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Union Shakedown Resisted

by Mike Stoker

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Nov 03, 2024
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There is trickery afoot in Santa Maria this election season that has implications for the rest of Santa Barbara County and beyond.

The Santa Maria City Firefighters Union has spent close to $100,000 on negative ads full of lies, an unprecedented sum and more than any individual candidate has spent. The union is single-handedly running the campaigns of th…

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