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Author: Andy Caldwell

Andy Caldwell is a government watchdog, business and taxpayer advocate, and a Central Coast opinion leader. Andy is the Executive Director of COLAB (The Coalition of Labor, Agriculture and Business), a non-profit organization that serves the families, the heritage of, and the Central Coast economy.

Vandenberg Space Force Base’s Future Threatened by a ‘Black Hole’ of Red Tape

July 25, 2024   4:00 pmJuly 25, 2024   4:01 pm
Decades ago, Motorola was trying to launch satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base and the company was about to give up doing business here because of the risks associated with what they called “the black hole of environmental review that...
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Santa Barbara Ambulance Controversy Exposé

July 19, 2023   2:53 pmJuly 19, 2023   3:08 pm
Did the county of Santa Barbara prematurely and covertly purchase $3.6 million of ambulances while the county fire department was still locked in a bid competition against American Medical Response for an exclusive countywide ambulance service contract? The answer is...
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Psychic Predictions and New Year’s Resolutions!

January 3, 2023   9:04 amJanuary 3, 2023   9:12 am
It has been my tradition to offer my very own psychic predictions for the new year. This year, my predictions are all too easy. That is, life in California will continue to be a dystopian reality unless your New Year’s...
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The War America Can’t Afford to Win

March 10, 2022   2:32 amMarch 9, 2022   5:00 pm
The war on fossil fuels is now fully engaged and casualties are abounding. The first casualty is the affordability of fuel. Gas prices will soon be double what they were when Joe Biden became president because he has done more...
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What Burns Hotter Than a Disco Inferno?

November 4, 2021   4:48 pmNovember 4, 2021   5:22 pm
Our local government minions pretend they are the world’s leaders in showing the way to a fossil free/greenhouse gas free existence.  Accordingly, they have passed a plethora of regulations that would ostensibly lessen greenhouse gases over time, meanwhile driving up...
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Santa Barbara County Supervisors Insult the Little People Who Bother to Show Up

October 19, 2021   2:33 amOctober 18, 2021   10:03 pm
Last week, I spoke about how government hearing chambers have morphed into echo chambers. As a way of reminder, the definition of an echo chamber is an environment in which people encounter only beliefs or opinions that coincide with their...
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Santa Barbara County Supervisors: The Echo Chamber of Futility

October 12, 2021   9:38 amOctober 12, 2021   9:00 am
For the past 30 years, I have spent nearly every miserable Tuesday sitting in the chambers of the Santa Barbara County Supervisors.  I am convinced we need to rename the hearing room the echo chamber.  The definition of an echo...
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