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A California high school teacher who remained an influential and radical leftist education activist after being

fired for allegedly groping and biting a student had a nearly two-decade record of shocking classroom behavior but stayed on the payroll thanks to a powerful teachers union. Matef Harmachis, who was fired by the Santa Barbara Unified School District in 2020 after he was convicted in 2017 of battery for an incident involving a student, had been disciplined some 16 years earlier for grabbing a boy who refused to turn his pro-Israel shirt inside out.

The district put him on paid leave, then transferred him to another school. Within weeks of starting there, he was accused of threatening another student. “I’ll knock your dumb a** out,” Mr. Harmachis told the student, according to a court opinion. The district responded by putting Mr. Harmachis on paid leave again and mounting a subsequent investigation that turned up numerous additional allegations, including that Mr. Harmachis made inappropriate sexual remarks

toward students. Those allegations included that he hugged a girl, told a girl to “rub her body all over his,” and said, “It’s okay if you come naked to class.” “Just because you’re good in bed doesn’t mean you can eat in class,” Mr. Harmachis allegedly told one girl in class. The district moved to fire Mr. Harmachis in 2005, with thensuperintendent Brian Sarvis declaring that his presence was “detrimental to students” and that the district “cannot

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have Matef teaching high school students.” Mr. Harmachis was suspended with pay for nearly five years as the California Teachers Association funded a legal battle to save his job. His salary rose to $60,000 during the years he was paid to stay home. The Commission of Professional Competence found that Mr. Harmachis showed “unfitness to teach in some respects,” but that the “conduct does not show such unfitness to teach as Please see TEACHER on A4

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Hundreds of people showed up for an abortion rights rally at De La Guerra Plaza in Santa Barbara on Saturday.

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access and reproductive freedom during a rally hosted by Planned Parenthood and the Santa Barbara County Democratic Party from noon to 3 p.m. The rally was held in response to a leaked

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absorb D naturally from sunshine. The Feds should have paid for everyone (about $35) to get their Vitamin D measured to ensure they have between 60 and 80 nanograms per millimeter (says our expert) instead of wasting money elsewhere.

GOVERNMENT INTRUSION We asked a few awakened persons to contribute their own suggestions of lessons learned from the pandemic. Here’s one: “It was much easier to propagandize Americans than I ever would have predicted. Without anywhere close to the personal threats Germans faced for not cooperating with the Nazis, most Americans just lay down their God-given freedoms, natural rights, cognitive skills and even their compassion for their own family and neighbors to align themselves with the very factions who want to control and oppress us. “The response to the lockdowns was the first clue that the very fiber of our country had changed. We saw people close their businesses, quit their jobs and relinquish virtually everything that they had worked so hard for with nary a complaint. “I learned that many Americans were no longer willing to stand up for themselves in the face of what became more and more obvious to all was outright tyranny. “Then there was the Pharma propaganda. On the one hand, there were the people who immediately grasped the, shall we politely say, ‘weak science’ behind the jabs, and then there were those who couldn’t wait to sign themselves up for the pharmaceutical sacrament. “Quickly these jabs fueled a war between free inquiry and slavish compliance, scientific truth and scientific lies, free speech and censorship, and friend versus foe.” Hard to disagree with that. Many of us who value our freedom remain awed by how effortless it was for the government to unlawfully intrude on our livelihoods and liberties — and into our bodies. But the more amazing thing was what we learned about our friends and families. “Many people that you thought you knew you realize you didn’t really know. I am referring to those who feel they had the right to demand others accept a medical jab or felt that they were doing the Lord’s work in censoring their neighbors or chortling Please see INVESTIGATOR on A3

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social entanglements in our small town. We fear no one, and social entanglements should not matter to a journalist intent on writing the truth. However, in this rare case, we reluctantly deferred to familial sensitivities, though we continue to assess how best to proceed. 8. Do not tolerate experimental vaccines from manufacturers who accept no liability and hence no responsibility for negative outcomes, which are far more numerous than the powers-thatbe want you to know (devastating data, willfully withheld). News just in: Researchers at Charite Berlin, one of Europe’s largest hospitals, have determined that COVID vaccinations severely injured more than a half-a-million Germans. As time passes, and the truth comes out, our children and grandchildren will be appalled by what went down in the name of science (or at least Dr. Fauci’s version of “science”). Yes, the American public has been fooled (again). Look, if a deadly new virus (man-made in a lab or otherwise) goes airborne, people are going to die, simple as that. Best thing is to identify who is most vulnerable (in the case of COVID, the very elderly, the obese, especially the very elderly and obese with serious secondary health issues) and protect them to the extent that they desire to be protected. In other words, the exact opposite of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s fatally flawed policy: Placing the very elderly in assistance living facilities infected with the virus and thereby ensuring certain death. (Again, never trust the government. Do your own homework. Always question authority.) 9. Do not ignore therapeutics — such as hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin — just because government health authorities promote a misguided mandate (vaccination). It is ridiculous, even scandalous, that doctors have found themselves in trouble with the medical establishment for prescribing medications that effectively remedied their COVID-suffering patients. Yet California is now trying to legislate a law demanding that doctors who even discuss socalled “misinformation” with a patient or post on social media will be subject to medical board disciplinary action that may result in the loss of their license. 10. Take Vitamin D supplements, especially if you have dark skin and thus cannot

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rabid about masking (California, New York, etc.). The N95 mask may have some minor effect, but its general deployment is not worth frightening the hell out of everyone and causing stress that in turn suppresses the immune system. Of all the addicts we’ve ever encountered, mask-aholics are the worst. Most of them are sniveling, snarly wokesters who believe everyone should conform to authoritarian dictums. You still see them bicycling or cruising in their cars wearing masks. Here is a message to all those unhappy to abide unmasked passengers and aircrews on planes: Stay home. If you must go somewhere, drive to your destination. And when you get stung by the exorbitant price of gasoline, repeat after us: “Blundering Biden’s to blame.” 6. Governments should never give out free money. It costs society much more down the road than whatever shortterm fix it may provide. Witness 36.2% inflation during the first third of 2022. It also opens itself to widespread abuse and criminal fraud, which brings us to … 7. PPP loans, one of the worst ideas of all, leading to what is now acknowledged to be the biggest fraud in U.S. history. Supposedly providing socalled “loans” to employees in need (and trusting their employer to distribute accordingly), the Payment Protection Program allowed career criminals and lawyers alike (and employers) to cash in and walk away with hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars without any checks or audits conducted on those who claimed funds with fraudulent intentions — at society’s overall expense. True story (we never lie, especially not in this column): Last Saturday evening we were sitting (and trying to mind our own business) next to a couple and their adult son at the bar of a popular downtown Santa Barbara tavern. We overheard a dad explaining to his son (actually, boasting and laughing) about how, even though he did not need the money, he’d made a fortune from a PPP “loan.” Even worse, the dad (from the New York/New Jersey area) was instructing his son, going forward, on the importance of keeping an open eye to such opportunities. Add this: We have been investigating a wealthy Montecito resident who tapped PPP for a “loan” (free money) not just once but twice on behalf of employees who, we are informed, did not actually exist. There is a back story to his alleged fraud, providing it significant context, and the only reason we have not yet published a column (already written) about this is because of

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ere are lessons learned (thus far) from the COVID-19 pandemic. 1. Never trust the Communist Chinese leadership. Anyone who still believes that the COVID virus came from a wet market and not the Wuhan Lab is wet-behind-the-ears, batty and brainwashed. The Chinese leadership knew they had a situation on its hands and did nothing to contain the virus from spreading outside their country, determining perhaps that making the virus a global problem would create an even playing field, economically. 2. Do not trust our own government. Those within our numerous bureaucracies spin and outright lie to reach and protect their own institutional objectives and everrising budgets. Especially do not trust politicians, most of whom are overly influenced by overpaid K Street lobbyists who advocate for Big Pharma, High Tech and other industries that profited hugely from the pandemic. (Some politicians profit, too, using their insider knowledge to trade on the stock market.) And now it transpires that lockdown and vaccine promoter Anthony Fauci has been receiving royalties from drug companies over the past 10 years. Open the Books just reported that “more than $350 million in royalties were paid by third parties to NIH and NIH scientists.” Furthermore: “Anthony Fauci, the highest paid federal bureaucrat (2021 salary: $456,028) received 23 royalty payments.” 3. Do not abrogate our needs to any foreign country. Do not rely on the importation of what is needed and wanted by the American populace in their pursuit of happiness. Instead, create the right environment for corporate America to produce goods incountry so that we are selfsufficient on everything from foodstuff to oil to automobiles (and their parts) to electronics. Goods will cost more, but it is worth investing in ourselves, not those who resort to slave labor. 4. Never lock down. The detriments that come from locking down far outweigh the benefits. The economy suffers and people suffer too, especially those folks who buy into the prevailing group fantasy (mass formation psychosis) and become transformed from reasonably intelligent individuals into mouth-foaming anxiety illness disordered sheeple. Add this: Going into lockdown is a lot like checking into a hospital: Easy to get in, hard to get out. However, there was one positive outcome from the lockdown. Due to stay-at-home schooling via Zoom, parents finally discovered exactly what their children were being taught by radicalized teachers indoctrinated by mandatory “equity training” programs — and now a backlash is under way to expose the rot and take out the garbage. 5. Masking has almost zero effectiveness against viruses. It is now a proven fact that the residents of states that did not mask up — Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, etc. — had the same number of COVID cases per capita than those who were

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among themselves in gleeful anticipation of seeing just desserts by wanting to forbid all medical care to those who refused the jab. I know I speak for others too when I state that these last lessons were the most painful when the ‘good folks’ included one’s own family.” Amen. And this: “In 25 years of medical practice, I’ve never heard so many physicians casually mention in conversation how they no longer trust NIH, CDC or FDA.” The sad part (as we wrote in an earlier column) is this: If a vaccine is invented tomorrow that prevents cancer, most people would not believe or trust it due to the incompetence and outright lies of those who produce vaccines, then conceal whatever testing data does not fit into a narrative that makes them tremendously rich. And this, from another source we hold in high regard: “Some doctors maintain that getting the so-called COVID vaccinations and boosters turn the recipients into spreaders. We got invited to a neighborhood New Year’s Eve party, but the inviters said that no one would be allowed who wasn’t vaccinated and boosted. “We decided early on that we would not get the RNA-changing vax, so we were disinvited faster than we were invited. All the people invited to the party were vaccinated. “Two days later over half of them came down with COVID.”

THE UPSIDE? We believed that the only way the world’s nationalities, faiths and races would unite is when a non-human enemy threatens human

existence. Be it an alien threat from outer space or a microscopic plague, humanity only ever comes together when it has a common mortal enemy that must be defeated. However, any such concept was tragically short-lived with the advent of Mad Vlad’s misguided, unprovoked and brutal invasion of Ukraine. And now that Russian President Vladimir Putin is humiliated by Ukraine’s resolve, and cornered like a rat, he is fully capable of launching World War III, if only to ensure he is not toppled from within Russia. Psychopathic Putin aside, perhaps people are now more appreciative of the things they took for granted — the simple pleasures of drinking and eating inside a restaurant with friends or attending a theater or concert hall — and they are kinder, better human beings for it. And perhaps there won’t be as much waste. Greater care will be taken to use only what one needs, to make food and sundries last. Everyone got to enjoy a monastic experience for a long while, a way to connect with family, reconnect with themselves and, if fortunate enough, awaken to a more spiritual existence. Social distancing also provided the opportunity to distance ourselves (without being judgmental) from the gadflies and magpies whose company, generally, we’d prefer to do without. Call it a re-booting of relationships. In addition, people have (hopefully) grown into good personal hygiene, disinfecting surfaces and distancing from those who are sneezing or coughing. It does make us wonder if, pre-pandemic, anyone ever — regularly or at all — washed their hands. With such sanitary improvements in restaurants and on airplanes, we are all generally safer from flu and the common cold.

Most important, many among us learned that life is short; that the time is now to move out of the city and follow our dreams in a natural setting.

MUJERES MAKERS MARKET MALARKEY Discrimination is alive and well in Santa Barbara. We are referring to reverse discrimination. Imagine, in a culture that supposedly values equality, being told that if you are a particular color you are banned from becoming a vendor at a public market. Disgraceful, no? But this is exactly what is happening right here, right now, in our lovely town. Don’t believe me? Visit mujeresmakersmarket.com and visit its “Vendors” page. This is what you will find: “What are the requirements for vendors? “The vendor must be the sole owner, a woman, and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color).” In other words, white women need not apply. Any way you look at this, you’re looking at blatant discrimination. We reached out to the founders of Mujeres Makers Market for an explanation. They did not respond. Question: Where is the American Civil Liberties Union when you need it? Answer: “Permanently closed” in Santa Barbara (according to Google). Elsewhere, it’s bent — as usual — in the direction of its own radical agenda. Robert Eringer is a longtime Montecito author with vast experience in investigative journalism. He welcomes questions or comments at reringer@gmail.com.

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Continued from Page A1 to warrant dismissal,” a court wrote. “The trial court applied its independent judgment and reached the same conclusion.” After spending nearly $1 million between legal fees and paying Mr. Harmachis to stay out of the classroom, the district reinstated him in 2009. In 2017, the girl he would later be convicted of battering took his AP World History class at Santa Barbara High School. The Daily Wire is withholding her real name, but will refer to her as Maria. When Maria reported Mr. Harmachis — who is now 65 years old — the principal told her he believed her in part because “four other women” had previously come forward with sexual allegations against Mr. Harmachis, she said It was not clear if district officials acted on those claims, but after Maria’s complaint, it “immediately contacted law enforcement and cooperated with their investigation,” officials said. On May 8, 2017, Mr. Harmachis was charged with battery. In March 2020, nearly three years after the incident with Maria, the state of California revoked his teaching credential. He was finally fired on March 8, 2020. In a lawsuit filed on November 30, 2020, Maria accused the Santa Barbara Unified School District of “neglectful supervision” of Mr. Harmachis and failure to inform the community and parents of children around him of his conduct. Her lawyers claim the school maintained its close relationship with the fired teacher despite knowing of his outrageous behavior. “Even now, the District continues to regularly invite Mr.

Harmachis back onto campus to work with students by virtue of his involvement with the Ethnic Studies Now! group,” Maria’s legal team said in a press release in early 2021. “The District needs to wake up and ensure that its students are protected from this predator.” The next day, school officials wrote to parents about Mr. Harmachis, acknowledging that what it called the “reprehensible” “abuse of a student” had occurred in 2017 and claiming “Mr. Harmachis is not welcome at any district function or on any district campus. We have conveyed that position to Ethnic Studies Now! organizers in the strongest terms.” “We were shocked and concerned to see that Mr. Harmachis attended a meeting held at the district as a member of the Ethnic Studies Now! nonprofit organization,” the note to parents read. “He was not invited by anyone at the district to attend this meeting.” Internal documents for the Ethnic Studies Consortium obtained by The Daily Wire cast doubt on the district’s claim of being “shocked” at Mr. Harmachis’ continued involvement. A roster created on June 4, 2020, by Santa Barbara schools Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education Shawn Carey states that the Consortium includes numerous school officials including herself, and eight members of Ethnic Studies Now! Santa Barbara, including Mr. Harmachis. A separate document titled “running notes” suggests that Ms. Carey coordinated closely with Mr. Harmachis’ group, saying Ms. Carey was running a meeting where Mr. Harmachis’ participation in a workshop was discussed, Ms. Carey did not return a request for comment. In an email to The Daily Wire,

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The Santa Barbara Unified School District said Matef Harmachis, whom the district fired in 2020 after he was convicted in 2017 of battery for an incident involving a student, is not welcome at any district function or on any district campus. But internal documents for the Ethnic Studies Consortium obtained by The Daily Wire cast doubt on the district’s claim of being “shocked” at Mr. Harmachis’ continued involvement.

Mr. Harmachis called his accuser a “Karen,” writing: “I am in a civil case with the SBUSD. Therefore, on advice of counsel, I am unable to comment on anything involving – even tangentially – the time I spent working in ESN!SB. As you know, the Karen who accused me of molesting her is under the wing of Fair Education, whose members have been attacking ES, ESN!SB and social justice in the SBUSD for several years.” After the 2017 classroom assault, Mr. Harmachis was allegedly supported by fellow radical activists. Jennifer Freed, a selfstyled “certified astrologer and psychotherapist” who was paid by the Fund for Santa Barbara to teach students about sexuality, allegedly pressured Maria to drop charges. That overture came after Ms. Freed sought to indoctrinate Maria in her sexually

explicit extracurricular teachings, according to Maria’s attorney. Ms. Freed “took a particular interest in (Maria) and has been asking her if she masturbates, told her she should try dating girls, (and) showed up at her house uninvited,” attorney Peter Scott said. In a July 2019 interview with the popular sex tips podcast Sex With Emily, Ms. Freed said that “we do an after-school group for young women called Sexual Wisdom, and one for guys… they bond to each other as educators and learners, because as they get a consciousness about their power of being sexual beings.” “This is what we do with the teens, once we’ve heard from them all their basic misconceptions about sex, like guys only want girls who have completely shaved pubes and then find us disgusting unless we’re bare. Then we go, ‘OK, how’s that working for you?’ ”

she added. Peter Scott, one of Maria’s attorneys, told The Daily Wire in an email that Ms. Freed “took a particular interest in (Maria) and has been asking her if she masturbates, told her she should try dating girls, (and) showed up at her house uninvited. (Victim has no idea how she even got her address).” Maria told The Daily Wire in an interview that Ms. Freed told her: “I know Matef. He’s a good person.” When Maria protested, Ms. Freed allegedly pressed: “You know what the rates are for black men in jail. You don’t want to just put him in jail.” After she equivocated, Ms. Freed came in for the gut punch, saying “she was going to tell the principal that I was going to drop the charges,” Maria said. In an email to The Daily Wire, Ms. Freed denied any involvement and having known Mr. Harmachis. “I didn’t know him at all,” she said. She said she was “truly not involved with this case at all.” Members of Ethnic Studies Now! also pressured Maria to drop the charges, her lawyer told The Daily Wire. While Harmachis got away with alleged misdeeds for years, his accusers received a measure of justice when he was fired. And now, Maria hopes to punish the former teacher in civil court with the backing of law firm Manly, Stewart & Finaldi. The firm, known for winning major settlements in sex abuse cases including an $852 million settlement for victims of University of Southern California gynecologist George Tyndall and

James Alvin Burns “Jim” was born on September 24th, 1935 in East Chicago, Indiana to Mallin and Jeannette Burns. He died Thursday April 21st at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister Janice Kelly and brother-in-law Noel Kelly both of Ojai, California. Jim was raised in Griffith, Indiana, graduating from Griffith High School in 1953. He graduated from Purdue University in 1957 with a degree in Pharmacology. Jim served in the Army from 1958 to 1960. During his years in the Army, he was stationed at the Pentagon and in Chile where he helped establish an Army pharmacy after the 1960 Valdivia Earthquake. He came to California in 1961 while working as a pharmacist and sales representative for Eli Lilly, first in Santa Maria and later in North Hollywood. In 1967 he married Suzanne Sherk. They moved to Santa Barbara in 1968, and later divorced. In 1980, Jim went to work for L.M. Caldwell Pharmacist where he worked until his retirement in 2000. Jim was a proud member of the Masonic Lodge for over 65 years. He was a Master of the La Cumbre Lodge in 1976. He was a member of Scottish Rite for 64 years where he attained the 32° Knight Commander Court of Honor. Jim leaves a son Anthony “Tony” Burns and daughter-in-law Kim Burns of Rohnert Park, CA, and a daughter Ellen Burns Cole and son-in-law Brent Cole of Santa Barbara. Jim also leaves grandchildren Amanda Burns Honda (Bryan) of Simi Valley, Caitlin Burns of Rohnert Park, Emily Burns of San Diego, Colin Cole, Taylor Cole, and Cassidy Cole of Santa Barbara, great-grandson William Honda, and nieces Cynthia Kelly Young, Christie Kelly Fortney, and nephew Michael Kelly. Donation in Jim’s name can be made to the Scottish Rite Language Clinic, 16 E Carrillo St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

SCHNEIDER, Charles A., Jr. November 20, 1934-April 27, 2022

Charles A. Schneider Jr, 87, passed away on April 27th, 2022 from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). He was living in Charlotte, NC at the time of his passing having moved there from Santa Barbara six months ago. He was a beloved father, grandfather, and friend. Charlie was born in New York City and moved to the suburbs of Edgemont, NY when he was 4. He attended Immaculate Heart of Mary school and then the public schools in Edgemont before moving to Scarsdale where he graduated from high school in 1953. Charlie then went on to Dartmouth College where, in 5 years, he received his B.A. and his masters in both engineering and business (from Thayer and Tuck Schools respectively). He graduated in 1958 and went to work for Union Carbide. Early into his career, he met and promptly fell in love with the woman of his dreams. Reflecting on the success of his marriage one day he said simply, “I married up!” He was at Union Carbide for 23 years, rising through the sales and marketing ranks where the company moved his family to Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Chicago, New York, and then, Japan. While in Japan, with his wife, Jane and their two boys, Scott and Kurt, the family traveled extensively, visiting, among others, Egypt, Thailand, Nepal, India, Guam, and Yap. This was an incredible time for the family and those halcyon memories lasted throughout the years. After Japan, the family moved back to Scarsdale, NY where Charlie and Jane lived for the next 25 years. He left Union Carbide for Potters Industries in 1983; he ran the international and all domestic business units until his retirement in 1996. The years in Scarsdale were filled with tennis, paddle tennis, working around the house, dinners with friends, lots of family travel, and blissful weeks in August at Paradox Lake in the Adirondacks. In 1998, they retired to Santa Barbara to be closer to Jane’s mother and brother and where it was better for her health, as her MS was worsening. Ever the exuberant, enthusiastic, and ebullient fellow, Charlie embraced his new home with his trademark elan. He not only lovingly cared non-stop for his wife, he also dove head into many new activities. He lawn bowled with gusto and played tennis regularly with all his buddies, bringing his confounding cut shots and lobs all the way from New York. He was a founding member of “The Santa Barbarians” cycling club. This band of cycling renegades rode all around Santa Barbara and environs, and they took trips to Montana, Colorado, Washington, etc. He started a monthly luncheon discussion group. He was a key leader and board member of Vistas Lifelong Learning where he dedicated himself to growing the membership and expanding its offerings. He was an integral part of the Santa Barbara Multiple Sclerosis Society Chapter. He and Jane would invite local professors to their house for thoughtful discussions and host vibrant dinner parties with their treasured friends. They were longtime symphony patrons. He volunteered at the local grammar school. Well, you get the point. The man was a force of nature. Harnessing his unlimited energy force to engage, experience, educate, and enliven all those with whom he came into contact. He also loved being with his five grandchildren. He took them on trips to Africa, England, Germany, Peru, and lots of places in the U.S. The whole family went on a cruise to Alaska and to a dude ranch in Wyoming. He also maintained a robust communication protocol with each of the grandchildren via weekly calls and texts up until days before his passing. His motto, “Go for it” has been forever instilled in each of them. Charlie was a good man through and through. He loved his family and created an incredibly tight knit bond with his two boys, of whom he was so incredibly proud. Charlie Schneider was a presence wherever he went. His exuberance for life was palpable and contagious. He was loved and will be missed by so many. He is predeceased by his loving wife of 55 years, Jane, and his daughter-in-law, Susan Schulte. He is survived by his two sons, Scott and his wife Beth, and Kurt. As well as his five grandchildren: Brian, Walker, Courtney, Quinn, and Bo.

ECHEMANN, Barbara Lou

Barbara Lou Echemann passed peacefully away at her home in Sidney, Ohio on Sept. 9, 2021. She was born on Oct. 6, 1930, on a farm in Botkins OH. In 1952 she married the love of her life, Raphael Echemann. The Family moved to Santa Barbara in 1976 and settled here for the next 20 years. Barbara really enjoyed her classes in Art History at City College, and playing tennis. She attended St. Mark’s Church in Isla Vista and was a proud member of the Woman’s Pilot Assn., The Ninety Nines. She is survived by her children Tom (Tami), Tim (Mary Pat) and Pat. To leave condolences, Rafe Echemann, Box 656, Sidney, OH 45365.

Valerie graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1952. She married the love of her life Robert S. Allen (D. 1976) In 1954. Robert and Valerie married in Solvang (Ballard), California after his return from his service in the U.S. Marie Corps. Valerie worked at Robinsons for several years, she also worked for her brother-inlaw Dr. Arthur Kaslow. Soon after, she volunteered at the dyslexia awareness research center of Santa Barbara. This is just one of many areas she dedicated herself to. Valerie enjoyed traveling especially when those visits involved her grandchildren, she has been to Australia, Colorado and Idaho among other places. She also enjoyed following her favorite sports teams (LA Lakers, Golden State Warriors and the LA Dodgers) and attended games on occasion. Valerie’s laugh was contagious, as she did a lot of it. One of her fondest memories of growing up in Santa Barbara was riding her horses with her sister Sally and sister-inlaw Kathryn, along Hendry’s beach. Our mother taught us all unconditional love (caring) her whole life and set a great example for us all to follow. She was a devoted humanitarian. Valerie is preceded in death by her loving sister Sally Powers Kaslow (D. 2021). Valerie is lovingly remembered by her sister-in-law Kathryn E Atsatt (Barry Atsatt, D. 2019); her four children, Jennifer (Allen) Hamilton, husband Thomas Hamilton (D. 2020); her 2 grandsons Matthew and Evan Hamilton; Jeffrey R. Allen, wife Susan (D. 2017); 1 granddaughter Jessica Botha; Sally (Allen) Delgado, husband Steve; 3 grandchildren Christopher Delgado, Lauryn Keithley, Jordin Cramer; Elizabeth (Allen) Schmeekle, husband Theo Schmeekle; 1 grandchild Taylor M Casteel; 10 greatgrandchildren as well as several nieces and nephews whom she adored and loved a great deal. Valerie loved her family and friends beyond measure. She was passionate about reading, animals and family gatherings. We will always remember her beautiful smile her kind, loving heart and her warm embrace. She will remain in our hearts forever. A special Thank You to the amazing teams at Paciﬁca Memory Care of Santa Barbara, Assisted Home Health and Hospice of Santa Barbara. In Lieu of ﬂowers, we ask that you donate to either of the facilities named above.

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Guadalupe 66/50

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Vandenberg 63/51

Valerie Powers Allen of Santa Barbara passed away peacefully on March 31, 2022 after a courageous battle with Vascular dementia.

Valerie and her family moved to Santa Barbara in 1941 where she attended local schools, and was even crowned Miss Santa Barbara during High School years.

Kenny Xu is an education journalist and the author of the book “An Inconvenient Minority.”

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New Cuyama 92/51 Ventucopa 87/50

Los Alamos 79/48

ALLEN, Valerie Powers

Valerie was born August 27, 1934 in Pasadena, California to Frank and Frances Powers.

Luke Rosiak is an investigative journalist for the Daily Wire and the author of the book “Race To the Bottom: Uncovering the Secret Forces Destroying American Public Education.”

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a $500 million settlement against U.S. Gymnastics over convicted sexual abuser Larry Nassar, believes it understands how abusers of children work. “Predators go where they can be respected,” Stu Mollrich, an attorney for the firm, told The Daily Wire. The suit was filed in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, and has been winding its way through the system, with several motions filed this month. After his firing, Mr. Harmachis remained a prominent player in the world of “ethnic studies” education policy. On Nov. 11, 2020, Mr. Harmachis wrote to California state officials urging them not to include Jews as an oppressed people in a statewide ethnic studies model curriculum. “Adding Jewish people to the model curriculum makes no sense. They were never in the original areas of study and as a group did precious little to help bring ES to our university and college campuses. And now they believe they have some say in the matter?” he wrote.

Buellton 78/47

Solvang 83/48

Gaviota 72/53

SANTA BARBARA 71/55 Goleta 77/54

Carpinteria 70/54 Ventura 67/53

AIR QUALITY KEY Good Moderate

Source: airnow.gov Unhealthy for SG Very Unhealthy Unhealthy Not Available

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Santa Barbara through 6 p.m. yesterday

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82/50 69/51 98 in 2014 42 in 1961

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0.00” 0.00” (0.23”) 10.50” (16.85”)

City Cuyama Goleta Lompoc Pismo Beach Santa Maria Santa Ynez Vandenberg Ventura

STATE CITIES Bakersfield Barstow Big Bear Bishop Catalina Concord Escondido Eureka Fresno Los Angeles Mammoth Lakes Modesto Monterey Napa Oakland Ojai Oxnard Palm Springs Pasadena Paso Robles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco San Jose San Luis Obispo Santa Monica Tahoe Valley

95/63/pc 99/69/pc 72/41/pc 92/52/pc 76/57/pc 81/54/s 86/54/pc 61/53/c 94/60/s 85/60/pc 70/43/s 88/55/s 65/53/pc 83/48/pc 68/54/pc 85/54/pc 68/53/pc 106/75/s 88/61/pc 92/51/pc 87/53/s 72/59/pc 66/55/pc 75/53/s 75/52/pc 76/58/pc 71/39/s

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 83/46/s 79/50/pc 64/45/s 70/48/s 64/46/s 82/44/s 62/50/s 66/51/pc

85/67/t 79/59/c 74/54/sh 99/72/pc 76/50/c 94/73/pc 87/74/t 72/52/pc 76/64/pc 81/65/t 106/75/s 69/53/sh 83/56/t 84/61/s 61/50/r 83/65/t

POINT ARENA TO POINT PINOS

Wind west-northwest 6-12 knots today. Waves 1-3 feet with a south-southwest swell 2-4 feet at 16 seconds. Visibility clear.

POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICO

Wind west-northwest 6-12 knots today. Waves 1-3 feet with a south-southwest swell 2-4 feet at 16 seconds. Visibility clear.

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10:12 a.m. 9:34 p.m. 11:06 a.m. 10:11 p.m. 12:07 p.m. 10:53 p.m.

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NATIONAL CITIES Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Houston Miami Minneapolis New York City Philadelphia Phoenix Portland, Ore. St. Louis Salt Lake City Seattle Washington, D.C.

Wind from the west at 6-12 knots today. Wind waves 3-5 feet with a southwest swell 3-5 feet at 10-second intervals. Visibility clear.

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MARINE FORECAST

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At Lake Cachuma’s maximum level at the point at which water starts spilling over the dam holds 188,030 acre-feet. An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons, equivalent to the amount of water consumed annually by 10 people in an urban environment. Storage 86,282 acre-ft. Elevation 708.38 ft. Evaporation (past 24 hours) 40.9 acre-ft. Inflow 12.9 acre-ft. State inflow 22.7 acre-ft. Storage change from yest. -106 acre-ft. Report from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

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Coalition For Neighborhood Schools tries to save candidate forum, SBTV interviews Lozano By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The League of Women Voters (LWV) Santa Barbara was set to host a candidate forum on zoom at 6 p.m. on Thursday for the Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools race between incumbent Dr. Susan Salcido and challenger Christy Lozano. The News-Press originally reported on May12 that the forum was canceled because Ms. Lozano refused to sign a release form as was stated in a press release from the LWV. In the release, the league said that Ms. Lozano was told “Our policies and procedures for our Candidate Forum, such as not providing the questions to be asked of each candidate in advance, and not allowing candidates to use excerpts of the recording of the forum rather than using it in its entirety, are in accordance with national and state League of Women Voters policies and procedures. Please be assured that all candidates who participate in our Forums are required to abide by the same policies and procedures,” as was previously reported by the NewsPress. “LWV called me on April 6th to ask me to participate and I responded right away and said yes. They sent me the first release form on April 29th after they publicly announced the forum on or around April 22. They sent me a revised release form May 9th,” Ms. Lozano told the News-Press in an email. The LWV stated in a press release that the release forms were sent to both candidates on April 27, however emails obtained by the News-Press show that original release form was not sent to Ms. Lozano until April 29. A revised version of the release form

was sent on May 9. Additionally, there were notable differences between the two release forms. The April 29 version read: “I will not in any way, make reference to other candidates or to another candidate’s qualifications, character, or activities - either positively or negatively.” The revised version sent on May 9 read: “I will not, in any way, make negative reference to other Candidate(s) or their personal qualifications or character. I may state my disagreement with their views on issues or proposed legislation, but only to provide examples of issues on which we disagree. My focus will be on my views, not those of the other Candidate(s). I agree to handle all discussions in a calm, civil manner.” Ms. Lozano told the newspress that she had been emailing LWV’s Revea Moran and asking clarifying questions concerning the release form. “Mrs. Moran did not answer any of my specific questions. Instead, she unilaterally set an arbitrary deadline, and even before I could respond, unilaterally canceled the forum and blamed the cancellation on me. I missed the LWV’s short deadline they left in an email at 9:15 a.m. stating the 10 a.m. deadline they gave me which would generate cancellation of the forum, their call, not mine, that conflicted with a meeting I was having with supporters,” said Ms. Lozano. In a voicemail message that Ms. Lozano received from Ms. Moran on May 10, Ms. Moran gave her a deadline of 10 a.m. the next day to make a decision regarding signing the consent form. Ms. Moran told Ms. Lozano that if they did not hear from her by the deadline that they would go live on the zoom link and say “If you are tuning in

for the candidate forum, we had to cancel it, because Christy Lozano declined to participate.” Later in the message, Ms. Moran told Ms. Lozano to “give me a call by 10 a.m. tomorrow and if I don’t hear from you by then I am going to assume that you are not going to participate and we are going to cancel the forum.” “I have been very busy with my campaign and I could not reply to you sooner. I did hear your voice message and I am a bit confused by the message you left me … That would not be a true statement, as I have not declined to participate. I agreed to participate, and upon our agreement, there was no consent form presented to me. The consent form came after you announced the forum to the public,” said Ms. Lozano in an email she sent to Ms. Moran at 11:01 pm on May 10. The forum was announced to the public on April 27, but the first release form was not sent to Ms. Lozano until April 29, while the revised release form was sent on May 9. “Christy Lozano, who would not sign the form, is claiming she was given only 45 minutes to sign it before the decision was made to cancel the May 12 Forum. That isn’t true. She was reminded of the need to sign the Release Form on May 9,” according to a May 13 press release from the LWV. “I apologize if you have sent it to me and I missed it, but I don’t seem to have the signed release form for you. I need to have the signed form in hand before the Forum on Thursday in order for you to participate. I have attached a copy of the form,” said Mrs. Moran in a May 9 email. The release attached was the revised edition and not the original form sent on April 29. “If you would still like to

participate in our Forum, please sign the release form we sent to you and send it back to me by 10:00 a.m. today. If we do not receive your signed release form by that time, we will assume that you have decided not to participate and we must cancel the Forum,” said Mrs. Moran in a May 11 email sent at 9:06 a.m. to Ms. Lozano. Roseanne Crawford of the Coalition for Neighborhood Schools (CNS), confirmed Ms. Lozano’s statement of the arbitrary deadline: “The release rules were only sent only one day prior to Ms. Lozano and she was told ‘you have 45 minutes to make a decision, or we will cancel. Ms. Lozano was in a meeting at the time and missed the deadline,” Ms. Crawford told the News-Press. The CNS is an independent non-profit, and has been for over twenty years. The coalition is not endorsing either candidate but simply wants to provide an opportunity for the voters to hear from both candidates. When the LWV canceled, the coalition stepped in on Thursday to try to salvage the zoom forum. The coalition reached out to both candidates and Ms. Lozano confirmed right away. Dr. Salcido, though, proved to be unreachable. The coalition reached out to Dr. Salcido, and the request was initially denied by Dr. Salcido’s campaign manager Ruth Loomer, who declined the invitation due to newly made commitments for that evening. After the initial denial from Ms. Loomer, Ms. Crawford reached out directly to Dr. Salcido: “I am very disappointed your campaign manager Ruth Loomer has declined our invitation. We would like to hear directly from you Susan …We would need your response no later than 4 p.m. today for tonight’s

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Christy Lozano, left, and Dr. Susan Salcido are candidates for Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools.

participation. We have media standing by and have given them the same deadline at 4 p.m. to update that it’s a go for a 6 p.m. Zoom forum. If not tonight please give me a date so we can inform candidate Lozano, she is willing to be flexible and is standing by as well,” said Ms. Crawford in her email to Dr. Salcido. The coalition did not receive a response from Dr. Salcido by the deadline, and even attempted to reach out to her by phone one more time after the deadline. SBTV offered to do an instudio interview with Christy Lozano if the Thursday Zoom forum fell through, which it did. The interview with SBTV was originally scheduled for 6 p.m. on Thursday, and then SBTV rescheduled the interview which is now set to be taped at 2 p.m. on Monday. The taped interview will be scheduled to air on TVSB Channel 17 at the following times: Thursday at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 22 at 5 a.m., Monday, May 23, at 11 p.m. and Tuesday, May 24 at 11 a.m. Moving forward, the Coalition for Neighborhood Schools has

invited both candidates to an unbiased, neutral and safe candidate forum at a date of Dr. Salcido’s choosing. Ms. Lozano has agreed to this. Although confirmation of the details of the forum are yet to be determined, awaiting Dr. Salcido’s reply, the Coalition invites the public to submit direct questions to the candidates to cns4schools@aol. com. CNS has been hosting candidate forums for the Santa Barbara Unified School District for over 20 years, and says that no candidate has ever declined an invitation from CNS to participate in previous candidate forums. CNS will not endorse a candidate in this election and says it aims to help the two candidates for Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools get their message out to voters in a lively face-to-face encounter. For more information about our organization, please visit our website at www. coalitionforneighborhoodschools. com. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

‘People are riled up and ready to do whatever it takes’ RALLY

Continued from Page A1 Rally speakers included: Luz Reyes-Martin, Vice President of Community Engagement at Planned Parenthood California Central Coast, Rev. Julia Hamilton and Rev. Mark Asman of Clergy for Choice, Michal Lynch of Womens March SB, State Sen. Monique Limon, Rylee Williams of UCSB Planned Parenthood Generation Action, Erica Reyes (District Director for Congressman Salud Carbajal), Christy Stillwell of Dem Women of SB County, Catherine Swysen of Santa Barbara Women’s Political Committee, Wendy SimsMoten of CAUSE and former State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson. “The rally was very well run. I think everything went really well. It was touching to see folks from the community of every age. It was good to hear from older folks who remember a time before Roe and what that was like. We had a really strong representation from young people. These older

generations have fought for these rights and now it’s on the younger generation’s to keep this fight going,” Ms. Reyes-Martin told the News-Press. “The rally was great. People are riled up and ready to do whatever it takes to protect access to abortion. It was good to hear from community leaders on this. It’s a dark time for abortion rights,” Darcel Elliot, Chair of the Santa Barbara County Democratic Party, told the News-Press. “We are prepared on the Central Coast and our doors at Planned Parenthood are open. We aren’t backing down, we are doubling down. We are continuing to hire staff. The message that we are seeking to get to the community is that they can continue to come to Planned Parenthood to seek care. It is about maintaining access to care here in California and for those coming from other states,” said Ms. Reyes-Martin. KENNETH SONG / NEWS-PRESS PHOTOS

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Hundreds of people march down State Street during an abortion rights rally and march in Santa Barbara on Saturday.

State Senator Monique Limon speaks to the crowd during the rally at De La Guerra Plaza.

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Randazzo, Schulz claim gold on day 1 of Big West Championship Weekend By MICHAEL JORGENSON UCSB SPORTS WRITER

The UC Santa Barbara track and field team brought in six medals on day one of Big West Championships weekend Friday at UC Davis’ Woody Wilson Track, as Nick Randazzo defended his championship in the men’s steeplechase and Brian Schulz won the men’s 10k. The Gauchos added to their three medals from last weekend’s Big West Multis Championships, bringing their count to six – three gold, four silver and two bronze. “Overall a good day for both programs. We put athletes in finals for tomorrow, had a few surprise scorers and caught breaks. We also had a few areas we missed, but other people ended up stepping up. That’s the Conference meet for you,” said Track and Field Director Cody Fleming.

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After finishing second to former teammate Garrett Reynolds in last year’s championships, redshirt senior Brian Schulz took first in the men’s 10k with a time of 30:45.27. The Gauchos got a huge boost in the men’s steeplechase, with Nick Randazzo’s 8:53.51 giving him his second straight individual championship. Fellow redshirt senior Matt Richardson crossed the finish line second with a time of 9:04.61. Redshirt juniors Graham Michiels and Peter Michiels both brought in points in the men’s high jump, as Graham (2.06m) claimed silver and Peter took sixth (J2.01m). In the javelin, Chase Tarr (66.63m) got UCSB another silver medal and Brad Thomas finished seventh (57.87m). UCSB got fifth-place in the long jump from Joshua Godfrey (7.18m) and sixth from Tanner Berney (7.17m).

“Nick Randazzo and Brian Schulz had memorable performances for us. Seeing Brian drop a 57.9 second last lap was incredible,” said Fleming. On the women’s side, Emma Barthel came up huge in the long jump, getting another silver for UCSB with a 5.76m. Amanda Spear (53.52m) and Gabby Sanchez (50.68m) got the Gauchos’ day started in the hammer, finishing sixth and seventh, respectively. “Emma Barthel stepped up huge for us placing second in the long jump. Since the day she got to UCSB, we knew we had a special athlete in her and she’s starting to really turn it on,” Fleming said. Michael Jorgenson writes about sports for UCSB. email: sports@newspress.com

UCSB women’s basketball signs Alexis Whitfield By MICHAEL JORGENSON

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The UCSB women’s basketball team has signed forward Alexis Whitfield to a National Letter of Intent, Head Coach Bonnie Henrickson announced on Friday. “Alexis adds tremendous value to our team on the offensive and defensive ends of the floor,” Henrickson said. “Her size and ability to impact the game in every way is what caught our attention and set her apart in our recruiting search this spring.” Whitfield joins the Gauchos after two seasons at Washington,

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where she averaged 3.7 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 13.4 minutes per game on an efficient 42.6 percent from the field and 41.7 percent from three. The West Hills, Calif., native missed significant action due to injury during her freshman season, playing in 12 games off the bench. She would post careerhighs across the board in 21 games as a sophomore, ranking fourth on the team in shooting percentage (.438) and second in blocks (6). She scored in double-figures twice for the Huskies, setting a career-high with 12 points on 4-of7 shooting and 2-of-3 from deep in

her second career game against BYU. This past season, she put up a season-high 10 points on 5-of-9 from the field against Louisville on Nov. 20, 2021. Whitfield was ranked No. 61 overall and the No. 15 forward in the 2020 class ESPN coming out of Chaminade Prep. She was a three-time All-CIF Southern Section First-Team selection, 2019 Southern Section Player of the Year and a four-time AllMission League Selection. As a junior, she earned Mission League MVP honors and was the Wooden Award CIF Division 1 Southern Section Player of the

year after averaging 16.7 points, 14 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 3.1 steals per game. In her senior year, Whitfield averaged 21 points, 12 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2 blocks per game, which earned her both CIF Southern Section Division 1 and Los Angeles Daily News First Team honors. She finished her high school career with both over 1,500-points and over 1,200rebounds. Michael Jorgenson writes about sports for UCSB. email: sports@newspress.com

UCSB baseball gets second shutout against Dixie State By DANIEL MOEBUS-BOWLES UCSB SPORTS WRITER

Coming off a weekday victory over Saint Mary’s on Tuesday, No. 9 UCSB (35-11) toppled Dixie State (19-30) 8-0 on a cool Friday night as the Gauchos collected their second shutout of the season. Starting his 13th game of the season, Cory Lewis (8-0) gave up zero runs, only allowed two hits, and racked up five Ks in his seven innings pitched. Following him out of the bullpen was righty Nick Welch who tossed two innings of hitless, scoreless ball to finish the night. He got four of his six outs by way of the K. Zander Darby went 1-for-1 with a monster home run and an HBP. It was his sixth knock

of his freshman season. Bryce Willits and Blake Klassen each went 2-for-4 with a run. Heavy-hitters Willits, Klassen and Nick Oakley added doubles to their stats. Christian Kirtley and Willits have now reached base in 34 and 32 straight games, respectively. UCSB’s exquisite pitching and immaculate defense made it tough for the Trailblazers to respond, as they only put up two hits compared to the Gauchos’ 10. With sturdy and consistent offense, the Gauchos were on fire and got things started immediately in the bottom of the first. They loaded the bases through cleverly-placed singles, walks and hit-by-pitches. An RBI fielder’s choice by Kirtley brought home Kyle

Johnson and Willits while Oakley’s two-RBI double brought home Kirtley and Klassen to make it 4-0. Then it was Jason Willow collecting a single that brought home Oakley, and with zero outs still on the board, Darby homered towards right field to bring home Willow and give the Gauchos a seven spot in the opening frame. Oakley scored in the bottom of the fourth during an attempted double steal with Broc Mortensen. Mortensen was ruled out in the ensuing rundown which allowed Oakley to come home. Daniel Moebus-Bowles writes about sports for UCSB. email: sports@newspress.com

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short of a jury trial that was fully primed to be tried by the plaintiffs on June 2,” said Barry Cappello, lead trial counsel for the victims and managing partner at managing partner at Cappello & Noël, in a press release. Mr. Cappello also litigated the 1969 Union Oil spill in Santa Barbara, the environmental disaster that ignited the environmental movement in the U.S. The Lieff Cabraser team primarily led the class certification effort, the Keller team focused on the fish industry damages case. The Cappello & Noel team focused on the expert work demonstrating the size of the spill, the extent of its impact on the fishing areas and the coastal properties; they also led the trial preparation effort. These firms worked together on all aspects of the case assisting and supporting each other. “It really is a team effort. We had a telephone conference every

week with 7-10 lawyers. It was a huge effort,” Mr. Cappello told the News-Press. Retired Judge Daniel Weinstein and Robert Myer Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS) have been instrumental mediators in helping resolve the case, as they met with a team of lawyers over the years to bring the parties to a resolution. “Very capable lawyers have fought literally every battle. It was almost like a war in the pacific where you had to fight every inch of ground and then go to the next island. We were originally shut down in 2020 due to Covid. We fought hard for five years,” said Mr. Capello. The settlement is before Judge Gutierrez pending approval. If the settlement is approved, class members and a plan of distribution approved by the court will be created with $184 million distributed among the fisher class and $46 million distributed among the property class. This totals

$230 million. “At the Status Hearing on May 6, after both sides informed Judge Gutierrez that it appeared the case was about to settle, he indicated that once he received the settlement filings, if it looked in order he would rule on the proposed motion and order for preliminary settlement without another hearing. If he had questions he would ask them by email, and if he felt it necessary, he would call for a hearing on the preliminary motion for approval of the settlement. We are hoping and expect that he will rule on the papers that we have submitted. There was no indication at all from the Judge that he would not rule on the proposed motion,” Mr. Cappello told the News-Press. This settlement resolves one of two federal class action suits the plaintiffs’ lawyers brought relating to the spill. The final approval hearing is set for September 30. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

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EXTRA MURAL FUNDS ACCOUNTANT CTLR –Business & Financial Services

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PAYROLL ANALYST Business and Financial Services

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BFS analyst supporting the Invoice to Cash implementation and stabilization under the campus Oracle Financials Cloud platform project designed to modernize financial systems and transform business practices at all levels of the campus. This multi-year project with representation from across the campus was started in January 2022 and includes: A restructured and managed COA, combined with standardized financial reports, will provide the campus with the opportunity for a singular, unified financial tool that will improve training and unify processes on campus, enabling the accurate and timely management of campus financial resources. Real-time procurement integration with financials. Integration of research fund tracking within the Oracle Financials Cloud (OFC) system will improve extramural and intramural fund management, both in day-to-day operations and in reporting. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training. Working knowledge of financial processes, policies, and procedures. Strong interpersonal skills, analytical skills, service orientation, active listening, critical thinking, attention to detail, ability to multi-task in a high volume environment, organizational skills, effective verbal and written communication skills, sound judgment and decision making. Ability to analyze data, identify errors and discrepancies and problem solve. Demonstrated problem-solving skills of moderate scope and complexity. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $24.62 - $28.80/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 5/16/22. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 34888

FINANCIAL AFFAIRS MANAGER Electrical & Computer Engineering

Serves as the Financial Affairs Manager for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The Electrical & Computer Engineering Department was established in 1962 and is the largest of the five academic departments in the College of Engineering. Research in the Department is categorized into the following areas: Communications & Signal Processing, Computer Engineering, Control Systems, and Electronics & Photonics. The Electrical & Computer Engineering Department consists of over 45 faculty, 50 staff, and over 350 graduate students and researchers. The Financial Affairs Manager directs and supervises the financial affairs unit and departmental research centers. Oversees the administration of activities related to contract and grant administration, accounting, purchasing, and employment. Develops short and long range financial plans in association with the Business Officer. Works closely with the Business Officer and Chair on special projects within the department. Reqs: High School diploma and Bachelor’s Degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training. 4-6 years experience working in higher education finance and/or administration. Strong interpersonal skills, service orientation, ability to multi-task effectively in a varied, high volume environment, judgment and decision-making, reasoning, ability to develop original ideas to solve problems, and effective verbal and written communication skills. Ability to manage changing priorities, and manage staff time and efforts accordingly. Note: Satisfactory completion of a conviction history background check. $67,500 - $86,050/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 5/26/22. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 35629

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Working on a zone maintenance team composed of all trades, incumbent performs HVAC maintenance work. Installs, repairs, maintains, and inspects heating, ventilating, air conditioning and pneumatic systems and equipment. Installs, repairs and maintains pumps, air compressors, steam and hot water boilers, heating and boiler tubes, heat exchangers, fans, dampers, hydraulic units, control and monitoring systems. Makes working drawings and control diagrams for heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment. Work with others as part of a team. Provide direct customer service to campus community. Reqs: High School Diploma Required Knowledge of methods, materials, tools and equipment used in the installation, repair and maintenance of refrigeration, chilling, air-conditioning and heating equipment up to 550 tons in capacity, including absorption chillers, pumps, condensers, heat exchangers, cooling towers, reciprocating, centrifugal and screw type compressors, thermostats, electrical, pneumatic and PLC and microprocessor based controls. Skilled in installing, repairing and maintaining a wide variety of air conditioning, refrigeration, absorption chillers, heating and related systems and equipment. 3-5 years experience repairing and servicing commercial or institutional HVAC mechanical equipment. Notes: Satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check. $39.81/hr The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Afﬁrmative Action Employer, and all qualiﬁed applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 5/25/2022. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 35564

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Under leadership of the Trade Superintendent, incumbent may work independently, as part of a team, or as assistant to skilled tradesperson in the performance of a variety of semi-skilled tasks in the maintenance and repair of buildings, related facilities and equipment. Reqs: Ability to read, write, and perform basic arithmetic calculations. Basic skills in equipment operation, maintenance and repair including a wide range of power and hand tools. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others as a team. Good communication and problem-solving skills. A self-starter with good organization skills and willingness to work in a team as well as independently Experience in the performance of semi-skilled maintenance/mechanical work. Pool Operator Certification. Aquatic Facilities Operator Certification. Notes: Satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check. Must maintain valid CA DL, a clean DMV record and enrollment in DMV Pull-Notice Program. Pre-employment physical exam. $22.07 - $25.35/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 5/23/2022. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 35340

Supports all aspects of the Computer Science undergraduate programs. Serves as one of the initial sources of information and advises major students, prospective major students, and non-major students regarding general department requirements. Monitors every aspect of progress towards degree and counsels students as appropriate. Initiates, maintains, and evaluates students’ academic records, processes petitions, checks prerequisites, and performs other administrative tasks. Ensures grades are reported for undergraduate students and updates the Schedule of Classes and other publications. Requires knowledge of policy and procedures for the College of Engineering, College of Letters and Science, and the College of Creative Studies. Serves as one of the departmental liaisons with the Office of the Registrar on matters pertaining to departmental courses, grades and undergraduate records. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience and/or training. 1-3 years working in a diverse college-level academic advising setting. Notes: This position is funded through January 2023 pending further funding. Satisfactory conviction history background check. $24.61 - $25.84/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 5/16/22. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 34628

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PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE OF SALE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY The City of Santa Barbara is offering for sale through competitive bidding a surplus wooden airplane hanger located at the Santa Barbara Airport in its as is condition to be relocated off site. Bidders must be registered in the City of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids™ portal in order to submit a Bid. When registering, use commodity code 99800 – Sale of Surplus and Obsolete Items. The competitive bid process will be conducted electronically through the City’s PlanetBids website, https://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=29959. Questions may be entered through PlanetBids Q&A tab. Bidders are responsible for monitoring the PlanetBids site to obtain information regarding this solicitation. Failure to respond to required updates may result in a determination of a nonresponsive qualification. The hanger must be removed by September 15, 2022. Removal will include the disconnection of all utilities other than communication lines. On-site disassembly will be permitted through a City preapproved Relocation Plan. The hanger is located at 204 William Moffett Place, Santa Barbara, CA 93117 and there will be a mandatory pre-bid inspection at 9:00 AM on Thursday, May 19, 2022. Bids will not be accepted from Bidders that did not attend the pre-bid inspection. Bids will be accepted electronically until 3:00 PM PST on Thursday, May 26, 2022. Results will be posted on the City of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids™ portal by 5:00 PM PST. The successful bidder must execute the Relocation Agreement, which is available on the City’s PlanetBids™ portal. Terms of sale are cash, or cashiers or certified check payable to the City of Santa Barbara within 5 days of closing of bids. MAY 15 / 2022 -- 58265 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for a bid opening by the Board of Education of the Santa Barbara Unified School District at the Administration Office, 724 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101 not later than: Bid opening will be held on June 30, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. for the Peabody Charter School New Classrooms Project (“Project”). A mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference will be conducted on May 25, 2022 beginning at 1:00 p.m. Meet at Peabody Charter School, 3018 Calle Noguera, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 at the flagpole at the archway entrance in front of the school. Bids will not be accepted from contractors not attending the mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference. Prospective Bidders arriving after the above-designated starting time for a mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference shall be disqualified from submitting a bid for this project. Plans and specifications will be on file and available to view, and purchase on, or as soon as possible, after the mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference through Cybercopy at www. cybercopyplanroom.com The deadline for pre-bid questions or clarification requests is June 23, 2022. All questions are to be in writing and directed to the Project Architect/Engineer, Joe Wilcox, Kruger Bensen Ziemer Architects, Inc. at joew@kbzarch.com CLEARLY MARK BID RESPONSE ENVELOPE WITH TIME/DATE OF BID OPENING AND PROJECT NAME. Bids so received shall be opened and publicly read aloud at the Santa Barbara Unified School District Administration Office, 720 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101. All bids shall be made on the forms provided in the specifications and each bid must conform to the Contract Documents. Each bid shall be accompanied by the bid security specified in the Instructions to Bidders. The Project description is as follows: The work of the project consists of the construction of two, 3-classroom buildings and one, 2classroom building and associated site work. Contractor License required: B Prequalification of Bidders and E/M/P subcontractors: As a condition of bidding on this Project, and in accordance with the provisions of Public Contract Code section 20111.5 and 20111.6 all Bidders and all electrical, mechanical and plumbing subcontractors listed in the Bidder’s proposal must either be pre-qualified for at least five business days before the date of the opening of the bids or must submit a completed prequalification package by the deadline stated below. Bids not conforming to this requirement will not be accepted. Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 20111.6(j) a list of prequalified general contractors and electrical, mechanical, and plumbing subcontractors will be made available by the District no later than June 23, 2022 at lgonzalez@sbunified.org Prequalification packages are available through the Cybercopy at www.cybercopyplanroom.com. Pre-qualification questions must be directed to L.M. Sweaney at lynns11s@aol.com or leave a voice message at (909) 337-8302.

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Prequalification packages must be submitted to L.M. Sweaney & Associates, P. O. Box 3187, Santa Barbara, CA 93130 (U.S. MAIL ONLY) (Voice Message: 909-337-8302) no later than June 16, 2022, [Note: Per PCC 2011.6 – must have submitted package at least 10 business days before bid opening, can specify earlier date]. APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA U.S. MAIL. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1773 and 1773.2 of the Labor Code of the State of California, the District has obtained from the Director of Industrial Relations, the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work in the locality in which the work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of workman needed to execute the contract which is available for review at http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/statistics_research.html. During the Work, the Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) will monitor compliance with prevailing wage rate requirements and enforce the Contractor’s prevailing wage rate obligations, with a copy of the same being on file with the clerk of the District’s governing board. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractor under him, to pay not less than the said specified rates to all workmen employed by them in the execution of the contract, and to comply with all prevailing wage requirements set forth in the Labor Code. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1771.1 of the Labor Code of the State of California, a contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid or engage in the performance of any contract for this project unless; (1) currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5; or (2) expressly authorized to submit a bid by Section 1771.1 and provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. The successful Bidder will be required to post all job-site notices required by DIR regulations and other applicable law. The successful bidder and its subcontractors will be required to follow the nondiscrimination requirements set forth in the General Conditions. The District will be participating in the Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBE) Participation Goal Program pursuant to Education Code section 17076.11 and Public Contract Code section 10115. No Bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the bid opening. The District reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to waive irregularities in any bid. BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE SANTA BARBARA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT By: David J. Hetyonk, Interim Project Manager, Planning Department MAY 15, 22 / 2022 -- 58261 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING FOR BIDS

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The Director of Finance and Operations has full functional responsibility for all financial, personnel and administrative operations of the Arts & Lectures unit. Serves as an advisor to the Executive Director and Associate Director on high-level matters of critical importance, creating and implementing short and long-range strategic financial, personnel, and operation plans and goals. Directs contractors, vendors and departmental staff at select A&L events. Serves as a senior point of contact in the absence of the Executive and Associate Director. Responsibilities include management of all Arts & Lectures finances, including complex income accounts exceeding $10 million annually, as well as management at the department level of the Arts & Lectures $30 million endowment campaign funds. Additionally, the A&L unit is granted procurement authority to execute contracts for professional services in excess of $3 million annually; the Director of Finance and Operations establishes structures, policy and procedures to ensure success in delegation and auditability of all department transactions. Handles high level contractual negotiation with agents/artists/managers. Responsible for complex financial reporting, including economic forecasting and modeling, projections on investment income, and advising the Executive Director on financial strategies and risks. Prepares reports and presents on financial performance and projections to the Arts & Lectures Finance Council. Responsible for directing daily administrative operations including managing personnel, space and facilities. Independently identifies issues, initiates research, interprets information, and acts on issues regarding personnel, space and facilities management, grants management, accounting, travel, payroll, procurement, contracting, and business services. A thorough understanding of Federal, State, UC and University policies and procedures. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience and/or training. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Ability to work occasional evening and weekend hours. $90,000 - $130,000/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 34141

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Provides employee & labor relations guidance to all levels of the organization, resolving highly complex issues in creative and effective ways. Serves as an experienced consultant and subject matter expert on all employee & labor relations matters and advises management on effective performance management steps, including corrective action and progressive discipline. Provides complex analytical support and functions as management advocate for grievances and complaint resolution processes as well as hearings, arbitrations and unfair practice charge matters. Provides expert guidance on unique personnel issues/problems without precedent or structure and develops/recommends best practice solutions to resolve those issues. Represents the campus to the Office of the President on systemwide bargaining negotiation strategy and positions. Reqs: Juris Doctor (JD) Degree and experience as an attorney. Advanced organizational, analytical, and problem solving skills. Advanced knowledge of employee relations function and other subject areas of human resources. Demonstrated experience with conflict resolution. Advanced knowledge of organization policies and procedures. Advanced knowledge of union/labor contracts. Advanced knowledge of labor/employment law, including applicable state and federal laws, court decisions regarding employment related matters and techniques of labor negotiations. Advanced level skills necessary to bargain and represent the University’s interest in union negotiations and in complex/sensitive dispute forums. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check required. Occasion travel. Two positions are available. $75,000 - $95,000/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 5/24/22. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 35527

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n addition to being home to many outdoor amenities and activities, Cuyama Buckhorn is sponsoring a unique cycling event next weekend from Friday through May 22. “The Hidden Valley Experience” includes a two-night stay at the resort hotel in the Cuyama Valley, mountain bike and gravel rides for riders of any level, special guest speakers and presentations, happy hour mead tasting, wine tasting, screening of the film “The Long Traverse” and locally inspired meals by Matthew Roberts, guest chef at Cuyama Buckhorn. “We are so excited to be collaborating with Stilspoke and the Sage Trail Alliance to put on this truly immersive experience that highlights our community and the beauty of Cuyama Valley, while also bringing up important discussions and encouraging guests to get outside and explore the wonders that our Hidden Valley of Enchantment has to offer,” said Savannah Fox, marketing and operations manager for Cuyama Buckhorn. “These immersive experiences that highlight our local community, local ingredients and the breathtaking natural landscape of our valley, through locally-crafted meals and opportunities to explore Cuyama, are the focus of our ongoing programming.” “The Hidden Valley Experience” starts at $1,200 for single occupancy and $1,700 double (prices before taxes and fees) for the two-night stay at the Cuyama Buckhorn in New Cuyama, a community in northern Santa Barbara County. “The riding portion of this experience, led by Dillon Osleger of Sage Trail Alliance and pros Christopher Blevins and Sarah Please see CUYAMA on B4

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Dillon Osleger of Sage Trail Alliance will co-lead the bicycling portion of “The Hidden Valley Experience” at Cuyama Buckhorn in New Cuyama.

The bicycle trek will involve short, medium and long distance options for riders of any level. Above, Mr. Osleger gets into the spirit of cycling.

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For more information about ‘The Hidden Valley Experience’ from Friday through May 22 at Cuyama Buckhorn, 4923 Primero St., New Cuyama, or to make reservations, visit www.cuyamabuckhorn.com/happenings/the-hidden-valley-experience.

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Horoscope.com May 15, 2022 ARIES: Better watch what you say (and how you say it) when Mercury goes retrograde in Gemini on Tuesday. Mercury will be moving backward in your communication zone this week, so don’t make any major decisions right now. TAURUS: Keep a tight hold of your money this week as Mercury goes retrograde in Gemini on Tuesday. Mercury will be moving backward in your value zone this week, encouraging you to reevaluate what deserves your time, energy, and money. GEMINI: Your week begins on a rough note when Mercury goes retrograde in your sign on Tuesday. With your ruling planet moving backward and creating some serious drama, it isn’t a great idea to meet new people because you could give them the wrong impression. CANCER: Loose lips sink ships (among other things) when Mercury goes retrograde in Gemini and your privacy zone on Tuesday. Mercury is encouraging you to keep to yourself this week, Cancer. LEO: You’ll find out who your real friends are this week when Mercury goes into retrograde on Tuesday, and it won’t be pretty. VIRGO: Be very careful about what you say at work this week, Virgo. Mercury goes retrograde in Gemini and your career zone on Tuesday, and saying the wrong thing to the wrong person could damage your reputation, causing a possible career setback. LIBRA: This week could bring up a serious existential crisis when Mercury goes retrograde in Gemini on Tuesday. Mercury will be going backward in your expansion zone, making you reexamine your overall philosophy when new information comes to light. SCORPIO: This week begins on an intense note as Mercury goes into retrograde in Gemini on Tuesday. Mercury will be moving backward in your intimacy zone this week, bringing secrets and hidden information to the surface and changing how you see the world, for better or worse. SAGITTARIUS: This isn’t a great week to make deals or sign contracts as Mercury goes retrograde in Gemini and your partnership zone on Tuesday. CAPRICORN: This is a great week to get organized because things could get a little messy once Mercury goes into retrograde in Gemini and your habit zone on Tuesday. AQUARIUS: Your week begins on an unpleasant note when Mercury goes retrograde in Gemini and your pleasure zone on Tuesday. PISCES: This could be a difficult week for you, Pisces. Mercury goes retrograde in Gemini and your home zone on Tuesday. You might feel stuck inside and not be happy about it, especially if you’ve been having issues with certain family members.

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Paying it forward helps to build a better brain

e are all being made much more aware of how we have to exercise our brains to keep them in shape for the long term. Many people do puzzles like crosswords and Sudoku, but I have a suggestion for another means of brain building that will make your life better as well as the lives of others. As a therapist, I am constantly using my brain to create ways to make people’s lives less emotionally taxing and easier. I put a lot of thought into it. This doesn’t mean that more right brain activities like playing music get ignored, but in terms of giving my brain a workout, there is nothing better than real-life problem solving, especially when it’s for other people. When it’s your own stuff, you’re so emotionally involved, it’s hard to get any perspective. And perspective is what you can give to someone else. You don’t have to be a therapist to do this. Listening

to someone else’s problems frees your brain to think of things you wouldn’t be able to come up with for yourself if you were facing something similar. You also get the benefit of putting your experience to use, which strengthens your imagination and thinking ability — and is great mental exercise. And yes, it does help to make you better when it comes to your own problem solving, because getting perspective comes with practice. Helping someone figure out their life is a much more rewarding place to put your energy than anywhere else I could imagine. I know gamers and gamblers will feel differently, as will “Jeopardy” champions Ken

Jennings and Amy Schneider. Even my mother would disagree because she’d probably feel that most people aren’t worth the effort. Unfortunately, a lot of people feel that those who need assistance aren’t worth their time, which is why it’s so important to do more to help others. Did you catch the amazing rappers at the Super Bowl halftime show? It was, as these things are, quite a production. And a big monument to paying it forward, because all of the mega-stars on that stage came from nothing. They all were involved not only in creating a new art form but also in making the lives of others better, each in their own way. Because of where they came from, they understand the value of a hand up versus a handout. I know this because I have been

fortunate to work with some of them. Once you have gotten to a certain place in life, that place where you are wondering what to do next and you have some choices, you may want to try giving back. Engaging with and spending time with others, and helping out where you can, is a gift to yourself as well as them. I promise that it will serve you and your brain function better than whiling away the hours on your computer. Barton Goldsmith, Ph.D., is an award-winning therapist and humanitarian. He is also a columnist, the author of seven books, and a blogger for PsychologyToday.com with nearly 27 million readers. He practices in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles and is available for video sessions. Reach him at barton@ bartongoldsmith.com. His column appears Sundays and Tuesdays in the News-Press.

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An online community conversation will be hosted by 350 Santa Barbara on Thursday at 6 p.m. focused on ramping up climate solutions in the region. A panel of climate activists will lead a discussion of “Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation,” by environmentalist Paul Hawken. “Ending the crisis means that by 2030, collective action by humanity will have reduced total greenhouse gas emissions by 45 to

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50 percent,” said Mr. Hawken in a press release. The book and its website, www.regeneration.org, focus on what people can individually and collectively do to speed up a transition aiming to protect the climate and the viability of ecosystems. “Regeneration puts life at the center of every action and decision. It applies to all of life — grasslands, farms, insects, forests, fish, wetlands, coastlands and oceans — and it applies equally to family, communities, cities, schools, religion, commerce

and governments. And most spectacularly to climate,” according to the website. On April 4, the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) issued its “Sixth Assessment Report: Mitigation of Climate Change.” The report summarizes what is being done and outlines the further steps that the authors feel humanity must take to ensure a stable climate and human survival. “The latest IPCC report is a litany of broken climate promises. Some government and business

leaders are saying one thing, but doing another. They are lying. … It is time to stop burning our planet and start investing in the abundant renewable energy all around us. New IPCC report sets out viable, financially sound options in every sector that can keep the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5° alive,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres in a series of tweets dated April 4. For more information, email the 350 Santa Barbara Steering Committee at 350santabarbara@ gmail.com.

Civic Center Plaza. In addition to a variety of food trucks offering gourmet fare for sale, there will be police demonstrations, music and activities for kids provided by Lompoc Foursquare Church. Residents are encouraged to come out, meet police officers and grab a bite to eat.

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p.m. Attendees will tour the acute hospital and interview with nursing administrators about potential job placements. Those interested can RSVP by contacting Brianna Bonner, the LVMC Nurse Educator, at bonnerb@lompocvmc.com. They can also apply to the residency program at lompocvmc.com.

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LOMPOC — Lompoc Valley Medical Center is holding a luncheon for newly-graduated nurses to promote its New Nurse Residency Program. The free open house is scheduled for Ocean’s Seven Café at the LVMC on June 8 from 11:30 a.m. to 3

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Sturm, will involve short, medium and long distance options for riders of any level. The route will be rugged gravel roads and maybe a bit of singletrack. We recommend you bring a mountain bike, but a gravel bike will do just fine! Stilspoke will als o be providing bikes for use for the experience on a first come, first serve basis,” Miss Fox told the NewsPress. Stilspoke was founded by Mr. Blevins, an Olympian and San Luis Obispo resident, who produced the film “The Long Traverse,” the story of an iconic 80-mile, 11,000-foot ride, which grapples with the realities of forest fires, extraction and sustainable development. According to its website, Stilspoke is a “group of creatives and athletes constantly inspired by the outdoors and the communities around us. Included are filmmakers, photographers, designers, and copywriters, who have a unique understanding of cycling culture and its different communities. “Our team has occupied nearly every corner of the wide-ranging bike world, from Olympic level racing to adventure bike packing and youth riding initiatives. We have the athletic ability to take a story deep into the backcountry, the skills to shoot film via a bicycle and the insight to connect brands with the growing community of bike riders.” The Sage Trail Alliance “promotes trail stewardship and advocates for equitable access to outdoor recreation. Sage partners with businesses, individuals and other organizations to support an alliance of mountain bikers, hikers, trail runners, equestrians and all trail users.

“Recreation is our way of interacting with and appreciating the land. SAGE champions access to outdoor recreation. “By promoting, employing and teaching sustainable trail design and etiquette we reduce the impact recreation has on the natural environment, while helping all appreciate nature.” “Filming ‘The Long Traverse’ really opened my eyes to the role bikes can play in connecting us to the places we ride,” said Mr. Blevins. “After the film was released, I realized I didn’t want that experience to just live in the digital world. So I’m really excited about the chance to introduce people to this region I’ve come to love and bring them along for the learning. “I feel like so many cycling events are structured so that people can escape through the bike, but I really hope this can help people engage through the bike, build a connection to this area, and take some inspiration from that home.” Other participating organizations in the weekend are the Cuyama Beverage Company at the Blue Sky Center, Dillon Osleger of the Sage Trail Alliance and Robbie Jaffe and Steve Gleissman of Condor’s Hope Dry-Farmed Vineyard. A highlight of the weekend will be a community hog roast barbecue dinner beginning at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. “The dinner tickets are included in ‘The Hidden Valley Experience’ package price; however, anyone can attend the barbecue. Tickets can be purchased upon arrival.The roast will be followed by a screening of ‘The Long Traverse,’ which is open to anyone attending the barbecue,” said Miss Fox. email: mmcmahon@newspress.com

“The Hidden Valley Experience” starts at $1,200 for single occupancy and $1,700 double (prices before taxes and fees) for the two-night stay at the Cuyama Buckhorn in New Cuyama.

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SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2022

DID YOU KNOW? Bonnie Donovan

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U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal

Salud, it’s time to get serious

id you know that in California and the County and the City of Santa Barbara, we have serious

UCSB students bicycle on campus as Storke Tower looms in the background. President Joe Biden is considering canceling student loan debt.

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Don’t cancel student loan debt

If President Joe Biden forgives the debt, he will make inflation worse

n May 10, President Joe Biden said that fighting ever-worsening inflation – sitting at 8.3% as of the justreleased April Consumer Price Index report – is his “top domestic priority.” He promised, “All of my plan is focused on lowering costs for the average family in America, to give them just a little bit of breathing room.” If that were true, he would immediately table all discussion of student loan forgiveness. Yet, the Biden administration has not wavered in its commitment to substantially reduce student loan debt for a wide portion of the American public. As of now, President Biden is considering several options, and political pressure continues to mount from Democrats for more extreme measures. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York recently called upon Mr. Biden to cancel $50,000 in student debt for each borrower, exhorting: “Borrowers don’t just need their debts paused, they need them erased.” Actually, what the average

American citizen needs is to be able to pay for The author food and gas is with The again without Heartland taking a massive Institute hit to their wallet. Over the past month, food prices climbed an entire percentage point. Gas prices have hit yet another record high of $4.41 per gallon, having been less than $3 a year ago. So, what would Sen. Schumer’s plan to cancel $50,000 per borrower do? Let’s examine data from the Department of Education’s “Direct Loan Portfolio by Borrower Debt Size.” Cumulatively, the 39.3 million individuals included in the report hold $1.37 trillion in student loan debt as of Q1 2022. If the Biden administration were to reduce the debt by $50,-000 per individual, taking simple averages for the ranges higher than $50,000, it would total a $915 billion overall reduction. Parallel analyses have come to very similar conclusions. A recent publication from the Brookings Institution concludes this would be “among the largest Jack McPherrin

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transfer programs in American history.” Comparing this exorbitant one-time expenditure to the cumulative expenditures of transfer programs over the past 20 years, only three – unemployment insurance, earned income tax credits, and food stamps – have larger totals. And, the difference is fairly negligible. If there is one thing we know

about government transfer programs, it is that they act as massive stimuli for personal consumption expenditures. Each of the two periods since 1945 in which the United States has experienced substantial destabilizing inflation is marked by a precursor of heavy fiscal spending through welfare initiatives. In 1946-1947, inflation hit nearly 20%, largely as a result of FDR’s New Deal and massive government spending on World War II. Spiking inflation throughout the late 1960s and 1970s — though later exacerbated by downward oil supply shocks and transforming into “stagflation” due to bad monetary policy – was chiefly caused by President Lyndon Johnson’s unprecedented “Great Society” welfare policies. For our current episode, we only have to look at the fiscal packages enacted during COVID-19. As The New York Times recently illustrated, about $1.8 trillion in pandemic stimulus money went directly to individuals

and families. When that money reached individual bank accounts in the latter half of 2020 and early 2021, much of it was immediately inserted into the economy. A recent study from the National Bureau of Economic Research found 42% of stimulus benefits went toward consumer spending. Forty-two percent of $1.8 trillion is approximately $750 billion. PCE and the overall inflation rate subsequently skyrocketed, side-by-side. As measured by the Federal Reserve, PCE rose 9% from $15.46 trillion in March of 2021 to $16.8 trillion in March of 2022. It is not a coincidence that inflation rose a nearly identical 8.5% – for the highest annual jump since 1981 – over the same period. There is little doubt that a causal link exists between President Biden’s profligate spending and the rapid inflationary onset. Despite Mr. Biden’s claims to the contrary, even Treasury Secretary Yellen recently admitted that fiscal and monetary stimuli have Please see MCPHERRIN on C4

Trump presidency (and why we miss him)

rom the ride down the Golden Escalator at Trump Tower in New York City on June 16, 2015, to the events of January 6, 2021, it was nearly six years of political fun and furor. PURELY Admit it. POLITICAL Even if you didn’t vote for him (and I did, twice), you miss him. I mean, really miss him. Donald J. Trump, our James Buckley 45th president, duly elected in 2016, took office Jan. 20, 2017, and the following four years of his presidency constituted a political roller coaster ride of historic proportions. His instincts were spot on. His smile was infectious. His indoor tan was … curious. And mostly (except for those tweets), he did everything right. NEWS-PRESS FILE PHOTO

Former President Donald Trump

A CHALLENGE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT

Let’s begin at the beginning: his inaugural address, which offered anything but glad-handing comity. It was dark. Oh, it began lightly enough, with President Trump thanking the various ex-presidents and the chief justice, commenting on how this was in the great tradition of the peaceful transfer of power, etc. But then. “For too long,” he began, “a small group in our nation’s capital has reaped the rewards of government, while the people have borne the cost. Washington flourished,” he continued, “but the people did not share in its wealth. “Politicians prospered,” he admonished, “but the jobs left and the factories closed. The establishment protected itself, but not the citizens of our country… That all changes, starting right here and right now …” It got even darker. “Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities, rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation, an education system flush with cash but which leaves

our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge, and the crime, and the gangs, and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential. This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.” Ouch. You could feel the uneasy tension building in the assembled political bigwigs surrounding the capitol building. He went on: “For many decades, we’ve enriched foreign industry at the expense of American industry, subsidized the armies of other countries while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military. We’ve defended other nations’ borders while refusing to defend our own. And spent trillions and trillions of dollars overseas, while America’s infrastructure has fallen into disrepair and decay. We’ve made other countries rich while the wealth, strength and confidence of our country has dissipated over the horizon. One by one, the factories shuttered and left our shores, with not even

a thought about the millions and millions of American workers that were left behind. The wealth of our middle class has been ripped from their homes and then redistributed all across the world.” “From this day forward,” he promised, “it’s going to be only America first. America first.” And, he kept that promise, though the attacks against him came swiftly from many in that crowd. After all, they were the ones who had benefited so greatly from policies that had indeed impoverished the working class and gutted small cities across the nation as manufacturers and their factories were lured off-shore with tax breaks and benefits so generous it would be stupid not to take advantage of them. Too bad. MANY SUCCESSFUL ACCOMPLISHMENTS Here are a few things you can chalk up as Mr. Trump’s successes in the face of opposition from Please see BUCKLEY on C4

issues? Inflation, gas prices, products not getting to us, school failures, traffic, water shortages, homelessness, overthe-limit of enrollments at UCSB and Santa Barbara City College, drugs and overdoses, and more. But our current congressman, Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, is very concerned about kangaroos in Australia, while the rest of us are extremely worried about the issues affecting Santa Barbara and California. Why should we vote for him? Leave it to the kangaroos and wallabies. Our inflation rate in America was 1.4% in January 2021 and is now at 8.54%. At this rate of inflation growth, we are looking at 10% by December. On Jan. 31, 2021, the average gas price in California was $3.262 per gallon. On April 30, 2022, it was $5.692 and rising. If you can get what you want in the stores, those prices have gone up. Restaurants are starting to increase menu prices with markers, it seems. Our school ratings are the only things going down. What are you doing to protect your constituents’ babies? They aren’t able to find baby formula yet we learn there is a stockpile at the border to give to the mothers crossing with infants. The House minutes from Feb. 5, 2020, record quote Rep. Carbajal saying, “Madam Speaker, today, I rise because there is an epidemic in our country. One hundred Americans die every day from gun violence. We are 25 times more likely to die from guns than people who live in comparable nations.” We went to www.pewresearch.org to see what the data says about gun deaths in the U.S. In 2020 last year, with firm numbers, about 45,000 people were killed by guns, and more than half were suicides. That is to be deplored. Rep. Carbajal describes death by gun as an epidemic. Yet he completely ignores the tragedies of more than 100,000 people now being killed a year by the importation of illegal drugs across our open borders. Salud, that is 274 deaths per day, or 2.74 times the deaths from guns. And the numbers were up by 29.6% year over year in 2020. (Source: NCDAS.) Is that not an epidemic for you to address? Did you know that there were almost one million people killed by drugs in America since 1999? And, the national overdose death rate increased by 255.74% between 2000 and 2019? (Source: NCDAS.) The latest NCDAS data Please see DONOVAN on C4

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Endless possibilities of Death Roe!

ecently, the News-Press ran a story having to do with abortion — and the impending repeal of Roe v. Wade — from the perspective of James Kyriaco, a member of the Goleta City Council (“Different possibilities,” May 7). Mr. Kyriaco explained he didn’t spend “a lot of time Andy Caldwell thinking about life in terms of its possibilities” in his 20s. And shortly after a tumultuous relationship ended, he learned his former partner was pregnant. He relived the onslaught of emotions he felt — scared, trapped, uncertain — and carefully described the shame his ex-girlfriend kept internalized from a previous abortion. Mr. Kyriaco prepared to support his former partner, however that might look. Ultimately, she made the decision to have an abortion. He drove to the nearest Planned Parenthood and waited outside, warily keeping an eye on a “lonely protester carrying a grotesque sign.” His key takeaway? “Abortion allows for new possibilities. Different possibilities.” Mr. Kyriaco, who invited a dialogue on this subject, believes that men should speak up about their experiences with abortion, including how they benefitted and the role they played. When I was a teen, someone close to me became pregnant. Even though this was “not my baby,” I felt some of the same emotions as did Mr. Kyriaco and thought this person should consider an abortion. This had to do with the fact that I was scared and embarrassed, and I wanted what seemed to be the easy way out of a tough situation. Thankfully, my selfish advice was ignored. As I grew older, I realized that the “easy fix” would have resulted in a hole in my soul that could only be ignored to the degree that I could manage to harden my heart to dull the shame and guilt of such a decision. Mr. Kyriaco and his former partner’s feelings of being scared, trapped and uncertain were certainly reasonable and natural emotions. However, the shame his exgirlfriend internalized was also an authentic emotion rooted in one of the most basic indicators of something American society discarded decades ago — a conscience; not to mention one of the most powerful forces on earth, maternal instinct. Hence, abortion, the proverbial “right to choose,” goes against the nature of

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every fiber in a woman’s heart, mind, soul and spirit, having been overridden by something terrible in its essence: the tyranny of selfishness aided by a futile attempt of living in denial. Moreover, Mr. Kyriaco’s bravery to take his former partner to Planned Parenthood, “to wait outside and protect her from a protestor carrying a grotesque sign” was an abrogation of paternal instinct, best defined as “the instinctual bond which develops between a father and his child throughout pregnancy and the life of that child.” That is, the grotesque act that Mr. Kyriaco should have been concerned about was the dismemberment and disposal of his own offspring in the name of “new and different possibilities.” President Bill Clinton once famously stated that abortion should be safe, rare and legal. Safe? Unfortunately, it is never safe for the baby or parental instincts to have an abortion. Rare? Abortion is not rare in that 60 million aborted Americans never had the opportunity to meet the two people who should have instinctively done everything humanly possible to protect their innocent life. Legal? Well, that is a slippery slope indeed as California and other states are now considering legislation that will hold harmless anyone involved in the death of a 28-day-old child who managed to see the light of day, even in instances of malign neglect, read that murder Anyone with a conscience knows this effort to legalize infanticide is pure evil. Anyone who will speak up, that is. Andy Caldwell is the COLAB executive director and host of “The Andy Caldwell Show,” airing 3 to 5 p.m. weekdays on KZSB AM 1290, the NewsPress radio station.

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Start insisting on peace

James Kyriaco

Christy Lozano

Dr. Brad Allen

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The Santa Barbara News-Press has announced its first round of endorsements for the June 7 primary. The News-Press is supporting: • Mike Stoker in the race for the 37th Assembly District. • Bill Brown for Santa Barbara County sheriff. • Christy Lozano for superintendent of Santa Barbara County schools. • Dr. Brad Allen for the 24th Congressional District.

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This Memorial Day, I will be thinking of the Ukrainians and Russians dying in the war between their countries, the hunger that food prices due to the war is causing and the many corporations that are making record profits because of the war. It is understood that Memorial Day is for memorializing U.S. military who have died while serving in our military. But I think it is time to expand it to memorialize all those who suffer or die in wars There are no winners in war. The allies thought they won the first World War, so they slapped extreme sanctions on the “losers” and that so shamed the Germans that they supported a racist sociopath who brought more war, more suffering and more deaths. Experts are expecting that the war will continue nearly indefinitely as long as the U.S.A. and NATO are sending billions of dollars in weapons and aid to help Ukraine hold Russia in a deadly and costly stalemate. Vladimir Putin cannot lose but has signaled a willingness to negotiate several times. Volodymyr Zelinsky has changed his goals as far as negotiations are concerned, and as long as the U.S.A. and NATO continue to send ever more deadly and costly weapons and money to Ukraine, he insists he will win the war and gain territory from Russia. Countries that depend on wheat from Ukraine and Russia are already experiencing famine. Refugees are overwhelming the hospitality of host nations. U.S. weapons and petroleum companies are reaping record profits while consumers suffer from inflation. Mr. Putin has placed Russia’s nuclear weapons on high alert and may eventually use them if the West continues to prolong the war with shipments of weapons and money. Some have wondered why the largest country in the world with nearly half of the world’s nuclear weapons would fear hostility or invasion from NATO or the West. The French invaded Russia in 1812 under the command of Napoleon through Ukraine and Belarus and killed 50,000 Russians (at the time the population was 40 million). The Germans invaded Russia in 1941 through Ukraine and killed 27 million Russians (population 196 million). These are the two leading members of the EU and NATO (beside the U.S.A.). Why would Sweden’s neutrality be a concern for Russia? In the 18th century, Sweden invaded Russia killing many thousands of Russians. Like all the invasions, Russia persisted and eventually won despite the heavy cost. There is no excuse for war, not this time nor in the past. As a disabled combat veteran of the Vietnam War , I can attest to that. As a veteran for peace, I can see that there will be no peace until we cease feeding the fire and insist that both Mr. Putin and Mr. Zelinsky negotiate in good faith. That means compromise. Disputed territories should be autonomous and democratic. That

is something that both parties already agree to in the Minsk Protocol. Ukraine should be neutral and non-aligned like Sweden has been since it lost the war to Russia. NATO should have been dismantled when the U.S.S.R. was. That was the understanding back then. Peace is possible. Stop cheering for war and start insisting on peace. Rowland Lane Anderson Santa Barbara Editor’s note: The writer noted he’s a lifetime member of Veterans for Peace, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, Vietnam Veterans of America and VVAW.

Sheriff Brown is knowledgeable

Sheriff Brown is professorial, knowledgeable Watching the sheriff debate the other night, Lauren and I came to the same conclusion. Bill Brown was thoughtful, professorial, calm, extremely articulate and knowledgeable. He had the facts at his command and offered insightful and smart responses. His experience advantage was incredibly evident throughout the forum. The office of sheriff is a complex challenge. Juan Camarena, his challenger, a SWAT team member and exMarine was tedious, bureaucratic and, throughout the debate, extremely ill at ease. His “go-to” answer was always “let’s have a community committee on that.” His answers were circular and redundant to the point of “banging our heads at how many times he would repeat the same thing.” Juan is many levels below in rank, but even more levels below in the kind of human being one wants as a sheriff. Having a public dashboard in a stakeout is an absolutely ludicrous idea. In essence, we think our District Attorney Joyce Dudley summed it up best: “Sheriff Bill Brown is the only qualified candidate.” Kenneth Berris Santa Barbara

Re-elect Sheriff Brown

Santa Barbara County Deputy Sheriff Lt. Juan Camarena is running to be elected Santa Barbara County sheriff. He has 23 years in the Sheriff’s Office, including as a deputy, narcotics detective, patrol supervisor at the Carpinteria Sheriff’s Station and the Santa Maria Sheriff’s Station, a human resources sergeant, a human resources lieutenant, a station commander for the Isla Vista Foot Patrol. Now he manages the Criminal Investigation Bureau, is the SWAT team manager and serves on the department’s technology committee. He has a bachelor’s in public administration and a masters in communications. His major endorsements are by local organized associations such as the Santa Barbara County Deputy Sheriffs Association, Santa Barbara County Firefighters Association, Tri County Research Association, Laborer’s International Union local 2220, the Santa Barbara Police Union Association, a former sheriff and a number of local council members.

All these endorsements are stating that they believe that Lt. Camarena has sufficient background and experience in decision making, financial, operation, control, and deployment of the 51 divisions in the four commands, which includes the Sheriff’s Office. Support Services, Custody Operations North and South, Law Enforcement, judicial and court operations, and 800 or so personnel. I truly believe Lt. Camarena is an asset to our community and to the Sheriff’s organization but is lacking in experience and education for the duties and responsibility of the Sheriff. There are four rank grades above him. Re-elect Sheriff Bill Brown. Does the former sheriff really believe that Sheriff Brown could be replaced by a lieutenant? I would review the value of endorsements when they endorse other issues, Re-elect Sheriff Bill Brown. William R Gilbert Goleta

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Customers shopping for infant formula at a CVS Pharmacy store in Santa Barbara were limited to a maximum of three units per customer.

Americans last

Once again President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party has shown their true colors. Put Americans last. This time their targets are newborns and babies, the weakest among us. How? There is a baby formula issue rocking America. Families are having a hard time getting baby formula. Moms are searching severals states for baby formula, and many are frantically looking on social media. In the meantime, stores like Target, Walmart, CVS and Walgreens are limiting how much a person can buy. The retail data firm Datasembly shows 40-50% of major formula brands were sold out in 26 states. And most infuriating, it has been revealed that immigrants/ illegals are getting baby formula before American families. President Biden and company are shipping pallets of baby formula to migrant holding facilities before Americans. As a grandmother of a 6-month-old baby boy, I am very upset over this. Why does Mr. Biden put Americans last, and does his hatred of America have no limits? Diana Thorn Carpinteria

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Less oil production spells more inflation

ear Squawk Box of CNBC, There either is, or should be, a saying that “investors never rest,” so even on my vacation I will not be able to rest until I send this. I am amazed that not one member of the CNBC panel on inflation mentioned the impact of the decreased oil and gas production in the U.S. It is not only the Ukraine war. Inflation began in March 2021, a full year before the Russian invasion. In addition, the U.S. does not import either energy or food from Ukraine. The increased spending by the White House has contributed to the debt level as has the wage increases during COVID. But the primary reason is the supply of energy does not meet the demand. It is cumulative as every part of the supply chain adds their increase in energy costs to their sales price as do the transportation companies such as FedEx and the airlines. This will get worse, much worse, as the producer price index being substantially higher than the consumer price index indicates. What will happen when we enter the driving season begins or China reopens or Europe reduces the supply from Russia? The Federal Reserve cannot address the supply side of energy: period. All it can do is spank consumers by making them unable to afford energyrelated costs so the demand goes down. Since no reputable economist would ever say “let’s ignore the past,” when Austan Goolsby said, “We should not look back to March of 2021 for when inflation began” since it destroyed his assertions that the increase in energy costs began because of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine or the end of COVID. So he must not have been speaking from his position as an economics professor at Northwestern, but as a member of the White House from his time as head of the Council of Economic Advisors during the Obama-Biden years. This would be quite a tale to tell his students. Of course, the panel of “experts” did not, and could not, offer any solutions since for whatever reason they were unwilling to even mention energy costs except to differentiate between industrial, where the costs are greatly up, and services, where they are just starting to go up. What a surprise — the providers of services are, after all, people, and as such are consumers whose own costs are rising. Yet none of them addressed this? Was it because the only answer was energy? It feels like Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Emperor Wore No Clothes” in that everyone knows the situation but is afraid to say it. Perhaps they Please see ZEPKE on C4

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The hunting of Texas campus conservative

ost graduating college seniors in America are in high spirits this month as they prepare for cap-and-gown ceremonies and extended family celebrations. But for Kelly Neidert, a firebrand campus conservative and marketing major at the University of North Texas in Denton, commencement is no ordinary rite of passage filled with joy and laughter. Having faced escalating threats and intimidation from a profane and godless student mob of intolerant liberals over the past two years, Kelly told me she is “hesitant” to receive her diploma on May 13. A woke vigilante, caught on security camera video, stalked her offcampus apartment Michelle Malkin and spraypainted the phrase “Stay home Nazi (expletive deleted)” on her door. After a Daily Beast hit piece against her and her conservative twin brother, “leftists started trying to go after my parents. One leftist Twitter account posted a satellite image of my parent’s house, while others tried to get them fired.” A Change.org petition signed by more than 20,000 loons has called on the university to expel Kelly for her campus activism. On Monday, Kelly was notified by Twitter that her account had been locked for violating “community standards” against violence and hatred. The only violence in her tweets was the violence and hatred of

her enemies. “I had a TikTok dedicated to exposing what goes on at my university and that was banned at 65,000 followers. Meanwhile, leftist students and the local antifa cell will show up to events with instruments, air horns, megaphones, etc., literally drowning out my speaking.” “If I do walk for graduation,” Kelly told me. “I will require a private security team to ensure that I am safe.” The 22-year-old Denison, Texas, native transferred to UNT in from a small conservative Baptist college in 2019. It was a “huge culture shock,” she recounted on Monday. “When I saw how far left the UNT campus was, I was honestly shocked. At that point I knew that there needed to be a conservative presence on campus.” And boy, did she establish a presence. Kelly revived a local chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas, which broke off from the establishment-run Young Americans for Freedom decades ago. This caused literal satanic witches to cast a “hex” on the new group with “intentions of misfortune.” Instead of holding stodgy, insular meetings conducted in hushed tones debating arcane tax law with wannabe GOP swamp creatures who look down their noses at rabble-rousing, grassroots activists, Kelly put herself on the frontlines of the campus culture wars. Armed with a megaphone, MAGA hat and the armor of God, Kelly shouted from the rooftops in opposition to COVID-19 lockdowns; held a Bible verse Easter egg hunt that triggered anti-Christian vitriol online and in real life; and upheld true

ideological diversity on campus by bringing prominent dissidents to speak. In February, she invited Jeff Younger, the Texas Army vet and father who made international headlines battling his ex-wife in court over her plans to turn their 7-year-old son into a girl, for a campus event. Mr. Younger, who vows to ban transgender sexual abuse of children in the school and courts, will be on the May primary runoff ballot for a statehouse seat. Hysterical tantrum-throwers shut down the event and forced Ms. Neidert to retreat to a janitor’s closet. The same allergic reaction to free speech and alternative thought was repeated again recently when Ms. Neidert invited conservative Christian family activist Tracy Shannon to warn about the alphabet mafia’s trans therapy coercion techniques. “I had to hire security for myself and my activist partner for the event because I have zero confidence in the university protecting free speech on campus,” Ms. Shannon told me. “The university denied YCT a room for the event, the first time in history a room was denied for safety concerns.” I reached out to University of North Texas president Neal Smatresk multiple times seeking comment. No response. I reached out to Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott, a selfstyled champion of free speech, online and by phone as well. Zip. Nada. Zilch. Do University of North Texas alumni and donors give a damn about the witch hunt against this brave gal? Will any adults in Texas step up to the plate? Hello? “Capitulationist Republicans are the

biggest enemy to Christian conservatives who stand up to the woke mob,” Kelly told me. “They fight for the left, but the left will absolutely never fight for them. When these capitulationist Republicans publicly denounce us, the left feels even more justified in their attacks against us.” I know exactly of what she speaks, having endured and exposed it for 30 years. “My story has been in the news cycle on and off since July of 2020,” she points out, “but Greg Abbott has never once spoken about it or publicly supported me. My message to Abbott is to stop talking and actually do something about it. I am hopeful that Twitter will be more fair about free speech since Elon Musk is taking over.” Pretty pathetic state of affairs, isn’t it, when the multibillion-dollar funded “conservative movement” over the past 30 years outsources its job to a foreign tech mogul who has only recently awakened to woke tyranny? Ms. Neidert refuses to back down. After graduation, she will lead a new grassroots group, Protect Texas Kids, to “help combat the indoctrination in K-12 schools.” Her website is protecttxkids.org. Her simple advice to future conservative activists: “Raise hell.” Michelle Malkin’s email address is michellemalkinInvestigates@protonmail. com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators. com. Copyright 2022 by Creators.com.

Prime Minister Johnson’s power base weakening

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complex withdrawal accords with the Eurocrats in Brussels, only to face rejection three times in Parliament, including in her own party. Finally, Good Citizen May was replaced by Bombastic Boris Johnson, who rushed through general leave-Europe legislation, postponing details. The eventual cost includes renewed violence in

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“The United Kingdom (Britain plus Northern Ireland) has a complex tapestry of local authorities,” columnist Arthur I. Cyr noted.

Northern Ireland, but Britain left the EU. On May 2, 2019, local government elections in England and Northern Ireland saw losses for both Conservatives and Labour. Liberal Democrats and

Greens made notable gains. In 2020, the pandemic postponed local elections. In 2021, the Scottish National Party made significant gains, along with the Greens and Liberal Democrats. Professor John Curtice of Strathclyde University in Scotland is insightful and influential. His analysis for the BBC notes the Liberal Democrats’ success. Significant numbers of people back the Liberal Democrats precisely because they are not part of the traditional Conservative/ Labour establishment. Many such partisans viewed joining Conservatives in coalition government 2010-2015 as a form of treason, and the Liberal Democrats consequently suffered severe reversals at the polls. Today as in the past, Britain combines intense partisanship with stability. Decades ago, Professor Samuel H. Beer provided durable analysis. His approach accommodates the decline of two-party dominance. Meanwhile, Northern Ireland looms. To learn more, see Samuel H. Beer’s “British Politics in the Collectivist Age” Arthur I. Cyr is author of “After the Cold War - American Foreign Policy, Europe and Asia” (NYU Press and Palgrave/Macmillan). He is also the director of the Clausen Center at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisc., and a Clausen Distinguished Professor. He welcomes questions and comments at acyr@carthage.edu.

Biden wages cold war against all U.S. citizens Last June, the Biden administration unveiled its “National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism.” Despite its anodyne-sounding name, the “National Strategy” was anything but anodyne. The pamphlet represented the logical culmination of the Left’s cynical use of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot as a means of ginning up largescale, nationwide anti-Republican/ anti-Trump voter sentiment. The result, evinced again by Attorney General Merrick Garland’s disgraceful October 2021 memo directing the FBI to intrude on local school board meetings and crack down on anti-critical race theory parental revolts, has been a roiling cold war waged by the ruling class against us “deplorables” and our political “wrong-think.” Now, seven months after Mr. Garland’s infamous Oct. 4 memo, the better question to ask is not whether President Joe Biden is engaged in a cold war merely against the “deplorables.” We know the answer to that: yes. Instead, the more relevant question is whether the Biden administration is now engaged in a cold war against a broader target: the entire American citizenry. The answer to that question, based on all relevant data and metrics, seems to be the same: yes. Let’s review.

Most obvious and perhaps most industrial policy measures needed important, inflation — which the to immediately revamp domestic Federal Reserve finally recently production. On the contrary, conceded is not “transitory” but Biden’s priorities are completely here to stay for a while — is now backward. the highest it has been Amidst unprecedented in four decades. The — and potentially lethal — Consumer Price Index shortages in baby formula, increased 8.3% in April he has not acted swiftly to on an annualized basis either invoke the Defense -- slightly lower than Production Act to ramp up March’s 8.5% clip, but domestic production (after still painfully above the his own FDA shut down a Fed’s 2% target. baby formula production Josh Hammer President Biden facility) or temporarily has recently declared lift the import tariffs that fighting inflation to have helped cartelize the be his top domestic priority, but domestic baby formula market. he shows no appetite for curbing At the same time, Mr. Biden has the mass inflationary deficit openly mused about ending the spending that has characterized Trump administration’s signature his presidency. Nor has Mr. Biden tariffs on China. But all that would communicated to Fed Chair accomplish is make the median Jerome Powell that he is prepared American consumer even more to accommodate the drastic dependent on our geopolitical interest rate hikes that are now arch-foe. necessary to bring inflation back Fed-driven monetary policy under control. aside, the way to fight inflation President Biden is also on the fiscal side is to accelerate looking to “fight” inflation — production — not to fortify China’s a de facto regressive tax that cheap-labor sword of Damocles eats away everyone’s savings, that dangles over the American but hits lower- and middle-class economy. earners the hardest — in all the Perhaps most revealing, as wrong places. The traditional reported by the Washington economic definition of inflation Examiner, U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack, is too much money chasing too R-Florida, tweeted photos few goods, but Democrats seem appearing to show “(s)helves and wholly uninterested in working pallets packed with baby formula” with Republicans on the sort of at holding facilities for illegal

aliens. This, of course, is while actual U.S. citizen parents are frantically scrambling from store to store to ensure their babies don’t starve. Translation: Illegal aliens rule the roost. But it’s not just the openborders/pro-illegal alien lobby that plays our ruling class like a fiddle; it’s also the zealots in the environmentalist movement. During the same week that nearly 30 states are reporting all-time highs for average gas price at the pump, the Biden administration has canceled offshore oil and natural gas leases in both Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico. But Biden has simultaneously admitted that energy accounts for a whopping 60% of the inflation Americans are now experiencing. Higher fuel prices for trucks and tractors, after all, trickle down and affect all goods and foodstuffs farmed and shipped. Amidst this carnage to Americans’ savings and retirement accounts, it is unfathomable for the administration to further restrict domestic energy production. The only effect of such restrictions, intended to appease the greenie and Malthusian radicals who increasingly dominate the Democratic donor base, is to make Americans even more energy-dependent on such human rights bastions as Venezuela

and Saudi Arabia. Our ruling class, full of virtue-signaling electric car owners, no doubt sleeps well at night as normal gasoline-dependent Americans get annihilated at the pump. Meanwhile, Congress is racing to pass an emergency $40 billion appropriation in aid to Ukraine, a faraway land now roiling in its fourth calendar month of a crippling humanitarian crisis but hardly a pressing domestic concern. Post-Maidan Revolution Ukraine is a well-known playground for venal slush funds and parochial NGO interests, but that apparently did not give the U.S. House any pause in reviewing the legislation to minimize any gratuitous pork; it rapidly passed Congress’ lower chamber by a lopsided tally of 368-57. The situation in Ukraine is tragic. But so is the situation at the porous U.S.-Mexico border, which has been completely overrun in recent months by transnational drug cartel-trafficked illegal migrants. Those migrants and cartels are incentivized to make and orchestrate the hazardous journey north due to the Biden administration’s various amnesty magnets, such as its return of Obama-era “catch-and-release” policy for illegal aliens in the U.S. interior. Please see HAMMER on C4

John Stossel

Organic nonsense

ctivists have convinced Americans that “organic” food is better -- healthier, better-tasting, life-extending. As a result, poor parents feel guilty if they can’t afford to pay $7 for organic eggs. This misinformation is spread by people like Alexis Baden-Mayer, political director of the Organic Consumers Association. She says organic food is clearly better: “The nutrition is a huge difference.” But it isn’t. Studies find little difference. If you still want to pay more for what’s called “organic,” that’s your right. But what’s outrageous is that this group of scientifically illiterate people convinced the government to force all of us to pay more. Congress has ruled that GMOs (genetically modified food) must be labeled. Busybodies from both parties supported the idea. Politicians like U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., said, “It doesn’t cost any more. This idea that ... this ... will raise food prices is ridiculous.” It’s Rep. McGovern who is ridiculous. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the GMO labeling will cost from $598 million to $3.5 billion. “But the public wants GMOs labeled,” say advocates. “Surveys show that.” Of course they do. Ask people if DNA in food should be labeled, and most say yes. Yet DNA is in everything. Polling is a stupid way to make policy. The idea of modifying a plant’s DNA may sound creepy, but people have cross-bred plants and animals for years. “The corn we have today. There’s nothing natural about that,” I say to Ms. Baden-Mayer in my new video. “What native people ate, we’d find inedible.” Ms. Baden-Mayer laughs at that. “You’re saying indigenous corn is somehow inferior because you’ve seen it dried and it has tiny little kernels?” she asks. “Yes,” I reply. I’ve tried to eat it. “That’s another myth of the industry,” she responds. “People like you believe that.” I sure do. I also believe it’s good that genetic modification Please see STOSSEL on C4

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Biden should rescind moratorium MCPHERRIN

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substantially contributed to inflationary pressure. Now, President Biden wants to double-down by giving nearly 40 million Americans more “free” money. The difference between COVID-19 payments and debt cancellation, however, is the heterogeneity of the recipients. The aforementioned NBER study found that 31% of transfer payments went towards debt payments, because many liquiditystrained households were underwater with bills. One of the striking aspects about student loan forgiveness is that it benefits those in highand middle-income brackets. College-educated individuals are significantly more likely to have higher incomes and are able to pay their bills without needing to be subsidized.

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates 30% of a widespread debt cancellation would go toward the highest income quintile, with only 5% going to those at the bottom. Similarly, well-off individuals have gained the most from the ongoing payment pause during the pandemic. Due to the pause alone, a typical new doctor will have averaged $60,000 in debt forgiveness by Aug. 31 — the current end of the moratorium— while a new lawyer will have received $37,000. So when households have their student debt slates wiped clean, and don’t have other debts to pay, where will that money go? Some will be saved, yes. But just as much if not more will flood into the economy, further devaluing the dollar. A spending shock of hundreds of billions of dollars is not what the economy needs. Moreover, such a move would permanently adjust household spending habits, sustaining their

spending over a longer period and potentially exacerbating the elapsed inflationary period. Frankly, President Biden should move in the opposite direction and rescind the moratorium on payments. If all 40 million borrowers had to pay their average of $300 per month once again, it would reduce economic activity by $12 billion a month, limit spending habits, and perhaps even cause a small decrease in inflation over time. Moreover, it would prevent further disincentivizing of labor. Not to mention it would uphold the sanctity of contracts, which is fundamental to maintaining social and economic trust. Yet, President Biden will not do this because he is desperate for political support. Mr. Biden has paused payments until just before the midterm elections by design, at the urging of many Democrat incumbents whose seats are vulnerable. President Biden is worried

about his own popularity, too, with an approval rating at record lows. He is especially unpopular with young and college-educated voters: the very individuals who would stand to benefit most from his student loan cancellation scheme. Inflation affects every American citizen. Only 13% of the population holds student loans. By committing to any debt cancellation, President Biden will be subordinating the needs of every American citizen — not to mention the entire macroeconomy — to cater to a small subsection of the American public whose vote he is courting. That’s not the mark of a leader. It’s the mark of a weak political animal, who is driving our economy and our country into the ground with every passing day. Jack McPherrin (jmcpherrin@ heartland.org) is research editor at The Heartland Institute. This commentary was provided by The Center Square.

Trump accomplished a lot in one term BUCKLEY

Continued from Page C1 nearly every Washington, D.C. power center, including his own Republican Party: — Walked hand in hand across the DMZ (De-Militarized Zone) between North and South Korea with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. — Finally moved the U.S. embassy to Israel’s capital city: Jerusalem. — Negotiated the Abraham Accords, which normalized relations between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. — Enacted economic policies that produced the lowest unemployment rate (3.5%) in 50 years and not only the lowest unemployment rate ever for black, Hispanic, and Asian Americans, but also the lowest poverty rate on record. — Halted caravans of people heading for the U.S. southern border and stemmed the flow of

illegal entry. — Managed to install three (count ‘em, three!) conservative justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. — Replaced the job-stealing NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) with USMCA (U.S. Mexico-Canada Agreement). — Made the case that China was “eating our lunch” and that its WTO (World Trade Organization) designation as a “developing” nation was allowing the Chinese Communist Party to take trade advantage of the United States. President Trump – despite the delusional but well-organized campaign led by Hillary Clinton and her enablers to convince the public that Mr. Trump had “colluded” with Russia to steal the 2016 election and would do Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bidding – repeatedly suggested that it would be a good idea to get along with Russia. — As soon as it became clear that COVID-19 was going to be a substantial risk to the U.S. population, he launched

Operation Warp Speed to support efforts of various medical entities to create a vaccine to defeat the virus. — Fostered policies that led – finally – to U.S. energy independence. — Created the Space Force; encouraged creation of more Opportunity Zones in rundown city neighborhoods; insisted on using only Made in America items in all U.S. government projects; encouraged businesses to return manufacturing to these shores, and generally broadcast an upbeat assessment of American labor, management, and expertise. No one knows for sure how a President Trump would have handled the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the stock market collapse, the $100-plus cost of a barrel of oil, the recurrences of COVID-19 variants, the overturning of Roe v. Wade (if it happens), an inflationary spiral, a possible recession, the interest rate surge, or any number of emergency situations that may arise. But it seems pretty obvious

that a majority of Americans are now in a position to state that they believe President Trump would be a better choice to face and deal with whatever occurred. Unfortunately, we’ve replaced the pugnacious but optimistic “Happy Warrior” Donald J. Trump (with apologies to the late Hubert H. Humphrey) with dour, sour and cognitively impaired Joe Biden — a truculent, pessimistic and hopelessly inarticulate man who seems out of place not only in the White House but wherever he appears in public. Unfortunately, his replacement, Vice President Kamala Harris, is so odious, so incompetent, so inauthentic, that no one wants to see Sad Sack Joe leave office before his time. All I can say is that November 2024 can’t come soon enough. James Buckley is a longtime Montecito resident. He welcomes questions or comments at jimb@ substack.com. Readers are invited to visit jimb.substack.com, where Jim’s Journals are on file. He also invites people to subscribe to Jim’s Journal.

Open border is a threat to U.S. security DONOVAN

Continued from Page C1 shows that California has not only the greatest number of homeless people in America, but also has the greatest number of drug overdose deaths. We receive our Community Crime Update each morning. There is a dead body found at least once a week in our community. They were using drugs every day, they were also mentally ill, physically sick, or even cared for. Mr. Carbajal, maybe you should sign up for this daily emailed report to stay informed? Did You Know? will send you one. If a foreign government condoned, through negligence, the killing of 100,000 Americans a year with guns, Congress would be demanding military actions against that state. What we do have is the killing weapon of drugs, being imported mainly from Mexico across our open borders that are left unguarded by your administration. We think that 274 deaths a day from drugs that are increasing at such a rapid rate, warrants your attention, more than following the political playbook on guns. Fentanyl is imported, almost

exclusively, from China, our political enemy. The pillmaking presses to mold drugs into prescription-like pills are exported from China. Most of the death-causing drugs and ingredients are exported to America from the Drug Cartels in Mexico. There are several routes for illegal drugs to enter America. The easiest route is across the southern border because the current open-border policies have overwhelmed our border security. Current California laws are now so lax, or not enforced by local attorneys general, that many cities and towns have open drug markets. Everyone, including the wholesale and retail drug traffickers and street dealers, know that fentanyl is a poison. They know they are selling death to their customers. Yet, when people are killed by ingesting it, no traffickers, nor dealers are ever charged with homicide by a deadly substance. In this last year, the number of illegal-drug deaths was greater than the total number of Americans killed by terrorists, since 2001. Yet, we fought a 20year war in Afghanistan, against terrorism expending billions of dollars in national resources, that

Cure’s in ballot box HAMMER

Continued from Page C3 Translation: Ukraine’s border with Russia matters more than America’s own border with Mexico. It is difficult to recall the last time a U.S. president persistently acted in a manner so contrary to the interests of the median citizen to whom that president purportedly took a constitutional oath to protect and defend. Fortunately, Biden’s historically low approval ratings hint at a ballot box remedy for our national woes, A red wave beckons this fall. To find out more about Josh Hammer and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com. Copyright 2022 by Creators.com.

ended ignominiously. Mr. Carbajal, do you think that a death by gun is more important than death by illegal drugs? You say guns kill an average of 100 a day, but drugs kill an average of 274 a day and the number is accelerating. When we look at the other issues facing us in California, we have to ask in the order of our priorities, why future water supplies, are not front and center burning issues? Climate Change, global warming all point to declining water sources for California. All American Western States are facing continuous and extended drought conditions. This is a dire warning of the “Great Thirst” to come. Arizona is about to face the West’s first major water crisis. Under the first-ever federally-declared water cuts, Arizona will lose 20% of its water supplies from the Colorado River. California gets 15% of its total surface water, annually, from the same river. But, remember, seven U.S. states and northern Mexico all draw water from the Colorado River. In addition, the largest reservoirs supplying these regions have reached their lowest levels in history The total annual demand and legal claims on the Colorado River

water are 1.4 trillion gallons more than actually exists to be taken. That deficiency would supply 20 million people. The accelerating water crisis for California is there to be seen. Yet California state and local governments are focused on business-as-usual topics such as encouraging population growth through massive increases in housing mandates and $105 billion in the funding of a bullet train that no more than 2% of the population will use. We need an integrated, statewide, solution to guarantee the supply of drinking water for Californians over the next 100 years. All of our natural sources of water are either drying up or depleting at non-replenishment rates. Mr. Carbajal, where is your concern about water for people and agriculture in Santa Barbara County and California? Where are your actions at federal and state levels to bring solutions to this impending crisis? We are still waiting for a reply to our email. Bonnie Donovan writes the “Did You Know?” column in conjunction with a bipartisan group of local citizens. It appears Sundays in the Voices section.

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Only the White House can reduce inflation

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Continued from Page C2 are following the more recent version entitled “The Emperor Wears No Clothes,” which is based on the fantasy world of marijuana. The White House recognizes the underlying problem as it has tried to encourage other countries to accept more U.S. taxpayers’ dollars by increasing their production of energy, including Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Iran (who will not even talk to us). No one even mentions Canada any more. Why? Nor any of the costs or environmental issues in shipping oil over oceans. Why? The White House, and only the White House, can reduce inflation by increasing drilling and pipelines. Why is no one mentioning the amazing promise by President Joe Biden to increase energy

costs to force the death of fossil fuels? As the saying goes “we will never cure the problem until we identify it,” to which I would add “or admit it.” At this point the optimal advice seems to be to prepare for this to continue until either a crisis for an election forces changes. Now I can try to shift to things I can control, such as putting on the clothes for exercise and pool time. Brent E. Zepke is an attorney, arbitrator and author who lives in Santa Barbara. Formerly he taught at six universities and numerous professional conferences. He is the author of six books: “One Heart-Two Lives,” “Legal Guide to Human Resources,” “Business Statistics,” “Labor Law,” “Products and the Consumer” and “Law for NonLawyers.”

Genetically modified rice could save people STOSSEL

Continued from Page C3 lets us alter nature more precisely, gene by gene. That’s better and safer than the more haphazard crossbreeding that’s been done for years. This new precision lets scientists make plants that save lives. In poor parts of the world, half a million people per year go blind due to lack of vitamin A in their diets. Many die. Scientists have created a new genetically modified rice that contains vitamin A. This “golden rice” could save those people. “I’ve heard of golden rice,” sneers Ms. Baden-Mayer. “That was a project that all of the chemical companies invested in.” I sneer right back. “Golden rice hasn’t succeeded partly because scientifically ignorant fools like you convinced the world that it’s harmful!” “I knew at a certain point you would resort to name-calling,” she replies. “But it doesn’t change the science on this.” Sadly, in some countries, people listen to advocates like her and believe that Americans want to poison them. One group of GMO fearful protesters invaded a golden rice field in the Philippines, ripping up all the plants. Thousands will die or go blind, needlessly, because the organic cult spreads misinformation. At least educated skeptics now understand that they were wrong about GMOs. The New York Times points out that many “quietly walked back their opposition” to

GMOs. “The science is clear,” says a former opponent in The Wall Street Journal. “They’re perfectly safe.” The Philippines recently approved golden rice. But the hardcore zealots will never be convinced. Ms. Baden-Mayer claims GMOs cause cancer. “We’re using more GMOs than ever,” I point out. “There’s less cancer now. Life spans keep increasing.” “Compared to when, 100 years ago?” she scoffs. Absolutely, yes. We live about 25 years longer than Americans did 100 years ago. Even compared to 10 or 20 years ago, we live longer. The National Academy of Sciences calls GMOs safe. So do the World Health Organization, the American Medical Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Food and Drug Administration and the USDA. But no amount of science will convince people like Ms. BadenMayer. “The GMO issue just has not been investigated enough,” she says. Organic promoters are wrong on the costs and wrong on the science. Sadly, they’ve won the battle of public opinion. John Stossel is creator of Stossel TV and author of “Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators. com.

Let’s respect the flag

ome people call me “Old Glory.” Others call me the “Star Spangled Banner.” But whatever you call me, I am your flag — the flag of the United States of America. I remember Anita Dwyer some time ago, people lined up The author on both sides lives in of the street to Lompoc watch the parade, and naturally I was always there, proudly, waving in the breeze. When your daddy saw me coming, he immediately removed his hat and placed it over his heart. Remember? And you, I remember you standing there, straight as a soldier. You didn’t have a hat but you were giving the right salute. And remember your little sister? Not to be outdone, she was saluting the same as you, with her hand over her heart. Remember? What happened? I’m still the same old flag. Oh, I have added a few more stars since you were a boy and a lot more blood has been shed since those parades of long ago. But I don’t feel as proud as I used to. When I come down your street, you just stand there with your hands in your pockets. I may get a small glance, but then you just look away

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I see the children running around and shouting. They don’t seem to know who I am. I saw one man take off his hat and look around. He didn’t see anybody else with his hat off so he quickly put his back on. Is it a sin to be patriotic anymore? Have you forgotten what I stand for and where I’ve been? Anzio, Normandy, Omaha Beach, Guadalcanal, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan. Take a look at the Memorial Honor Rolls some time. Look at the names of those who never came back in order to keep this Republic free. One nation, under God. When you salute me, you are actually saluting them. Well, it won’t be long until I’ll be coming down your street again. So when you see me, stand straight, place your right hand over your heart. I’ll salute you by waving back. And I’ll know that you remember and honor me. God bless this, our country.