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Dealing with COVID-19 Physicians stress need for vaccinations despite some people’s objections

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series about COVID-19 and local physicians’ comments about community concerns.

Murder trial continues in SB More witnesses to testify in Han family case

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The COVID-19 roller coaster continues. And each turn of the ride brings something new. The pandemic has led to passionate views on all sides, from the medical community, who stress that vaccines are safe, effective and urgently needed to protect the population (including the most vulnerable), to business owners trying to survive a sluggish economy and people resisting vaccine and indoor mask mandates because of what they feel are their civil rights. It’s been almost a year since the first vaccines were rolled out, starting with healthcare workers and senior citizens. Now it’s readily available for everyone 12 and older, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to give the final approval this week for a Pfizer vaccine for ages 5-11. And boosters are now recommended for people 65 and older and those with underlying health conditions or those in atrisk occupations. Recent months have seen reopening of indoor movie theaters and resumption of concerts. But caution is still prevailing. An indoor mask mandate was brought back to Santa Barbara County and other counties throughout California. Venues such as the Santa Barbara Bowl, The Granada and the Lobero Theatre have stressed that anyone attending concerts must show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours before the show. And many people continue to participate in meetings of their local city councils, school boards and the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors by sitting on their sofa, opening a laptop and clicking onto a virtual service such as Zoom. And telemedicine has seen a surge. Life has changed. Fortunately, the number of cases is falling nationally. The U.S. is now averaging 73,000 new COVID-19 cases per day, less than half the almost 173,000 cases reported on Sept. 13, according to The Associated Press. And on Friday, the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department reported 39 new cases in the county, down from Thursday’s report of 67 cases. “The cases are going in the right direction,” Dr. Henning Ansorg, the Santa Barbara public health officer, told the News-Press. “We still have a community transmission problem that is considered to be substantial. Susceptible people can easily catch the virus in the community.” Rather than a big decline in cases, Dr.

FYI The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department reported people can get vaccinated this week at the following clinics. • From 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Santa Barbara High School, 700 E Anapamu St., Santa Barbara. The vaccines are Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson Janssen. • From 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Boys & Girls Club, 901 N. Railroad Ave., Santa Maria. The vaccines are Pfizer and J&J Janssen. • From 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Carpinteria Children’s Project, 5201 8th St., Carpinteria. The vaccines are Pfizer and J&J Janssen For future clinics, see the full list at publichealthsbc.org/vaccine. And you can get vaccines at doctor’s offices and pharmacies.

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Vaccines continue to be given at the Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics, which has seen 65 to 70% of its patients vaccinated.

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Physicians talk further about the pandemic in Tuesday’s News-Press. Ansorg said he expects the number to plateau. And like other medical professionals, Dr. Ansorg wishes the vaccination rate, which recently crept up from 59% to 60.1% of the total population, was much higher, around 80% or 90%. (The number could get a boost when the vaccine is approved for ages 5-11.) Of the eligible 12-and-older population, 71% is fully vaccinated, according to the county’s latest numbers. Dr. Ansorg noted how easy it is to get vaccines. “Every single pharmacy has it. There’s no appointment necessary. You can walk in. When you see your doctor and get your flu shots, you can get your COVID shots.” And the county lists upcoming vaccination clinics at publichealthsbc.org/ vaccine. (See the FYI box for this week’s clinics.) The Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics continues to provide vaccinations every day at its clinics, Dr. Charles Fenzi, the CEO and chief medical officer, told the News-Press. He said 65% to 70% of his clinics’ patients are vaccinated. “It’s comparable to the county. “The folks who are hesitant (to get vaccines) are across socio-economic lines,” Dr. Fenzi said. “I’ve had several people who still feel very strongly that some of the conspiracy theories are correct.” Dr. Fenzi said he’s uncertain about how to convince those individuals to get the shots. He said it’s easier to persuade other unvaccinated people. “The closer we get to the 80% total vaccination rate, the more comfortable people will be,” Dr. Fenzi said. “As we go past the one-year mark (for vaccines) and we see people having the vaccination are not having any problems, that will be helpful for those who are hesitant because of the speed the vaccine was made.” Please see COVID on A7

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Supreme Court to hear arguments over Texas abortion law By BRITTONY MAAG BALLOTPEDIA FOR THE CENTER SQUARE

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(Ballotpedia for The Center Square) —The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted two new cases for review during its 20212022 term. Both cases relate to Texas’ abortion law Senate Bill 8 and have been scheduled for oral argument Monday. Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson concerns a state’s ability to avoid federal judicial review of state law by creating a private enforcement mechanism. The question before the court is: “(W)hether a State can insulate from federal-court review a law that prohibits the exercise of a Please see COURT on A7

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Pierre Haobsh, who’s charged in the 2016 triple murder of the Han family, will be back in court for the second week of his trial. More witnesses are slated to testify this week in Santa Barbara County Superior Court. Judge Brian Hill is presiding over the trial in a Santa Barbara courtroom. Mr. Haobsh is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of herbalist Henry Han, his wife Jennie and Emily, their 5-year-old daughter. If convicted, Mr. Haobsh faces the death penalty. The case is being prosecuted by Hilary Dozer and Benjamin Ladinig. The head defense attorney is Christine Voss. The Han family members were found dead on March 23, 2016, on the floor of the garage of their home in the 4600 block of Greenhill Way in unincorporated Santa Barbara. Authorities reported that the Han family’s bodies were bound in plastic wrap and duct-tape and that all three died of gunshot wounds to the head. Mr. Haobsh was arrested at gunpoint early March 25, 2016, at a gas station in Bonsall, near Oceanside, where he was living with his father. Authorities said he was in possession of a loaded 9 mm handgun and property belonging to one of the victims. He was 26 at the time of his arrest. Four days later, Mr. Haobsh was charged with first-degree murder.

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TRAFFIC, CRIME AND FIRE BLOTTER Shootings reported in Santa Maria SANTA MARIA — Santa Maria police found two men suffering from gunshot wounds at 10 p.m. Thursday in the 600 block of South Curryer Street. Police were responding to a report of shots fired in the area. One of the victims was transported to Marian Regional Medical Center by ambulance. The other was airlifted to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Santa Maria police detectives and the Crime Lab were requested to continue the investigation. There is no indication that the crime was gang-related, Sgt. Andy Magallon said. At 1:15 a.m, Friday, the Santa Maria Police Department was sent to the area of the 1400

block of North Thornburg regarding shots heard in the area. Officers arrived but didn’t see any victims. They did find evidence of a shooting, Sgt. Magallon said. He said both shootings are still under investigation and that there is no evidence they are related. Detectives are asking anyone with information on either shooting to contact Santa Maria police at 805-928-3781, ext. 2277. — Dave Mason

Goleta to start traffic installation GOLETA — The city of Goleta will begin its installation of flashing crosswalk beacons Monday on Cathedral Oaks Road. The rectangular, rapid flashing beacons will

be installed at the intersections with Brandon, Evergreen and Carlo drives. The lights will alert motorists when pedestrians cross the road. “Goleta is committed to establishing safe routes to schools throughout the city,” Public Works Director Charles Ebeling said in a news release. “We were very pleased to receive a grant for this important project and are excited to see construction begin.” There will be minimal impacts to the public during this time, according to a news release. The project is expected to be completed by the end of the year. There are currently four RRFB crosswalks in Goleta. For more information, contact Project Manager Michael Winnewisser at 805-690-5120 or mwinnewisser@cityofgoleta. org.

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The history behind so-called Salem witches And further down in today’s column, Robert Eringer talks about how he kept the KKK out of Britain

oday is Halloween, the spookiest day of the year. And nowhere in the United States is Halloween more or better celebrated than the town of Salem, Mass., where in 1692 a fair slice of its population was hanged as witches. Some say Berry and Abigail, who started the frenzied fingerpointing, were traumatized to psychosis by their nanny, Tituba, a slave from Barbados who toyed with their minds through séance, magic and other occult practices deriving from voodoo. What is known for certain is that the two girls convulsed and hallucinated and blamed their sickness on local witches. A more likely explanation for their odd behavior was ergotism, otherwise known as St. Anthony’s Fire, a consequence of ingesting rye bread contaminated by a fungus called ergotamine, from which LSD is synthesized. It causes hallucinations and convulsions, psychosis and delusion. This was a theory originally proposed, in 1979, by a psychology graduate student at UCSB. Linnda Caporael argued that the symptoms — muscle spasms, sweating, nausea — were identical to ergot poisoning. She also noted Tituba’s concoction of a “witch cake,” which was made with rye flour that might have been tainted with ergot, either by accident or design. By the time it was over, 19 convicted “witches” were hanged, based on “spectral” evidence — that is, on the say-so of Berry and Abigail, who also inspired to get others into the act, mostly as a way of settling scores with rivals or as a means of stealing their property. “It was as if,” wrote one colonist at the time, “Satan had been loosed upon Salem.” Most poignant was the story of Giles Corey. Accused of witchcraft, he refused in disgust to enter a plea and, in a lame attempt to induce one, Salem’s burghers pressed the 81-year-old Corey with large stones, asking occasionally, “How do you plead?” Corey defiantly replied, “More weight!” After three days of such stone-pressing, Corey died.

This was the gambit: If you pled guilty, they let you go, but took away all your money and property. If you pled innocent, a trial would be held. If it wasn’t going well for the prosecution, Berry and Abigail were on hand to commence convulsions and otherwise sway the jury with spectral evidence. Thereafter: condemned to death by hanging. Tituba’s girls would later repair to a local tavern where they would reenact their courtroom performance. If someone objected, that person became the new object of the girls’ accusations. It is this enduring legacy that has rendered Salem a magnet for real witches everywhere — an irony and poetic justice combined. Halloween in this town is celebrated the whole month of October and its numerous boutiques peddle spell potions, magic wands and vintage Ouija boards.

WICCAN WAYS Practitioners of Wicca, recognized by the U.S. in 1985 as a religion, believe that God is within and without, synonymous with nature. Modern witches are not devil-worshippers and do not believe in the existence of Satan. If they have a creed, it is “Do no harm to others.” Wiccans believe that whatever you do to others will revert back to you three-fold. Halloween was originally a three-day Celtic festival, commencing All Hallows on the eve of November, which signifies an autumn transition between light and dark, day and night, life and death — and starts the Celtic New Year. It was — still is for some —a time to celebrate the dead, remember them, respect them — and hold close all the links that you, the sum of your ancestors, to those who delivered you. On All Hallows Eve, Celts and Wiccans gather to tell stories about those no longer among us — be they relatives, friends or pets — and celebrate their spirits by bringing out heirlooms and talismans handed down through the generations. Christianity, from about 400 A.D onward, viewed the

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Celts as pagans and threw up a smokescreen by adopting pagan holy days as their own, which is why they have All Saints Day on Nov. 1 and celebrate Jesus of Nazareth’s birthday (a fabricated date, historians believe Jesus was born in June) to coincide with the Celtic Winter Solstice. So here’s what you do for a very old-fashioned Halloween. Once all the pageantry and trick-ortreating is exhausted, build a fire in an open-air fireplace (the Celts would gather around bonfires) and follow an ancient “Samhain” (pronounced “sow-in”) tradition. Using pen and paper, write down bad situations and destructive relationships, scrunch up the list and toss it into the fire. Poof, they’re gone — allowing you to start the Celtic New Year tomorrow without any further burden from whatever or whomever may trouble you.

MEMORY LANE Readers have asked about my inspiration for creating The Investigator, which is an investigative column and not conventional investigative reporting. The distinction between a column and news reporting is that the former incorporates voice and style, perhaps a smattering of opinion. The latter should be “just the facts, ma’am,” though you wouldn’t know it these days because so much journalism that masquerades as “reporting” comes with an overdose of spinoriented adjectives and adverbs. The Investigator is a confluence of many influences, starting with the Sunday People, where I cut my teeth as an investigative reporter

more than 40 years ago. Two men — Investigations Editor Laurie Manifold and his deputy, Alan Ridout — each week produced a full page of investigative stories (sometimes just one big one) under the banner “Man of The People Investigates.” They worked five days a week (Tuesday through Saturday) beavering away at four to five stories at any given time in an office insulated from the rest of the newsroom to protect their sources and stories, which were never shared with anyone other than the newspaper’s editor — and supported by an odd assortment of freelancers “doing shifts.” (In Britain, newsrooms were understaffed, and thus freelance reporting was a perfectly acceptable way to practice journalism, unlike in the U.S., where “freelance” is thought to be a euphemism for “unemployed.”) Every week the Sunday People investigative page exposed villains and conmen, sex scoundrels and scammers — and in its heyday exposed some of the most dangerous gangsters in London’s East End. My break in journalism came when I infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan. It began with a tip that the Grand Dragon of the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina desired to establish a “klavern” (Klan-speak for branch) in Britain. Posing as a wannabe Klansman, I contacted Robert E. Scoggin (the Grand Dragon who doubled as Imperial Wizard) by phone, and we had a long chat during which he determined that I should be his main facilitator. He then proceeded to recite to me the names and phone numbers of prospective Klan members from all around Britain. I took what I had to the Sunday People. They bought it for a good chunk of change and put me to work for them. Guided by the pros, I made contact with those on Scoggin’s list and invited them all to a hotel room near King’s Cross, one of London’s main train stations. The room was wired with microphones. A distant photographer with a telephoto

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lens clicked away as our targets — about a dozen — came and went, including a thuggish family (a father and two sons) who claimed to possess an arsenal of illegal guns. They talked of abducting interracial couples to tar-andfeather them. They were an ugly bunch. We had our story — a good one. But then it got even better: Grand Dragon Scoggin invited me to visit him in Spartanburg, S.C., for the purpose of being “naturalized” into the KKK. Naturalized? “You can’t run a branch of the Klan,” he drawled, “until you’re initiated in a ceremony.” The editor of The Sunday People agreed, so off we went — me and Alan Ridout and Angus Mayer, another freelancer who was brought in to assist. First thing, in the back of a van, Klansmen hit us up for $20 each for “dues.” Arriving in front of Scoggins’s ranch house — pickup trucks parked everywhere — we were escorted into a dark garage pointed up the narrow, creaky stairway. At the top, a door opened, and the Imperial Wizard stood before us, decked in a gold satin robe and cone-shaped hat. Around him, posters glorifying the KKK were boldly illuminated with ultraviolet light. In the center of the room was an altar with a Bible opened to Corinthians 12. The room soon filled with about two dozen Klansmen (and women) wearing white robes, fully hooded. They formed a semi-circle around us, and the 30-minute ceremony began. Scoggin anointed us with holy water and tapped our shoulders with the flat side of a sword — rendering us knighted into the secret fraternity of haters. At one point, the Imperial Wizard pointed to a snakeskin nailed to the wall and said, “That’s what happens to traitors!” The lights came on, hoods removed, donuts and coffee served — and out came a tape measure. Why a tape measure? Because bespoke robes and hoods were to be hastily tailored for us. Not normal white ones, mind you, but red satin robes, which identified us as “Kleagles”

(Klan-speak for “officers”), who would return to London and run the U.K. Klavern. Or so they believed. Because that’s not what happened, of course. No, what happened was this: Two successive front-page, centerspread stories “splashed” (Fleet Street lingo) over two Sundays exposing names and photographs of those who would bring hate to Britain. It blew the U.K. branch of the KKK out of the water. Literally. That was the end of the KKK in Blighty. And, tipped off by me, the Special Branch (police) raided the home of a thuggish father and two sons and found the guns of which they spoke — and confiscated them. One anecdote of that experience stands out above all others. On our final day in town in South Carolina, the Imperial Wizard took us on a tour of the Blue Ridge Mountains leading, that evening, to a “Tri-State” KKK rally across the border into North Carolina and a field reached only by a single-lane gravel road. Sitting bumper-to-bumper in a long stream of vehicles, I noticed a state police roadblock up ahead — and could see that the state trooper was asking each driver for ID. Problem: The only ID I had was my U.K. driving license — in my real name, not the alias I was using for Bob Scoggin, who was sitting in the passenger seat next to me. My turn came. The trooper leaned in. “Driver’s license and car papers,” he drawled. I opened the glove compartment and handed him the car rental agreement. “I said, ‘driver’s license,’ ” he repeated. “It’s in the trunk,” I said. “Well, go get it.” I got out and walked around the car, followed by the state trooper. And then, uh-oh, Scoggin got out too and met me around the other side as I rifled through my duffel bag, mind racing about an escape ramp if Scoggin discovered I wasn’t who I said I was. But there Please see INVESTIGATOR on A4

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Bob passed away peacefully at home on October 13, 2021. He was born to Victor and Minnie Fleace on May 27, 1930 and raised on the family farm near Okabena, MN along with 3 Brothers and 9 Sisters. There were always fun stories to tell whenever the family would get together. Bob attended school in Okabena, graduating from High School in 1948. He served in the U.S. Army from 19511953 and then embarking on a lifetime of work in the construction industry. Upon moving to Goleta in 1962 he worked on many interesting projects in the Santa Barbara DUHD WKURXJKRXW WKH \HDUV +H WRRN PXFK SULGH LQ KLV ÀQH ZRRGZRUNLQJ VNLOOV DQG KH ORYHG WKH FKDOOHQJH RI À[LQJ most anything. In 1954 he married Donna Fenske and together they raised a family of 1 daughter, Barbara Manzo of Santa Barbara and 2 sons, Barry of Goleta and Brett of Gilbert, AZ. He particularly enjoyed 2 grandsons, Brian Manzo and Chris Fleace. 7UDYHOLQJ LQ WKH PRWRUKRPH DQG H[SORULQJ QHZ SODFHV DQG YLVLWLQJ IDPLO\ DQG IULHQGV was what he enjoyed in his retirement. He is preceded in death by his parents, 1 brother and 3 sisters. A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Mark’s Catholic Church, 6550 Picasso Rd., Isla Vista, on November 2, 2021 at 10:00 AM. ,Q OLHX RI ÁRZHUV FRQVLGHU D GRQDWLRQ WR \RXU IDYRULWH FKDULW\ RU 9LVLWLQJ 1XUVHV DQG Hospice Care of Santa Barbara.

GODFREY, Richard D. Richard Dudley Godfrey “Dick” passed peacefully on the morning of October 12, 2021 in his home city of Santa Barbara, California. He was 86 years of age. Dick was born on January 28, 1935 in New York City to Henry Fletcher Godfrey and Marie Louis Godfrey (nee Gray). Dick is survived by his wife of 62 years, Katherine Bernhard Godfrey (Kate), his son (John Godfrey), two daughters (Liza Kirkbride & Susan Godfrey), and 6 grandchildren (Katie, Grace, Molly, Jazmine, Eru and Jonathan). Dick completed secondary education at Portsmouth Abbey near Newport, Rhode Island. He graduated in 1957 from Brown University with a major in Political Science. That same year he married Kate and joined the United States Army, and the couple were stationed in France. Upon completion of his service, Dick and Kate returned to Providence, Rhode Island where Dick entered the banking profession with a focus on Trust Services. He advanced to head the Asset Management subsidiary of the Industrial National Bank of Providence and accepted a job at American Express in San Francisco in 1975. He relocated his IDPLO\ WR /RV $QJHOHV VKRUWO\ DIWHUZDUGV ZKHUH WKH\ VHWWOHG LQ 3DFLÀF 3DOLVDGHV 7KHUH Dick enjoyed a successful career with Trust Company of the West, retiring as Managing Director of Private Investments. Following a lifelong enjoyment of the ocean and sailing, he & Kate retired to Santa Barbara. In Santa Barbara, Dick embarked on a new career of volunteerism. He served on various Boards and Committees, including the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and Cottage Hospital. Possibly his proudest achievement was his association with Direct Relief, where he served as Board Chair and passionate Ambassador. Dick’s legacy will always be his steadfast love of family and dedication to the betterment of humanity. A memorial service will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State Street in Santa Barbara, on November 6th, 2021 at 1:00 pm. There will be a reception following. ,Q OLHX RI ÁRZHUV GRQDWLRQV FDQ EH PDGH WR 'LUHFW 5HOLHI DW 'LUHFWUHOLHI RUJ

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We are overwhelmed with a profound sadness and a sense of enduring and timeless loss that our Mother, Vivian Reginatto, passed peacefully in her home at the incredible DJH RI OHDYLQJ SODQHW HDUWK WR ÀQG KHDYHQO\ SHDFH LQ the hereafter. Born in Santa Cruz, CA in 1923, Mom met our Father, Al, in Chiloquin, OR in 1940, married and moved to Santa Barbara sharing seventy-three years together until his passing in 2013. 0RP SHUVRQLÀHG DQG HSLWRPL]HG WKH YHU\ HVVHQFH RI grace and beauty. Typical of Italian persona, Mom kept an immaculate house and yard, being fastidious in all things including her personal appearance, perfectly coiffed hair and never without lipstick. She was a wonderful, loving mother having many talents in cooking, baking, canning, gardening, hostess, seamstress, faithful friend and a hardworking woman who never sat down. While being the voice of the Reginatto Bros. and raising two daughters she worked at Harmony House Antiques for twenty-seven years and gave freely of her time to: Child Study Club, PTA, Moose, Elks, Italian Festas, Boot Club and St. Francis Hospital to name but a few. Mother was a conscientious correspondent writing letters and cards to friends and relatives near and far on a regular basis. Mom enjoyed traveling throughout the U.S., Canada and parts of Europe, Australia and cruising to Alaska, the Caribbean and Mexico. We always thought of Mother as a saint, now an angel, and can think of no greater legacy than she has been loved by so many. Mom was also predeceased by her brother, Paul, in 2018. Surviving her are her two daughters, Carol and Nadine (Jim), grandsons Steven and Bruce, great-grandson Christopher. Mother was very fortunate to be cared for in her later years by loving caregivers, Angelas, Ellie, Mae, Maria, Melina and Soyla. To them we are forever grateful for their faithful dedication. It broke our hearts to lose you but you did not go alone, a part of us went with you the day God took you home. A Memorial service will be held on November 3, 2021 at 2:00 pm at the Welch-RyceHaider Funeral Chapel, 15 East Sola, Santa Barbara, CA. If you wish, you may make donations to: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, SB Cottage Hospital Foundation 400 West Pueblo, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Beyond Blindness, 18542-B Vanderbilt Ave., Santa Ana, CA 92705 Veterans of Foreign Wars, 406 West 34th Street, Suite 920, Kansas City MO 64111

BUGAY, John Joseph “Jack” 1928 - 2021

John “Jack” Bugay peacefully shed his earthly bonds Sunday early evening October 3rd at his place of residence at Mission Villa in Santa Barbara, after a long struggle with progressive and debilitating dementia. He was 93. Jack lived a remarkable life. A brilliant and often enigmatic character. He was born September 22 1928 in Niagara Falls New York to John and Theresa Bugay, who became an extraordinarily successful immigrant family from Poland. The values of hard work and achievement were forged into his path. Jack want to College (University of Rochester) at 16; and from there on to the University of Michigan Law School. At Michigan he met his future bride Patty Jewett. The newlyweds headed West to California and after a brief stay stay in Los Angeles where he passed the California Bar Exam, they moved to Santa Barbara. He quickly EHFDPH D VXFFHVVIXO DQG LQÁXHQWLDO \RXQJ $WWRUQH\ LQ 6DQWD %DUEDUD ,Q WKH HDUO\ V KH HVWDEOLVKHG KLV ÀUVW LQGHSHQGHQW EXVLQHVV YHQWXUH 3UHVLGLR 6DYLQJV DQG /RDQ +H ultimately sold the company to a larger competitor, and he acquired California Thrift DQG /RDQ ZKLOH UXQQLQJ KLV RZQ ODZ ÀUP LQ GRZQWRZQ 6DQWD %DUEDUD Jack and Patty raised three children in Santa Barbara, Paula, John and Philip. Jack and Patty parted in 1963. Patty moved to Britain, and Jack stayed to manage his EXVLQHVVHV DQG KLV ODZ ÀUP One of Jack’s deepest and most abiding passions was his love of the Ocean. He was D FRPPLWWHG DQG H[FHSWLRQDO VDLORU ,Q KLV HDUO\ V KH GHFLGHG WR KDQJ XS KLV ODZ practice and business life and go sailing full-time. He had his boat built in Asia and began what turned out to be a forty-year voyage around the globe. Having circled the ZRUOG KH ÀQLVKHG KLV RG\VVH\ LQ WKH 3DFLÀF OHDYLQJ KLV ERDW LQ 0H[LFR +LV FRJQLWLYH decline was presenting itself. Jack retreated to his beloved home in Mission Canyon DQG OLYHG ZLWK KHOS DV EHVW KH FRXOG ,Q LW ZDV FOHDU KH QHHGHG IXOO WLPH DVVLVWDQFH and Jack moved to Mission Villa in Santa Barbara where he lived out his last chapter. Jack is survived by his sister Cynthia Loughman of Ventura; his former wife Patty Jewett Soxman; his three children Dr. Paula Stewart, John Bugay (Sophia), Philip Bugay (Theresa); grandchildren Bridgette Bugay (Sean), Braden Bugay, Chelsea Bugay (Joktan), Kennon Bugay, John Stewart (Chrystal), David Stewart; and greatgrandchildren, Hadley Condiotti Laila Condiotti and Noah Stickney; nephews Christopher Loughman (Pam) and B.J. Loughman. The family wishes to thank his longtime friend and companion Ann Self of Santa Barbara for her relentless love and support for Jack over the past many years. A memorial service will be held November 6. 3OHDVH 5963 WR LI \RX ZLVK WR DWWHQG A life fully lived.

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MACIAS, Richard S.

Richard died unexpectedly on 10/11/2021. Richard was born on 12/26/1949. He was a lifelong resident of Santa Barbara and graduated from SBHS – Class of 1968. He worked and operated his own refrigeration business (Kwik )UHH]H IRU RYHU \HDUV +H ORYHG WR KXQW ÀVK DQG JR camping in his travel trailer, especially in the Sierra’s making memories with family and friends. He was a good friend to many and will be deeply missed! Richard is preceded in death by his sons, Richard Jr. and Steven Macias. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, MaryEllen Macias; daughter, Laurie (Joe); grandsons: Joseph, Jesse, Steven, Daniel, and Gabriel; sisters, Jeanette and Theresa; many nieces, nephews & dearest friends. A celebration of life service will be held outside on 11/6/21 at Anthem Chapel in Goleta, Ca at 11:00am.

HADIDIAN, Cynthia Nielsen

Cynthia Nielsen Hadidian passed away surrounded by her husband and children on October 23, 2021. Cindy was born September 24, 1956, in Johnson City, New York to Lawrence and Joan Nielsen where she grew up the oldest of four children. She graduated from Abington High School Clarkes Summit, PA in 1974. In June of 1978, Cindy married John Hadidian in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. John and Cindy moved to Santa Barbara where John attended Westmont College. After graduation they eventually settled in Carpinteria where they lived and raised three children before moving to Summerland in 2017. She was a mother and grandmother through and through, DQG KHU ÀHUFH ORYH DQG GHYRWLRQ IRU KHU IDPLO\ ZDV HYLGHQW WR DOO +HU ORYH IRU -RKQ ZDV steady and deep for 43 years. The last two years, as they walked through the cancer journey together, brought their love for each other deeper still. Cindy loved her work as a preschool teacher. For 35 years she served the families and children at All Saints-by-the-Sea Parish School, where she worked up until the week before her passing. The enjoyment of her work with 4-year-old children was matched by the enjoyment of the relationships she had with her colleagues. Cindy and her husband John were active at Santa Barbara Community Church since 1979, involved in small groups and surrounded by longtime friends. Cindy was slight in stature and great of heart. The combination of her faith, grit, and optimism was a strength that others relied upon. She will be sorely missed by the many people whose lives she touched. Cindy is survived by her husband John, children Graham Hadidian and his wife Rachel, Brittany Deckard and her husband Matt, Rachel Hadidian, grandchildren Grey Hadidian, Charlie Deckard, Mavis Deckard, as well as her brothers Jeffrey Nielsen and Steve Nielsen, and sister Ruth Lipshires. An outdoor memorial service will be held on Friday, November 5th at 2pm at Santa Barbara Community Church 1002 Cieneguitas Road. Reception will be following, at 3pm.

DICKSON, Phyllis W. 1926 – 2021

A Santa Barbara resident for 55 years, Phyllis Dickson recently passed away at the age of 94. 6KH ZDV ERUQ LQ (OJLQ ,OOLQRLV DQG ZDV WKH ÀUVW GDXJKWHU RI (GZLQ DQG 3DXOLQH 6KH ORYHG WR UHDG DQG ZDV DQ H[FHOOHQW VWXGHQW ZKLFK DOORZHG KHU WR VNLS D JUDGH LQ HOHPHQWDU\ VFKRRO +HU IDWKHU D PHWDOOXUJLFDO HQJLQHHU WRRN D MRE ZLWK /RFNKHHG &RUSRUDWLRQ VR WKH IDPLO\ PRYHG WR *OHQGDOH &$ ZKHUH 3K\OOLV DWWHQGHG +RRYHU +LJK 6FKRRO 6KH JUDGXDWHG DW WKH DJH RI )RXU \HDUV ODWHU VKH JUDGXDWHG IURP WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ RI &DOLIRUQLD DW /RV Angeles with a degree in Psychology. There she was a member of the Alpha Phi sorority. $IWHU JUDGXDWLRQ VKH ZDV UHFRPPHQGHG IRU D MRE DW 8& %HUNHOH\ LQ WKH QHZ ÀHOG RI SV\FKRPHWULF VWDWLVWLFV PHDVXULQJ VNLOOV SHUVRQDOLW\ NQRZOHGJH DQG DSWLWXGH EXW VKH HOHFWHG WR VWD\ DW 8&/$ DQG SDUWLFLSDWH LQ GHYHORSLQJ D 0DVWHU·V 'HJUHH SURJUDP IRU Physical Therapy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² LQFOXGLQJ ORFDWLRQV LQ $IULFD $VLD DQG 6RXWK $PHULFD )RU \HDUV 3K\OOLV RZQHG DQG RSHUDWHG WKH 2QH 6WRS 7UDYHO DJHQF\ LQ 6DQWD %DUEDUD 7KHUH VKH ZDV DEOH WR VKDUH KHU SDVVLRQ IRU ZRUOG WUDYHO 6KH ORYHG WR OHDUQ DERXW IRUHLJQ FRXQWULHV DQG VKH KRVWHG PDQ\ IRUHLJQ H[FKDQJH VWXGHQWV 3K\OOLV XVHG KHU VNLOOV WR EHQHÀ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was no escaping. And I remembered the snakeskin nailed to the wall: “That’s what happens to traitors!” Just as I put my hand on my license, Scoggin extended his right arm in front of me and offered to shake hands with the trooper. “Hi, I’m Bob Scoggin, Imperial Wizard for South Carolina.” The trooper smiled, shook Bob’s hand and drawled, “Well, why didn’t you say so? You boys go right on through!” (Our newly tailored robes awaited us at the rally.) Over the next few years I infiltrated violent anarchist cells and neo-Nazi organizations for the Sunday People. It became a specialty of mine, infiltrating hate groups and reporting on their activities from the inside. This kind of undercover journalism was an accepted practice in Britain, but only as a last resort for getting the story on evil-doers, based on the principle that if a particular entity was presumed to be up to no good and no one involved would talk about it to an outsider, it was ethical to infiltrate them to get at the truth. Another early influence was Paul Foot who wrote an investigative page for the Daily Mirror, another Fleet Street newspaper. Paul was known as a

DECEMBER 21, 1924 – OCTOBER 7, 2021

Ruth Helen Anderson Jarrette, a resident of Los Olivos in the Santa Ynez Valley since 1996, passed away peacefully at her home on October 7 at the age of 96. Ruth was born in Los Angeles, California on December 21, 1924 to Carl and Edith (Ives) Anderson. She married Roy Estone Jarrette on January 12, 1945. They had 3 children, and moved to Manhattan Beach, CA in 1954. As a young woman, Ruth had a colorful and diverse career. She spent 14 years in the fashion industry at Rose Marie Reid Swimsuits (RMR) with many different positions. She modeled swim suits, served as secretary to the president, travelled extensively doing staff training, DQG DVVLVWHG ZKHQ WKH FRPSDQ\ ÀUVW VWDUWHG LQWR WHOHYLVLRQ 6KH ZRUNHG DW 505 XQWLO her husband, Roy’s, passing in 1963. Ruth married her second husband, James Leon Couch, in 1965. They lived in Palos 9HUGHV (VWDWHV DQG ZHUH WRJHWKHU IRU \HDUV ,Q VKH VSHQW WKH VXPPHU ZRUNLQJ as secretary to movie actress, Ginger Rogers, at her home in Beverly Hills. Her most IXOÀOOLQJ MRE EHJDQ LQ XQWLO ZKHQ VKH EHFDPH ([HFXWLYH $VVLVWDQW WR OHJHQGDU\ UHDO HVWDWH GHYHORSHU 6KXUO &XUFL 3UHVLGHQW RI 7UDQVSDFLÀF 'HYHORSPHQW Company in Torrance, CA. 5XWK MRLQHG 'DXJKWHUV RI WKH $PHULFDQ 5HYROXWLRQ '$5 LQ LQ 3DORV 9HUGHV When she moved to the Santa Ynez Valley in 1996, she transferred into the Mission Canyon Chapter in Santa Barbara. In 2014 she assisted and became an Organizing member of the Refugio del Cielo Chapter in the Santa Ynez Valley, where she once served as Chaplain. She was an active member of this chapter through 2019. 5XWK DOVR ZRUNHG DW 7DWLDQD 0DULD *DOOHU\ LQ ´GRZQWRZQµ /RV 2OLYRV IRU \HDUV 6KH FRXOG RIWHQ EH VHHQ E\ ORFDO UHVLGHQWV ZDONLQJ DURXQG WRZQ WZLFH GDLO\ ZLWK ZKLSSHW dogs. Ruth has been an active member of the Christian Science Society of Solvang and served as Reading Room Librarian for many years. Ruth is survived by her brother, Carl Anderson, Jr.; daughter, Dana (Jarrette) Dietel & son-in-law, Kurt Dietel; son David Jarrette & daughter-in-law, Dianne Jarrette; son, Richard Jarrette and step-daughter, Jamie Couch Gong. She leaves behind 11 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She loved her family deeply, and was dearly loved in return. A CELEBRATION OF LIFE will be held on Saturday, November 13th for family and friends. Please contact Ruth’s daughter, Dana, for information at dldietel@yahoo.com.

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“campaigning” journalist, which meant he was on a crusade to expose evil and change society for the better — and urged readers to send tips “I ought to investigate.” And then there was Nicholas Davies, the Daily Mirror’s dapper foreign editor, who could digest an extremely complicated international situation then distill it into a mere 150 words that would explain everything in a way any reader could understand. A fourth influence appeared when I settled for a time on the Jersey Shore and read the Asbury Park Press. This daily newspaper ran a twice-weekly column called “Trouble Shooter.” Readers would write the anonymous columnist and seek assistance to settle a dispute. The Trouble Shooter would do so — and publish the results. Finally, there was the Weekly World News (little sister to The National Enquirer) and a columnist by the name of Ed Anger, obviously a pseudonym, who ranted and raved about anything and everything and started stories with lines such as “I’m madder than a zombie with a mouth full of Biden’s brain.” I found it amusing — and it somehow found its way into one of the nether-reaches of my mind.

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People pick plump pumpkins at pair of patches

At left, a family takes a group selfie among the pumpkins at the Lane Farms Pumpkin Patch in Goleta on Friday. Above, pumpkins are gifted to children by some creepy denizens of the Haunted Pumpkin Patch at Estero Park in Isla Vista.

Above, people pay for their chosen pumpkins at the Lane Farms check out stand. Below, turban squash were also on display at the pumpkin patch.

Adults and children alike, including two well-muscled boys, were on-hand to enjoy the atmosphere of the Haunted Pumpkin Patch.

Above, a looming figure greeted visitors to the Isla Vista patch. At right, visitors to Lane Farms wander in a sea of the popular Halloween gourds.

At left, the devil made an appearance at the Haunted Pumpkin Patch, having apparently moved on from his love of the fiddle in favor of a more modern sound. At center, the Lane Farms patch cultivated a more agricultural feel. At right, children at the Isla Vista patch wander through a graveyard that managed to be both ominous and humerous.

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Westmont loses top volleyball spot to Spirit By JACOB NORLING WESTMONT SPORTS WRITER

On Friday night, the Westmont volleyball team (17-9, 11-3) suffered a sweep at the hands of No. 19 OUAZ (20-2, 12-1) that put the Spirit one-and-ahalf games ahead of Westmont for first-place in the Golden State Athletic Conference. The Spirit, after taking both ends of a season series from Westmont, now own the tie-breaker over the Warriors with just two weeks remaining in the regular season. However, the Warriors have a twogame lead for second place in the conference, which looms large given the top-two seeds in the GSAC receive an automatic bid into the NAIA National Tournament. “OUAZ is a good team,” Westmont head coach Ruth McGolpin said. “They’re ranked where they should be, and I’m happy for them. It’s good for the conference to have somebody ranked that high.

“Obviously we didn’t play to our potential, but you can’t take anything away from them. It’s been a long time since we’ve been swept in this gym.” In the first set, the Spirit took an 116 lead into the Warriors’ first timeout, largely due to shaky defensive play from Westmont. At that point in the match, the Warriors had already committed six errors (four attacking errors and two service errors). Following the timeout, Westmont momentarily halted OUAZ’s momentum with a three-point swing to make things 12-10. From there, however, OUAZ went on an 8-2 run to put the set out of reach, and ultimately took the game 25-17. The Warriors were out-killed 13-4 during the set. In set two, the same trend continued with OUAZ jumping out to a 6-3 lead. Then, the Warriors responded with a fivepoint run led by excellent serving from Sydny Dunn. The run, which gave the Warriors an 8-6 lead, caused OUAZ to call their first timeout. Out of the timeout however, the

The Warriors have a two-game lead for second place in the conference, which looms large given the top-two seeds in the GSAC receive an automatic bid into the NAIA National Tournament. Warriors’ lack of communication on defense allowed OUAZ to claim a handful of crucial points in the middle of the set. After a ball landed in-between a trio of Warriors for the second time in three possessions, McGolpin called a timeout with her club trailing 14-13. Slowly, OUAZ began to pull away, stretching the lead to 20-17 before McGolpin called her final timeout of the set. The Warriors showed grit in what felt like a do-or-die moment in the match, with a 3-1 run that brought them within a point, and forced the Spirit to use their final timeout. Out of the timeout, Patty Kerman set Murchison Gym on fire with a kill to tie things up, and the energy from the crowd stayed high until the final moment of the set.

The clubs traded blows to a 26-26 tie, before the Warriors conceded a pair of kills to the Spirit, as they dropped a gutwrenching second set 28-26. “There were some tough calls that didn’t go our way,” noted McGolpin, “but we have to be able to fight through things like that and we didn’t. We showed some fight there to get back in that game, but we needed to play with that energy all night if we were going to compete with those guys.” In the third set, the two sides remained knotted through single-digits, before OUAZ went on a 5-1 run to take a 15-11 advantage going into McGolpin’s first timeout. By the time the head coach used her final timeout, the deficit grew to 2014. Ultimately, a game-saving run never

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After getting swept on Friday night, Westmont (189, 12-3 GSAC) got back in the win column Saturday when the volleyball team defeated Arizona Christian (9-14, 5-9) in four sets. “We just need to get the W’s on the board at this point,” said Westmont head coach Ruth McGolpin. “In the first set especially, I thought our passing was really good. Due to our passing, we were able to have a consistent attack throughout the match.” In the first set, the Warriors came out looking much more like themselves than on Friday night. Early kills from Patty Kerman, Jessie Terlizzi, and Sara Krueger led the club to an early 11-6 advantage going into ACU’s first timeout. Out of the timeout, the Warriors only made things worse for the Firestorm. Lexi Malone collected her first three kills of the night to help the Warriors build their team to 17-10 leading into ACU’s final timeout. Then the Warriors closed things out on a 8-4 run to win game one 25-14. Kerman and Malone both collected five kills each during the set. Keelyn Kistner began set two from the service line and didn’t leave it until the Warriors had already jumped out to an 8-0 lead. During the initial run, Addie Paul and Audrey Brown both collected a pair of kills. After the 8-0 run however, ACU came back with a vengeance, causing McGolpin to call a timeout when the deficit shrunk to 13-10. The Warriors gathered themselves out of the timeout and rebuilt the lead to 20-13 by the next Firestorm timeout, and cruised to a 25-19 win soon after. Terlizzi led the club with four kills during set two, while Brown and Krueger each added three. In the third set, the Warriors came out of the gate with intentions of completing the sweep. Kills by Brown and Paul capped off a 9-3 run to open the game before the Firestorm called their first timeout. However, ACU immediately came out with a four-point swing of their own to pull within a pair. Up 9-7 after a timeout, Westmont saw the lead disappear when the Firestorm went on a 10-4 run,

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forcing the Warriors to use another timeout now trailing 17-13. Out of the timeout, the Firestorm outscored the Warriors 8-4 to force a fourth set. “There was just a lack of focus in set three,” noted McGolpin. “We went five sets with these guys at their place so we know they were capable of pushing us, and it looked like our guys forgot about that in the third. Our guys aren’t at the level where we can ease up and still coast to wins. We need to have laser focus in every set, in every possession.” In set four, the Warriors started to pull away halfway through with a 14-9 advantage, but again, the Firestorm wouldn’t let the Warriors dash to the finish line without a fight. ACU pulled within a pair to make things 12-10, and hung within two of the Warriors until the score was 15-13. When Kerman’s 10th kill of the match put Westmont up 17-13, ACU called one final timeout. Refusing to go away, the Firestorm pulled within one at 21-20 going into the Warrior’s final timeout. Then Westmont was finally able to put away ACU when Brown and Krueger recorded their final kills of the match to give the club a 25-23 win. Terlizzi led the club with 12 digs, with Kerman adding ten of her own. Brown added nine kills while Malone and Krueger posted eight and seven respectively. Sydny Dunn and Keelyn Kistner combined to record 39 assists (20 and 19), and libero Lilian Reininga led the club with 19 digs. “We ended really well,” said McGolpin. “Lexi was really good today, and Sara Krueger ended up hitting .375, so we had two middles who were ripping the ball at times. I love pushing the balls to our middles so that’s great.” The club returns to action on Nov. 5, when the team heads up to Atherton to take on the Menlo Oaks at 5 p.m. “It’s going to be a tough road trip,” said McGolpin. “Menlo is a hostile environment. The last time we played up there was the GSAC Championship in 2019 so it should be a good feeling when we get back in that gym.” Jacob Norling is the sports information assistant at Westmont College. email: dmason@newspress.com

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came for the Warriors, who suffered a 2516 loss to end the match. “It just didn’t seem like we had a whole lot of fight left after set two,” said McGolpin, “and that can’t be the case. We have to be loud and be ourselves, but stay relaxed. However, you can’t really say a whole lot about this one besides the fact that Ottawa was a solid team. “They really didn’t make a whole lot of mistakes, except in the first set when we made a ton of mistakes too. Ottawa played great and when we had chances to get back in the game, we beat ourselves. That isn’t a winning formula.”

Junior center Ila Lane of the UCSB women’s basketball team has been selected for the 2022 Lisa Leslie Award Watch List. The addition was announced Friday by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. Named after the three-time All-American, 1994 National Player of the Year, and Class of 2015 Hall of Famer, the annual award in its fifth year recognizes the top centers in women’s NCAA Division I college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of candidates. Lane is one of 20 studentathletes named to the watchlist, appearing on the list for the second year in a row. The Moraga native opted out of the 2020-21 season, but she had one of the best freshman

Lane is one of 20 student-athletes named to the watchlist, appearing on the list for the second year in a row. campaigns in program history, leading the Big West as the only player averaging a double-double with 15.3 points and 13 rebounds per game. Her 19 double-doubles led the conference and ranked fourth in the NCAA. She led all freshmen in the nation in this category. She also finished the regular season as the national leader in rebounds per game and second in the country in total rebounds (378). The three-time Big West Player of the Week made her mark on the league scene with three 20point, 20-rebound performances, while also corralling the eighthmost rebounds and averaging the fifth-most rebounds per game in a single season in Big West history. Following the 2019-20 season, Lane became the fourth student-

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have some immunity, but it’s not clear how much or how strong,” he said. “The best protection for someone who has had COVID in the past is to get the vaccine.” Some residents who are fully vaccinated have said they’re opposed to government mandates. Some have argued, “My body, my choice.” “This is amazing to see how many patriots there are here today, standing up and fighting for our constitutional rights,” attorney Ronda Kennedy told the crowd in De la Guerra Plaza during Stand Up Santa Barbara’s September rally. “These are our given rights. They’re rights bestowed by the Constitution and fought for us by our founding fathers.” And when the Santa Barbara Unified School District board considered a vaccine mandate in September, two-thirds of the public commentators opposed the measure. Resident Irene Morales told the board she opposed the vaccine mandate, even though she is fully vaccinated. “I believe in our fundamental right to choose what we put in our body. Mandating our co-workers and staff to be mandated does not allow us to practice our fundamental right to choose.” But other commentators were equally passionate about protecting children. “My kids and most of their classmates are too young to get the vaccine, but their teachers can, which is very important for our elementary students,” Brian Conk told the board. “Even one unvaccinated elementary school teacher is not acceptable. … My kids are required to have over 20 shots to attend school, and it is not extreme or abnormal to require that you have one (vaccine).” The board approved the mandate, which requires all staff to be vaccinated with exemptions for medical or religious reasons. The mandate doesn’t allow staff the alternative of negative COVID19 tests. On Monday, the deadline for staff to be fully vaccinated, a handful of employees who declined to be vaccinated will be placed on unpaid leave, Camie Barnwell, the district chief of communications, said in a keyt. com story. According to a district website, 91.9% of its staff is vaccinated. That equals 1,547 employees. That site also said vaccinations are in progress for 2.3% or 39 employees. According to the website, 5.3% or 90 employees are requesting exemptions or deferrals. And the district is waiting for a response from 0.4% or seven of its employees. “Whatever works,” Dr. Ansorg said. “If by imposing a vaccination mandate, you get a 95% (or in the district’s case, 91.9%) vaccination rate in your employees, that’s fantastic. “Again, we don’t have the luxury to just look at individuals. We have to look at the population as a whole. That’s where the ethical dilemma comes in,” he said. Vaccinations protect the public at large, including the most vulnerable, Dr. Ansorg stressed. “Yes, we have certain God-given rights and autonomy over our lives and bodies,” he said. “However, we also do live in a community with a virus that spreads easily in bars and movie theaters and churches. It just jumps from person to person. “Just imagine that you have grandparents who are very dear to you,” Dr. Ansorg continued. “They have a weak immune system. Wouldn’t you do everything in your power to protect them from getting seriously ill or dying prematurely so you can enjoy their company longer? Of course,

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PUBLIC NOTICES Open Positions: CenCal Health’s Board of Directors On January 1, 2022, there will be two (2) vacancies on the Board of Directors of CenCal Health that the public may directly apply for. The positions to be filled are as follows: i) Consumer Classification Community Business and ii) Consumer Classification-MediCal or Medicare Recipient-SLO County. The term length will be for two (2) years beginning January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. If you meet the qualifications and are interested in serving, please call or email Paula Bottiani, Clerk of the Board of CenCal Health at (805) 562-1020 or pbottiani@cencalhealth. org. Ms. Bottiani will be happy to discuss your interest, to answer any questions you may have, and to send you an application form. All appointments to the Board are made by the County Boards of Supervisors. Since these appointments must be made prior to January 1st please contact us as soon as possible.

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Allison Pill and Sir Patrick Stewart star as Dr. Agnes Jurati and Jean-Luc Picard on “Star Trek: Picard,” which will start its second season in February.

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nother golden age has started for “Star Trek.” Fans have been impressed with “Discovery,” which took “Star Trek” boldly to a place it hadn’t been before (the 32nd century), and “Picard,” which provided even more insight into the former Enterprise captain. The new shows, plus all of the previous series, are streaming (or will stream) on Paramount+. “Picard” will return for its second season next year, and fans are excited about the return of Q (John de Lancie), the powerful being who loves to tease Picard (Sir Patrick Stewart). Yes, Q is intriguing and funny and played brilliantly by Mr. de Lancie, but don’t forget this is the being who introduced the Enterprise to the Borg. His presence means trouble! But the question with Q is always whether he’s the cause or cure of trouble or maybe both. So ... red alert!

Better yet ... spoiler alert! National media outlets have reported the second season of “Picard,” which starts in February, will deal with a messed-up timeline. So it’s up to Picard and his crew to travel back to the 21st century to make fixes to prevent a horrible future. No pressure. In addition to Sir Patrick Stewart as the title character, “Picard” has starred Alison Pill as Dr. Agnes Jurati, Isa Briones as Dahj, Evan Evagora as Elnor, Michelle Hurd as Raffi Musiker and Santiago Cabrera as Cristobal Rios. “Star Trek: Discovery” will be back for its fourth season, starting Nov. 18. Michael Burnham (Sonequa MartinGreen, who was seen this summer playing NBA star LeBron James’ wife in “Space Jam: A New Legacy”) is finally the captain of Discovery. She will lead the crew during efforts to rebuild the United Federation of Planets. Still aboard the ship are Anthony Rapp as recently promoted Cmdr. Paul Stamets, Mary Wiseman as Acting First Officer/Ensign Sylvia

Tilly (a great character!), Wilson Cruz as the resurrected Dr. Hugh Culber and David Ajala as Cleveland “Book” Booker. Cmdr. Saru (Doug Jones) is on the Kelpien home world to help the Kelpien rescued during last season’s finale. And fans are happy to hear that Grudge, Book’s really big cat, will be back. (This is one case where it’s OK to hold a Grudge!) Again .. spoiler alert! (OK, let’s turn off the red lights and that loud sound.) During this season, the Discovery crew will work with various planets and will deal with something they can’t sit still for: a gravitational anomaly. One that is 5 light years wide! And if plots follow what was promised last season, Dr. Culber will be working to help Gray (Ian Alexander) achieve a corporeal form. He’s the Trill who can only be seen by his lover Adria (Blu del Barrio), and he exists because of the Trill symbiont inside Adria. Fans are eagerly awaiting the new show “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” which is set in the era just

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before Capt. Kirk and company. Capt. Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) commands the USS Enterprise. Also on board are Spock (Ethan Peck) and Number One (Rebecca Rominjn). Like the original “Star Trek” series, “Strange New Worlds” reportedly will be episodic. In other words, stories will wrap up in a single episode. In theory, if you miss last week’s show, you won’t feel lost this week. But there could be some season-long arcs. “When we said we heard the fans’ outpouring of love for Pike, Number One and Spock when they boarded ‘Star Trek: Discovery,’ we meant it,” said Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman in a news release. “These iconic characters have a deep history in ‘Star Trek’ canon, yet so much of their stories have yet to be told.” A release date hasn’t been announced. “Star Trek” also has its animated side. The second season of “Star Trek: Lower Decks,” a “Next Generation” era show about junior officers on an unimportant ship, started in August. Please see STAR TREK on B4

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At left, Capt. Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) dons a new uniform on “Star Trek: Discovery.” At right, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” set in the era just before Captain Kirk and company, stars Anson Mount as Capt. Christopher Pike.

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Students and staff at Righetti High School in Santa Maria will celebrate the lives of loved ones and fallen warriors with two rallies featuring live music and dancing during Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) events on Tuesday. The festive performances will begin at 11:15 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. at the football stadium. Día de los Muertos is a tradition that goes back more than 3,000 years. It is one of the few practices of indigenous people in Mexico and Central America that has survived more than 500 years of conquest and colonization. Throughout the week,

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providing an enthusiastic environment for all students. We annually hold and facilitate a Day of the Dead Rally where students get to experience a traditional celebration,” said Carlos Gonzalez, Latinos Unidos vice president. “After a dreadful year, we decided to bring back the tradition of the past with our rally at school. In the rally, we give a variety of volunteers the opportunity to embrace their side of leadership. They personally gain the experience of seeing what it is that we need to do to hold this rally. We recruit members for dancing and painting. These activities are most famous out of all due to it being so interactive.” “This rally is something that will bring us all back together

after such a long time of being apart. It’s something very exciting for all of us, and I can’t wait to gather as a group, celebrate and educate people about Mexican culture,” said Samantha Perez, public relations. Patricia Villalobos, Spanish teacher, IL department chair and Latinos Unidos adviser, added, “It fills me with so much pride and joy to see how eager students anticipate and prepare for all our upcoming Día de los Muertos events. These festivities create a collaboration between staff and students that brings about healing after such a long quarantine.” email: mmcmahon@newspress. com

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John McCarty, who has been named the 2021 Vaquero of the Year by the the Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum board, will be honored and presented with his award on Nov.12 at the annual Vaquero Gala benefit celebration, which officially launches a weekend of exciting events. Now in its 37th year, the museum’s Vaquero Show and Sale promotes the traditions and influences of the California vaquero way of life and is a tribute to it. Mr. McCarty is an integral part of this heritage. Reared in Gavilan Hills in Riverside County by his grandfather “Doc” McCarty, who moved there in 1944 from New Mexico, Mr. McCarty, along with his grandfather, bred, raised and trained thoroughbred horses. Mr. McCarty recalls his boyhood as being “born on a horse.” In the course of growing up, he remembers riding mostly bareback and only using a saddle when starting a yearling. From a young age, Mr. McCarty realized that horses were essential to his spiritual well-being and his dayto-day life. On a chance visit in the 1970s to

see his father, who was then living at Hollister Ranch in Gaviota, Mr. McCarty realized that he was truly a cowboy and that riding the range and herding cattle was what he intended to do as his full-time career. He gradually learned the rudiments of the cattle and ranching business when he was hired as a handyman in the maintenance department at the Hollister Ranch. When the ranch realized how handy he was with a horse, they asked him to join as a cowboy. Not long after that, Mr. McCarty was awarded the foreman position and head cowboy. Although the work was offered to him prematurely, before he was ready for it, the job was a dream come true for him, and he embraced it with gusto, overseeing up to 1,500 head of cattle. With the guidance of one of the founders, Dick LaRue, Mr. McCarty also started training young cow horses for himself and others on the crew, as good horses were needed to get the jobs done. From there, he became the manager of the Hollister Ranch Cooperative. The horses and dogs were a highlight of Mr. McCarty’s job, and as things progressed, they became his passion.

“Well-trained horses and dogs enabled us to achieve the goals with cattle that we wanted,” he said. “Border collies are the whole package — lithe, fast, smart and talented. They are handy with cattle. With good dogs by your side while working cattle, it is almost like you can get the job done by yourself, and at the end of the day, they are still your buddy and great company.” After 40 years of being an integral part of the Hollister Ranch, focusing on the property’s stewardship, which is reflected in how the ranch looks today, and raising three sons — Jason, Call and Grey McCarty — Mr. McCarty retired from the Hollister Ranch and followed his passion for horse training. Now his life is all about the horses. His professional “Reining/Cow Horse” training is flourishing, and clients from throughout the West are sending him their young horses to get them started properly. He fully prepares the horses for their future jobs, either out on the range gathering cattle or in the competitive show arena. “John has the uncanny ability to match equine to owner and vice versa. Clients learn to trust John, and that’s when the magic of the pairing and the training become a winning combination,”

said a friend and client. The annual Vaquero Gala, Show and Sale from Nov. 12 through 14 celebrates Western lifestyle and horsemanship in the community. It is hosted by the Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum and Parks-Janeway Carriage House, 3596 Sagunto St. in Santa Ynez. Tickets cost $200 per person for the Nov. 12 evening gala that takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. They are on sale now and can be purchased on the museum’s website: santaynezmuseum.org. Plans for the celebration include cocktails, dinner, presentation of the annual “Vaquero of the Year” award and live music. Everyone attending must bring and wear their own face covering that fully covers both nose and mouth with ear loops (or similar) to hold it securely in place inside the galleries. Bandanas, gaiters and masks with external valves are not permitted. Face shields alone are not adequate protection. Mask-wearing is also strongly encouraged in outdoor spaces. For more information, contact Teresa Mills at 805-688-7889, ext. 104, or info@santaynezmuseum. org. email: mmcmahon@newspress.com

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2021 Brent E. Zepke

The author lives in Santa Barbara

Gonzalez hurts state with nasty tweet

Columnist Bonnie Donovan urges voters to cast their ballots in Tuesday’s election for Santa Barbara City Council and Santa Barbara mayor.

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Stakes are high in Tuesday’s election ‘If you don’t vote, you lose the right to complain.” — George Carlin

id you know that by Wednesday morning, we will know the future of Santa Barbara at least for the next five years? In other words, this is not the usual four-year cycle. It is a fiveyear cycle. Look at only the past year and see how our world, the economy etc. has turned. Much can happen in a year. And Tuesday’s election for Santa Barbara City Council and mayor is important to our future. But first, let’s start with a positive note. Who in the world hired Barney Melekian for the county? The city was lucky enough to borrow him, as the interim police chief. This outstanding man exhibits qualities and a worth ethic that we haven’t seen in decades. He answers his emails from residents while on vacation, and on his days off, unlike other city department heads. He shows up for personal contact regarding citizen concerns. He is a shining star — only one thing wrong with this situation. As of Jan. 14, his leadership and work for the city, unfortunately,

will come to an end. This is where government work, we hear from deal making could be a good thing. a downtown business owner, How do we retain Chief Melekian? that the city is willing to spend Look at the contrast of another to destroy traffic flow and then interim department head. spend more money to “solve” the We were forwarded a Statement problem of increased congestion of Economic Interest that a reader they caused by things like the Cota requested after the attacks on Bike path, the closing of State, city council candidate Nina the narrowing of De la Vina, the Johnson (and the narrowing of upper other candidates Anacapa. All this DID YOU KNOW? has created a traffic who challenged the incumbents) for not Bonnie Donovan jam for commercial filing their donations properties where in a timely manner there weren’t and thus suffered penalties. His problems with traffic. Not to SEI was filed in accordance with mention the new bulb outs at the California Fair Practices Act Modoc and Calle de Los Amigos as and requires incumbents and their part of the bike path, that had to be spouses to disclose their financial torn out and “reconfigured” due to holdings. the dangerous turn radius. These disclosures include Our current leadership is so financial instruments, 401K’s, inept, part of their veiled attempt deferred comp, real estate to thwart business downtown holdings, partnerships, contractual so they can do what they want interests, mortgages. No holdings and turn it into something were listed on their filings. Seems unrecognizable. unlikely with some employed Many a truth is said in jest. It is by Caltrans, Santa Barbara City so revelatory how the Democratic College and as a Santa Barbara Party works, or rather doesn’t County deputy district attorney. play well together, not that we Where is the city’s media release are surprised. Imagine Das for these incumbents? Williams who lives in Carpinteria, No response to our dangling the promise of the city inquiries from the interim city administrator’ss job to Deborah administrator. Schwartz, to back off and out of Speaking of good enough for Mayor Cathy Murillo’s way. Where

would that put Rebecca Bjork? Talk about go along, to get along. There are 362,000 reasons to bow of the mayor’s race. It doesn’t get any better on Page 6 of the New York Post, does it? Again, Deborah Schwartz laughed and said it was just a joke. As in “hypothetically speaking”... a soft-landing spot for Ms. Schwartz if you get back in line. How dare Das interfere in city politics. The DCC has a lot invested in keeping these big three to remain in lockstep with the party line: Murillo, Sneddon and Harmon. Some rumors had swirled in political circles that Mr. Williams and Ms. Schwartz discussed potential alternative positions with the city that could be available to Ms. Schwartz if she stepped aside — including the city administrator role that comes with an annual financial package of $362,000. That scuttlebutt was quickly squashed by both parties. “First, she’s staying in the race. I didn’t offer her anything except for my help in creating reconciliation (with the DCC),” Mr. Williams said Ms. Schwartz concurred. “It was said in jest,” she said, referring to the city administrator role. Why doesn’t Das mind his own backyard? Not the one

in Carpinteria, but the county installation of 34 “new transitional housing” for homeless in the parking lot at 1100 Santa Barbara St., doors down from the County Courthouse and the Santa Barbara Police Department. How convenient. Jurisdiction or not, the SBPD will be the responding agency. Right, the city police our current city council moved to defund will be expected to respond when there is a disturbance. We won’t be surprised if the county’s transitional housing at 1100 Santa Barbara St. will attract the same foot traffic as the Rose Garden Inn. Steps from our “Tourist T” of the Courthouse, the Main Library, the Art Museum, The Granada and the State Street Promenade. Classically progressive. What else could we ask for? New leadership! But wait there’s more, the partyline Dems really know how to dither. Per Gov. Newsom, “the economy was roaring back” with the Golden Stimulus and California Comeback plan. But the delta variant spread as the lawmakers approved the “comeback plan.” Can anyone make sense of this nonsense? The Please see DONOVAN on C4

Getting rid of dissent the easy way

ount me conspiratorial, but judging from recent results, Democrats — particularly those on the far left — have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams in re-forming the United States. Not only is the pandemic part of the reason, it is also the entire reason, as President Joe Biden’s mask and vaccine mandates have created the perfect storm of retirements, transfers and firings of personnel most likely to resist the “progressive” march forward. If you think about it, why else would he force firefighters, police officers, teachers, airline personnel, members of the military including Navy SEALs, truck drivers, union workers and even sports figures, entertainers, restaurant and daycare workers to leave the workforce in the middle of a labor shortage? As I see it, it’s because all those folks who resist either a first or second inoculation, or the presentation of a vax certificate,

a booster shot, or the mandated to the legacy of Abraham Lincoln wearing of masks are all likely not and today’s Democratic Party has on the same side of the political no connection to the infamous aisle. Anyone who resists — not Ku Klux Klan, whatsoever. The all but a huge majority of them — Civil Rights Act of 1964 caused a probably vote Republican. 180-degree realignment So the perfect storm of in U.S. politics. In the PURELY pandemic and mandates presidential election POLITICAL allows a clean sweep of of that year, Barry the ranks of the resisters Goldwater, the GOP and opponents, who will candidate, carried only be replaced by more six states. Five were states subservient types, likely to of the Old Confederacy vote the “correct” way. and the sixth was his home state of Arizona. REACTION TO MY LAST The ‘Jim Crow’ South, James Buckley COLUMN the birthplace of voter I received the following suppression, has been a letter refuting my Republican stronghold “Making Elections Secure Is Not ever since. Suppression” column from Mr. “Mr. Buckley clutches his pearls Robert Baruch, who now lives in and swoons over concerns of South Korea but is a former Goleta ‘election integrity,’ mail-in ballots, resident. and voter I.D. requirements. Here Mr. Baruch’s letter is, How does he feel about states along with my retort: proposing and passing laws “Contrary to the opinion of which give GOP-controlled state certain right-wing pundits, legislatures the power to overturn today’s Republican Party has no the results of any election in philosophical or moral connection which their candidate loses?

This is the antithesis of election integrity. It’s election subversion. In past decades, mail-in voting had been embraced by the GOP because it was to their benefit. “It was only when Democrats successfully used it (Nov. 2020 and Jan. 2021) that it allegedly transformed into a satanic conduit for voter fraud. Voter ID requirements remain intact in the Freedom to Vote Act at the insistence of Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, so that’s not even an issue. “Mr. Buckley continues to make baseless, anecdotal claims of massive voter fraud without a scintilla of evidence. All of his claims have been rejected in court or dismissed outright as frivolous and without merit. Votes have been counted, recounted, certified, audited and fraudited. “Donald Trump and his sycophants come up three bases short of a home run every time, yet they still demand high fives, champagne, and a victory parade.”

MY RESPONSE Here’s my reply to Mr. Baruch’s letter. First of all, it’s important to remind one and all of the sordid history of the Democrat Party and its support and reliance on the idea that one drop of African blood was enough to classify another human as the property of someone else. While it’s true that the once solidly Democratic South became a Republican stronghold after the 1964 Civil Rights Act, it’s also good to remember that the South was in the process of becoming a Republican stronghold right after the Civil War, when most black voters voted for the party of Lincoln. That trend ended after the Democrat insurrectionists successfully introduced their Jim Crow statutes, effectively transforming former slaves into second-class citizens. The ”single drop of blood” test remains to this day. Otherwise halfPlease see BUCKLEY on C4

alifornia Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-Oceanside, recently tweeted that she stood by her tweeting “F--- Elon Musk” on May 9, 2020. She continued in that tweet with “California has highly subsidized a company that has always disregarded worker safety and well-being, has engaged in union busting and bullies’ public servants,” before adding “I probably could’ve expressed my frustration in a less aggressive way. Of course, no one would’ve cared if I tweeted that.” “F--- Elon Musk” reminded me of how threatened my wife and I, both senior citizens, felt as we inched through Santa Barbara during a peaceful preelection car rally with many red-faced people running towards our convertible screaming “F--- Trump.” Imagine how Mr. Musk felt when a member of the California Assembly not only tweeted it but even after having a year to reflect on her actions, repeated it. Ms. Gonzalez’s opening salvo had to insult Mr. Musk. Her words, and her retweet a year later, instead of an apology, reflects on her character as an elected representative to the California state assembly. With that beginning, Ms. Gonzalez’s tweet connects her allegations to a company Mr. Musk founded and runs: Tesla. What were state Assemblywoman Gonzalez’s intentions? Elon Musk is, among other things, the founder and head of revolutionary auto manufacturer Tesla, that the other lawmakers in California value so highly that they offer special tax incentives to buyers. Tesla employes approximately 57,000 people at their Fremont facility. Despite Ms. Gonzalez’s district being hundreds of miles from Fremont, her tweet indicates that she had some knowledge of their operations. If her intent was to correct her alleged injustices: she failed. The authorized way is to file a complaint with the appropriate California agency, as will be discussed below. “Safety & well-being” is confusing as the phrase “wellbeing” has no meaning in the law. Complaints about “safety & health” in the workplace can be filed with Cal OSHA, a state agency certified by federal OSHA, who certified to administer OSHA in California. Trials by an administrative law judge are available to review potential misapplications of the law. An example is when I represented General Motors (GM) in a Cal OSHA charge of “unsafe flooring” in their Fremont facility. When I discovered that there was only one loose tile in a floor of a million square feet, I asked GM “what is this really about?” The response was “This is the ninth frivolous complaint this year by our unions using Cal OSHA to harass us. This time GM wants to actually try this case in order to end the harassment.” At the trial the administrative law judge refused to permit me to call as a witness the federal OSHA employee who had approved the certification of Cal OSHA. When I said I would appeal, the judge knew his bias ruling would be exposed and he dismissed the case. Apparently, our message was understood as the harassment ended. GM eventually stopped manufacturing at the Fremont Please see ZEPKE on C4

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NEWS-PRESS ENDORSMENT

Randy Rowse for Santa Barbara mayor

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GUEST OPINION

Santa Barbara desperately needs a leader who not only understands but appreciates business — the lifeblood that keeps the city running. We believe there is no one on the slate better to fill the position of mayor than Randy Rowse — a man who successfully ran a thriving business. This city has had the alternative for decades. As a result, one only has to look at the state of downtown today: “Homelessness” run amok, streets becoming increasingly narrow for cars but extremely wide for bikes and skateboarders, bulb-outs and the canyonization of Chapala. On the horizon, and probably blocking it,

are high rises on State and Santa Barbara streets. Get ready for more massive structures built much too close to sidewalks and streets that would make Pearl Chase roll over in her grave. Not to mention, arbitrarily deciding to increase what was height limit of structures and allowing structures to be built too close to sidewalks and streets, dirty sidewalks, shoppers being accosted by petty criminals who never see the inside of a jail, the city’s micro-managing of those businesses that can still operate. There are too many arbitrary regulations being foisted upon those businesses still in business — and more coming all the time.

It’s taxation without representation for those who own businesses downtown and within the city limits. Business owners pay an inordinate amount of taxes and fees yet have no voting rights if one lives outside the city limits. Basically, it’s punishing those who bring money into the city coffers yet giving windfalls to those who bring nothing — spending $1.6 million to house 50 alleged homeless for four months in hotel rooms — paid for by those who have no say. If you don’t want status quo governance of Santa Barbara, vote for Randy Rowse. He’s the only candidate who can turn this city around.

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The News-Press supports mayoral candidate Randy Rowse in the Nov. 2 election.

LETTERS TO THE NEWS-PRESS What about herd immunity?

A bumble bee invades a nudist colony!

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he emperor every day? For instance, why has no not ban polyester clothing clothes!” is a at the same time as gasphrase made powered cars? famous by Moreover, the state wants Hans Christian Andersen, to ban plastic utensils used albeit variations of the story in restaurants, but what go back hundreds of years, about the plastic used in meaning the expression hospitals? presents an age-old problem. Another multi-billion The story represents the dollar naked-as-a-jaybird tendency of the masses to effort under way is the go along with a charade for feckless attempt to do away fear of the consequences with homelessness. of pointing out The brilliant idea? the obvious to the If we put them in a oblivious. Moreover, shelter, hotel room the people who fell for or hut, they won’t be the charade are now homeless any longer! vested in it and they Whereas, that might don’t want to admit to appear to be true themselves or anyone to the naked eye, Andy Caldwell else how foolish they the naked truth is have been, so the ruse something altogether lives on. different. Namely, Here in California, there managing to get the homeless are so many people walking off the streets during the around wearing nothing at night does not solve the all, when it comes to certain underlying problems of facets of group-think and the mentally ill and those group-speak, that we might addicted to drugs and as well admit we are living in alcohol when they reappear an ideological nudist colony. during daylight hours. That reminds me of a very, Hence, when the county very old song, when “The supervisors rented out a Bumble Bee Invaded the motel in downtown Santa Nudist Colony”! In this story, Barbara for these clients of I will play the part of the theirs, they also had to hire bumble bee, thank you very security 24/7. much. Bzz, Bzz, Bzz, how will Let’s talk climate change. the county treat the root All the people drinking problems that caused these the Kool-Aid would have people to become homeless us believe we have about in the first place? Back eight years left to save the in 2011, the department planet from catastrophic, that ostensibly treats irreversible damage. Yet, the homeless persons’ none of these people are underlying maladies had an living or acting as if we annual budget of $70 million. only have eight years left, Ten years later, the budget including the elite’s use is $150 million, and the of private jets to attend problems associated with the climate conferences and homeless have only gotten the innumerable new island worse and their numbers resorts popping up despite have only increased. the threat of sea level rise! Obviously, what we are Meanwhile, China’s use of doing is not working, because coal continues to skyrocket as our government never had if there really is going to be a the requisite moral authority tomorrow, Greta Thunberg. to deal with the matters For example, Santa of lost souls. Instead, they Barbara County just continue to throw enormous purchased a new diesel amounts of money at the generator to serve as backup problem that only serves for a solar panel array and a to grow government and storage battery for that array. innumerable associated While the state intends to cottage industries, while ban gas-powered cars, lawn they all strut about virtue equipment and the like, they signaling in the buff also intend to keep paving presenting a mighty tempting our roads with asphalt. target to a bumble bee. If we only had eight years to save the planet, where is Andy Caldwell is the COLAB the desperation and the plan executive director and host of to end any and all reliance “The Andy Caldwell Show,” on fossil fuels and the 6,000 airing 3 to 5 p.m. weekdays products made from fossil on KZSB AM 1290, the Newsfuels that we use each and Press radio station.

s of Oct. 14, 69.7% of the eligible population of Santa Barbara County is fully vaccinated. We were told for months that once 65-70% of our population was vaccinated, we would have reached herd immunity. We ran out to get vaccinated to achieve that goal. Once we did our part, we suddenly no longer hear anything about herd immunity. What changed? Don’t tell me the new variants because we are also told that the vaccinations we received worked on all the variants. Now our government (federal, state, and even local) want to force even higher vaccination levels by threatening people with losing their livelihood (jobs). Remember when we called nurses, police and fire personnel heroes because they continued to work during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now we call them unemployed unless they are vaccinated. Go figure! So 69.7% of our population has been vaccinated, plus many, many more who got COVID, recovered and now have natural antibodies. How many more must be vaccinated before we reach herd immunity? I personally believe in getting vaccinated and have even gotten my booster shot. What I don’t believe in is government (at any level) forcing people to be vaccinated. Especially not at the threat of losing their jobs. Who are they putting at risk? Themselves in a worst-case scenario. Quit moving the goalposts and acknowledge that the majority of our citizens have been vaccinated. Give us credit for doing what you asked us to do and stand by your target of 65-70% to reach herd immunity. Your fear tactics are running very thin, and the public is sick of being threatened at every turn.

electricians. Here are some district community concerns I see. 1) SBCC should prioritize district students who live here and do not require development of new housing and resources within our geographically limited boundaries. 2) SBCC’s budget deficit and declining enrollment should NOT be remedied by revenues dependent on our community college admitting more international students requiring housing and municipal tax-paid services. 3) SBCC faculty and staff via paid in-service trainings be informed of the mission and legislative intent of our community college; our community’s demographics; the training needs of our business, industry and medical sectors; and the economic realities of South County, which is dependent on focused faculty maintaining high level academic instruction and assisting each student find a path to success. Email your neighborhood trustee or Interim College President Dr Kindred Murillo: kmurillo4@pipeline.sbcc.edu; or Trustee President Dr Peter Haslund: Pohaslund@pipeline. sbcc.Edu. Do you know?: Faculty always clamor for more foreign students because it is direct cash to put into the system. I’m told the number of foreign students needing housing will grow. One faculty member said he could solve all SBCC fiscal problems by bringing it closer to 100% international students! Such is the degree of rupture between town and gown among some on campus. Take that issue up with the City Council and Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors. Denice Spangler Adams Montecito

otherwise respect and support. However, this news left me with my mouth hanging open. What was he thinking? Who was he speaking for? Just himself or the Democratic Central Committee? And was Deborah the only one who received such a suggestion? Did James Joyce receive one too? Or the other mayoral candidates? We are fortunate that Deborah had the integrity and courage to report it to the press. While such a move was likely meant to be kept private and behind closed doors, it is no less appalling. I hate to say it, but isn’t this interference in a civic election and no better than interference in a federal election? No matter who you vote for (and many have not submitted their votes yet) please take this into consideration and do what you think is best. Rachel Aarons Santa Barbara Editor’s note: Deborah Schwartz, Das Williams and Darcél Elliott, chair of the Democratic Party of Santa Barbara County, present their sides of this issue in the NewsPress story, “Schwartz, Williams meet about mayoral race,” which was published on Thursday’s front page. You can read the article at newspress.com/schwartz-williamsmeet-about-mayoral-race.

No more Magic

he Dodgers left so many base runners stranded in the NLCS. LOB is the stats’ official title. May I suggest the Dodgers leave the great Magic Johnson on one of these bases. He can be the one to come home until he strikes a television deal with Cox. We here in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara and Goleta have been stranded for seven years without our beloved team. Steve Marko Santa Barbara

Michael Quigley Carpinteria

SBCC needs improvement

ill you vote for another bond measure for Santa Barbara City College when the campus remains effectively closed; our college cannot live within its budget; the Faculty Senate is disgruntled and in an equity attack mode, while other faculty stay in their classrooms. SBCC District owners recently received our property tax bills to be reminded how much we each pay to support SBCC. Much has changed after eight college presidents in 12 years, thanks to local voter choice of trustees. Student headcount has declined 20% in the last decade, while the budget deficit has increased. Presently, 45% of students and the unvaccinated public are prohibited from entering campus (except for a recent outdoor board retreat). SBCC has not yet offered our community any public educational panel forums with public health and other differing experts. Twice trustees voted to keep the campus open to all but after recall threats from the Faculty Senate, took a third vote to close it to anyone not vaccinated. The 20% state guideline of revenue setsides for deferred maintenance and essential campus improvements to train students has been raided. Personnel expenses have exceeded 90% of the budget, which includes contracted legal to Griffith & Thornburgh and other outside vendors for programming, such as Crossroads and Just Communities, plus money for skilled contractors, plumbers and

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Deborah Schwartz

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Das Williams

Don’t interfere with election integrity

ave you read the article in the News-Press (“Schwartz, Williams meet about mayoral race,” Oct. 28) about a suggestion made to Deborah Schwartz that she drop out of the election to give her votes to incumbent Mayor Cathy Murrillo? This suggestion was made by Das Williams, a political figure I

Let’s elect Nina Johnson

t is undemocratic that the Democratic Party endorse or work against other Democrats running in what should be a nonpartisan election. As a Democrat, I find the behavior brings me no pride. We need to unite and find common ground to face homelessness, housing, vacant retail space and the pandemic. The Santa Barbara City Council should have supported funding for the Mission Canyon Bridge to address safety codes and pedestrian ADA requirements while preserving its historical character. This council rejected the grant and years of community work. We need to work proactively — locally and with Sacramento — to find solutions to moderate- and low-income housing shortages. We need to use the “carrot” to find ways to address vacant storefronts - working with property owners and businesses for “pop-ups,” expediting tenant improvement permits, creating an adaptive reuse ordinance and creating smaller retail spaces. We need to recognize and engage local artists, businesses, property owners, professionals, all. Only they can produce Santa Barbara-authentic solutions. Over 20 years, Nina Johnson has worked to bring out the best for Santa Barbara through collaboration, inclusion, creativity and thoughtful thinking. She is not controlled by any party and will bring her unique approach to City Council. A vote for Nina is a vote for you. Tom Jacobs Santa Barbara

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Santa Barbara resident Leoncio Martins is supporting Mayor Cathy Murillo’s re-election.

Re-elect Cathy Murillo

s mayor, Cathy Murillo has led Santa Barbara through historic challenges and delivered results. She has the proven experience we need to keep moving Santa Barbara forward. She helped create the State Street Promenade, formed the COVID-19 Business Advisory Task Force to help local businesses during the pandemic, protected funding for libraries and youth programs, increased the supply of affordable housing while protecting the character of our neighborhoods. Our Mayor Cathy Murillo has proven experience and leadership we can trust. Your vote matters. Leoncio Martins Santa Barbara

Tenants Union backs incumbents

e are writing to announce that we, representatives of the Santa Barbara Tenants Union, have decided to endorse Cathy Murillo for mayor as well as Meagan Harmon and Kristen Sneddon for Santa Barbara City Council. Santa Barbara needs renters. We are the people doing the daily jobs that make it possible for local retail, restaurants and grocery stores to operate. We work in schools and nonprofits. We are public safety employees and medical providers. The Tenants Union was formed in order to build mutual solidarity, education, and political power amongst all of us struggling as tenants in our city and region, because we face increasingly unaffordable housing and a crisislevel shortage in places to rent. We are a membership-funded and membership-led union for and by tenants, and we maintain independence from big foundations, wealthy donors, government grants and political parties. This independence gives us the ability to make decisions that come from membership rather than special interests, which means that we can endorse candidates if we choose and maintain the ability to denounce them later if they break campaign promises. Cathy Murillo, Meagan Harmon and Kristen Sneddon have been powerful advocates for renters’ rights, helping to pass no-cause eviction protections and an early pandemic eviction moratorium. These candidates’ strong record on renters’ issues makes sense because more than 60% of our neighbors in the city are renters. This is a refreshing example of representative democracy — an elected official representing the issues that matter most to their constituents. Sadly, the darker side of politics has reared its ugly head in these campaigns. A number of property management companies Please see LETTERS on C4

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Grant Napear’s life matters

hould a peaceful, lawabiding man of faith be punished in perpetuity for publicly proclaiming his heartfelt belief that “ALL LIVES MATTER ... EVERY SINGLE ONE”? The question is not merely rhetorical. It is now a legal matter for a California court and jury to decide. Grant Napear, radio talk show host and former announcer for the Sacramento Kings basketball team, filed a lawsuit recently against his former employer, Bonneville International Corp., after the Utahbased media conglomerate threw him under the bus last spring to mollify the un-mollify-able Black Lives Matter mob. In case you had forgotten, hordes of lunatics across America lost their minds over the Minneapolis police-involved death of career criminal and drug addict George Floyd. Coast-to-coast riots caused nearly $2 billion in damages and cost scores of lives -- all under the guise of “social justice” and “peaceful protest,” of course. Those who dared stray from BLM orthodoxy — no joking allowed, no defense of law enforcement allowed, nothing less than full and immediate genuflection to the vengeful gods

of “diversity” allowed — faced in my golf tournament? This is just moral condemnation, social media part of the sad cancel-culture that persecution and even employment exists in our country now.” termination. Within 48 hours, corporate Mr. Napear suffered all three cowards at Napear’s Sacramento punishments. radio station, KHTK, fired His crime? In response to the 62-year-old veteran sports NBA player DeMarcus journalist, despite more Cousins’ tweet to him than two decades of asking “What’s your superlative work on the take on BLM?,” the airwaves. veteran sports journalist Parent company answered with those Bonneville condemned fateful six words: “ALL Mr. Napear’s innocent LIVES MATTER … message as “particularly EVERY SINGLE ONE.” Michelle Malkin insensitive,” kowtowing A tsunami of hate to BLM by expressing its and smears ensued on “respect” for “the black social media. Another NBA player, community” and “marginalized” Matt Barnes, gleefully tarred Mr. people. (Never mind all the Napear as a “closet racist” and black small-business owners and stoked a backlash. Mr. Barnes had police officers targeted by Floydpreexisting grudges against Mr. worshiping looters and shooters, or Napear, who had called him out the white citizens marginalized for over a nightclub brawl that led demanding law and order.) to criminal charges against Mr. In his lawsuit filed last week Barnes for assaulting a woman with the Eastern District of in 2016, among other unruly California court, Mr. Napear incidents. cited his religious beliefs in “the “Plain and simple,” Mr. Napear inherent worth and dignity of told me in an interview on Monday, every person” and “the right of “Matt called me a closet racist conscience and the use of the on Twitter to get back at me. The democratic process within our sad thing is his tweet was taken congregations and in society at as judge and jury. If I’m a closet large.” Off with his head! racist, why did you come on my Mr. Napear recounted how show every week and ask to play KHTK barred him “from the

company premises as if he were a criminal,” despite a spotless and exemplary employment record. His complaint laid out how Bonneville fired him “for cause” without any justification or explanation of how his tweet in defense of the sanctity of all life constituted “misconduct.” Mr. Napear unflinchingly called out the corporate media giant for illegally discriminating against him “because he is a Caucasian male who published a phrase on social media” that went against Bonneville’s unstated policy supporting BLM. Asked for any response to the suit, a Bonneville spokeswoman informed me this week: “We have no comment.” As for Mr. Napear, he told me Monday: “My message is simple. What happened to me was a travesty. I’m trying to right a wrong. My hope is a victory will send a message to those who think canceling people for their beliefs won’t be tolerated.” He is standing in the breach because “too many people are scared to speak up for what they believe in and what is right. I’ve had numerous private conversations with some of the biggest names in our industry. They’ve told me they are nervous about saying something on the

air that will be misconstrued or misinterpreted.” Mr. Napear has also talked to sports team owners who believe “it is easier to go woke then deal with criticism.” But instead of going gently into the good night over “six truthful words” that “ended my career,” Mr. Napear is holding the feckless smear merchants accountable. “I want to be vindicated. I want Bonneville International to apologize to me. I want them to admit they panicked and made a mistake,” he told me. “I am energized and ready to fight this battle not just for me, but for all of those who have been victims of this sick cancel culture.” In what remains of the land of the free and the home of the brave, Grant Napear’s life and livelihood matter. All the witch hunters who tried to destroy him must be held to account. Every single one. Michelle Malkin’s email address is michellemalkininvestigates@ protonmail.com. To find out more about Ms. Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com. Copyright 2021 by Creators.com.

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Lessons from Venezuela

emocrats say President Joe Biden won “a strong mandate.” His government can do all sorts of good things! I don’t believe he has a mandate, but thanks to the selfishness of former President Donald Trump, Democrats control Congress, and that may give them power to shove their worst ideas down our throats. Those include: • No. 1: Hate speech laws. • No. 2: Expanding the Supreme Court. • No. 3: Gun control. • No. 4: Spending much more. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to have noticed that these “reforms” were just tried in a country near us. My new video reveals how they worked out. (Spoiler alert: badly). Venezuela became the progressives “it” country when Hugo Chavez became president. Celebrities such as Danny Glover, Susan Sarandon and Michael Moore showered him with praise. Sean Penn called him “one of the most important forces we’ve had on this planet.” “You have to be blind to believe that,” responds Andres Guilarte of The Fund for American Studies. Mr. Guilarte is one of many Venezuelans who risked his life to protest socialist rule. When the protests failed, he came to the United States as a refugee. Today, protest is even riskier in Venezuela, because of progressive reform No. 1: the “Law Against Hatred.” Half of America’s Democrats support that, says a YouGov poll. They should rethink what they want, said Mr. Guilarte, because “the ruling party ... (gets to decide) what hate speech is.” In Venezuela, critics of the government now face jail time. • No. 2: Some Democrats want to add four new justices to the Supreme Court. Sen. Ed Markey said the new justices would “restore balance” after years of Republican rule. Mr. Chavez added justices to Venezuela’s Supreme Court. He “changed it from 20 people to 32 people,” Mr. Please see STOSSEL on C4

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here are rules for most cases, and then there are rules for abortion cases,” began a dissent of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Judge Amul Thapar in a case last month. “The majority reveals that abortion exceptionalism knows no bounds,” he added. Judge Thapar’s allusion to the peculiar rules and procedures that characterize modern litigation surrounding the peculiar institution of on-demand abortion is especially apt, as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares for its expedited hearing Monday in U.S. v. Texas. That case, pertaining to the Lone Star State’s recently enacted fetal heartbeat law, has attracted outsize attention. The media has obsessed over the procedurally novel manner in which the antiabortion statute operates. But the untold story is the special treatment afforded abortion’s

defenders. The Supreme Court’s majority As the media has reported in its Sept. 1 decision adopted (and misreported) ad nauseam, Mitchell’s argument, writing: the Texas Heartbeat Act (Senate “Federal courts enjoy the power Bill 8) expressly strips Texas to enjoin individuals tasked government officials of the ability with enforcing laws, not the laws to enforce the state’s own law, themselves.” instead relying upon privateDoctrinally, this is well-settled citizen watchdogs for and unexceptional. enforcement. The media’s What is exceptional ire has partially focused is less a creatively on Jonathan Mitchell, the designed piece of anticonservative attorney abortion legislation, who was S.B. 8’s lead but the entirety of architect. abortion litigation itself. As a mid-September Not incidentally, those New York Times article invariable procedural Josh Hammer accurately noted, much of quirks and oddities the groundwork for S.B. 8 always tend to favor was laid out for all to see liberalized abortion in Mr. Mitchell’s 2018 law review access. article, “The Writ-of-Erasure First, as we most recently saw Fallacy,” which explains: “The in a 2020 case, June Medical federal judiciary has no authority Services v. Russo, the Supreme to alter or annul a statute. The Court allows an extremely liberal power of judicial review is more third-party “standing” standard limited: It allows a court to decline in abortion cases that it does to enforce a statute and to enjoin not extend to virtually any other the executive from enforcing that type of litigation affecting the statute.” invocation of a constitutional

— or, in the case of abortion, a purported “constitutional” — right. As Justice Clarence Thomas noted in dissent, “Under a proper understanding of Article III,” which establishes the federal judiciary, abortion clinic “plaintiffs lack standing to invoke (the Supreme Court’s) jurisdiction” for the simple and intuitive reason that the underlying abortion “right” is not the clinic’s to vindicate. The Supreme Court does have a test permitting extremely limited third parties to invoke injured constitutional rights, but as Justice Samuel Alito demonstrated in his own June Medical Services dissent, abortion advocates plainly fail that test. Unfortunately, as Justice Thomas wrote in his 2016 dissent in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the court has a “habit of applying different rules to different constitutional rights — especially the putative right to abortion.” Second, the mere fact that the

Supreme Court so dramatically expedited consideration of the U.S. v. Texas litigation as part of its so-called rocket docket is itself anomalous — and telling. Monday’s oral argument in U.S. v. Texas will take place a mere two weeks after Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Justice Department requested the court’s intervention. For litigation involving the alleged infringement of few, if any, other constitutional rights (or “rights”) would the court feel emboldened to act this swiftly. The last time a Supreme Court case moved at this speed was Bush v. Gore. That says something. The court is apparently willing to throw out all its normal customs and rules pertaining to writs of certiorari — agreeing to hear a case — in precisely two instances: a contested presidential election, on the one hand, or the alleged infringement of the progressive left’s foremost pagan sacrament, abortion, on the other. Please see HAMMER on C4

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Continued from Page C3 Guilarte. After that, “the court never ruled against him.” It let him shut down opposition media and confiscate 1,000 private businesses. • No. 3: American Democrats want gun control. In Venezuela now, only the army, police and certain favored groups may have guns. That made it even easier for officials to come to people’s homes and take their property. “You’re just in your shop, selling shoes,” Mr. Guilarte explained. “Some government officer arrives and says, ‘We’re going to shut down your business.’ That would be completely different if that business owner had a gun.” “But the government would just come in with bigger guns,” I

suggested. “If we had a culture like you have in the U.S.,” Mr. Guilarte responded, “it would have been incredibly difficult.” Venezuela’s gun control didn’t even reduce crime. In fact, Venezuela’s murder rate rose. Venezuela now has the thirdhighest murder rate in the world. “These laws never work,” Mr. Guilarte said. “Citizens don’t have guns. But the criminals have bigger guns!” • No. 4: The most important lesson from Venezuela is the idea that governments can fund whatever they want to do simply by printing more money. “The federal government can never run out of money,” said Modern Monetary Theory economist Stephanie Kelton. She’s convinced politicians that they can spend much more without

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worrying about inflation. “Well, of course, John,” Mr. Guilarte replied sarcastically. “That’s how the economy works. You just print money because money comes up from trees.” Venezuela printed money and won praise from progressives by spending some on programs they said would help the poor. But the poor and the middle class were crushed by the inflation that followed: 20% ... then 100% ... 3,000% ... 40,000%! This destroyed Venezuela. Inflation in America has risen to 5.4%. Bad, but of course, nothing close to what happened in Venezuela. “Doesn’t mean that it can’t happen!” Mr. Guilarte warned. That, unfortunately, is true. “We were the richest economy in Latin America,” he pointed out. “People from America came to

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Venezuela to build businesses.” Now the country is in shambles. “Everything can fall to the ground really quickly,” Mr. Guilarte said. “Inflation is like a cancer. You never know when it’s going to hit you.” Let’s learn from socialism’s failures. The idea that massive government spending and other progressive feel-good policies will help America, when these same ideas failed horribly elsewhere, is a dangerous myth. John Stossel is 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. Copyright 2021 by BY JFS Productions Inc.

No one held the reins back from this indiscriminate building DONOVAN

Continued from Page C1 delta made me do it? The delta failed us? What? Come again, these are government checks, not goods and services. How does that make the economy come back ? More smoke and mirrors. Anyone voting for the currently seated mayor and council member needs to sit up and pay attention to their agenda. How many would realize the problems in Santa Barbara that these currently elected officials

have created or exacerbated by immature, idealistic leadership which follows a political agenda with consequences of which even they cannot be aware. (In a dictatorship, people who dissent from the official party line usually wind up in prison — or worse.) The official party line to which they adhere supersedes the generations of hard work and effort to maintain the beauty and grace of this fair town. Let’s take a look back at other California cities nearly as charming as Santa Barbara. Up until the mid-50’s to early ‘69, towns like Anaheim and Santa

Ana enjoyed the rich backdrop of Saddleback mountains in one direction, a clear view of the San Gabriel mountains, in another. The downtown areas of both cities were similar in appearance to that of our town. The streets were easily navigable. It took about 10 years to change those communities into something indistinguishable from the most unattractive, indistinct, and congested towns in the San Fernando Valley, and other outlying towns around Los Angeles. No one held the reins back from this indiscriminate building. If you didn’t know Anaheim before, you

would only think of it as an offramp to Disneyland or Angels stadium. It only takes one vote to tip the scale. Remember that an election can be won by 24% or lost by as little as 8 votes. Low voter turnout is a large contributing factor to these current city predicaments. Get out and cast your ballot. Be an influence for our election. The stakes are high. Bonnie Donovan writes the “Did You Know?” column in conjunction with a bipartisan group of local citizens. It appears Sundays in the Voices section.

‘This level of dishonesty staggers me’ BUCKLEY

Continued from Page C1 white President Barack Obama, Vice President Kamala Harris and many others of mixed race, wouldn’t be classified as “black.” They’d just be our fellow citizens, and like most of us, of varied heritage. As for not having a connection to that past, West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd, a former Klan Exalted Cyclops, for example, was elected and served as a U.S. senator from 1959 to 2010 and was Senate majority or minority Leader for the Democrats from 1977 through 1986. He also served three terms as Senate president pro tempore, right up until his departure in 2010. The other connection to the past is the party’s insistence of classifying everyone by race and by instituting what can only be

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Continued from Page C2 and major property owners are spending tens of thousands of dollars to defeat Cathy, Meagan and Kristen. These corporate special interests don’t want Meagan, Cathy, and Kristen to continue their work on behalf of renters. They want others they know who will side with their financial interests at the expense of the access to local quality housing that our neighbors need. We urge voters to elect Cathy Murillo as our mayor and urge 6th District residents to vote for Meagan Harmon and 4th District residents to vote for Kristen Sneddon for Santa Barbara City Council. Santa Barbara Tenants Union Team Leads Rachel Sim Stanley Tzankov Max Golding Elliot Hammond Aaron Kopperman David Herrera

Why you should vote for Rowse

he Santa Barbara City Council elections on Nov. 2 are probably one of the most important elections in years. Santa Barbara is facing serious problems: homelessness, the problems with State Street, including the malling of the street, a leaderless city bureaucracy, a dysfunctional City Council, an obstructive planning and development bureaucracy, undue union influence and more. We deserve a better mayor and Randy Rowse is the only nonpartisan candidate with vast experience and demonstrated leadership and he deserves our vote. There is nothing Republican or Democrat about street repair, trash pickup, water, homelessness, housing and crime. Why should the mayor of Santa Barbara be chosen because they are a Democrat or Republican? Party affiliation is not a good reason to elect someone.

called racial quotas via those classifications. Oh, and Republicans still revere the memory of former President Abraham Lincoln. As for other points in Mr. Baruch’s letter: Please, I keep my pearls in a safe deposit box so have no need or desire to clutch them. Republicans have been warning about the abuse of mail-in voting for years. The idea that unmonitored voter drop-boxes, mass-mailing of mail-in ballots, and unrestricted voter harvesting would be anything other than an invitation to fraud is ludicrous. You’d just be re-creating the same kind of chaos that’s taking place on our southern border right now. But I guess that’s what you’d want. There’s nothing “frivolous” or “without merit” about the attempt to safeguard America’s election process. It’s easy enough to count

votes without ascertaining the validity of them and once they haven’t been signature-checked and with no chain of custody, all that’s left is the sheer number of votes, not whether they were cast by qualified voters. The only thing frivolous and without merit is the attempt to destroy voter integrity, which is what the “For The People Act” would do.

Yet most candidates tout their political affiliation. The first endorsement on incumbent mayor Cathy Murillo’s list is the Santa Barbara County Democratic Party. James Joyce III (Mr. “Coffee With A Black Guy”) was an aide to Hannah-Beth Jackson, Democratic power broker and got her endorsement. Deborah Schwartz, daughter of former Supervisor Naomi Schwartz, was endorsed by The Democratic Women of Santa Barbara County. The Santa Barbara County Democratic Party also endorsed Santa Barbara City Council candidates Meagan Harmon, Kristin Sneddon, and Eric Friedman. The Democratic Women of Santa Barbara County endorsed Nina Johnson who is running against Meagan Harmon for City Council. Also, and very importantly, these Democrat candidates are all endorsed by the labor unions who benefit from sweetheart contracts with the City. By “endorse” I mean campaign donations. The running joke about most of the current City Council members is that they are running for president of the United State. The point being is that they see local offices as a stepping stone to greater political glory. To get there they can’t stray far from party ideology. I support Randy Rowse for mayor of Santa Barbara. All I want is better city government, and Mr. Rowse is the only candidate who can get us there. Randy has no political endorsements, nor is he a Democrat or Republican. He did get endorsements from the city firefighters and police officers unions, probably the most significant nonpartisan endorsements of the mayoral race. He was also endorsed by former mayor Sheila Lodge, a liberal Democrat who understands the need to elect competent leadership. The thing that irks me about the current City Council is that the issues that bother most of us only get attention around election time. They get lost in policies that line up with Democratic ideologies. The things that they are interested in are wealth inequality, punishing landlords, saving the environment

from gas appliances, quid pro quo sweetheart contracts for their union supporters, promises of (unattainable) “affordable” housing, and virtue signaling solidarity along racial, ethnic, LGTBQ, and gender lines. What about homelessness? State Street vacancies? The mall-ing of State Street? Obstructive City bureaucracies? Chaos in the City Administration? Undue union influence? The things we citizens complain about don’t get solved. I have written a lot about homelessness, State Street, City bureaucracy, rent control, housing, local politics, local commercial real estate, and California’s woes. Mostly my articles are based on data and facts, as well as my long tenure as a resident here. The natural reflex of our council is to punt on the important issues. With regard to the problems in the City’s bureaucracy they hired a consultant who told them that the Community Development Department (building permits, etc.) was in need of serious overhaul. Their response: nothing. I told them the same thing (The Department of No). With regard to State Street, their consultant pointed out the problems they already knew about. Their response was to form another committee (State Street Advisory Committee) to develop a Downtown State Street Master Plan. You know, more input from a committee of “stakeholders”. Committees rarely solve anything. To solve the glut of vacant stores on State Street, another consultant gave them some options. To toot my horn, I wrote two articles on the problem and the solutions I recommended were about the same as their consultant’s. Mine were free. So far, not much has been done. In response to the growing pressure on them about homelessness they, noting that there is an upcoming election, started enforcing anti-homeless laws again (the no sit, sleep, or lie on State St. and Milpas). They also spent $1.2 million to rent a 35-room motel to house the homeless. The lease runs out on Nov. 1 (election on November 2) but there is talk they will renew it again for another

ANOTHER LETTER And, finally, a nice letter from abroad: “I am a former Santa Barbarian now living in a little town in Colombia. My best friend, a third-generation local, gave me your column (dealing with the indictment of Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann) from the Sept. 26 Santa Barbara NewsPress when I visited him last week. “Shocking reading actually. I’m

afraid I’m ‘old school’ and this level of dishonesty staggers me. Indeed it seems the parasites in Washington attach themselves easily to the “right people.” “I would have dreaded a Hillary Clinton presidency and am amazed at how inept (Joe) Biden is in (Donald) Trump’s place. I worry about the U.S. that I proudly became a citizen of in the early 2000s and can see few hopeful signs ahead. “However, I thank you for the tenacity and strength of purpose to bring this sordid saga to light. “Keep it up!”

Gonzalez’s tweet was ineffective ZEPKE

Continued from Page C1 facility. “Union busting” is regulated by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which handles complaints about union-management issues as is discussed in my book Labor Relations (Littlefield, Adams). Trials are before an administrative law judge. “Bullies public servants” is the reverse of the tweet where public servant Gonzalez appears to trying to intimidate private citizen Mr. Musk. Imagine the volume of the response if Mr. Musk tweeted” F--- Gonzalez,” followed by a string of accusations and an admission of “No one would’ve cared if I had tweeted that” indicating her tweets were done for publicity. \ Yet the reaction of other public servants to Ms. Gonzalez’s tweet was reminiscent of the Simon and Garfunkel’s song “The Sound of Silence” from the party whose U.S. Attorney General declared parents who speak to school boards as “terrorists.” Since Ms. Gonzalez’s tweet was ineffective at addressing her allegations, was it effective at insulting Elon Musk? A hint as to how Mr. Musk felt about Ms. Gonzalez’s tweet was contained in a recent article from Tesla’s news website entitled “Tesla moved its HQ to Texas following explicit offer (interesting way to describe her words) from California assemblywoman.” Mr. Musk replied, “Exactly.” A rough comparison could be when New York congresswoman AOC was openly hostile towards Amazon, they switched their new facility away from her district and the state. If it was not the intent of Assemblywoman Gonzalez to contribute to the reasons for Mr. Musk and Tesla to leave

California, she should have considered the saying “Think twice, the impression is not always the intention” (Ezekiel). Since her tweets Mr. Musk, one of the 1% who pay 37% of federal taxes and a large proportion of California taxes, has moved to Texas and only one of the following proposed Tesla facilities is in California. Others are: • In Shanghai, China, with an undetermined number of employees • In Berlin Germany, with 10,000 employees • In Austin, Texas, with 10,000 employees • A tentative one for 2,022 in Lathrop, Calif. Mr. Musk’s “Exactly” spoken in response to a Q&A in a publication he controlled is a hint of his exasperation with the tweet and the attitude indicated by the lack of criticism by public servants or the media. Mr. Musk has noted that today his Fremont is the only remaining vehicle manufacturing facility in California, and his aerospace facility the only remaining one manufacturing aerospace vehicles. Ms. Gonzalez tweeted “I probably could’ve expressed my frustrations in a less aggressive way.” Of course, no one would’ve cared if I tweeted that.” She achieved her intentions of at least Mr. Musk “caring” as may the taxpayers of California long after she is no longer in office. 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.”

Kind regards, Andy Easton James Buckley is a longtime Montecito resident. He welcomes comments or questions at voices@ newspress.com.

90 days. The money will come from Measure C funds, the voter approved 1% additional sales tax revenue that was supposed to go for infrastructure. The worst thing they’ve done, in my opinion, is the recent Project Labor Agreement, which requires the City to hire union contractors on City construction contracts of $5 million plus. It was embarrassing to hear the council members try to justify this political payoff. They all receive money from the labor unions. To suggest that non-union labor is less competent and less efficient than union labor is a joke. Without open competitive bidding all it does is make union projects more costly for taxpayers with no added benefit. We need change at the top to get this city back on track which is why I recommend that you vote for Randy Rowse for mayor. No one knows what’s under the City’s hood better than Rowse. He spent nine years as a Councilmember advocating reasonable policies. For most of his tenure he faced opposition from partisan council members who focused on their political agendas rather than practical solutions. As mayor, Mr. Rowse will be in a leadership position to focus on the important issues, find the best policy solutions and keep the council members on track. Due to Mayor Cathy Murillo’s lack of leadership, relationships between City Councilmembers are deteriorating. The other mayoral candidates have no leadership experience. Mr. Joyce has no local government experience, yet he wants to start at the top. Ms. Schwartz, who serves on the Planning Commission, is proving to be a divisive candidate. Mr. Rowse is nonpartisan, he’s honest, he’s smart, he’s a leader, and he has good solutions for Santa Barbara’s problems. Don’t let the partisans have another five years to muck things up. Vote for Mr. Rowse. Jeff Harding Santa Barbara Mr. Harding would like to refer readers to his website, anindependentmind.com.

Abortion defenders want exceptional legal treatment HAMMER

Continued from Page C3 Third, there is the broader overarching arrogance of the Justice Department’s suit in Texas: namely, that it seeks, to quote Mr. Mitchell’s court brief, to permit the United States to “obtain injunctive or declaratory relief against the State (of Texas), state court judges, state court clerks, other state officials, or all private parties to prohibit S.B. 8 from being enforced.” Legalese aside, the federal government’s argument is that, as chief vindicator of all constitutional rights (or “rights”), it has the unique ability to forestall all relevant actors in Texas from enforcing Texans’ duly enacted statute. The Justice Department suit’s fatal problem is simple: As the court maintained in the Sept. 1 order, a federal court in our constitutional order simply does not act as a roving commission capable of enjoining the entire enforcement of a statute. Rather, a court can merely enjoin specific individuals tasked with enforcing a statute. Here, private citizens bring lawsuits under S.B. 8, but the Justice Department

sued the state of Texas. Hence, the problem. Yet again, abortion defenders want exceptional legal treatment. They want to be able to enjoin S.B. 8 first, even though doing so requires ignoring a mountain of settled legal doctrine. Of course, the real reason they are nervous is because Roe v. Wade itself is on the chopping block this court term, especially in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case arising out of Mississippi. A law like S.B. 8 wouldn’t have a “chilling effect” if the left were confident in a strong constitutional defense of Roe in Dobbs. But they’re not confident; they’re scared. In a just world, Texas would prevail 9-0 in U.S. v. Texas. Thankfully for antiabortion advocates, a mere 5-4 outcome would be sufficient to start rolling back decades of misguided “abortion exceptionalism” jurisprudence. To find out more about Josh Hammer and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www. creators.com. Copyright 2021 by Creators.com.