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Posted on May 23 at 1:37 p.m.
The point Mr. Duncan made is valid. Pappas should not take credit for things he did not do.
Similar to Pappas I see "sbcres" is also engaging in exageration and hyperbole - campaign staffer perhaps?
So much to point out and yet so little time.
The POLO lawsuit was not the *only* thing that stopped Fess Parker and the Casino getting together - that was a very tenuous deal at best.
And the closed SY Airport Landfill collected community waste for 11 months in 1969 - hardly the "years of contaminated waste" described in your post. Pappas wrote a letter of opposition as did others, but I will give you both credit for making stuff up.
Posted on May 16 at 2:48 p.m.
I totally disagree with the implication of Mr. Pritchett's first comment.
This IS Conservative commentary exemplified - hate & hyperbole. And for the most part they are NOT fine. Horowitz is an excellent standard bearer, let's not pretend otherwise.
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Posted on May 16 at 10:28 a.m.
The only hole in the argument I heard for removing the Indian Head as a mascot is that many people claimed to speak for the entire Native American community and that they were unified in opinion. They weren't and they're not. However, they are speaking for the majority of Native Americans and the majority of Native American institutions. They are also speaking from a position that is shared by most national academic institutions (including the NCAA).
Ask yourself: Why is it that the Indian head (complete with red-red skin and big nose) is okay to put on things, but if we placed a characterized black man in black face or squinty-eyed east Asian man we would be offended? It is a double standard in society with many causes. Partly because the Indian head is still common and the people it is supposed to represent are less than 1% of the population... a population incidentally that is disporportionately rife with poverty, low education levels, high suicide and poor health. All of these problems facing this community are a result of being systematically marginalized (first by war/murder and later by isolation) for hundreds of years.
This type of damage done to a people and a culture doesn't go away in a short period of time... nor does their resentment. So I can understand (even as a white American) how if I claim to use characatures of Native Americans (and their symbols or names) as a way of "honoring them" some of the members of that community... probably most of them... might get a little pissed off. Predictably a common response by a large number of the "Keep the Indian Head" faction is to counter that emotion by getting even more pissed off. Well touche... way to show how people can't get along.
The primary arguments for keeping the Indian head are the same arguments that were used to support segregation. The majority of kids (and their families) are opposed to the change and its part of the history and identity of the local community. The comaprison to segregation is not an unfair one incidentally considering that the Carpinteria school district was one ofthe last in the State to desegregate. The irony: they kept latinos out of white schools by saying "ethnic indians" (of both the US and Mexico) were too different from white kids so they needed seperate (but equal) "indian" schools.
Posted on May 7 at 5 p.m.
A disappointing album - and this is coming from someone who places their debut of "Dummy" in their top ten of all time.
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Posted on April 5 at 9:30 a.m.
AllyCat
I say that contamination in the ground water has never been found and you say "nobody knows what's happening with groundwater." Yet you feel certain you do know what's happening?
There is a large amount of innuendo and opinion in your post.
That is indeed an impressive list of chemicals that are found in all landfills... which ones were detected in the groundwater at Tajiguas?
The Water Board did require more wells and we have more safety and data which is great because it still shows that the County is doing its job- Protecting groundwater.
My original point, which works into these facts is that there was a significantly larger amount of work done on Tajiguas (both safety & research) which has never been shown to pollute groundwater when compared to the Santa Maria Landfill. ... and yet we have the inevitable comparison and false accusations.
There is also the matter of location sitting elevated on rock or down on top of the water table on a riverbed of sand. That is pretty different.
They are different landfills that have been through significantly different levels of scrutiny and managed by different communities and staff.
Posted on April 4 at 4:12 p.m.
Georgy –
I have a few corrections for you.
Tajiguas sits on elevated Rincon shale and SM City Landfill sits on a riverbed of sand.
Tajiguas spends millions on water testing and control measures that have been scrutinized by several state and local agencies (Regional Water, Waste Board, Public Health, Coastal Commission and others) and have never shown groundwater contamination (despite the rumor mongering) .
The pollution near Arroyo Quemada beach was caused by the gulls and once the falcons were introduced the problem was solved.
Here is what Heal the Bay says: http://www.healthebay.org/brc/annual/200...
Oh and the community near Arroyo Quemada has its water trucked in and has only recently tried to get well water… which it wants because it tests clean.
Posted on January 7 at 11:51 a.m.
Great work Greka!
Can you please contaminate Supervisor Centeno and Grey's property next.
Many thanks in advance!
Posted on January 7 at 11:48 a.m.
This law is a bit invasive. If minors are going to try alcohol they should do it in a social setting.
Seems to be another "mother knows best" type ordinance. All of the laws controlling alcohol seem to fall into this catagory. Alcohol abuse is a problem no question, but teens do not hold the monopoly on this any more than they do on drug abuse or having loud parties.
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Posted on November 20 at 6:41 p.m.
"Legendary status" among the skating community is a fair if even understated comment.
The T-Bowls had a great skateboarding revival in the late 80s when me and several of my friends spent days of work digging out the dirt from the lower Bowl. That ended when it was re-dynamtied in 1990 (or 1991?)... rumor was that it happened after one young fellow skater got a concussion and his parents threatened legal action. A terrible and predictable shame if true.
Also vandals destroyed some of the more amazing fountains (the stepped basins that empied out into the lower bowl) around 1987. Since 1987, there has not been much to look at as far as the fountains were concenred. However the view from the ruins of the house at the top of the trail is a more sepctacular and unobstructed version of the view from the top of Cold Springs Trail.
One other thing... I am not a botanist, but there were some very unusual and beautiful plants along the main trail.
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