To understand Laura Capps you have to look at her parents, Walter and Lois, who presented themselves as saints while screwing over anyone (like Chris Mitchum) who threatened their power grab. They were really good at getting support from Hollywood newcomers to Santa Barbara who didn't fit in with the old Hollywood set here and didn't share their Republican values. Laura's sister also died young and she was the intellectual star of the family. Laura was always shrewd at playing the upward political game, but she is not very smart intellectually and is driven by sibling rivalry demons of proving herself to her parents. She has always seemed to me to be more than a little psychologically damaged from that. As in, the lady has no heart. She happens, unfortunately, to be the Supervisor of my neighborhood. A few years ago Laura deigned to come to us here to listen to our concerns about pot farms. She arrived in an expensive car, decked out in expensive clothes of yellow and blue - to show her support for Ukraine. And the message she gave us was clear: international Dem politics were first on her list. As for us, she gave her phony “I feel your pain” look and never did anything.
You’re right on the money this morning Andy. These clowns are living in denial of reality. Why does it always have to take some tragedy like the fiesta stabbing to wake people up? And again it will only wake very few as the rest of these Democrats/deniers will continue to live with their heads in the sand
I agree..except w/ " clowns" and "their heads in the sand..." They know exactly what and why they are doing what they do...while using taxpayers dollars to do it. It is not a good reflection on voters who continue to reelect these miscreants...predicated in no small part on their surnames.
It doesn’t matter if they don’t prosecute, if they have no-bail releases, if they get off with a light jail sentence, if they are raped, if they are underage workers in age restricted drug farms, if they shoplift, if they steal cars, if they possess firearms, if they have outstanding warrants, if they work to pay off those enterprises that got them over the border, if they operate unregulated and unlicensed carts on the sidewalk… the left doesn’t care about the risk to individuals, lives or society. They care only about how the narrative drives their interest in gerrymandering and in illegal voting. That is the path to gaining and holding power which is their path to NGO income.
Thank you Andy for this article and sharing the truth about theses criminals.
A life was lost because of terrible Democrat policies,catch and release.
Capps should be ashamed of herself for supporting these policies,specifically Catch and release and well all the other policies that has caused more destruction to our country and harm to our citizens.
Interesting though will these arrests destroy their narrative that illegals are all just hard working innocent people in our community and want a better life and ICE is just trying to destroy communities and tear families apart?
Very eye opening article, Andy. The local lib establishment is fine with allowing hardened criminals to walk our streets. Locking up dangerous criminals is such a “MAGA” thing I guess?
What I find very interesting is the local “media” radio silence on this disgusting crime. Why to date, has there been not one mug shot of the three arrested? Why no information on immigration status? Maybe the “powers that be” don’t want that information public?
Let’s not forget the hoax that local libs were floating about people of color living in “fear” because of ICE raids, when the real fear is of violent Latino street gangs!
Thanks Andy for presenting specific examples of the type of person the local democrats are thrusting on us as well as revealing that there are 10,000 warrants in a town of 100,000.
Spot on, Andy. This tragedy at Fiesta is exactly what happens when our so-called leaders put politics over public safety. @LauraCapps’ catch-and-release policies and @RepCarbajal’s silence on cartel and gang activity have turned Santa Barbara County into a revolving door for violent offenders.
A man arrested on major gun and DUI charges a week before Fiesta was back on the street to allegedly commit murder — and we’re supposed to believe this “pre-trial diversion” is working? Not buying it. Thanks for exposing the truth and naming names.
Everyone is ignoring the Chinese infiltration. Why have Chinese massage parlors popped up all over this State and other's? Many of these women paid a fee to a "sponsor" and are now in "indentured servitude", another form of slavery. You should ask the women how much money their employers pay them per hour? They are paid a few dollars per guest, plus tips, not an hourly wage for the entire day. They also work the entire 12-hour day the shop is open, the Chinese don't pay any attention to labor laws. The employers do not pay them a net "after withholding"...no state or federal taxes are withheld. Hm?
A "foot massage" parlor moved in next to my studio for two years and operated blatantly on State Street. I tried to interest police and the landlord, especially because they lived there illegally, but someone paid someone off. The two Asian ladies never seemed to have any business coming in off the sidewalk, but after dark older men in expensive cars used the parking lot in back. My presumption is that they were Vietnam era vets with a nostalgic kink for bar girls and "special" massage with happy endings. I am NOT open minded about sex slavery, and presume those women and the others like them are working forever in indentured servitude to pay off their transport to America. All around us, in our faces.
It would be nice to know the specific facts relating to the pre-trial release of the three responsible for the murder felony during Fiesta for their prior crimes. Did they pay bail and how much was it? If they didn't pay bail, why? Was it based on the recommendations of our probation dept? Who were judges responsible for this? What was the rationale used by these judges to let them return to the streets? Unfortunately, the public is never privy to any of this information.
Lou- we cannot even find out from Sheriff, ICE or FBI if any of these 3 men are unlawfully within our borders., WHY is Sheriff and/or Feds protecting them?
Good Article…just one Q, “Is it possible to even have an adult conversation with someone who believes that illegal aliens have a right to be in the United States?”
Depends: Some Republicans support the rights of illegals to be here if “good people”. It’s OK if people they like break the law because they’re “good”and a conversation is possible. A conversation is less possible with the local citizen majority who think all illegal aliens have a right to remain just because they’re already here.
It depends on who Rivas killed. If it was some other piece of garbage don’t lock him up, give him bounty pay.
The problem with most judges is they spend too much time contemplating the moral implications of the human condition instead of being blunt enforcers protecting us from the animals in our society. We need more hanging judges like Hanging Judge Roy Bean - “The Law West of the Pecos”.
I like this judge Jeanine Pirro broad. What’s chances you’re gonna smooth-talk her - zero!
Why is it that the USA has so many more incarcerated people than other OECD countries? For instance, we rank #1 at 666 people per 100,000 population. Way way down the list is Canada at 114 people per 100k. Germany 76 per 100k. (This is old data from 2017 but looks similar to data from the 2006, etc.)
What gives? Do we have that much more crime than other nations? On one had it seems like we should lock more folks up - but we already win the prize for that. Something else is wrong.
Sounds like you need to do your homework Thomas... It's a fair question… its an attention grabbing line but take the time to layer down a bit... FBI data, etc., go ahead have a peek.
To understand Laura Capps you have to look at her parents, Walter and Lois, who presented themselves as saints while screwing over anyone (like Chris Mitchum) who threatened their power grab. They were really good at getting support from Hollywood newcomers to Santa Barbara who didn't fit in with the old Hollywood set here and didn't share their Republican values. Laura's sister also died young and she was the intellectual star of the family. Laura was always shrewd at playing the upward political game, but she is not very smart intellectually and is driven by sibling rivalry demons of proving herself to her parents. She has always seemed to me to be more than a little psychologically damaged from that. As in, the lady has no heart. She happens, unfortunately, to be the Supervisor of my neighborhood. A few years ago Laura deigned to come to us here to listen to our concerns about pot farms. She arrived in an expensive car, decked out in expensive clothes of yellow and blue - to show her support for Ukraine. And the message she gave us was clear: international Dem politics were first on her list. As for us, she gave her phony “I feel your pain” look and never did anything.
The Capps legacy. Time to find a real job
You’re right on the money this morning Andy. These clowns are living in denial of reality. Why does it always have to take some tragedy like the fiesta stabbing to wake people up? And again it will only wake very few as the rest of these Democrats/deniers will continue to live with their heads in the sand
I agree..except w/ " clowns" and "their heads in the sand..." They know exactly what and why they are doing what they do...while using taxpayers dollars to do it. It is not a good reflection on voters who continue to reelect these miscreants...predicated in no small part on their surnames.
It doesn’t matter if they don’t prosecute, if they have no-bail releases, if they get off with a light jail sentence, if they are raped, if they are underage workers in age restricted drug farms, if they shoplift, if they steal cars, if they possess firearms, if they have outstanding warrants, if they work to pay off those enterprises that got them over the border, if they operate unregulated and unlicensed carts on the sidewalk… the left doesn’t care about the risk to individuals, lives or society. They care only about how the narrative drives their interest in gerrymandering and in illegal voting. That is the path to gaining and holding power which is their path to NGO income.
Are these 3 citizens or unlawfully here?
Thank you Andy for this article and sharing the truth about theses criminals.
A life was lost because of terrible Democrat policies,catch and release.
Capps should be ashamed of herself for supporting these policies,specifically Catch and release and well all the other policies that has caused more destruction to our country and harm to our citizens.
Interesting though will these arrests destroy their narrative that illegals are all just hard working innocent people in our community and want a better life and ICE is just trying to destroy communities and tear families apart?
Very eye opening article, Andy. The local lib establishment is fine with allowing hardened criminals to walk our streets. Locking up dangerous criminals is such a “MAGA” thing I guess?
What I find very interesting is the local “media” radio silence on this disgusting crime. Why to date, has there been not one mug shot of the three arrested? Why no information on immigration status? Maybe the “powers that be” don’t want that information public?
Let’s not forget the hoax that local libs were floating about people of color living in “fear” because of ICE raids, when the real fear is of violent Latino street gangs!
Thanks Andy for presenting specific examples of the type of person the local democrats are thrusting on us as well as revealing that there are 10,000 warrants in a town of 100,000.
That's probably for SB county with a population of 436,000 people. Still a bunch though.
That's crazy.
Spot on, Andy. This tragedy at Fiesta is exactly what happens when our so-called leaders put politics over public safety. @LauraCapps’ catch-and-release policies and @RepCarbajal’s silence on cartel and gang activity have turned Santa Barbara County into a revolving door for violent offenders.
A man arrested on major gun and DUI charges a week before Fiesta was back on the street to allegedly commit murder — and we’re supposed to believe this “pre-trial diversion” is working? Not buying it. Thanks for exposing the truth and naming names.
Are any of these three guys illegal aliens?
Everyone is ignoring the Chinese infiltration. Why have Chinese massage parlors popped up all over this State and other's? Many of these women paid a fee to a "sponsor" and are now in "indentured servitude", another form of slavery. You should ask the women how much money their employers pay them per hour? They are paid a few dollars per guest, plus tips, not an hourly wage for the entire day. They also work the entire 12-hour day the shop is open, the Chinese don't pay any attention to labor laws. The employers do not pay them a net "after withholding"...no state or federal taxes are withheld. Hm?
A "foot massage" parlor moved in next to my studio for two years and operated blatantly on State Street. I tried to interest police and the landlord, especially because they lived there illegally, but someone paid someone off. The two Asian ladies never seemed to have any business coming in off the sidewalk, but after dark older men in expensive cars used the parking lot in back. My presumption is that they were Vietnam era vets with a nostalgic kink for bar girls and "special" massage with happy endings. I am NOT open minded about sex slavery, and presume those women and the others like them are working forever in indentured servitude to pay off their transport to America. All around us, in our faces.
More than happy endings
You seem to have an inside line on the business practices in those parlors.
Amen!!
It would be nice to know the specific facts relating to the pre-trial release of the three responsible for the murder felony during Fiesta for their prior crimes. Did they pay bail and how much was it? If they didn't pay bail, why? Was it based on the recommendations of our probation dept? Who were judges responsible for this? What was the rationale used by these judges to let them return to the streets? Unfortunately, the public is never privy to any of this information.
Lou- we cannot even find out from Sheriff, ICE or FBI if any of these 3 men are unlawfully within our borders., WHY is Sheriff and/or Feds protecting them?
Good Article…just one Q, “Is it possible to even have an adult conversation with someone who believes that illegal aliens have a right to be in the United States?”
Depends: Some Republicans support the rights of illegals to be here if “good people”. It’s OK if people they like break the law because they’re “good”and a conversation is possible. A conversation is less possible with the local citizen majority who think all illegal aliens have a right to remain just because they’re already here.
https://youtu.be/fFQrdI40Gxw?si=Th2yt3RyQH-GQLEl
I've interviewed many, gaining their trust.
It depends on who Rivas killed. If it was some other piece of garbage don’t lock him up, give him bounty pay.
The problem with most judges is they spend too much time contemplating the moral implications of the human condition instead of being blunt enforcers protecting us from the animals in our society. We need more hanging judges like Hanging Judge Roy Bean - “The Law West of the Pecos”.
I like this judge Jeanine Pirro broad. What’s chances you’re gonna smooth-talk her - zero!
Why is it that the USA has so many more incarcerated people than other OECD countries? For instance, we rank #1 at 666 people per 100,000 population. Way way down the list is Canada at 114 people per 100k. Germany 76 per 100k. (This is old data from 2017 but looks similar to data from the 2006, etc.)
What gives? Do we have that much more crime than other nations? On one had it seems like we should lock more folks up - but we already win the prize for that. Something else is wrong.
https://www.russellwebster.com/global-incarceration-2017/
Maybe police do their job in this Country????
That could very well be.
Dept of 'Corrections', (hah) lets them out to reoffend.
The length of the sentence is determined by the judge.
Sounds like you need to do your homework Thomas... It's a fair question… its an attention grabbing line but take the time to layer down a bit... FBI data, etc., go ahead have a peek.
Have you considered the racial composition of incarcerated people in the USA?
Yes, but what is your point? Is that your answer to my question? I don't want to put words in your mouth.
Confucius not even whisper some things.
Outrageous lack of sound leadership in this county and state. Vote them out.