Tag: Santa Barbara County Supervisors
The War America Can’t Afford to Win
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...
Santa Barbara County Supervisors Insult the Little People Who Bother to Show Up
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...
Santa Barbara County Supervisors: The Echo Chamber of Futility
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...
As Downtown Santa Barbara Degrades and Homeless Invade, Biz Owners Get No Help From Elected Officials
Throughout Governor Gavin Newsom’s 19-month COVID lockdowns of “non-essential” businesses, a 40-year business owner in Santa Barbara has kept in touch with the California Globe. He has shared the untold hardships he and his employees suffered, as well as the...