. I am not too concerned about men in women sports, and transgender surgeries for aliens. Maybe you can give me the 411 on that.
I also know trump cares only about himself and wraps himself in the flag and pretends to be christian. But that is another story. trump is unfit to be president.
I agree, Vote! For the country, NOT for trump.
A vote for Harris is a vote for the Big and Bigger Government employee unions. That is her past, and that is her sole prologue. That is not "America". Far from it. A vote for Harris will lead to the total loss of America, just like what happened when the Big and Bigger government employee unions took over California.
JL A total Loss of America? Just like California? What are you talking about? Look around, start thinking for yourself. trump is not fit. Please respond and vote.
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Rock the boat and rock on. Vote vote vote. Fight fight fight.
JD is muted? Just like the "drive by media" has been muting Joe Public that has had it with the last 40 years of one party control in Sacramento. Teri loved going downtown, guess what I loved going downtown for 4 decades but that was when it became the idiocy narrowing State St., destroying collateral streets, and making parking insane.
Trump proved there was a better way, and made the nation energy independent that also made the $dollar the choice of the world. The opposition could not stop him so they decided to "mute" the President with lawsuits and impeachment. As has been proven Shiffty withheld information and it would appear also destroyed information when the Majority Leader became Republican
As the author states "State St has been held hostage by 15 people of the State St Advisory Committee for the last five years, along with an inept City Council ...... " The same attitude and refusal of the City of Santa Barbara to do what was promised if narrowing did not work.... that is reverse it. It is written into the plan from MIG. This inept Council rejected MIG because of the failure of 40 year!
I'll end this with it is the same political point of view that gave us "Subprime Loans," the Obama Recession, and now failure at the State of Clalif. ($46+ billion deficit), and 40 years of failure of the bike plan - failure to reduce personal car use - and of course failure in Santa Barbara of success at the local and community wide area (just look at the homeless).
Great OPED.
From Steve "And what did we have four years ago? We enjoyed lower prices, higher wages,..." Guess what the bully thugs of the world also feared crossing the good old USA.
When the likes of
The country is probably needing a lot more than Trump who has his hands full. The country is going to need people that want to work. The young are being paid excessive wages for the task at hand. I worked hard, long hours to make my way through life and now I see my past earnings literally stolen by thugs, con artists, and lazy politicians such as Biden and Harris that openly steal taxpayers' money. We are in a war to retain our own existence. Expelling out of the mouth from Biden, with words representing many Democrats, was the word "garbage" describing about 50% of the population of conservatives. Most of us have connected the dots during the Biden administration's lack of interest when sending aid to Republican areas around the country, more recently the "running out of money" theme when North Carolina was hit hard with the recent hurricane. Or the train wreck in Ohio. There are many Dems liking to see us dead, eradicated from the face of the earth ... I believe that from the hell my wife and I went through with the City of SB which are truly some of the laziest and hateful bunch of people you'll find. Realize if Harris is running for President, then what do you think the IQ of the higher-ups is in the city and county government? Harris bats a zero in intelligence, then likewise the city level of intelligence most likely is below zero. It's clearly a mafia operation. Trump will have a lot to deal with when starting to crack down on this gigantic Mafia that wants us dead. If somehow Harris manages to squeak by and get into the Whitehouse, we have a problem here, Houston.
Most local voters were shocked when they saw the full compensation packages for SBCC employees, who now have their hands out for a half billion dollar bond issue.
So it is good to also see what it takes to keep City of Santa Barbara employees happy too, as the city also demands we tax ourselves for their personal benefit: https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/2023/santa-barbara/#google_vignette
Pyramid building of an organization is always a problem. The last company I worked for had two people between me and the person that owned the company; not many layers. Even Raytheon recognized "pyramid building" within an organization and went through periodic cuts of the layers. Isn't it interesting how the President (Dems) caused inflation which in turn supposedly requires salary increases of governments, but not so much in the private sector! I quit Raytheon in 1996 and became a whistleblower not long after when I was riding home on my motorcycle on Foothill and heard a loud bang (a.k.a. sonic boom) over my head, a warning shot from Raytheon, no doubt, not to talk. My office partner, a gun nut, and the sheriff all agreed it was someone firing above my head. I was left out of the whistleblowing activity by both the Feds and the company, they didn't want to know any more information from me. And my experience with the City of SB is no less than criminal, especially towards non-Democrats. They want us eliminated, trust me, I know, been there and experienced it personally. Interesting how Trump had several attempts on his life. I have no doubt when the City of SB with the help of the Feds was working against me, me and my wife were also targets. I can name several things including our house being gassed via the vents each morning and induced illnesses, audio and video bugged, creepy sounds at night, Sneddon's backyard (joining ours) with a large, camouflaged tent, white collar workers setting up a "control center" inside a tool shed looking structure, adding a violation claiming the house was sinking (foundation is on bedrock), received weird phone calls, received tons of g-mails from unknows, planted items inside the house to make me look like a hoodlum, stolen items, rhythmic noises during the day and night, lights dimming to a Morse code-like at 6PM each night ... just to name a few.
Don't you wonder why the top gun at UCSB is being paid a high going away salary. Maybe he knows too much? A little "silencing" money for him?
From the article: "And what did we have four years ago? We enjoyed lower prices, higher wages,..."
Higher wages? Really?
https://www.epi.org/nominal-wage-tracker/
Higher wages four years ago? No way.
TJ: Those same dollars bought more for the same amount. Ergo wages were de facto higher.
Plus this is a company town, so if you are in the private sector you are also competing with all the tax dollars handouts to government employees who certainly cannot complain about losing ground when COLA is automatically added to their own paychecks.
Bidenflation. Yes, Joe did that too intentionally with Harris's tie-breaking vote to shove us over the cliff. Bragging she could not think of one thing she would do differently.
Great to see people are waking up in mass & no longer blind. Their deception [dark actions] are now on full display. People around the world are waking up to the fact, not fiction, that the corporate D party political controlled (six corporations on 90% of the media) Fake News is not unbiased journalism, but politically motivated and controlled. Wonderful to see people thinking for themselves and no longer being sheep to their narratives. They will be held accountable.
PS… Never interfere with an enemy in the process of destroying himself. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
By all means if you can stomach it, pick up a copy of the most recent SB Independent to see if their snarky featured cartoonist, Tom Tomorrow, deliver his election eve message to local voters. Every demonstrably false and actionable defamatory attack on Trump is presented within his few snidely drawn panels. Unbelievable, this is still all they have.
We yet again hear the exact same message from "progressives" that we have even hearing since Trump came down his Trump Tower elevator in 2015: Orangeman Bad and you are a Bad Person if you support him. Not a living brain cell found in this entire pack of Democrats now demanding our votes. Why do we still waste our tax dollars paying too many of these people to do this to us?
The SB “Independent “ is a piss-poor alternative to the once great SBNP. “Tom Tomorrow,” “Angry Poodle “ are both examples of low IQ rants designed for low IQ readers. But hey, the Indy makes a great bird cage liner!