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Honoring a football legend Family and friends honor Sam ‘Bam’ Cunningham at memorial service

State Auditor: Some state colleges spent potential student aid on COVID mitigations By MADISON HIRNEISEN THE CENTER SQUARE STAFF REPORTER

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Lynn Swann speaks as Charle’ Young looks on during a memorial service for the late Sam Cunningham at his alma mater Santa Barbara High School’s Peabody Stadium on Saturday.

(The Center Square) — Some University of California (UC) and California State Universities (CSU) did not maximize COVID19 federal relief funds, instead using money that could have gone to students, according to a new report. The report, released Thursday by the California State Auditor, reviewed the aid expenditures of six universities: UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, CSU Chico, CSU Long Beach and CSU Sonoma. After review, State Auditor Elaine Howle found that most of the campuses “did not maximize” portions of the $435 million in combined Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds, (HEERF) institutional aid to help offset the cost of the pandemic and provide financial aid to students. The HEERF money is federal tax dollars allocated by the U.S. Department of Education. The report said relief funds were not maximized in part because some campuses used HEERF funds to pay for costs that could have been reimbursed by the Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA). In March 2020, former President Donald Trump declared a national emergency due to COVID-19, which authorized FEMA to reimburse universities for costs associated with pandemic response. After review, Ms. Howle discovered four of the six campuses – CSU Chico, CSU Long Beach, UC Merced and UC San Diego – either spent or planned to spend about $47 million in HEERF funds that FEMA could have instead reimbursed. If these campuses had obtained FEMA reimbursement, the report says that the HEERF funds could have been used for other pandemic-related costs, such as providing additional relief aid to students. As an example, the report notes that CSU Long Beach spent $2.8 million in HEERF funds on setting up a temporary medical tent, conducting testing and administering COVID-19 vaccines – all of which were eligible for FEMA reimbursement. In addition, the university planned to spend $2.3 million of its remaining Please see FUNDS on A2

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Lynn Swann remembers the night Sam “Bam” Cunningham, the man who held the record for the most touchdowns in a Rose Bowl game, chased him through a parking lot one evening after Mr. Swann teased him. There they were, zig-zagging between cars in a parking lot at night. And here Mr. Swann was, all those decades later, talking about that Saturday from behind a podium on the 50-yard line of the Peabody Stadium field where Mr. Cunningham made the plays that got him AllAmerican honors in football. “Sam was chasing me, all 230 pounds of a fullback trying to catch this fast wide receiver,” Mr. Swann told the crowd of hundreds of people during a memorial service for this legend they loved. Many in the crowd had played with Mr. Cunningham. Mr. Swann told the audience he couldn’t outrun Mr. Cunningham, his roommate, who grabbed him that night in the parking lot. “I knew right then that if I was going to survive my experience at the University of Please see CUNNINGHAM on A5

Milpas Holiday Parade set for Dec. 11 By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT

Samahndi Cunningham, left, Sam Cunningham’s youngest daughter, embraces the former fullback’s agent, Howard Slusher, during an emotional moment at the memorial service.

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Plans have been announced for the Milpas Holiday Parade. The 67th annual event, which is sponsored by the Santa Barbara Eastside Society, will take place Dec. 11 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. There will be a mandatory meeting for parade participants on Nov. 29 at 6 p.m. at the Eastside Library, 1120 E. Montecito St., in Santa Barbara. At this meeting, the parade director will explain the details of routing, timing and parade

organization, according to a news release. The parade is also looking for volunteers to be available along the parade route. Community members wishing to participate in the parade as well as volunteers should apply at www. sbeastside.org/events. To learn more about the parade, contact Tino De Guevara, Santa Barbara Eastside Society at contact@ sbeastside.org or P.O. Box 40518 Santa Barbara 93140.

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reversing traffic control under Highway 101. Also tonight, from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., South Padaro Lane will be closed under Highway 101. Caltrans asks motorists to follow the detours along Santa Claus Lane, Carpinteria Avenue, Santa Ynez Avenue, and Via Real or Via Real to North Padaro Lane. In addition, daytime flaggers will appear as needed during the installation of temporary supports to build the new bridge section on

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School district begins elections transition The Santa Maria Joint Union High School District has begun to transition from at-large elections to by-trustee area elections. The previous at-large system gave voters the ability to vote

The audit of the six campuses also found that the universities utilized different processes to distribute about $352 million in HEERF funds specifically designated for student aid grants. For CARES Act student grants, all three CSUs reviewed during the audit and UC San Diego used an application process where students could request aid for pandemicrelated needs, the report stated. Each campus then made automatic grants to certain students while allowing others to apply for additional grants if they could not pay for all their pandemic-related expenses.However, the audit found that the application process for these grants lacked uniformity between campuses. According to the report, CSU Chico and UC San Diego required students to indicate requested aid amounts in predetermined categories (housing, technology, etc.), while CSU Long Beach and CSU Sonoma required students to write a description outlining their financial hardship and give reasons for the expenses. School officials then reviewed those descriptions to determine whether those expenses were eligible for aid. “These differences in the application processes at the CSU campuses meant that students encountered different requirements and an inconsistent approval process when they applied for HEERF grants,” the report said. The report notes an example of two students, one from CSU Long Beach and one from CSU Sonoma, who submitted similar applications for aid. Yet, because CSU Long Beach interpreted the CARES Act requirements differently than CSU Sonoma and had a different review process, the Long Beach

for all of the board members. The new by-trustee area system will only allow voters to vote for a candidate who lives in their district. On April 10, 2018, SMJUHSD adopted the resolution to transition from at-large elections to by-trustee elections. According to a news release, the district is using a demographer, who has been working with a

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The report recommends CSU Chico, CSU Long Beach, UC Merced and UC San Diego review expenses incurred due to the pandemic and submit for FEMA reimbursement. It’s also recommended that the schools use any remaining HEERF funds initially spent or planned for FEMA-eligible grants to replace lost revenue or award grants to students. The report also recommends that the UC Office of the President and the CSU Chancellor’s Office direct each of their respective 33 combined campuses to submit a report summarizing pandemic-related expenses incurred between January 2020 and December 2021 to determine what is eligible for FEMA reimbursement. If the UCOP and CSU Chancellor do not ensure their respective campuses submit eligible expenses for FEMA reimbursement, the report says the state legislature should then “direct the CSU Chancellor’s Office and UCOP to do so or explain why submitting these claims was not feasible.”

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(The Center Square) — (The Center Square) – DHS Secretary Mayorkas couldn’t answer Sen. Cruz’s questions on illegal immigration, and kept replying, “I’ll have to circle back with you.” At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week on illegal immigration, Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas grilled Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on policies he’s implemented that have enabled an ongoing humanitarian crisis at the southern border. During his first round of questioning, Mr. Mayorkas could not provide data on the conditions of DHS immigration detention facilities, which Sen. Cruz refers to as “Biden border cages,” or

how many COVID-positive illegal immigrants the administration has released into the U.S. After Mr. Mayorkas testified several times that the immigration system is “fundamentally broken,” Sen. Cruz asked him if the lowest rate of illegal immigration in 45 years occurred under former President Donald Trump. Mr. Mayorkas replied, “I don’t know if it’s within 45 years, but we certainly saw in 2020 a low level of illegal immigration. 2019 was very high.” Sen. Cruz then asked, “True or false Secretary Mayorkas, this year under Joe Biden, we’ve seen the highest rate of illegal immigration in 61 years?” Mr. Mayorkas replied, “Again, I don’t know the number of years, but it’s certainly a historic high, Please see IMMIGRATION on A6

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institutional aid on additional expenses that qualify for FEMA reimbursement. If the school obtains the FEMA reimbursement, the amount is equivalent to providing an additional $500 in grant funds to 10,000 students, the report says. In addition, the report found that two campuses – UC Riverside and UC San Diego – could have received an additional $2.8 million in minority-serving institutions (MSI) funds if they had applied for an MSI designation. The report estimates that UC Riverside lost out on about $2.2 million in certain MSI funds because it did not apply to keep its MSI status in 2020. When the auditor’s office approached the universities about these findings, the report said that most campuses “indicated that they had not submitted the expenses to FEMA for reimbursement because the claims process is burdensome and they did not know whether the expenses were reimbursable.” Officials from CSU Long Beach and CSU Chico said that it could take years for FEMA to resolve claims, but the report indicates that it currently takes FEMA about six to twelve months to review and approve reimbursements. The report notes that, while campus officials expressed reluctance to apply for FEMA reimbursement due to the amount of time it can take to process claims, there are still opportunities for university systems to submit for FEMA reimbursement before the reimbursement deadline. And Ms. Howle is recommending that the universities do so. “Regardless of the amount of time it takes FEMA to process these claims, the millions of dollars the campuses could receive should outweigh their reluctance to engage in this

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student did not receive grant funds while the student at Sonoma did. The audit also found that campuses had inconsistencies in awarding automatic grants to students. The report states that UC San Diego awarded automatic grants in one amount, while UC Riverside awarded multiple levels of grants based on a student’s expected family contribution (EFC) and family circumstances. In addition, CSU Long Beach awarded an automatic grant of some amount to students at each EFC level. CSU Chico and Sonoma excluded students whose families had a higher EFC.

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Jimmy Carter had little brother Billy with his snigger-able “Billy Beer” and get-rich-quick schemes connected to Ghaddafi-duck’s Libya, which had Billy on its payroll. Bill Clinton’s younger stepbrother Roger, appropriately code-named “Headache” by the U.S. Secret Service, was convicted for cocaine possession and then (but of course) pardoned by Bubba. One month later, he got booked for being drunk at the wheel. Joe has little bro Frank, 67, who makes Billy and “Headache” look like Mother Teresa. 2003 was a red banner year for this dude. In August, he scored a DUI in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., when police pulled him over and noted “red watery eyes, slurred speech, flushed face,” not knowing “where he had been or where he came from” and finding an empty of bottle of Popov vodka in his car. Frank’s driving license had already been suspended four times. Anyone else would have done time. Not a Biden. Six months’ probation. In October of that year, Frank was arrested after he stuffed two DVDs (“Rabbit-Proof Fence”) down his pants (what kind of grown man does that?) to evade having to purchase them at a Blockbuster. The consequence? A

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Brother James Biden, 72, is currently under investigation by the FBI in connection with the bureau’s criminal probe into the bankruptcy of Americore, a company — of which James was “principal” — that operated hospitals in Pennsylvania, Missouri and Arkansas. The IRS and prosecutors in Delaware are also reported to be on this trail. The home and office of Americore’s founder, Grant White, was raided by G-men in January 2019, and Mr. White now stands accused, in court documents, of “gross mismanagement” along with siphoning cash for himself. It is not known if James is being investigated for the same, but one former executive of the company claims they provided Jimmy a loan of $650,000 that has never been repaid.

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petty theft charge, dropped. One year later, caught driving on a suspended license (from his DUI), Frankie spent three months in rehab to avoid jail time. And that’s not all. Oh, no — not by a long shot. Please see INVESTIGATOR on A4

Ashley Biden Krein, 40, Joe’s daughter, was arrested for drug possession while at Tulane University in New Orleans, 1999. Three years later she was charged with obstructing a police officer. (Seems like a family theme.) In March 2009, the New York

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According to Tom Pritchard, this loan was based on Schemin’ Jim’s promise to attract, through “political connections” (but of course, wonder who?) muchneeded investment from the Middle East. Such funds never materialized, and two medical companies that lost money due to the resulting bankruptcy have alleged in a civil case that James used brother Joe’s name to solicit their business (a government ethics no-no) — and that Jimmy also committed financial fraud. James picked up another half-million-dollar “loan” from Ukrainian-American automobile dealer John Hynansky. “James Biden has an extensive history,” wrote Mark Hemingway in The Federalist, “of taking out sizable personal loans from lenders that have political ties to his brother.”

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Post was shown a videotape purporting to depict Ashley snorting cocaine at a party in Delaware. That newspaper reported at the time: “The video, which the shooter initially hoped to sell for $2 million before scaling back his price to $400,000, shows a 20-something woman with light skin and long brown hair taking a red straw from her mouth, bending over a desk, inserting the straw into her nostril and snorting lines of white powder.” Ashley’s husband, Dr. Howard Krein, became embroiled in a conflict-of-interest imbroglio earlier this year when it was discovered that his recentlycreated entity, StartUp Health, was seeking to advise health companies on how to win lucrative contracts with the government — as in, access for sale (another Biden family theme — keep reading …) While recent news focused on agents of the FBI raiding Project Veritas, which had earlier turned over Ashley’s stolen diary, no reporter (as far as we can tell) has bothered to point out the significance of this development: It validates that the diary is authentically Ashley’s, into which she scribbled about her drug and sex addictions and also of taking “probably not appropriate” showers as a teen with daddy. (Yes, you read that right.)

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Our prosopography begins with Caroline, Joe’s niece, age 33, daughter of Joe’s brother, James. Caroline committed grand larceny when she reaped $110,810.04 worth of cosmetics and meds for herself. Yep, that’s the size of the bill she ran up at C.O. Bigelow Apothecaries in Greenwich Village, New York City, during the course of a year (201516) through the unauthorized, unlawful use of another person’s credit card. That was Caroline’s second arrest. The first, in 2014, was over a domestic dispute that led to her being charged with assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, obstruction of justice and harassment — at which time she famously protested to the cops, “I shouldn’t be handcuffed! You don’t know who you’re doing this to!” (Yes, they knew — a drugaddled, very spoiled and selfentitled maniac.) Surprise, surprise. A deal got hatched with the prosecutor in Manhattan, no jail time, not even probation. Caroline has been in and out of rehab. Oh, and in December 2020, Caroline entered a guilty plea for a DUI, having wrapped her car around a tree in Lower Merion Township, Pa., one year earlier. Police found controlled substances (carisoprodol and lorazepam) inside her vehicle. Tests subsequently confirmed that her bloodstream contained these and other illegal drugs. In addition to driving while impaired, Caroline was charged with driving without a license and careless driving.

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his Thanksgiving the biggest turkey in the whole country, given his approval rating (36%, which actually makes it a disapproval rating), is the one occupying the White House. And, assuming Joe Biden invites the extended fam to join him and the missus at the wattle, it could be a whole rafter of turkeys — or, more likely (if Joe forgets to lock the liquor cabinet), turkeys swinging from the rafters … “Sunlight is the best disinfectant,” Joe likes to say (plagiarized from Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis). In this spirit, we aim a ray of sunlight upon this holiday’s galiforms.

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In August 1999, Frank rented a Jaguar in San Diego and instructed his driver, after an evening of drinking, to “punch it.” Punch it, the driver did — and ran over single father Michael Albano at 80 mph in a 35mph zone, killing him. “Keep driving,” Frank had urged his driver, two witnesses testified. Three years later, Frank was found partly responsible for Mr. Albano’s death and ordered by the court to pay the deceased’s two daughters $880,000 after he defaulted on the lawsuit filed against him. Frank never turned up for any court hearings and never paid a penny and thereafter left California, leaving a number of unpaid bills in his wake. Now living in Florida, Frank saw his driving license suspended again on Dec. 23, 2019 after he failed to pay a fine.

ROBERT HUNTER BIDEN Last, but definitely not least, the most entertaining (as in clown) Biden of all: Hunter the (con) Artiste, 51. It all starts with a crack cocaine drug possession charge in Stone Harbor, N.J., as far back as 1988, the same year Daddy voted for the

Anti-Drug Abuse Act with harsh penalties for violators. (Needless to say, no harsh penalty for sonny boy.) Hunter’s drug use eventually led to him getting unceremoniously booted from the U.S. Navy in 2014 for failing a cocaine test — this, after Daddy had gone to the trouble of fixing for him a Naval Officers direct commission as an ensign and public affairs officer. Throughout his career, Hunter has been perennially unqualified for all the lucrative jobs choreographed for him by Daddy, starting in 1996 with MBNA, the Delaware-based credit card company. He was the senior VP, making $100,000 a year. Sweet. This, at a time when MBNA was Joe’s biggest donor while lobbying him for bankruptcy reform advantageous to credit card companies. (MBNA’s lobbying efforts succeeded. Even the appearance of conflict of interest is to be avoided by all government officials, according to U.S. ethics rules. Except for Joe, it seems.) After lucrative stints as a lobbyist and at Amtrak, Hunter launched into his most ambitious schemes yet, starting with Rosemont Seneca, incorporated in secretive Delaware and financed by $24 million in loans from a federal program (the Term

HOLLEMS, Mary Louise Burlew Turner

Mary Louise Burlew was born in Huntington, West Virginia December 29, 1930, to Rena Bell Rose Burlew, and Jess Burlew. (YHU\RQH ZKR PHW 0DU\ ORYHG KHU LQFOXGLQJ KHU ÀUVW husband Wheeler McKendree “Mack” Turner. They married in 1948 and eventually found their way to Southern California where Mack made his mark on the DHURVSDFH LQGXVWU\ 7KH\ KDG ÀYH FKLOGUHQ 6KHUU\ &KULV &DQÀHOG %HDX %DUEDUD 7XUQHU 'DYLG -DFFL 7XUQHU %RE 7DPP\ 7XUQHU DQG 7HUHVD 0D[ 6HO]HU Mary was the consummate homemaker, enjoying cooking for her own children and most of their friends, who often became longterm residents of their home. After Mack’s death in 1996, Mary married /DUU\ +ROOHPV DQG LQKHULWHG D QHZ VRQ /DZHUHQFH 'LDQH +ROOHPV +HU FODQ H[SDQGHG WR LQFOXGH JUDQGFKLOGUHQ -DVRQ (ULF 'DQLHO 3DUNHU (YHO\Q $P\ Rachel, Zach, Sarah, Micah, Taylor, Tess, Jason, Laurie, and Erik, plus many great- and JUHDW JUHDW JUDQGFKLOGUHQ $W KHU SDVVLQJ VKH ZDV WKH PDWULDUFK RI RYHU ÀIW\ Mary’s life changed in 1978 when she decided to follow Jesus and became involved in her beloved church, Living Faith Church, where she found a wonderful faith community and was known as a woman of prayer and wisdom. She was known to pray for every member of her family every day. She died surrounded by those she loved and entered into rest on November 12, 2021. Services will be held on November 23, 2021, at Living Faith Church, 4597 Hollister $YH 6DQWD %DUEDUD &$ DW $0 ,Q OLHX RI ÁRZHUV ZH VXJJHVW \RX GR ZKDW Mary would have done and make someone a warm meal to share in her honor.

CLARK, Ellen Louise

An amazing woman passed peacefully at home on 8/21/21 with her daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter by her side. Ellen was born in Kansas City, Missouri on 9/29/29 to Andrew and Ethel Carlisle. Her father died in 1938. Her Mom and she moved to Los Angeles in 1944, where she attended Hamilton High. She met Robert Clark (Bob), while roller skating and they married in 1948, having 3 children Bruce, Larry, and Keri. They moved their family to Goleta, CA in 1961. Bob was an electrical contractor, and Ellen a manager for Audits and Surveys. They were dedicated members of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. (OOHQ ORYHG JDUGHQLQJ JROÀQJ DQG NHHSLQJ D EHDXWLIXO home for her family. She enjoyed entertaining, and her KRPH LV ÀOOHG ZLWK PDQ\ PHPRULHV RI JRRG WLPHV ZLWK JRRG IULHQGV $Q DYLG JROIHU %RE DQG (OOHQ ZHUH PHPEHUV RI $OLVDO UHJXODUO\ JROÀQJ WLPHV D ZHHN DQG HQMR\LQJ countless tournaments. Warm, quick witted, a stupendous cook, with an open hug policy, Ellen treasured loving, entertaining, and feeding friends and family all her life. Bob passed in 2008, and she continued to live in Goleta until 2013, then moved to Oregon to live with her daughter and son-in-law. Ellen was preceded in death by her husband Bob, her sons Larry and Bruce, and grandson Trevor Schumaker. She is survived by: Bob’s sister, Connie Ehly, daughter Keri, (Jay) Schumaker, daughters-in-law Mary Clark Bartlett, (Russ) and Patricia Clark, honorary son from Japan, Seizo, (Yasuko) Saeki, grandchildren, Dave, (Jen) Clark, Dan, (Mel) Clark, Jaime, (Drew) Ketchum, AJ, (Cathy) Schumaker, Kathryn Clark, (Julio Mendez), Shoko Saeki, great-grandchildren Hunter, Molly, Ryan, Hailey, Madison, Makayla, and Mackenzie Clark, Mireya and Dean Ketchum. Zia and Maggie Gonzales. Many treasured memories are shared by all. We look forward to the day we reunite in heaven. There will be a celebration of life on New Year’s Day 2023. Location TBD.

CRAWFORD, Leland McCormack, Jr.

July 10, 1929 — September 23, 2021

On September 23, 2021, Leland McCormack Crawford, Jr. passed peacefully at home in Montecito. Family and caregivers were by his side. Leland, the youngest of three children, was born at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital on July 10, 1929. He spent his childhood riding bikes with his two sisters from the Santa Barbara Mission to the Montecito Country Club, the Coral Casino, Miramar Beach and the muni tennis courts. He later graduated from Santa Barbara High School and UC Berkeley, where he met his wife Francesca Jensen. He was an active Chi Phi fraternity EURWKHU DQG ÀQLVKHG KLV ODZ GHJUHH DW 8& +DVWLQJV $IWHU VHUYLQJ LQ WKH 8 6 $UP\ Leland practiced law for 52 years in Santa Barbara, 7 of those years in partnership with his father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·V %HDXWLÀFDWLRQ 'D\ DQG PDQ\ RWKHU FKDULWLHV SOD\HG WHQQLV DQG JROI GDQFHG VRFLDOL]HG ZLWK IULHQGV DQG IDPLO\ DQG RUJDQL]HG JROI WULSV DOO RYHU WKH ZRUOG Leland read volumes of historical novels and books on US and world history, rarely missing the chance to debate history or current affairs. Never a dull moment be had when in his company. He shall be missed. Leland was predeceased by his mother Mae McCormack and his father Leland Morris &UDZIRUG KLV VLVWHUV (OHDQRU &DVVHG\ DQG (OL]DEHWK )HH DQG KLV DGRULQJ EHORYHG ZLIH )UDQFHVFD -HQVHQ &UDZIRUG ZKRP KH ÀQDOO\ MRLQV WR FRQWLQXH WKHLU HWHUQLW\ RI ORYH and friendship. Leland is survived by his devoted daughter Paula Emmens and her husband Bruce; son Leland M. Crawford, III and his wife Stacey; granddaughter Sophia &UDZIRUG +HQQLJDQ DQG KHU KXVEDQG 'DQ JUDQGVRQ 5REHUW (PPHQV 6HUYLFHV ZLOO EH KHOG DW $OO 6DLQWV E\ WKH 6HD (SLVFRSDO &KXUFK LQ 0RQWHFLWR RQ 7XHVGD\ 1RYHPEHU UG DW SP ,Q OLHX RI ÁRZHUV GRQDWLRQV PD\ EH PDGH WR 6DQWD %DUEDUD 0HQWDO +HDOWK $VVRFLDWLRQ DQG 6DQWD %DUEDUD +LVWRULFDO 6RFLHW\

Asset Backed Securities Loan Facility) that was created to assist banks. Rosemont then managed to secure another $106 million from this program, which it banked in the Cayman Islands, where people park money to evade paying tax. And then there’s Burisma and Hunter’s sketchy dealings in the Ukraine, shenanigans too involved to detail in this column. Suffice to say, a monthly salary of $83,000 for attending one board meeting annually even though Hunter did not possess even a smidgeon of experience in the energy sector and had nothing to offer except his dad, the vice president, who famously blackmailed Ukraine’s president into sacking a prosecutor named Viktor Shokin after Mr. Shokin’s team, who were investigating corruption, raided the home of Burisma’s owner and intended to interview Hunter about the fees he had received. Oh, there’s more: The U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs confirmed in its investigation that “Hunter Biden received a $3.5 million wire transfer from Elena Baturina, the wife of the former mayor of Moscow.” And: “Hunter Biden opened an account with Gongwen Dong, a Chinese national linked to the Communist government and

People’s Liberation Army, to fund a $100,000 global spending spree with James Biden and his wife Sara Biden.” Joe Biden has pledged repeatedly that his family would not have ties to any foreign business. Yet Hunter’s company, Skaneateles LLC, continues to own a 10% stake in Bohai Harvest RST (Shanghai), a Chinese equity fund. One thing is for certain: Hunter is the perfect Thanksgiving guest because the one area where he does have some experience is gobbling up the trimmings (along with snorting up any drugs around). Hunter has been in and out of rehab six times. In 2015, Hunter’s infidelity and drug use led to his divorce from wife Kathleen (3 kids) after he’d run through the couple’s bank account by spending it all on drugs, alcohol, strip clubs and prostitutes, at which point Hunter took up with his late brother Beau’s widow, Hallie. Then, after moving in with Hallie, Hunter face-timed Hallie’s married sister, Elizabeth, from the shower and sent her raunchy sexual texts. (You can’t make this stuff up.) Oh, and that’s not all. In the midst of these hijinks, Hunter took up with a striptease performer named Lunden Alexis Roberts (21 years his junior) whom he met at a Washington D.C.

SULLIVAN, Isra

It is with deep sorrow that we share that Isra Sullivan, known as Izzy to many, passed away Friday, October 22 at his home in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, from a ruptured ulcer. He was only 49 years old. Born April 7th, 1972, at home in Santa Barbara his family relocated to Oahu VKRUWO\ DIWHU ,VUD OLYHG WKH ÀUVW SRUWLRQ RI KLV OLIH DV D surfer on beaches of both Hawaii and California. He loved the ocean and the beauty of nature. He also loved ZRUNLQJ ZLWK KLV KDQGV KLV QDWXUDO WDOHQW IRU WKLV ÀUVW showing itself in the many art classes he took, like glass blowing, jewelry making, and ceramics at Santa Barbara High School and SBCC. He worked at the Santa Barbara Lumber Mill until making the move to Pagosa Springs in 1996. In Pagosa, he developed his skills as a carpenter and craftsman, learning to build huge, custom, handcrafted log homes that were stunning to see. He really loved his work and took a lot of pride in the beautiful homes he helped to create. He was always a kind and giving person, and all fell in love with the California/Hawaii surfer who lived and taught the Aloha Spirit. Loved by his crew, he was always a favorite with the subcontractors and owners of the many homes he helped build. He was the Aloha kid, bringing joy to those around him. For 20 years, he hosted Thursday night poker at his house, sharing laughs and friendships that will never fade from our memory. He brought smiles to the many people he would regularly see while skateboarding along the river with his dogs and to his many friends he would have drinks with after work. His garden was always well tended to, and he took pride in the harvest he would regularly share. Isra is missed dearly by his wife, Jenny Sullivan, his father, Patrick Sullivan, his inlaws, Bob and Dorren Davis, his sisters Dali Pyzel and Sierra Oshita, his grandmother Shirley McConnell, his nieces: Indie, Siena, Alia, and Atea, his brothers-in-law Issac Oshita and Jon Pyzel, and his Rottweiler Harlei and Labrador Greta aka “Chunk,” and by the many family members and friends who love him.

“gentlemen’s club.” He put Ms. Roberts — from Batesville, Ark. — on the Rosemont Seneca payroll. Sweet. But after learning she was pregnant, he kicked her off his company’s health insurance plan. Not so sweet. She gave birth to a baby in August 2018 and nine months later filed a paternity suit (he took a test, bingo, him), which Hunter settled in October 2020 for $2.5 million, all the while pleading poverty. Hunter lied on his federal gun application to conceal his history of illegal drug abuse — a felony. Federal prosecutors have a saying for this, “Lie and try.” But no trial — no arrest, no prosecution for reckless Hunter. He got the gun, was negligent in his handling of it — and lost it… And then there’s Hunter’s laptop, left at a computer repair shop and forgotten, now proven beyond any doubt to belong to him, with all its indiscretions and incriminating emails and potential prosecutions to come — unless, of course, they get derailed, which seems the rule if your last name is Biden (especially with the politicized Merrick “Parent Threat Tag” Garland as U.S. attorney general). As for Hunter’s art, our Santa Barbara community is full of talented artists who know better than anyone that it takes decades of dedication and practice to reach a point in life as an artist (if you are extremely talented with a bit of luck thrown in) make your mark, take your art to market and actually sell it. We should all be gratified to read that only “a handful of people” turned up to

“Red,” born Richard Robert Lopez passed away peacefully, with his daughters by his side on November 7, 2021, after D VKRUW DQG VXGGHQ LOOQHVV 5HG ZDV WKH ÀUVW FKLOG ERUQ WR Emma (Grand) and Robert Lopez, here in Santa Barbara on October 23, 1937. Growing up in Montecito and Santa Barbara with his four siblings, Red (nicknamed for his red hair) liked being outdoors and spending time with family. He attended local schools and after high school joined the U.S. Marine Corps. He played in the Marine Corps marching band (clarinet) and was their instrument mechanic and maintenance person. Once home IURP WKH 0DULQH &RUSV KH EHJDQ KLV \HDU FDUHHU ZLWK WKH 8 6 3RVW 2IÀFH +H ORYHG his job, and always went the extra mile, especially with the elderly. He would take time to read their mail to them, carry packages or help with unrelated needs. Red met his forever love, Barbara in 1964. Barbara was a single mom with three young daughters, all under the age of 5. Red quickly embraced the challenge of a ready-made family, and loved those girls as if they were his own. Red had many hobbies through the years. He loved hunting with his dad and other relatives. We always knew when it was deer season! Best jerky ever!! Bartending at Toscan’s bar was a little side job he had, though we’re guessing it wasn’t like a job. He loved the atmosphere, joking around and seeing friends and family out, having a good time. Later he coached baseball for Goleta Valley South Little League. He met lifelong friends while coaching and was loved by all. As time went on he picked up the barbecuing bug, and did that for several years, on and off with a few close friends and family. The team of BBQers would change, but the catering remained the same. Have fun while putting out a good meal for others to enjoy. He would boast about catering for the many different entertainers that came to town, and having backstage passes. Red liked to be where the action was. Red was always willing to help whenever needed, no questions asked. Red really shined as a caregiver. When Barbara started to show signs of dementia, Red was there, 24/7, anything she needed. Though being a caregiver is thankless and exhausting, Red never once complained. Red was by Barbara’s side every step of the way until her passing, in 2012. When Barbara died, Red was on his own, and determined to do life his way and by himself. Now with extra time on his hands he began to pitch in and help with his mom, which as time went on, turned into his daily routine until she passed earlier this year at the age of 103. Richard, very loved by his family, is survived by his three daughters, Cynthia Menegon (Cookie), Lisa De St Jean (Ken), Janice Placencia (David), Nine grandchildren, Robert, Rhea, Cassandra, Christopher, Steven, Jenna, Joseph, Hillary and Rebecca. He also had eleven great-grandchildren. Three siblings, Mary, Mike and Ron and their spouses, along with many nieces, nephews, cousins and in-laws. Richard was preceded in death by his wife Barbara Lopez, his father Robert Lopez, his mother Emma Lopez, his sister Bernice Romero and his nephew Robert Lopez. Red was one in a million, and will truly be missed. He always made light of a situation, looking for the bright side of things. Always had a joke and some sort of information he thought you should know. He always had a nickname for those closest to him, and loved wearing a good baseball cap. Mama hit the jackpot when she met Papa. He was the best father anyone could ever ask for. We were very blessed and knew it. The way in which he lived his life, with zest, dignity, grace, strength and courage is something to emulate. We love you Papa, you are our hero, may you rest peacefully. Say hi to Mama and please, always watch over us. We’d like to thank Cottage MICU for accommodating us and caring for our dad. In lieu RI ÁRZHUV SOHDVH GRQDWH WR \RXU IDYRULWH FKDULW\ Graveside services will be held Monday at 11:30 am, November 22, 2021 at Calvary Cemetery, 199 N. Hope Ave. Santa Barbara, Ca. 93110. This will be a casual dress service.

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This all, of course, explains the dysfunction nationwide, because if a man cannot restrain his own family from alcohol-and druginduced mania, striking out at police officers and acting as though they can get away with anything, or reap dishonest fortunes off the unethical use of their last name, how can you expect him to run a whole country? Had this been Donald Trump’s family, the hysteria among derangement-syndromers would have compounded into outright apoplexy. Double standards and hypocrisy appear to be the norm in today’s America, along with George Orwell’s apt words, “Some animals are more equal than others.” And that’s nothing, this Thanksgiving, to be thankful for in our divisive land, home of free, because of the brave. Robert Eringer is a longtime Montecito author with vast experience in investigative journalism. He welcomes questions or comments at reringer@gmail. com.

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The memorial to celebrate his life will be held at Ledbetter Beach on Saturday, January 8th, 2022 starting at 12:30 with a paddle out for those who wish to participate at 1:30.

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LOPEZ, Richard Robert

visit Hunter’s exhibit at a New York City gallery, which ended five days ago. Hunter told Artnet News: “Painting is about trying to bring forth what is, I think, the universal truth.” Truth is, universal or otherwise, Hunter is a dilettante novice with a last name that opens the door to enriching himself. Or, as the New York Post pegged him: Vincent van Dough.

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At Lake Cachuma’s maximum level at the point at which water starts spilling over the dam holds 188,030 acre-feet. An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons, equivalent to the amount of water consumed annually by 10 people in an urban environment. Storage 92,537 acre-ft. Elevation 711.80 ft. Evaporation (past 24 hours) 7.9 acre-ft. Inflow 0.0 acre-ft. State inflow 37.5 acre-ft. Storage change from yest. +0 acre-ft. Report from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

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Southern California, I was going to have to step up my game,” Mr. Swann said. “Sam didn’t have to say much. He led by example.” Friends and family praised Mr. Cunningham, the record-breaking USC and New England Patriots fullback who died Sept. 7 at age 71, during a service that was a blend of laughter and tears. Standing near displays of Mr. Cunningham’s Patriots, USC and Santa Barbara High School’s jerseys, Meryl Cohn read Mr. Cunningham’s obituary, which noted his place in the history of college football. Mr. Cunningham, whose jersey number was 39 for the Patriots and Trojans and 34 for the Dons, rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns in the Sept. 12, 1970, game between USC and the University of Alabama. Mr. Cunningham’s performance as a black athlete in that away game is credited for inspiring the integration of college football in Alabama. Mr. Swann took note of that moment. “Sam didn’t let that go to his head,” Mr. Swann said. “He did what he was supposed to do. He was a man in a place that time called for in athletics and in America. It did not change Sam one bit. “He was the same, kind, gentle, good-hearted individual that he had always been,” Mr. Swann said. “That was not going to change. “We celebrate him for all the things he’s done,” Mr. Swann continued. “I will never forget him as a friend.” There were a number of emotional moments during the service. Howard Slusher, Mr. Cunningham’s agent, found it difficult to speak about the friend he lost, and Samahndi Cunningham, Mr. Cunningham’s daughter, ran up and embraced him. That helped Mr. Slusher, who delivered his tribute, then joked he would collect his usual agent’s fee of 10%. The audience laughed. Family member Kayla Cunningham sang a tribute, and Randall Cunningham, Sam Cunningham’s brother, praised his brother during his time at the 50-yard podium. He said he knows they will one day be reunited in heaven. “I look forward to seeing my brother in Paradise,” Randall Cunningham said as the clouds above him parted. The service was led by Charle’ Young of Madison Temple COGIC, a longtime friend of Mr. Cunningham. For the eulogy, he stepped in front of the podium and onto Cunningham Track, named after Sam, and walked up and down in front of the crowd. “I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for Sam,” Mr. Young said, referring to how his friend inspired him to stay on the right path. “I probably would have died somewhere on the streets of Los Angeles.” Mr. Young and other speakers stressed Mr. Cunningham, who’s survived by his longtime wife

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Lynn Swann speaks during a memorial service for the late Sam Cunningham at Santa Barbara High School’s Peabody Stadium on Saturday. Mr. Swann was his teammate during Mr. Cunningham’s storied career at USC.

Cine D. Ivery and many family members, was not just a great football player. (His name is in several halls of fame). They said he was a great man. “I want you to hear me and hear me well. Sam was born for a time like this,” Mr. Young said. “That was the reason he came.” As he walked down the new Cunningham track, Mr. Young noted Mr. Cunningham ran down the old, cinder block track around the same field. “He ran down the fastest guys in the state. That was Sam Cunningham. “Sam Cunningham was a wise man. Sam Cunningham was a strong man,” Mr. Young said. “Sam had a heart of gold.” As he talked further, Mr. Young put his emphasis on Sam’s name in each statement. “Sam was my friend. Sam was the best man at my wedding,” Mr. Young said. “Sam was the godfather of my first child.” Mr. Young, 70, told the crowd that it’s important to make the fourth quarter of your life count because that’s when the game is won or lost. “I owe it to Sam on this day to give the best I can.” email: dmason@newspress.com

Charle’ Young delivers a eulogy during the memorial service.

At left, Mr. Young, left, looks on as Shelby Jordan speaks during the service. At center, Randall Cunningham, Sam’s brother, delivers his remarks at the event. At right, Sam Cunningham’s Santa Barbara High School jersey is displayed behind some of those who gathered for the service.

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Gauchos men’s soccer season ends in 2-1 loss at UCLA By ARTHUR WILKIE UCSB SPORTS WRITER

LOS ANGELES – The UCSB men’s soccer team led the UCLA Bruins for the majority of the first half in their NCAA Tournament First Round matchup, but a late equalizer and overtime game-winner from the Bruins knocked the Gauchos out of the competition on Thursday night at Wallis-Annenberg Stadium. UCLA won 2-1, and that ended the season for UCSB. Freshman attacker Ramses Martinez scored after a flurry of chances from junior forward Thaabit Baartman in front of the UCLA goal led to a clearance that was headed back towards the top of the box by junior center back Henry Davies to Martinez, who dribbled to his right and buried a right-footed effort to put UCSB up in the 54th minute. The Bruins tied things up in the 86th when Jose Contell was on the receiving end of a long throw-in from the right side of the field by Aaron Edwards that was flicked on by Pietro

UCSB sophomore goalkeeper Leroy Zeller made six saves, including a sensational triple-save in the 74th minute. Grassi, allowing Contell to fire it into the back of the net and send the game into overtime. With little to speak of for either team in the first overtime, the game came to an end in the next frame in the 103rd minute when Contell delivered a cross that skipped past several UCSB defenders across the goalmouth to the backpost, where a missed clearance led to Kevin Diaz pouncing on the loose ball, with it trickling it just past the goal line to send UCLA into its second round matchup at seventhseeded Duke on Sunday. UCSB sophomore goalkeeper Leroy Zeller made six saves, including a sensational triplesave in the 74th minute. The Gauchos were outshot 18-10 overall and 8-5 on target, including 14-3 after Martinez’s

goal. Martinez’s goal was UCSB’s 44th of the season, good for ninth-most in a single season in program history, and just one short of the 45 goals scored in 2019. “I told them afterwards... (I’m) nothing but extremely proud of the group,” UCSB head coach Tim Vom Steeg said. “We have been battling, we have been competing, we’ve found players that have stepped up. I thought we did the things we wanted to do and we got the goal that we wanted.” Arthur Wilkie works in media relations/ communications at UCSB. email: sports@newspress.com

Sokhela, Breytenbach Earn All-American Honors in Vancouver By JACOB NORLING WESTMONT SPORTS WRITER

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A successful cross country season for the Westmont Warriors came to a close on Friday, after both the Men’s and Women’s teams competed in the NAIA Cross Country National Championships. For Westmont, it was the first time since 2016 that both teams competed during the final race. On the women’s side, the team finished 17th overall, with Anneline Breytenbach leading the way, while the men finished 23rd, with Zola Sokhela at the head of their pack. During the women’s race, Milligan freshman Alyssa Bearzi won the national championship with a time of 18:14.9. Breytenbach, a sophomore, earned NAIA All-American honors soon after, when she finished the race in 18:50.4, good for a 27th place finish. The first Warrior to finish behind Breytenbach was freshman Kari Anema, who capped off a stellar freshman year with a 74th place finish and a time of 19:24.9. The remainder

On the women’s side, the team finished 17th overall, with Anneline Breytenbach leading the way, while the men finished 23rd, with Zola Sokhela at the head of their pack. of Westmont’s top-five came in during the following minute. Freshman Abigail Hundley completed the race in 20:03.5, freshman Callie Guthrie followed with a time of 20:20.8, and freshman Landon Torres rounded things out with a time of 20:25.4. “The women’s team ran a steady race,” said Coach Lindsey Connolly. “Anneline was tough and persistent en route to earning All-American honors. Kari finished in the top-third of the field, which is a solid performance for a first-year at nationals. “The rest of the women’s team ran in a tight back to earn a 17th place finish.” For Breytenbach, she was one of two Warriors who qualified for the NAIA National Championships a season ago. After finishing with a time of 19:15.17 last season, Breytenbach trimmed nearly

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25 seconds off to claim her first career All-American honor. On the men’s side of things, Oklahoma City freshman Zouhair Talbi won the race with a time of 24:43.1. For Sokhela, the first Warrior to cross the finish line, the freshman just beat the buzzer to earn All-American honors. Sokhela was the 40th and final competitor to earn All-American honors after completing the race in 25:54.4. For Sokhela, in just two semesters at Westmont, this is now his fourth NAIA All-American honor after receiving a trio of honors from Outdoor Track & Field last season. “Zola earning All-American status is a tribute to his speed at the finish,” said Westmont head coach Russell Smelley. “He finished his race with an incredible kick.” Junior Garrett Miller narrowly missed out on All-American

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The Dos Pueblos Chargers cross country team performed well Saturday at the CIFSS Championships. “Today was a solid effort by our No. 1 runners, Phoebe (Wolfe Lyons) and Eamon (Gordon), to lead their teams to state,” Coach Jen Brown told the News-Press in an email. “Both our No. 2 runners, Tyler (Jamieson) and Ellie (Gleason), had their best race days this season, and the rest of our top five really filled the gap, finishing close behind each other. That’s the epitome of teamwork in cross-country racing,” Brown said. The Dos Pueblos boys came in seventh place in D3 with 192 points, and the DP girls came in fifth place in the D3 with 183 points. “Today was an incredible day for Dos Pueblos cross-country, not only in terms of how both teams performed, but also the significance historically of taking two teams to State. I don’t believe this has ever happened at DP before. We need to check the record books!” said Coach Brown. Placing 20th was Phoebe Wolfe Lyons with a time of 18:53.9. Placing 27th was Elliot Gleason (19:15.5). Placing 43rd was Sarah Dent (19:56.6). Placing 52nd was Reese Wahlberg (20:06.7). Placing 60th was Samsara Chahine (20:15.9). Placing 68th was Ruby Heinrich (20:27.5). Placing 85th was London Wahlberg (20:48.1). Placing 25th was Eamon Gordon (15:53.4). Placing 26th was Luciani Koroshec (15:53.4). Placing 55th was Orlando Ye (16:35.1). Placing 59th was Tyler Jamieson (16:39.7). Placing 67th was Edward Bi (16:44.4). Placing 107th was Andrew Brennan (17:49.4). Placing 108th was Dominic Corral (17:52.3).

honors after he finished in 44th place with a time of 26:00.44. The next Warrior to finish was freshman Andres Leon, who completed the race in 27:15.8. Danny Rubin finished with a time of 27:30.4, while Adam King rounded out the team’s top-five with a time of 28:19.1. “Garrett Miller ran a fantastic race,” noted Smelley. “It was his first national championship experience and he was not intimidated by the competition. Rather, he ran up to the competition. First year Andres Leon ran like a veteran, leaning into the competition for his best race of the season. Overall, a 23rd place finish was representative of their 19th-placed ranking.”

Senator.” Sen. Cruz continued: “So you’re right, it’s broken – but you broke it.” In Fiscal Year 2021, more than 1.7 million people were encountered by Border Patrol agents entering the U.S. illegally. The number excludes the estimated several hundred thousand who evaded law enforcement. On the issue of how many people evaded Border Patrol, Mr. Mayorkas said he didn’t know how many “got-aways” there were this year, saying, “I will have to circle back with that information.” Sen. Cruz then pressed him on the issue, saying, “So that wasn’t a fact that you thought was relevant to this hearing?” Mr. Mayorkas replied, “Oh, it is absolutely relevant. I understand why the question is posed. It’s a fact of great...” before he was cut off by Sen. Cruz. “But you’re not prepared to answer it. How about this, how many deaths?” Sen. Cruz then asked. “How many illegal aliens have died crossing illegally into the United States under Joe Biden’s administration?” Then Mr. Mayorkas replied: “I don’t have that data.” On the amount of unaccompanied minors being held, Sen. Cruz asked, “How many children have been in the Biden cages? I’ve been to the Biden cages. I’ve seen the Biden cages. How many children have you detained at the Donna tent facility and the cages you built to hold kids? How many children have been in those cages?” Mr. Mayorkas replied, “Respectfully, I’m not familiar with the term cages and to what you’re referring.” Images of cells were made public by Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar earlier this year afterMr. Mayorkas’ DHS wouldn’t allow members of the media to observe the conditions of the people being held in DHS facilities. Images were also released by Border Patrol agents anonymously, and Sen. Cruz also took pictures of them. Sen. Cruz went on, saying, “Enclosures in which they are locked in, in which I took photographs and put them out because you blocked the press and didn’t want people to see the Biden cages. The secure facilities in

which they are locked down in Donna. At those facilities – how many children have been in them?” He then asked, “Okay are you going to answer the question? How many children have been in that facility?” Mr. Mayorkas replied, “I will have to circle back with you with the precise number.” Sen. Cruz then went on to describe the conditions: “Children sleeping on floors, crashed in upon each other. When I took this photograph, the rate of COVID positivity was over 10 percent.” On why Mr. Biden hasn’t been to the border, Sen. Cruz asked, “In the past year, has Joe Biden been down to see firsthand the Biden cages? Has Joe Biden been down to see this facility? Yes or no?” Mr. Mayorkas confirmed, “The President has not been down to the border.” Sen. Cruz then asked if Vice President Kamala Harris “has been down to see the Biden cages this facility? Yes or no?” Mr. Mayorkas replied that she was at the border. But “has she been down to see this facility? I know she went to El Paso, has she seen the Biden cages?” Sen. Cruz asked. Mr. Mayorkas replied, “They are not cages.” Sen. Cruz went on, pointing to pictures he took: “What are these walls? Has Kamala Harris seen them? Yes or no? It’s a simple question. Yes or no. We didn’t need a paragraph. Yes or no, has Kamala Harris been down to see these detention facilities?” Mr. Mayorkas confirmed, “She has not been.” On the rate of COVID-positivity in illegal immigrants, Sen. Cruz asked, “How many illegal immigrants have you released into the United States who were COVID-positive?” Mr. Mayorkas replied that it was DHS “policy to test individually,” despite confirming earlier this year that the more than 15,000 Haitians congregating under the Del Rio International Bridge were not tested or quarantined. Local law enforcement also confirms those coming through Customs and Border Patrol checkpoints are not tested. They are also not required to get the COVID19 vaccine as a condition of entry, legally or illegally. Sen. Cruz continued, saying, “I didn’t ask your policy. How many illegal aliens have you released to our COVID-positive?” Mr. Mayorkas said, “I will have to get that number.”

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Utilizes advanced counseling skills gained at the Master’s degree level in counseling or related fields; exhibits culturally inclusive active listening skills and provides counseling services for personal, social and academic issues, including but not limited to cultural identity, educational, relationship, family, sexuality and sexual identity issues. Collaborates in the successful development, planning, budgeting and administration of Transfer Services. Evaluates programs and services to make relevant improvements in design, policies, procedures and implementation, for current and future years. Reqs: Experience in providing indepth, wide-ranging and complex academic advising and holistic services to undergraduates. Working knowledge of MS Office products and Google Connect/Drive applications. Ability to coordinate and present educational programs and present educational, academic, social, cultural events/programs and workshops. Ability to work in a highly collaborative manner with a diverse group and a variety of cultural backgrounds. Experience with social media management on multiple platforms, updating department website, and Emma application. Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends. Notes: Mandated reporting requirements of Child & Dependent Adult Abuse. UCSB Campus Security Authority under Clery Act. Satisfactory conviction history background check. $57,000 - $63,975/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review date begins 1/3/22. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 25905

PROGRAMMING MANAGER Arts & Lectures

Responsible for programming, booking, and managing Arts & Lectures public events. Reporting to the Executive Director, this position is essential to the success of current season events as well as future years’ programming. As a public-facing senior representative of the organization, the Programming Manager is responsible for building and sustaining collaborative relationships between Arts & Lectures and Artists, Lecturers, Agents, Tour Managers, Venue Management, University and other representatives. This position is a critical bridge to solicit, organize, and disseminate complex event information between organizations, and within Arts & Lectures’ various departments. Ensures that complex contractual obligations are met for the Lecture, Film, and Performing Arts programs as well as special events. Reqs: Advanced knowledge of and professional experience utilizing concepts, principles and best practices of event planning execution, including programming and production of highly complex events. Extensive professional experience managing high visibility, high-impact, highrisk events; ability to apply best practices and industry standard techniques under pressure, and to deal with multiple constituents, often with competing priorities. Familiarity with and the ability to articulate and promote Arts & Lectures programming and organizational structure including its vision, mission, goals, objectives, achievements and infrastructure. Extensive project management expertise, including experience programming a full season of engagements. Advanced interpersonal communication skills to build and maintain relationships at all organizational levels and with a variety of constituents. Highly developed political acumen and communication abilities to build and sustain collaborative relationships with A&L Executive Director, Artists, Lecturers, Agents, Tour Managers, Venue Management, and other representatives. Proven success in exercising sound independent judgment; ability to maintain confidentiality, and act with tact and discretion with sensitive or confidential information. Extensive experience in meeting goals and objectives within budget and time constraints in an arts/live events capacity with a volume of at least 60 public events annually. Notes: Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull-Notice Program. Satisfactory conviction history background check. Ability and willingness to work frequent events and weekends. $67,500 - 85,500/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 11/30/2021. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 26877

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PUBLIC NOTICES Notice Inviting Interested Contractors to be Included on the Goleta Sanitary District’s List of Qualified Contractors The Goleta Sanitary District (District) has elected to become subject to the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (UPCCAA). The District’s Board of Directors adopted Ordinance No. 83 on April 18, 2016, electing to utilize the uniform construction cost accounting procedures described in Section 22030 of the California Contract Code. Section 22032 (b) allows public works projects valued at $200,000 or less to be let through an informal bidding process by public agencies that elect to be subject to the procedures of the UPCCAA. The UPCCAA requires the District to maintain a list of qualified contractors interested in providing informal bids for applicable public works projects. Interested licensed contractors should submit their information for inclusion on the District’s List of Qualified Contractors for the 2022 calendar year. Contractors are required to provide the following information: (1) name and address to which Notices Inviting Informal Bids should be mailed; (2) a phone number and email address at which the contractor may be reached; (3) the type of work in which the contractor is interested and currently licensed to do (earthwork, pipelines, mechanical, electrical, painting, general building, etc.), together with the class of contractor’s license number(s). Contractors should submit their information to the District by November 30, 2020. Mail or fax to: Steve D. Wagner, PE General Manager/District Engineer Goleta Sanitary District 1 William Moffett Place Goleta, CA 93117 Email: info@goletasanitary.org Fax: (805) 964-3583 The District may create a new List of Qualified Contractors effective January 1 of each year. Each November, the District will circulate a notice inviting contractors to be included on the list for the following year. A contractor may have his or her firm added to the District’s List of Qualified Contractors at any time by submitting the required information to the address listed above. A list of construction trade journals receiving this notice is attached hereto. For additional information, please contact the District Collection System Manager Luis Astorga by phone at (805) 967-4519 or by email at lastorga@goletasanitary.org . Construction Bid Board 11622 El Camino Real, Suite 100 San Diego, CA 92130 Santa Barbara Contractors Association 424 Olive St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Ventura County Contractors Association 1830 Lockwood St. Suite 110 Oxnard, CA 93036 Santa Maria Valley Contractors Association 2003 Preisker Lane Suite A Santa Maria, CA 93454 Bid America 41085 Elm Street Murrieta, CA 92562 Central California Builders Exchange 1244 N. Mariposa St. Fresno, CA 93703 Oakland-Alemeda Builders Exchange 3055 Alvarado St. San Francisco, CA 94577 NOV 21 / 2021 -- 57697

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If you challenge the project(s) 19CUP-00000-00040, 19GPA-00000-00003, 19RZN-00000-00002, 19DVP00000-00039, or 21APL-00000-00045 in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Planning Commission prior to the public hearing. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this hearing, please contact the Hearing Support Staff (805) 568-2000. Notiﬁcation at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable the Hearing Support Staff to make reasonable arrangements. * This is a partial listing of the items to be heard at the Planning Commission Hearing of December 1, 2021. Shaw Street Maintenance Association 21APL-00000-00045 Appeal of Rufﬁno Tentative Parcel Map Los Alamos Ben Singer, Planner (805) 934-6587 Hearing on the request of the appellant, the Shaw Street Maintenance Association (SSMA) and Seth Steiner, President of the SSMA, (herein after Appellant), to consider Case No. 21APL-0000000045, an appeal of the approval of the Tentative Parcel Map (TPM) Case No. 20TPM-00000-00003 by the Zoning Administrator, in compliance with Section 35.102 (Appeals) of the Santa Barbara County Land Use and Development Code (LUDC). The TPM was approved August 23, 2021, and involves Assessor’s Parcel Number 101-260-040, located at 774 Main Street in the Los Alamos, Third Supervisorial District. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION RECORDING SECRETARY (568-2000) NOV 21 / 2021 -- 57751

By BETHANY BLANKLEY THE CENTER SQUARE CONTRIBUTOR

(The Center Square) — Eleven U.S. Senate Democrats have called on President Joe Biden to do something about rising gas prices while also expressing support for policies that the energy industry says are contributing to seven-year high costs at the pump, including oil and gas tax increases embedded in the Build Back Better Act. The 11 senators wrote this month that they support the president’s commitment to the development of “clean renewable energy” but “must ensure that Americans are able to afford to fill up their cars at the pump in the meantime.” The average cost for a gallon of gasoline Friday was $3.41 a gallon, according to AAA. That’s $1.20 more a gallon than this time last year. In California, the average price is $4.704 a gallon. Under the Trump administration, the U.S. led the world in oil production and was energy independent. Under the Biden administration, gas prices are the highest they’ve been since 2014 within eleven months of him taking office. In their home states, the Democratic senators write, “high gasoline prices have placed an undue burden on families and small businesses trying to make ends meet, and have proven especially burdensome as our constituents continue to recover from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.” They blame rising gas prices “on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and others to purposefully manipulate gas prices by constraining supply, as well as the choice of domestic leaseholders and producers to continue to export U.S. petroleum.” They asked Mr. Biden to consider “all tools available” at his disposal to lower U.S. gasoline prices, including releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and banning crude oil exports. Mr. Biden instead responded by calling on the Federal Trade Commission to look into possible illegal conduct in the oil and gas industry that could be causing gas prices to rise. Those in the oil and gas industry say the reason for increasing prices is because of lower supply due to restrictions imposed on the industry by the Biden administration, including canceling the Keystone Pipeline, halting new leases for existing operations on federal lands, among other policies. American Petroleum Institute SVP Frank Macchiarola told The Center Square that Mr. Biden’s call was a distraction from his own energy policies, including restricting access to America’s energy supply and canceling important infrastructure projects. “Rather than launching investigations on markets that are regulated and closely monitored on a daily basis or pleading with OPEC to increase supply, we should be encouraging the safe and responsible development of American-made oil and natural gas,” Mr. Macchiarola said. Todd Staples, president of the Texas Oil and Gas Association, agrees, arguing, “The solution,” he says, “is not to disrupt energy opportunities that have been a driver to more economic gains for our state and nation.” Instead, all Americans, “should ask their elected officials to support the abundance of affordable, reliable energy available here at home.” U.S. energy policy “shouldn’t forfeit energy freedom for energy dependence,” Mr. Staples added. Instead, it must “encourage smart, science-based policies that advocate for homegrown production, domestic jobs and economic advancement that benefit all Texans and every American. Unfortunately, we are feeling the repercussions of misguided policies that have encouraged foreign energy instead of encouraging American pipeline projects, domestic production and trade opportunities.” One policy includes the “Methane Emission Reduction Act of 2021,” embedded in the BBBA, which imposes new taxes on all oil and gas producers for “ambient methane emissions.” Costs would be passed onto the consumer, the industry says, making gas prices

Eleven senators wrote this month that they support the president’s commitment to the development of “clean renewable energy” but “must ensure that Americans are able to afford to fill up their cars at the pump in the meantime.” even higher for the foreseeable future. Ed Cross, president of the Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Producers Association, said the plan requires the industry to measure “ambient methane emissions,” using technology that doesn’t currently exist, or be taxed. “The tax is based on ambient methane emissions measurements,” Mr. Cross wrote in an op-ed published by the Kansas City Star. “The measurements would have to distinguish between oil and natural gas production, agricultural emissions – about a third of U.S. methane emissions – and landfill emissions – about a third of U.S. methane emissions. “And the measurements would have to be continuous – 24 hours/ day every day. No such system exists and cannot be created in the foreseeable future.” Methane emissions are already highly regulated. Because of American technological innovation, natural gas production in the U.S. has lowered emissions, making the U.S. the world leader in emission reductions, industry leaders point out. The Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association argues the proposed taxes and fees on the industry “could cripple small Texas oil and gas operators and severely burden American taxpayers.” Additional taxes would “have a ripple effect through the entire U.S. economy, negatively impacting American jobs, domestic energy production, household energy bills and the cost of goods and services, including the price of gasoline,” TIPRO President Ed Longanecker said. “The U.S. oil and natural gas industry has demonstrated its commitment to reducing emissions through innovation, collaboration and investment of hundreds of billions of dollars in greenhouse gas mitigating technologies throughout the value chain, and with quantifiable success. “Turning back the clock on carbon dioxide emissions and every other major air pollutant, natural gas leads the way,” he added. Increased natural gas production “through innovation and efficient practices brought back manufacturing jobs and saved American families $204 billion a year through lower electricity, oil and natural gas prices. That’s the equivalent of $2,500 a year for a family of four.” During the statewide shutdown in 2020 when the oil and gas industry experienced a “bloodbath” of losses, Texas companies still produced 43% of the nation’s crude oil and 26% of its marketed natural gas. Nearly one fourth of the nation’s operable refineries and onethird of the U.S. total refining capacity are in Texas, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports, with 31 petroleum refineries processing a combined total of almost 5.9 million barrels of crude oil per day. Texas also produces more electricity than any other state, EIA notes, generating nearly twice as much as Florida, the secondhighest electricity-producing state. Roughly one-fourth of U.S. dry natural gas reserves and threetenths of the 100 largest natural gas fields in the U.S. are located either partially or entirely in Texas. In 2020, Texas produced one-fourth of the nation’s natural gas, with the majority produced in the last decade from the Eagle Ford shale and Permian Basin.

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Magical parades and more grace Disneyland and DisneyCalifornia Adventure

By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR

ure, Donald Duck has been known to be grumpy. Sometimes he just wakes up on the wrong side of the pond. But he’s all smiles when it comes to a good party, like the one he’s in now at Disney California Adventure. That’s where Donald and his friends from “The Three Caballeros” (1944) are on a float while folklórico dancers and Mariachis, Brazilian samba dancers and percussionists, and giant mojiganga puppets go down the street in “Disney ¡Viva Navidad!” Mickey and Minnie Mouse also show up for the fun street dance party, which is part of the winter holidays celebration at Disney California Adventure and its Anaheim neighbor, Disneyland. The News-Press recently visited both parks and found they were all decked out in the holiday spirit, from Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion Holiday (inspired by “Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas”) to Disney California Adventure’s Cars Land. And of course, there’s Disneyland’s

perennial favorite, “A Christmas Fantasy” Parade. At night is “Believe … In Holiday Magic” fireworks above Sleeping Beauty Castle, which is decked out in its winter best. It’s enough to make Santa go “Ho, ho, ho,” from his sleigh high above the parade (led by reindeer, of course). And don’t miss Mater the tractor singing Christmas- and Hanukkah-inspired songs while people ride his Jingle Jamboree in DCA’s Cars Land. It’s worth a spin or two. The first thing people see when they enter Disneyland is the 60-foot-tall Christmas tree on Main Street, U.S.A. Don’t try to count the ornaments; Disney estimates there’s almost 1,800 of them. The annual parade, “A Christmas Fantasy,” again features the toy soldiers, dancing gingerbread cookies, prancing reindeer and characters such as Anna, Elsa and Olaf from “Frozen.” And Disneyland’s Mainland, U.S.A., now has a new holiday store, Plaza Point, a Victorianera boutique with garlands, Please see DISNEY on B4

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A gingerbread person pauses during dancing in “A Christmas Fantasy” Parade at Disneyland.

A giant mojiganga puppet goes down the street in the “Disney ¡Viva Navidad!” party.

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At left, Donald Duck and his friends from “The Three Caballeros” entertain the crowd during “Disney ¡Viva Navidad!” party. At right, Jack and his friends in “Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas” now grace the Haunted Mansion.

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o have lived through this pandemic comes first on my gratitude list for this Thanksgiving. For nearly the past two years, our lives have been radically different. We are still adjusting to life with this new peril at our doorstep. It doesn’t matter which side of the vaccine debate you are on, and I’m all for it, by the way. What does matter is that somehow you survived when almost threequarters of a million people in the U.S. didn’t. If nothing else, this is something to be thankful for. None of us knows what next year will bring, but we all hope for the best. In the meantime, it is always good to reflect on what you have and what you are thankful for, as this day encourages us to do every year. This day and every day, I want to enjoy being alive and as healthy as possible, so I can see the smile on people’s faces, the light in

their eyes, and feel the joy in their hearts. I am grateful that I’m going to be around for a while, which will make this holiday an extra special one. Gathering with family, even on camera, is something special. Many families now have weekly Zoom calls where they spend several hours together, playing games, talking all together and then one-on-one. Some even have dinners together over the internet. I suspect there will be a few million Thanksgiving Zoom dinners this year. Although not being able to see one another has been hard, many families say they have grown closer through this crisis, and they won’t let their current regular contact through the internet slip away. Keeping in touch by sending those silly texts and memes, engaging in Facebook debates, and sending the

latest pics has become ever more integrated into our way of life, and I see no reason to let it end. If you are able to sit around the table with your loved ones, you are truly blessed. Our families and friends give us so much. That’s why it’s hard for me to understand how people hold grudges for decades. Maybe this would be a good time to let those grudges go, so you too can bask in the joy of having a family who can argue with each other and still enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner. No, you didn’t always get everything you needed or wanted from them, and maybe they made you feel bad upon occasion, but in most cases the good outweighs the bad by several metric tons. The problem is we remember the perceived insults and slights more than the magical memories

of growing up and having a family care for us. Humans hold on to pain too easily, and we need to learn to let it go. Filling that space with gratitude works. Most people don’t tend to think about emotional blocks, or their inability to let in positive emotions from people who love them. Thanksgiving is a reminder to open our hearts and let the love flow around you. To enjoy being alive right now with the people who are currently in your life. I promise it will give you more joy than holding on to things that didn’t go the way you wanted. Barton Goldsmith, Ph.D., LMFT, is an award-winning therapist and writer. He is a columnist, blogger and the author of seven books, including “Visualization For Success — 75 Psychological Empowerment Exercises To Get You What You Want In Life.” Reach him at barton@bartongoldsmith. com.

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This play has been described as “Jane Austen meets ‘Downton Abbey.’” The question is who has the sense or sensibility in “The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley.” You’ll find out when Ensemble Theatre Company performs the comedy/ drama, written by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon and directed by Michael Butler. “The Wickhams” will begin with previews on Dec. 2 and will run Dec. 4-19 at The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria St., Santa Barbara. “The Wickhams” is the second part of the Pemberley trilogy and is the sequel to “Pride and Prejudice.” Darcy and Elizabeth must now contend with hijinks amongst the staff, all while preparing for the family to visit. “Is there a better way to enjoy the holiday season than to spend some time with Jane Austen’s iconic characters Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth?” said Jonahtan Fox, the ETC artistic director, in a news release. “This is a wonderfully marvelous play that will bring romance and holiday cheer to

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the New Vic Stage. Directed by the remarkable Michael Butler, and with a pitch-perfect cast, you will be transported to Pemberley and enjoy every delicious minute of your time spent with the Wickhams.” “The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley” will feature Will Block as Brian, Nike Doukas as Mrs. Reynolds, Kyle T. Hester

as Wickham, Kodi Jackman as Cassie, Chelsea Kurtz as Lydia, Rebecca Mozo as Lizzie and Adam Poss as Mr. Darcy. Performances will be 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 and 2 p.m. Sundays. There are additional performances at 7 p.m. Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7 and 4 p.m. Dec. 11. Tickets cost $47 to $77. To

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At left, a variety of holiday-themed merchandise and food is now at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. At right, Mrs. Claus joins the “Disney ¡Viva Navidad!” party, along with Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck.

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Continued from Page B1 nutcrackers and Christmas treasures. Across the way at Disney California Adventure, people celebrate Christmas/Navidad, Diwali, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Three Kings Day with the annual Disney Festival of Holidays. You can go from booth to booth to sample various sweet and savory treats. The eight booths are known as Festival Food Marketplaces, and they vary from Holiday Duets to Winter Sliderland (pun intended) and A Twist on Tradition. But the big highlight at Disney California Adventure, at least for this writer, are the seasonthemed attractions and events. “Disney ¡Viva Navidad!” is a fun blend of cultures with dancers and musicians on the street in the Paradise Gardens area. In addition to the dance party, the band El Sabor Bueno plays Colombian music there on Fridays and Saturdays. And in Cars Land, you can go on Luigi’s Joy to the Whirl and, as mentioned previously, Mater’s Jingle Jamboree. New seasonal

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music is now on those attractions, proving that yes, you can get your kicks on Route 66. At Pacific Wharf, you can enjoy holiday-themed menus and listen to the Mistletoes, an a cappella ensemble, sing holiday favorites. And you’ll find characters from the animated Disney movie “Encanto,” which tells about the Madrigals family in Colombia. It will be released in theaters Wednesday, just in time for the holidays. The movie’s fans include Susan Tubert, the Disneyland Resort’s creative director of creative entertainment. “I’m from Argentina, so I’m a little bit biased,” Ms. Tubert told the News-Press with a smile. “The filmmakers went deep into the culture and spoke to the people of Colombia. They wanted to find a place with a confluence of cultures: Afro-Latinos, indigenous people, people from Spain. They were able to put all of that into a single family. They were able to

weave what I call magical realism into the story.” Of course, it wouldn’t be the holidays at Disneyland without special treats, such as the macarons that resemble the Little Green Men from the “Toy Story” movies or the peppermint shake that a sous chef held up for a News-Press photo. The shake was topped with cookies as Mickey’s ears, which somehow make their way each year into the culinary creations. The News-Press asked Stephanie Yee, the pastry sous chef, about the discussions about incorporating Mickey’s ears into treats. “It’s definitely a process in the menu planning,” Ms. Yee said. “We try not to overload the guests with Mickey everything, but we put them in where we can.” And the most popular treats? “The most popular would be the gingerbread person at the Festival of Holidays (at Disney California Adventure). People come from all over to enjoy our gingerbread cookies,” Ms. Yee said. “I think the secret to a good holiday treat is to make it festive and reminiscent of childhood.” email: dmason@newspress.com

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place to drill for oil is in Congress.” A law limiting how much each owner could markup the cost of a barrel of oil during each step of the process, caused more owners but no reduction in retail prices. For example, while Brent Crude was on a ship sailing from Africa to the U.S., owner one would mark it up and sell it owner two via teletype, owner two would do the same to sell it to owner three, and so forth. In one of my cases this was repeated eight times, with the same person owning it three different times. I laughingly related it to an expensive version of the childhood game musical chairs where the loser was the one who owned the crude when the ship reached port. You see, the markup permitted by refiners made that process not profitable. Sen. Ted Kennedy’s law requiring companies to have a regional price for their “dealer tank wagon” for gasoline delivered to their service stations required, for example, Gulf to charge

espite the difficulties that district elections bring upon any town, we can certainly be grateful for the ultimate outcome of a nonpartisan mature leadership that our city elected. We look forward to a new transparency, accountability and fair representation. Remember, however, that the votes of the city council affect the whole city. Along with the more serious threats to Santa Barbara with building heights and high density that diminish the small town feel that attracts people to Santa Barbara in the first place, we would hope for a more cooperative city government to remember the traditions of the locals of Santa Barbara — i.e. the farmers market, the parades for Fiesta, Fourth of July, Solstice and more. We applaud the reinstatement of the Christmas parade in Goleta this year, but note with alarm no plan for the Santa Barbara Christmas parade to return. Let’s face it, with the parklets in place it is impossible for parades to travel down State Street. And this is what it costs us: No parade, no celebration of our traditions, further dissolving the Santa Barbara that we know and love. Recently upon making dinner reservations in Carmel, the website announced that the parklets were dismantled and the native charm of Carmel has been restored. More positive expectations for the future with a new mayor would be changes for the following chronic issues. More timely transient debris clean up. Remember the signs that used to be posted $1,000 for littering on the highway (CA PC Sec. 374)? We see the antithesis of that now. Our streets resemble open garbage containers. Santa Barbara pays top wages for all departments. Why then does something as simple as getting the garbage off the street and graffiti from the walls take so long? Think of the number of city vehicles with radios. Why can’t those employees call in the piles of garbage etc. as they conduct their city business during the day? Remember when a past city council candidate used the slogan, “First we must fix what is broken, and clean what is dirty.” We’re up to here with the finger pointing and the claim, “We don’t work nights or weekends.” This garbage problem exists every day. With all the city departments and independent contracts we pay for, how long is long enough? The Incessant importation of homeless people — we have asked for years about this problem of transients being shipped here, given a one-way bus ticket and sent to our town. Mr. Randy Rowse, can this please be on the top of your agenda for “things to do?” Solving this conundrum would trickle down to our housing crisis. Case in point — the media release Oct. 22 reported the previous day’s arrest of the male transient who upon his arrival started a fire in our historic train station’s fireplace. He was booked for arson under the state of emergency (COVID-19?). We look forward to all that we can fix in our own backyard. We can concentrate on more local concerns now

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have a dream. I dream that the Democrat mega-trilliondollar “Build Back Broke” — I mean, “Build Back Better” — plan goes nowhere. I dream that both West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema hold firm and refuse to vote for this budgetbusting, inflation-inducing, socialist-inspired boondoggle, no matter what price tag their fellow Democrats finally conjure for passage. I have a dream that Joe Manchin, who’s been in politics for 40 years but who did run a carpet store (the family business) before entering the political slipstream, sees the light and switches parties, becomes a Republican, and turns the U.S. Senate over to Republican rule before the 2022 election. I have a dream that the 2022 election will then flip the House of Representatives and produce a lopsided Republican to Democrat split, along with an additional six Republican senators in the U.S. Senate. I dream that the already too-

long national nightmare called the more time with his family.” Biden administration will be over. In a spirit of atonement, I dream that the morning after the President Biden names Donald 2022 election results are finalized, Trump his vice president, who our president will wake up and takes over as president when Mr. say to himself: “What the heck am Biden officially resigns. I doing here?” I have a dream that Soon after, he’ll make President Trump does not PURELY an address to the nation run for re-election and that POLITICAL in which he reveals the Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis trickery he and his team wins the 2024 election and utilized in order to rack is named president of the up the 81 million votes United States. With more he won with. He’ll admit than 85 million votes, he to the nation that his has enough to swamp even team rewrote the rules the most crooked collection in the swing states in of vote harvesters and James Buckley order to legally allow mail-in marauders in any their agents to go doorof the so-called “swing” to-door signing up and states. registering new voters, even filling I have a dream that President out their ballots for them. He’ll DeSantis’s vice-presidential admit too that his team continued running mate will be either South to mail their votes right up until Dakota governor Kristi Noem, midnight on election day, the former Secretary of State Mike number of which were dependent Pompeo or Democrat-turnedupon how the vote was going. Republican Tulsi Gabbard. I dream that President Biden I have a dream that because of will ask his Vice President, Ms former president Donald Trump’s Harris, to give up her office, which support of Mr. DeSantis’s run for she does with a laugh. Then he the presidency, he is offered his will resign “for the good of the choice of cabinet positions, or the country,” so that he can “spend United Nations ambassadorship.

I dream that Mr. Trump, however, turns down those offers and runs for governor of Florida and wins decisively. I dream too that the 2024 Congress votes to put the face (in profile) of President Trump on a newly designed $10 bill.

THE DREAM TEAM I dream that the newly elected President DeSantis nominates and that the Senate approves all his Cabinet choices and that those choices will feature Texas Sen. Ted Cruz as the secretary of energy and that one of the top priorities of the administration will be to make the U.S. energy independent, as we had become during the previous Trump administration. I dream that when energy independence is achieved (that has been the mission of the Department of Energy since its formation during the Carter years), Secretary Cruz leads the effort to dismantle his now unnecessary $30-billion-dollar-plus department. Secretary Cruz will then be appointed an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court when a seat opens up.

I dream that among President DeSantis’s Cabinet picks will be current Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (Border Security), Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (ICE); Candace Owens as press secretary; Betsy DeVos back as secretary of education, there to dismantle that department; Sarah Palin as secretary of state; Jared Kushner as chief of staff; Mike (“Dirty Jobs”) Rowe as the secretary of labor; Maria Bartiromo as the secretary of the treasury; Lt. Col. Stu Scheller as the defense secretary; Alan Dershowitz as the attorney general; Ryan Zinke as the secretary of the interior; Elon Musk as the secretary of the secretary of transportation; Tom Homan (former acting ICE director) as the secretary of homeland security. That’s it. Those are my dreams. And, if none of them come true, all I ask is that someone please wake me when the current nightmare is over. James Buckley is a longtime Montecito resident. He welcomes questions or comments at jimb@ substack.com.

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nergy Secretary the increased costs are regressive Jennifer Granholm as the tax breaks the wealthy was ridiculed by receive for buying expensive EVs many, including yours enables them to buy less gas. Why truly, for her use of not just undo the changes? “hilarious” in denying her power to The answer is politics. increase American oil production. Ms. Granholm serves under Perhaps this humiliation caused a president who prioritizes her to discuss her “limited tool climate change. Her predecessor, box.” However, the Secretary Rick Perry, secretary using the word served under a president Brent E. “limited” only caused who prioritized the mission Zepke the term “hilarious” to of the Energy Department be applied to herself. “To ensure America’s The author What tools does she lives in Santa security and prosperity”: claim to need? President Donald Trump. Barbara Ms. Granholm does What about a “tool box?” not need a “tool box” but The most important only to undo the actions that from “tools” leaders bring are their April 28, 2020 to April 28, 2021, skills. Ms. Granholm’s skills were contributed to the price of Brent using her law degree as a political Crude, the international standard, analyst for CNN after being increasing by 335% from $15,60 to governor of Michigan. Her deputy $67.73 by switching the U.S. from David Turk’s skills were giving exporting oil to importing Brent U.S. companies technology to other Crude. In the U.S., the national countries for climate change. average for a gallon of gas rose Mr. Perry’s skills were using his $1.29 from $2.13 to $3.42. engineering degree to govern the Of course, in California, gas is oil-producing Texas for 15 years. quickly approaching $5 a gallon, His deputy, Daniel Simmons, including 40 cents a gallon for brought extensive experience at Environmental Fees. Ironically, the Institute of Energy Research

to apply to his responsibilities for “Energy Efficiency and Renewables.” To anticipate potential “tools,” the Biden-Granholm administration might use, besides the obligatory blaming Trump, it is helpful to review the tools previously used by the Federal Energy Administration and then the Department of Energy when energy prices spiked under President Jimmy Carter. These seven examples are a small part

of 144 bills introduced in just one year in congress, besides numerous regulatory actions, that I encountered as a counsel for Gulf Oil. Congressional leaders investigated price fixing by the energy companies. This effort created a lot of publicity but, like the “Mueller” one, never had any substance. I remember Rep. Al Gore’s speech opening his hearings, which he repeated at the close even though it was contrary to the hearings that Rep. Gore did not even attend a single day. Indeed, price fixing could not happen since no oil company had more than an 8% market share. Companies were required to calculate the ratio of their “new” oil to that of their “old” oil, which resulted in companies that previously had found oil, such as Gulf Oil, having a smaller ratio that required it one year to send $100 million to Hess Oil Co., who had not previously drilled. The political contacts Hess had in New Jersey sponsored the law that was nicknamed the “Hess Protection Act” and the saying “The best

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Santa Barbara resident Larry Bond is critical of Attorney General Merrick Garland, left, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, right, for what Mr. Bond says is their bureaucratic approach to government.

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Can this train wreck be salvaged?

he Santa requirements of the Federal Barbara County Voting Rights Act, every independent jurisdiction should place a redistricting majority of voting age citizen commission has Latinos in as many districts been a train wreck. as possible, sans “packing” To begin with, the federal (a technical term) a supergovernment was tardy in majority into one district at updating the census which is the expense of an optimally the starting point in drawing equitable distribution of new political districts as Latinos across multiple equal in population as is districts. possible. This threw the That brings us to NDC’s commission into a time second big mistake. crunch. After everyone had The commission submitted their maps was to be composed of (for the second time) politically independent and the final deadline members who would to submit maps had receive redistricting passed, NDC made maps submitted by the announcement the public instead of that DistrictR had not letting self-serving included the Latinos Andy Caldwell politicians draw who were citizens their own districts. of voting age in its However, Democratic Party mapping software. Hence, activists somehow convinced this second federal criteria for the commissioners to only fill legally evaluating the maps vacancies on the commission, was skewed by no fault of the of which there were several, citizens who submitted the with Democrats. maps in good faith based on This came at the expense the information and direction of filling the vacancies of the commission and NDC. with Latinos because Unfortunately, the the remaining Latinos in commission believes it does the applicant pool were not have the time to give Republicans. Hence, the the members of the public “independent” commission additional time to draw their is primarily composed of maps for a third time! white registered Democrats, Hence, several members which is not representative of of the public have been county demographics. technically and theoretically The contractor guiding the shut out of the competition commission and the public is because their maps fail to the National Demographics achieve any Latino citizen Corp., which has become majority voting districts a source of wasted effort because the information they and time. NDC referenced relied on, which was provided redistricting mapping by DistrictR, was faulty. software programs the Hopefully, the commission public could use to draw and will update at least some maps analyze their maps. The only that were submitted in good one that was easy to use was faith so that they are still in called DistrictR. the running. As the deadline to submit Santa Barbara County maps was approaching, should void any payment due the commission and NDC DistrictR for twice failing to announced that DistrictR had produce the material support not updated its program with this process warranted. And, the current census numbers, the county should consider yet maps were due anyway! docking monies owed to NDC, Eventually, everyone who as well, because this company submitted a map on time was caught off guard twice eventually had to start all when it really mattered. over while the commission Finally, let’s hope the subsequently extended the commission is fair in its deadline for submissions. dealings with both UCSB When the commission and Isla Vista and the North began reviewing the final County by not placing these maps, I noticed that the map strange bedfellows in the I submitted had different same district, as that is a numbers than what was violation of a third tenet of submitted as it relates to the redistricting having to do with number of Latino residents preserving communities of of voting age in each district. like interests. This is critical, because the two primary legal Andy Caldwell is the COLAB requirements of redistricting executive director and host of are equal population based “The Andy Caldwell Show,” on current census numbers airing 3 to 5 p.m. weekdays (NDC and DistrictR’s first on KZSB AM 1290, the Newsbig mistake) and, per the Press radio station.

recently came across the following quote of Marcus Tullius Cicero the great Roman orator and thought it was quite pertinent to at least two (in) famous individuals that exist in our country today in authoritative positions. Here is the quote; “A bureaucrat is the most despicable of men, though he is needed as vultures are needed, but one hardly admires vultures whom bureaucrats so strangely resemble. I have yet to meet a bureaucrat who was not petty, dull, almost witless, crafty or stupid, an oppressor or a thief, a holder of little authority in which he delights, as a boy delights in possessing a vicious dog. Who can trust such creatures ?” Two such “creatures” immediately sprang into my mind simultaneously upon reading that. (1) Merrick Garland, who heads what is still laughably called the Department of “Justice”and on whose watch certain people are imprisoned for the audacity to march to OUR capitol on Jan. 6 to protest the blatant fraud that occurred in the 2020 presidential election, whilst other more violent agents provocateurs were, and still are, allowed to walk scot free. Which brings to mind another of Cicero’s quotes: “Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.” It’s way beyond time for these wrongfully and unconstitutionally incarcerated individuals to be released and compensated for their wholly UNAmerican treatment, which many normal, fairminded individuals believe is tat-amount to torture. (2) “Dr.” Tony Fauci is the other bureaucrat that

simultaneously came to mind who fits Cicero’s description of a bureaucrat to a T. I am not going to recite the plethora of reasons,as they are well known,or should be to all of us. The only thing I have to say to him is “May God have mercy on your soul.” Larry Bond Santa Barbara

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hank you to all supporters who joined my campaign for improved city leadership. Each of you has been an important contributor to helping me bring vital issues to city voters’ awareness. I congratulate Mayor-elect Randy Rowse and look forward to collaborating with him on making our city a better place for all! Deborah L. Schwartz Candidate for Santa Barbara mayor

More COVID data needed

wish that our “leaders” would be more adamant about gathering important coronavirus data as they are about enforcing mandates. Wouldn’t it be important to have data on who’s had the virus? How many have had the shots and contracted the virus? How many have had the virus and been treated with therapeutics and cured; which therapeutics are effective? Political science is NOT science. Michael C. Schaumburg Santa Barbara

Capital punishment still serves its purpose

owing to intense 2013 Boston Marathon bomber political pressure, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who Oklahoma’s Kevin represents the paradigmatic case Stitt, the Republican for capital punishment. But it governor of one of the defies common sense to think Mr. nation’s reddest states, commuted Tsarnaev could actually meet his on Thursday the death sentence of Maker under Uncle Joe. convicted murderer Julius Jones. In June, as the administration Gov. Stitt’s commutation of Mr. unveiled its plan to resume the Jones, who was convicted for a federal execution moratorium, first-degree carjacking murder in White House spokesperson one of the most reliably pro-death Andrew Bates said President penalty states, is but the latest Biden believes the Justice troubling data pointing Department should “not toward the possible carry out execution.” ultimate abolition of Bates added that Mr. the death penalty in Biden “has made clear America. that he has deep concerns In 2020, former about whether capital President Donald punishment is consistent Trump directed thenwith the values that are Attorney General fundamental to our sense Josh Hammer William Barr to resume of justice and fairness.” federal executions Simply put, there is no after a 17-year hiatus. From July world in which the Biden-led 2020 through January 2021, the Justice Department crosses the Trump-led Department of Justice president on such a politically oversaw 13 executions. The first sensitive issue. to be executed during that stretch, We know for certain that some Daniel Lewis Lee, robbed a family on the U.S. Supreme Court agree and, as the Justice Department’s with President Biden. website recounted at the time, In the 2015 case of Glossip v. “covered their heads with plastic Gross, a divided 5-4 Court upheld bags, sealed the bags with duct the constitutionality of using the tape, weighed down each victim drug midazolam in a “cocktail” with rocks, and threw the family to execute prisoners properly of three into the Illinois bayou.” convicted of a capital offense. The final man executed, Dustin That many states — in the case Higgs, was convicted of directing of Glossip, Okla. — are forced to the murders of three women resort to using “cocktails” is itself in a wildlife refuge. He died troubling, evincing a concerted unrepentant. effort from pharmaceutical But this July, President Joe companies to avoid any possible Biden ordered Attorney General complicity with the ultimate form Merrick Garland to once again of punishment. pause federal executions. “The In his Glossip dissent, Justice Department of Justice must Stephen Breyer, joined by the ensure that everyone in the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, federal criminal justice system argued that the death penalty is not only afforded the rights practice itself is unconstitutional. guaranteed by the Constitution Justice Sonia Sotomayor filed and laws of the United States, a separate dissent, but it beggars but is also treated fairly and belief that she and Justice Elena humanely,” Mr. Garland said at the Kagan would not join Justice time. Innocent unborn children, of Breyer if the question of the course, need not apply. entire practice’s constitutionality Since then, Biden’s Justice were squarely teed up for the Department has argued to Court. reinstate the death sentence for The death penalty remains

popular, broadly speaking: In 2020, Gallup reported that Americans favored maintaining the death penalty for convicted murderers by a 55% to 43% margin. But that support has fallen a long way from the 80% to 16% margin Gallup found on the same question back in 1994. Moreover, it is unfortunate that the death penalty is now only spoken of in the context of convicted murderers. Even child rapists are no longer eligible for capital punishment, thanks to the Court’s deeply misguided 2008 decision, Kennedy v. Louisiana. For all of the hifalutin, lofty rhetoric liberals invariably spew when it comes to the purported need to erect insurmountable guardrails around capital punishment, the fact remains that it is our law and our long-standing tradition that the worst of the worst in society should face the ultimate punishment. And that tradition is morally sound, rooted in Leviticus 24:19-20: “And a man who inflicts an injury upon his fellow man just as he did, so shall be done to him (namely,) fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he inflicted an injury upon a person, so shall it be inflicted upon him.” Where is the left’s compassion for the victims of the worst crimes known to mankind? There are some crimes for which even life imprisonment without parole simply does not suffice. If the classical definition of justice is to reward good and punish evil, then there is no more quintessentially just act than to execute murderers. Hopefully, Gov. Stitt’s commutation of Mr. Jones does not further take America down the wrong — and unjust — path. To find out more about Josh Hammer and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators. com. Copyright 2021 by Creators.com.

et me first start off by saying I wholly, unequivocally support our soldiers, but I question the machine that operates the military. We celebrated Veterans Day a week ago or so, and a large portion of the country came together and showed their appreciation for all those who died for us. At the same time, it also brought to the forefront all the private organizations, hundreds, perhaps thousands, who help the veterans in a myriad of ways — from paying off mortgages on homes, helping with medical bills, buying wheelchairs and on and on. However, the situation for today’s military is like our schools, where pencils, crayons, paper, tissues used to be supplied. Now we have poorer education, and zero school supplies are provided. Parents kick in to make up the shortfall. So is the case with our military. Our soldiers are expected to follow orders, which is imperative, even if they know they may face possible death. For the most part, they’re kids, and they’re scared if they enter battle, but they do as they’re told. They’re trained and stand together and proud to defend us under the American flag. But like our schools, the military falls short when our soldiers return home, and that shortfall is made up in the private sector. Which brings me to my point. One of the latest stories is the number of soldiers dying of cancer after fighting in the Middle East. The onus has been placed on them to prove they became ill while serving. The soldiers had done their jobs, did what was asked of them, and for not very much money. Then they’re placed in an awkward position when reaching out for help. The “school supplies” are not there, and they need to find it elsewhere. By comparison, if you break the law and enter the United States illegally, you are treated with the utmost respect and provided not only the school supplies, but the school and all medical treatment without question at zero cost. You aren’t required to prove anything or be denied the help, and you will never be expected to put your life on the line to protect the country that is now coddling you. The recent brouhaha giving illegals about $1 million per couple became quickly squelched because President Joe Biden’s minions knew it was a lethal pill that Americans were not going to swallow. No way, no how. But don’t think it went away. Once something like that leaks out, there’s likely a ton of truth to it. It’s another insane program that you would think could not be possible (like defunding the police). And once it’s implemented, it will be too late as the long arm of the government reaches ever deeper into your pocket and gets stuck there. The justification to give even more money to people who don’t belong here is still blamed on President Donald Trump. Hard to believe. These political criminals still haven’t healed from their Trumpitis Disease. And by using Mr. Trump as their excuse to right what they think is wrong, they hope it deflects from the felonious action they’re taking to steal more money from Americans. Can you imagine if in fact illegals are paid anything close to that? That would be more money than 25 American citizens (based on $40,000 a year, which some people don’t come close to earning) would get in one year, or more than what someone might earn over twenty years depending on where you live. Some people Please see SCHULTE on C4

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Church militants, not church milquetoasts

hese are abridged remarks I gave Tuesday morning in Baltimore at the “Enough is Enough” protest across from the annual gathering of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Church Militant senior producer and St. Michael’s Media founder Michael Voris were forced to go to court to hold the prayer rally and gathering of Catholic dissidents after their permit was canceled by Baltimore’s speech-squelching city solicitor James Shea. Baltimore authorities baselessly accused Voris and scheduled speakers of promoting violence; the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower district judge’s ruling that “the First Amendment to the Constitution is at the heart of this case ... The city cannot conjure up hypothetical hecklers and then grant them veto power.” I would first like to address the evil corruptocrats here in the city of Baltimore, right across from us at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, down at the White House, perched in the Vatican, and deeply embedded in the Deep State and Creep State. Look at my face and the faces of every single Catholic bearing witness here today. Hear our voices. Heed our words. We will not be silenced. I would also like to directly address the lying corporate media — the so-called fact checkers, those narrative distortionists,

control-freak gatekeepers and uncontrolled immigration and professional defamers who have shilling for Big Pharma’s toxic and tarred us one and all as violent sinful enterprise. domestic terrorists. Since 1986, when open-borders They poured fuel on the lobbyists were hammering out nationwide fires of the George the disastrous Reagan amnesty Floyd riots. They coddled on Capitol Hill, Catholic leaders bloodthirsty antifa in the U.S. and abroad demons tearing down have moved from fighting the pillars of civil against legislation that society. They created enhances American monsters such as Shaun immigration enforcement King who smeared us to actively undermining as “white supremacists” enforcement and violating and incited acts of immigration laws. vandalism against our Disgraced leftist Michelle Malkin places of worship. They Cardinal Roger Mahony, turned a blind eye over censured and banned for the past two years to the targeting his role in covering up sexual of Catholic churches, decapitation abuse, was booted from his post of Catholic statues and bloody in Los Angeles yet continues to assaults on prayerful Catholics. this day to advocate that Catholic Hear our voices. Heed our clergy and other Americans words. This is what a truly brazenly defy deportation orders peaceful protest looks like. and harbor so-called Dreamers I am humbled to join you all in the name of charity and today to speak about the unholy compassion. These policies have alliance of radical bishops, enriched cartels, traffickers, Open Borders Incorporated and smugglers, coyotes and the vast pandemic profiteers. But first, network of left-wing nonprofits I must take a moment to honor while inducing the poor to traipse every brave survivor of clerical across the desert, stuff themselves sexual abuse in the audience or in car trunks and cash in on their on the speakers’ roster here today. own children. Loyalty, fear, intimidation, shame, Is there any more obscene denial and lack of transparency illustration of the need to drain all darkened the path. The the Catholic Deep State and survivors shined their light and defund the Creep State? showed us the way. Archbishop Jose Gomez, head I believe the same is true of the Los Angeles archdiocese, for the Catholic Church’s blasted former President Donald deplorable racketeering for mass, Trump’s workplace enforcement

actions and bemoaned the plight of outlaws “who live in the shadows.” Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn excused criminal border trespassing, criminal visa violations and criminal document fraud. Bishop Thomas Joseph Tobin of the Providence, R.I., diocese issued a declaration of support for driver’s licenses for illegal aliens in his state, citing the pope’s call “to welcome immigrants into our midst” because “these immigrants will enrich America and its Church.” Key words: “Enrich” its “Church.” In 2019, the USCCB sat on net assets of $377 million and raked in total revenues of $188 million. Its annual government grant revenue totaled nearly $50 million, with $23 million funneled to a program encouraging illegal alien unaccompanied minors to trespass our borders, $16.5 million for refugee admissions, and $12.1 million for refugee and entrant assistance. In 2020, Catholic Charities vacuumed up $5 billion — $2 billion of which came from government sources. My time is short, but know this: The same evil rationale for covering up clerical sex abuse, covering the cover-up of clerical sex abuse is the same evil rationale behind profiting off open borders and national suicide,

and it is the same evil rationale for pushing experimental pharmaceutical jabs inextricably conceived with the cells of murdered unborn babies to quell, control, track and trace the world’s population. Pandemic profiteers are false saviors in a soul-destroying industry that relies on rigged clinical trials, sabotage of informed consent, silencing of the vaccine-injured, persecution of devoutly pro-life parents and workers whose pleas for support as they face losing their jobs and livelihoods are being spurned by junk-science promoting priests and bishops, and blanket protection from corporate liability in the name of the “common good.” In the face of such godlessness and ruin, our faith must be stronger than our fear. We must be engaged in all-out spiritual warfare — fully immunized against the real deadly viruses of moral relativism, cultural Marxism and globohomogenized capitalism. Church Militants, not Church Milquetoasts, are required for such a time as this. Michelle Malkin’s email address is michellemalkininvestigates@ protonmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com. Copyright 2021 by Creators.com.

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hy does Louisiana have the right to stop me from doing what I love to do?” asks Ursula Newell-Davis in my new video. Ms. Newell-Davis has helped people. She’s a social worker who’s worked with kids with special needs for 20 years. She’s really good at it. “She helped teach me how to talk to people,” says Kamal, who never had friends before. His mother adds, “She explained to me things that I didn’t understand about my kids.” Ms. Newell-Davis helped many families like hers. Her clients are ecstatic about her work. Now she wants to help more kids by starting her own business focusing on “respite” work. “Respite” means acting as backup to a primary caregiver. They fill in for a few hours or days to give a parent a break. “Someone that can go in and teach their child a different skill,” Ms. Newell-Davis says. She has a college degree, a master’s degree and a social work license. But Louisiana bureaucrats won’t let her do respite work unless she can prove “there is a need for an additional HCBS provider in the geographic location for which the application is submitted” and “the probability of serious, adverse consequences to recipients’ ability to access health care if the provider is not allowed to be licensed.” What!? Why? “Louisiana wants to limit how many agencies they have to regulate,” says Ms. NewellDavis. “That makes it easy for the state.” Easy for the state? Yes, that’s the actual reason. Anastasia Boden of the Pacific Legal Foundation is helping Newell-Davis sue Louisiana, trying to get the law declared unconstitutional. “Louisiana gives you no clue about how to prove you’re needed,” says Ms. Boden. Even if they did, “That would be difficult for even the best Please see STOSSEL on C4

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China has the world’s worst human rights record Editor’s note: Kevin Young is with Santa Barbara Friends of Tibet.

ec. 10 is International Human Rights Day around the world, and so it’s an appropriate time to list all the human rights violations perpetrated upon its citizens by the country with the worst human rights record on earth: China. China has no freedom of speech, of religion, of a fair trial, of assembly. It’s a giant police state controlled by the communist government, a dictatorship that is obsessed with keeping its power and crushing dissent. China overthrew the independent nation of Tibet in 1950, destroyed its monasteries, stole its artifacts and turned it into a resource extraction colony. China

now forces Tibetan schools to teach has concluded (NBC News, June in Chinese and is obliterating their 2019). cultural heritage. Hong Kong democracy activists Tibet has been described as the are captured and imprisoned least free place on earth, along without fair trials. People are with Syria. No journalists or disappeared and tortured for tourists are allowed to go expressing their beliefs or Kevin there without government displaying their art. Young minders. The winter Olympics in There are 2 or 3 Beijing, starting in a few The author million Uighurs in slave months, are an attempt to lives in Santa ‘sport-wash’ their brutal labor prisons — no one Barbara knows for sure — being regime’s policies. That subjected to a genocide of is why protests are held terrible proportions. Falun Gong at NBC headquarters across practitioners are imprisoned for America, and why President Biden practicing their yoga like religion. has called for a diplomatic boycott In a billion dollar industry, the of their Olympics this winter. internal human organs of members The Han Chinese majority has of marginalized groups detained taken over and controlled other in Chinese prison camps are being ethnic minorities to keep their forcefully harvested — “sometimes power. when patients are still alive”, an China is creating war islands international tribunal in London in the oceans, infringing on

international borders in India, forcing neighboring countries like Nepal to return refugees, building nuclear missile silos, and buying their way into foreign governments. You can be arrested for having a picture of the Nobel peace prize winning Dalai Lama, respected around the world, who is one of the millions of Tibetan refugees forced to flee their homeland. This is all why there are hundreds of Tibet support groups, and now Uighur and democracy and Hong Kong groups around the world, protesting these Chinese Communist governments policies. China is on the wrong side of human existence. What can be done about them? Write U.S. politicians to keep human rights on their agenda with China. Try first to buy American products instead of those made in

China. Convince Amazon to have a U.S. flag on products they sell that are verified to be made in America. Google search the issues above and learn about them. Visit the websites of Tibet Support groups like Santa Barbara Friends of Tibet, www.santabarbaratibet. org and www.facebook.com/sbfot, the International Campaign for Tibet, www.savetibet.org, Students for a free Tibet www. studentsforafreetibet.org, etc. Help local Tibet cultural groups like the Tibetan Associations of Southern and Northern California. Attend our protests in front of the Chinese consulates in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Above all, appreciate the freedoms we have here in America.

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Here’s how to have a happy Thanksgiving

learned a new word from Bill Edelen’s book “Earthrise” today: Henotheism. Understanding it may allow you to have a better Thanksgiving this year, especially if the relatives are coming to visit. Henotheism means that you believe in your own God and worship him or her, but you accept that different cultures have other gods that are equally valid and sacred. No kidding. Look it up. Can you imagine that? Imagine a preacher or rabbi or imam saying: “What I’m saying to you is only our teaching. Well, in truth, it is my teaching about our teaching. But there are other teachings. Feel free next Friday or Saturday or Sunday to go to another service and see what they believe. If you like them better, go with them.” I can hear the screams, the shock, the horror, especially of some of the ministers of those houses of worship. Henotheism seems to contradict the fundamental belief of every religion: “Our religion is the

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true religion, the right one, the Edelen, whom I mentioned above, correct one, the only one.” This many years ago. His articles idea challenges the bedrock of appeared here regularly. Bill some religious believers who passed away in 2015. believe their religion is the Getting back to only one to be believed. Thanksgiving, I suggest That bedrock has led to applying the henotheism hundreds of thousands concept to politics, to the of persecutions, wars, political conversations pogroms, crusades, that might come up tortures and killings over between you and Uncle history. Ralph this Thursday. There is a further, and Applying henotheism to Frank perhaps more telling, politics, the goal of your Sanitate underlying threat. If a conversation would be preacher did make such an to allow him to totally The author announcement as the one explain his political lives in Santa party religion, without above, he or she might also Barbara have revealed a deeper, you saying anything underlying fear: “You are about your own. Maybe my source of revenue. If you all we should name it “turkeyism” disappear, I am out of a job. I would rather than henotheism, because kind of like to put food on the table it applies to politics, not to gods – for myself and my family next and, in honor of the sacred bird of week. So, please come back!” That thanksgiving. The winner is the certainly is a valid consideration. one who says nothing to explain Most religion today doesn’t come or defend his or her own politicofor free. religion. You don’t even have to let By the way, it is in this very Uncle Ralph in on the rules. Just Voices section of the News-Press follow them yourself and you will that I became familiar with Bill be the winner!

What would be at stake? You wouldn’t lose anything. Your job and your money would not be at stake. Your next meal is already in front of you! Of course, the entire foundation of your politico-religion would be under threat, because you aren’t allowed to say anything to justify it. But that’s how the game is played. If you can do that, you win! In the game of henotheism there doesn’t have to be only one winner. There can be two or more winners! So too, in the game of turkeyism. All you have to do is listen. In case uncle Ralph’s view doesn’t change at all, at least he may think, “Wow, that dummy finally listened to me!” That makes two winners. If this sounds too threatening for you, don’t worry. Try it anyhow. If, afterwards, you are still feeling blue, or black and blue, there is still Black Friday! That is the day you can return to your standard favorite house of political worship – either Fox News or MSNBC - for solace. Everybody who watches them knows that they tell the truth. Happy Thanksgiving!

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that we will have a mayor, Mr. Rowse, at the helm who will listen, have a checklist, and get things done. Isn’t that refreshing! As he said, “Our parks, downtown, neighborhoods and beaches require the focus of your mayor to attain the standards that our locals expect AND deserve.” We sure hope he will use Measure C funds to repair and maintain our sidewalks and streets as that was part of the reason people agreed to raise the city’s sales tax. We must continue to put pressure on our local representatives. Let’s insist they represent us and not allow them to parade as politicians while jockeying for their next political position. We celebrate our strong and wise Santa Barbara Police Chief Bernard Melekian, whose leadership has been extended until April 2022. We are thankful that the city has made a turn for the better, and we are so looking forward to the new things to come and that there is more balance to the City Council. No one can deny the serious social and personal consequences we have suffered with almost two years of shutdowns and darkness. We experienced some glimpses of a silver lining from all this sacrifice. One being that parents are spending more time with their children, especially with home learning (Zoom), which has revealed to parents what their children are being taught in school — and what they are not being taught! So much so, it has also increased the enrollment in the private school’s sector and has brought more parents to attend school board meetings. Ideas at City Hall that were considered impossible have now come to fruition because of the shutdowns. For example, the architectural project plans were unavailable except in person at Community Development. However, they are

the same for gas delivered to a Massachusetts service station as it did to stations near its Philadelphia refinery. Simultaneously the politicians blocked Gulf’s efforts to build a refinery in New England. Controlling the DTW prices caused Gulf, and others, to either absorb higher delivery costs for low volume stations, or take an action it did not want: close them and put their employees out of work. “Dealer Protection” laws were enacted by the feds and many states to protect those threatened by the regional pricing requirement. Humorously the first application in Maryland was to McDonald’s. I was proud of my testimony before the Virginia Commerce Department arguing that their regulations should parallel the federal ones: That change was adopted. Some states limited the amount of rental increases oil companies could charge their dealers. For example, on upscale Long Island, N.Y., Gulf had kept the rents far below a fair market value for

the stations it built and owned in order to sell more gas. When regulators limited the price it could charge for gas, Gulf sought rents that would at least cover the ever-increasing property taxes. My assignment of addressing this problem for Long Island were blocked by the state. These seven examples illustrate the type of “tools” that failed to increase the supply of American oil that would “ensure America’s security and prosperity.” Political agendas will prevent the one solution that actually worked: the one used by President Trump and Secretary Perry. Hopefully the Energy Department remembers the motto Google expressed, but not always follows: “First do no harm.” 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.”

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Continued from Page C3 entrepreneurs.” I thought about my career and said, “I couldn’t prove that I’m needed.” “The only way to find out is to open up your doors and try!” replies Ms. Boden. But Ms. Newell-Davis isn’t allowed to try. She gave regulators what they demanded. She paid their $200 fee, rented office space and explained why her work is needed. She wrote many pages about rising youth crime and how respite care could help these kids. “But Louisiana said that wasn’t good enough.” In fact, Louisiana turns down most applicants. This is crazy. Special needs kids need more help, not less. The government’s excuse: “Regulating is a resourceintensive process.” Rejecting applicants helps “limit the burden on regulators.” Streamlining the application process would be a better solution. “Imagine if government argued that it didn’t have enough money to administer driver’s license exams,” says Ms. Boden. “That’s just not a legitimate excuse.” I tried to interview a regulator, but not one would answer our emails or calls. So a Stossel TV producer went to Baton Rouge. As you see in my video, the government’s offices are quite nice. I wish they spent less on buildings and more on serving people. A security guard diligently called one health department person after another. It went to

voicemail again and again. Too busy rejecting applications? Sleeping? Who knows? Later one sent us an email saying, “We’d be happy to work ... on providing information.” “Work on it?” Is providing information so hard? It must be. Weeks later, they still haven’t told us anything. Unfortunately, 39 states have similar laws. They’re called “CON laws” because entrepreneurs must get “Certificates of Need” to open certain businesses. They must prove they’re needed. Some states demand it of moving companies, hospitals, ambulance services. People in Kentucky wait longer to get to a hospital because Kentucky’s CON law makes it hard to offer an ambulance service. Louisiana is the only state that applies its CON law to respite care. Sure enough, “Consumers in Louisiana are less satisfied with their care,” says Ms. Boden. “Complaints go up year after year.” Why do these laws stay on the books? Because established businesses don’t like competition. They lobby legislators and legislators dutifully protect them. Consumers get screwed. 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 JFS Productions Inc.

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now onine for any interested party to view before they are presented at ABR, HLC, etc. Do we really have a housing crisis? Our city experienced more rental vacancies while the college and university were closed, and the students were not in attendance. We saw people creatively celebrating occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries, and graduations using drive-

bys, banners and balloons. Churchgoers eventually were allowed to attend on the church grounds and from their cars. Even downtown parking lots were free for the few who found somewhere to go. We lost the department store Nordstroms, but rumor has it, investors plan to bring retail back to that location, possibly in a Piccadilly Square fashion. Let’s hope so.

As an old friend said, “we are living in the middle of the universe.” Let’s treat her as such. Let’s acknowledge this “heaven on earth.” The New Year is right around the corner. Bonnie Donovan writes the “Did You Know?” column in conjunction with a bipartisan group of local citizens. It appears Sundays in the Voices section.

may never earn a million dollars in their lifetime. We’re already shouting through the bull horn to the world to come to America because of all the free stuff. Can you imagine once the world thinks they’re also going to win a lottery ticket on top of everything else? We may as well build the high-speed train into Mexico instead of Bakersfield. I don’t know how much more stupid this insidious administration can get, but apparently, they can. Yet when a soldier loses his or her life, while also defending the millions who are in the country illegally, their spouse gets $100,000 (tax free). Simple math translates that 10 soldiers have to die to match the amount of money Biden’s administration is willing to just hand over to people who don’t even speak the language and were supposedly separated at the border they shouldn’t have been crossing in the first place. The average pay for a soldier is about $30,000.00 a year. Again,

simple math says it would take about 33 soldiers to earn that million dollars. Hardly seems fair. And they’re usually separated from their families over long periods of time as well. As many as 160,000 active duty military members are having trouble feeding their families. That works out to about 29% of the troops in the junior enlisted ranks face what they call “food insecurity.” To exemplify even more, the son of a good friend joined the Marines a little over a year ago, he makes $16,000 a year and pays for his own uniform. While our soldiers are all over the world doing their jobs, the border is being flooded every day and night. Just because the media isn’t reporting it doesn’t mean it stopped. We need to refocus. When we say, “Thank you for your service.” it would certainly mean even more if they didn’t have to compete for dollars going to strangers. The moral of the story: You’re better off breaking our laws because the pay is so much better.