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sovereign immunity (we cannot be held personally responsible).

If people understood how much has been stolen (tax dollars and quality of life/ business), there would be riots in the streets. It would make the criminals of Black Lives Matter, Anitifa nd more look like kindergarten recess.

But wait why is CAB being so hard on these people and supporters of failure?

They by definition, knowing the outcomes, and repeatedly doing what has failed, make them villains. You know, the Silent Picture Villains who stroked the mustache and snarled not caring as long as they “got theirs.” How many ran

DID YOU KNOW?

Bonnie Donovan

Let’s protect our neighborhoods

Did You Know thinks that the La Cumbre Plaza project for over two thousand residential units must be subjected to rigorous CEQA public examination before any concrete actions by the city of Santa Barbara can begin.

People of the greater San Roque area, you are about to be invaded.

There are plans to build thousands of apartments in your area. There will be 2,000 apartment units alone in La Cumbre Plaza. That means at least 4,000 additional people and 2,000 additional cars a day spilling onto already overcrowded State Street.

Remember, Chick-fil-A blocked State Street with only 10 cars. How do you feel about 2,000 cars blocking State Street every morning and evening?

You do know that they will be removing one lane in each direction of State Street as part of the 2016 Bicycle Master Plan?

The city approved a “maximum” of one parking space per development, so will they tell you that the 4,000 tenants won’t be allowed parking with their units? As though that will prevent them from owning a vehicle. Common sense tells you otherwise.

The invasion of people will be accompanied by a car parking invasion along all your residential streets. We have seen this elsewhere already in Santa Barbara, so we know it will come to you if you don’t organize and fight back against this politically designed destruction of beautiful San Roque (aka upper State Street). At the very minimum, demand an independent, environmental report and even better set up the organization and funding to produce your own. Do it now! If you wait, it will be too late for you to gain control of your own destiny.

We can add the idea that without all the details, it’s clear that Santa Barbarans will soon have no choice in the matter of how their city looks if they don’t wake up and take notice and object to what’s happening. Look around upper State Street. You have the Marc, Grace Village, Hope Gardens and La Estancia to name a few. Now go downtown, where you thought everything was going to stay and not destroy your neighborhood: 835 E. Canon Perdido, 634 and 618 Anacapa, 700 Santa Barbara St, 510 Salsipuedes , 604 Cota St. and the 400 block of Chapala Street. Now for the approved and not completed yet, you have 219 E. Haley, 35 Guterriez, 425 Santa Barbara St., 425 Garden St., 500 block of Garden St., Funk Zone, 701 Milpas St. and 600 block of Chapala St. Jus wait. New hotels approved include 517 Chapala St., 302 W. Montecito St., 311 W. Montecito St., 328 Castillo St., Cabrillo Boulevard, Milpas Street, 900 State, Mission Street, 800 Garden St. and 35 Anacapa St.

And that’s just the latest 10 developments.

for office with pronouncements of “protecting the workers”?

CAB’s singular focus is transportation. Transportation has an effect on “every” aspect of life. Transportation planning that interferes with private business, and destruction of family life makes politicians, and their hired henchmen stating we “just need more time — or it just needs to be bigger” criminals.

Something to think about with Easter and Passover coming. Are you willing to condone these types when decades of fact prove them wrong? Why?

Is it their celebrity status and your backing them more important than the truth?

Other cities have pushed back. The state is not as powerful as they appear. We’re acting like sheep before the wolves. Making it easy for them. Carmel pushes back, and even our little hamlet of Solvang pushes back. Huntington beach is fighting back, and nobody is joining them, sad because if the state and elected officials saw citizens fighting back it could budge some change.

There is also a group of fed-up neighbors that are

Please see DONOVAN on C4

Wendy McCaw Arthur von Wiesenberger Co-Publisher Co-Publisher