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AUGUST

31

2010

Unemployment Benefits Blues

Technical Difficulties

Getting checks is a fraught and disconnected process. Read story.

AUGUST

26

2010

Let’s Make a Sweeter Deal

City Squandering Income Potential from West Beach Music Fest

The real disaster last year was that the city was paid exactly $5,610 by Twiin Productions for their occupation and private, for-profit use of West Beach for 10 days, to the exclusion of the public. Read story.

AUGUST

24

2010

Let Bush Tax Cuts Expire in January!

And Don’t Call Them Tax Increases

Where is the gratitude from the wealthiest two percent of Americans for their nine years of fabulous tax cuts? Read story.

AUGUST

22

2010

Food for Thought

No Take Zone Off of Carpinteria?

We should allow for “fossil free” fishing from the proposed Marine Protected Areas, allowing freedivers, kayakers, and float-tubers to continue their limited take on the coast. Read story.

AUGUST

19

2010

Adult Ed Strong and Vibrant

Rumor of Its Demise Greatly Exaggerated

It is not true that classes for seniors are being dismantled. With the exception of this summer, about 60 percent of offerings each term are for adults. Read story.

AUGUST

17

2010

Santa Barbara Weighs In for Clean Energy

Supes Are Right to Stand Behind Global Warming Solutions Act

Prop. 23 would suspend AB32, California’s landmark greenhouse gas emissions reduction law. Read story.

AUGUST

14

2010

Threat to Freedom of Information

Google and Verizon Ganging Up

The problem with the Google-Verizon plan is that while it supports neutrality principles for wired access, it excludes wireless and cell phone network access—the future of Internet, as they well know. Read story.

AUGUST

11

2010

Absent-Minded Science

Matters of the Mind

The problem becomes apparent when we try to explain mind itself within the “scientific” method which does its best to ignore mind in nature. Read story.

AUGUST

6

2010

Safe Passage over the Canyon

Cold Spring Bridge Suicide Barrier Will Save Lives

I am a licensed therapist and the mom of two terrific Santa Barbara sons. My eldest, Jon, killed himself in a crisis moment, at the age of 23, at a perfect suicide spot after his call for help wasn't heard. Read story.

AUGUST

1

2010

Mariachi Festival at Fifteen

You Must Remember This

For many, the music brings back memories of love, happiness, betrayal, sorrow, and death. Read story.

JULY

29

2010

Guns and Religion

Where and When Constitutional Rights Apply

When cities and states can pass laws restricting Constitutional rights, and when they can't: Legal theories shed light on judicial "activism" vs. "restraint." Read story.

JULY

27

2010

Smoking Out Legislator’s Position on Pot

On Running Into Assemblyman Nava at a Wine Store

I ran in to Pedro Nava at a local wine store recently. I had been writing, calling, and emailing him since April 1st. Read story.

JULY

21

2010

Protecting Sources

Protecting a Free Press

Only when there is a free flow of information from the government to its people can we truly appreciate the beauty and power of a democracy. A bill now in the U.S. Senate, S.448, will protect the sources on whom journalists rely from having their identities exposed in all but a few circumstances. Read story.

JULY

18

2010

We Were Lucky It Was BP . . .

And Not PXP

Instead of BP's $100 billion, PXP has a net worth of $3 billion. Read story.

JULY

17

2010

Red Face Minstrel Show Unamusing

“Cowboys and Findians” Not Merely Dumb, It’s Abusive

In May 2010, the MTV reality show The Dudesons in America aired a new episode called “Cowboys and Findians.” Read story.

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