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Posted on April 12 at 4:53 p.m.
You must be mistaken. Sarah hasn't been anywhere around so don't believe that was her you saw flying overhead!
Posted on December 23 at 5:58 p.m.
"Money spent at very few corporate stores in SB county stays in SB county, because few are based here (Powell-Peralta Skateboards being an example of a locally based corporation, Dekkers (sic?) another.)"
Very astute comment! Shop the local small businesses wherever they be located! 100% of that money stays local. Whatever happens with big box stores in SB, never ever, ever let the greedy Waltons/Walmart get their money-grubbing hands and trashy slave-labor manufactured cheap (unlike inexpensive) merchandise set foot in this town .....or kiss the majority of the locals good-bye!
Posted on December 23 at 4:58 p.m.
Picked up that rag one day while waiting for my car to be washed... caught this woman's rants and raves, dumped in the trash, and never took a second look again! Thought someone had escaped from a mental institution and somehow high-jacked the presses. Clearly her paper was nothing more than a self-serving way to vent her bitterness - apparently blaming everyone/everything else for her troubles. Clearly her employees meant nothing to her at all. Very sorry for them to have worked for this Scrooge-in-disguise and now she's thrown them out in the cold and just before Christmas no less! Sad, sick woman!
Adios, ciao, good riddance!
Posted on December 16 at 10:23 a.m.
These poachers will probably get the same punishment BigOil gets for trashing up our seas & destroying sea life..... Nada! Oh - forgot to exclude those nasty government subsidies slapped on them! At least I don't think these bums will be getting any of those!
Posted on October 31 at 6:06 p.m.
When are we going to get it? The system is broken!!
Posted on July 22 at 8:19 a.m.
I think the "alternative" is closer to the truth: "It credits Roberts with having acted as he did primarily to pull the Court back from the “precipice” of having the Court broadly seen as an arm of the Republican Party and the big-money interests – vide Bush v. Gore and Citizens United."
The decision in Citizens United was the sale of the (not so) United States to the Wall Street Corporations and Wall Street Banks - pure and simple.
You can add the Walmart Supreme Court decision and many others to the credits of our corrupt Supreme (Koch) Court! The decision regarding the Affordable Care Act just reflects their "feeling the heat" of the fed up We The People and concerned the growing demand for seriously needed reform of our Judicial Branch is a real threat to maintaining their status quo!!
Walmart Case: Supreme Court Aids The Powerful
For the workers, this legal "solution" amounts to the equivalent of asking Walmart to negotiate directly with every factory that produces its products on an individual basis, and not impose the price by wielding the power of its scale.
Posted on July 22 at 7:01 a.m.
Public Opinion Strategies is really only interested in one opinion:
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Clients - CORPORATIONS - No surprise here - NCB-Wall Street Journal, Pfizer, Verizon, Walmart + others "trickling down" the Reagan gold dust on the 99% - yeah right! That yellow tricking down ain't gold dust! Wake up America!
http://pos.org/clients/corporations/
On Maldonado Campaign Poll Claims Congressional Race Is Dead Heat
Posted on July 15 at 4:05 p.m.
A few significant facts that Nick had included in previous articles but neglected to mention here - Joni Gray, 4th District Supervisor (includes Lompoc) running for re-election, was forced to recuse herself from any further discussions regarding LHCDC last year due to her "conflicts of interest". As County Assessor Geis discovered, Joni's husband was paid as LHCDC's attorney and her assistant, Sue Warnstrom, was LHCDC's 2010 President & VP prior to that. Warnstrom unexpectedly retired late in June without explanation and had "no comment" when contacted regarding her retirement! Gray also declined to comment and referred questions to Warnstrom.
This fiasco has gone on for years too long. Belatedly, Lompoc City Council hired Urban Futures to review and provide a report on the "pedigree" of all loans granted to LHCDC by the city. The city estimated this would take approximately 30 days once a consultant was hired. Urban Futures’ report was expected in June. Instead an update was provided at a council meeting May 15th - as reported in the Lompoc Record on May 17th "Steven Dukett, of Urban Futures, Inc., which was contracted by the city to revue the documents, said a report will likely be finished by early July. " As is the case with just about everything relating to LHCDC, Lompoc residents are still on hold waiting to hear anything more on that.
During Oral Communications at that Council Meeting, Carol Benham, requested grants - which do not have to be repaid - be included and why that is important. Grants were not included in the original request to Urban Futures.
Carol is a local reporter who has published numerous articles re LHCDC over the past 18 month. Councilman Bob Lingl announced LHCDC was the topic in his invite to his recent meet-up with the public, “Coffee with Bob”. Carol attended and requesting her comments, Bob said, "Carol Benham is our LHCDC expert”.
Carol's request & explanation to the City Council: (normally limited to 5 minutes she requested and was granted more time - this is indeed very complicated, convoluted & outrageous to say the least!). VERY WORTH THE WATCH!!
http://www1.cityoflompoc.com/councilv...
To read Carol's personal story on how she came to be involved, her articles among Nick Welsh’s and others including in the Lompoc Record today, the Grand Jury report and more significant details (not inclusive, i.e., not all LHCDC properties are linked on the map here): http://lhcdcinfo.com/index.html
If you agree with 457 others (and growing) the DA needs to get involved, please sign the petition linked there & post to your FB pages too!! EVERY taxpayer in Lompoc and SB County should be demanding this …and sooner rather than later!
To go directly to the petition::
http://signon.org/sign/district
Posted on July 8 at 1:23 p.m.
DonMcDermott says "Opposition, stonewalling and scapegoating has been instigated by the same conservative leaders and council members who have no solutions. Conservative council members use the issues to get elected but have no real strategies or are at least conflicted. For evolving solutions consider changing your vote next time for more reasonable and solution oriented candidates."
Comment posted to The Independent's "mini" article By Emily Einolander July 5, 2012 - Susan Warnstrom Retires - After years working as 4th District Supervisor Joni Gray’s executive assistant, Susan Warnstrom has retired. Warnstrom was active on the board of the Lompoc Housing and Community Development Corporation (LHCDC) .....
This is irresponsible reporting - check your facts!
This corrupt corporation was formed in 1990 - not 2006 - according to their tax return!
Sue Warnstrom is just the first person to be "thrown under the bus". Her involvement in LHCDC and the ongoing reporting of this incident and her position as the assistant to the 4th District Supervisor was/is creating issues for Joni Gray and her run for re-election.
Sue Warnstrom was the VP of this defunct corp for years prior to becoming it's President in 2010.
For many more details including the Grand Jury Report, links to the numerous articles published, (including in this paper) go to: http://lhcdcinfo.com/
Please sign the petition to the County District Attorney, Joyce Dudley, requesting an investigation, posted there!
The City of Lompoc and the County of Santa Barbara taxpayers should be up-in-arms demanding answers to exactly where their funds awarded to LHCDC have gone! That tab is still open and running.....!
As DonMcDermott also stated “For evolving solutions consider changing your vote next time…..” Good advice – we cannot afford to repeat the mistake made in the primary by uninformed voters awarding Joni the majority of their votes be repeated in the general election!
To view the full comments posted to that article go to: http://www.independent.com/news/2012/...
Go to: http://lhcdcinfo.com/ Get the facts! Sign the petition to the County District Attorney, Joyce Dudley, requesting an investigation of LHCDC linked there!
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Posted on May 13 at noon
Adams is just one more disgraceful extreme-to-the-max Tea Party politician. His obnoxious behavior may work in Washington but doesn't play well here. He'll never accomplish anything with his arrogant attitude. LaVagnino won't even support this jerk! I'm betting he'll be a one-term, accomplish nothing, Supervisor!!
Those unfortunate enough to be in his district are getting the shaft!! No representation would be better than this guy!
On Adam Tries, Fails to Shrink Energy Division