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Posted on September 18 at 1:08 p.m.
"5. Reuse old party decorations, or use the favors as decorations."
"We purchased inflatable earth balls instead of balloons. Bought posters detailing lifecycles to stick in the ground like signs."
???
and were the inflatable earth balls made out of plastic and made in China?
So you tell people to re-use and then you go out and BUY stuff? Sorry, you lost me there.
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Posted on April 10 at 1:35 p.m.
Thanks for the facebook 101 lesson ucsbstudent...
Personally I don't really care how it works.
The point is there was 12,000 people on the beach and they trashed the beach and cost the county tens of thousands of dollars to babysit them.
"But unlike Halloween, a majority of the guests were actual Isla Vista residents."
Go Gauchos!
"Nonetheless, the author checked out the beach yesterday, and there was still trash." - Matt Kettman
“There are still thousands upon thousands upon thousands of beer cans for more than a mile,” he said. “[Clean-up] efforts may have taken care of 20 to 30 percent of trash refuge but the other 70 percent is still out there.” -Daily Nexus
Cleanliness? OK pardallchewinggumspot... I'll give you the benefit of the doubt about the tide, but like lordleadbetter said, he was surfing through the trash for a couple of days after the event. So how do you explain that? People were using the ocean to dump their trash? Ridiculous.
Trying to compare the event to solstice is just a sad attempt to deflect attention away from the issue. At least the organizers of solstice have enough forethought to have plans on how to deal with the amount of trash that their event generates. I've never seen anyone trashing Alameda park like the I.V. beach was.
"A temporary problem at worst." - sa1
Did you read the nexus article?
“I’ve traveled all over the world for my research, and I’ve only seen dumping like this in third world countries." …
Have a good time, party all you want, I'm all for it. But is it too much to ask of them to pick up their own trash? This is a pretty basic principle. How many of the 12,000 people that were at the event volunteered and helped clean up?
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Posted on April 9 at 4:49 p.m.
Tens of thousands of taxpayers money spent to babysit drunken college kids? Like the county has money to burn? Responsibility falls at the feet of the UCSB Excursion Club. Why should the county foot the bill?
"A seagull gave me a ride down to the beach below Embarcadero/Del Playa this morning... gosh, looks *awfully* clean" - pardallchewinggumspot.
Probably because a week after the event, the tide swept most of the trash that was still left over out to sea genius.
Hey, I'm all for enjoying few beers at the beach, but once it turns into complete disregard for the environment, you've crossed the line. I call people out on that crap all the time, more then I would like to, or should have to.
I guess all the hype claiming that UCSB is some sort of eco-conscious mecca for environmentalism doesn't apply to it's student body, which is obvious to anyone who's been out to I.V. and witnessed the amount of trash that piles up all over the place, including the beach. It's like they've never heard of a trashcan, recycling bin or an ashtray before. Trust me, I've lived out there, and it ain't pretty.
It only took a few hundred idiots for the county to make drinking at Butterfly illegal, so I'm sure that you can look forward to getting another ordinance passed to make it illegal at I.V. beach as well, so good job Floatopia! Way to **** it up for those of us who can have a few beers at the beach and not leave our trash all over the place.
Thanks to the EAB and the rest of the volunteers who did what they could to clean up before the tide swept the rest out to sea. Better not wash up at Mesa Lane or I'll be at the next Floatopia "educating" these kids myself.
Posted on March 9 at 4:18 p.m.
Yeah they have a large selection of organic produce. Most of it sits on a truck all the way from Mexico. Please, this is a no-brainer - Support your local organic farmers!
There's a Farmers Market locally everyday.
Posted on November 26 at 4:57 p.m.
I think around 20 years ago or so, a kid hit his head skating up there, and was in a coma for a few days... Long time ago so I could be wrong about dates and such.
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Posted on September 10 at 5:17 p.m.
No it's not you InTHEKnow... Like this site is his personal blog or something.... whatever..... have at it Ashaw!
Posted on September 3 at 3:09 p.m.
Oh you'd be surprised whats_left... Just look at what spewed out after this seemingly harmless Jack Johnson piece.
http://www.independent.com/news/2008/aug...
On Santa Barbara County’s Historic Oil Drilling Reversal to Be Short-Lived
Posted on August 8 at 12:06 p.m.
"Nobody said all the crime is from illegal immigrants, but it's a pretty good bet if not, that most of it is from the second or third generation of illegal immigrants." — A Shaw.
My point is that I think you should be "blaming" or at least thinking about the political and economic policies that put people in the position to want to come here illegally, instead of blaming the individuals who do so. If there wasn't a need for cheap foreign labor, they wouldn't be streaming across the border like they are. Have you ever mentioned once the U.S. businesses that hire them?
"Here's some fun reading for all you naive morons" — A Shaw
If you'd like to have an honest debate without the petty belittling, maybe you should refrain from statements like the above. If you want to resort to childish name calling, go for it. Have fun "debating" with yourself.
Posted on August 1 at 3:05 p.m.
A Shaw-
So if I use your brilliant "tiny headed" use of logic, all we need to do is deport all illegal immigrants, including the second and third generations of illegal immigrants (who are US citizens), and crime would magically cease to exist?
So countries that don't have "illegal immigrants" don't have crime?
You sir, are a genius. I think you should run for mayor on that platform. At least whatphotsb would vote for you.
I would bet money that if you were born in Mexico, you'd jump the border too. I, for one, don't put blame on people trying to make a better life for themselves and their families. Unless you are Chumash Indian, your ancestors did the same thing.
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Posted on October 28 at 6:45 p.m.
OK I was finally able to open the pdfs from the city site. It looks like they want to build a quite a bit of new stuff, not just at Elings Park south, but north as well.
At Elings park south here is what they have listed.
"Bicycle Motocross (BMX) Track with night lighting, Park office building and restrooms (1,350 square feet), Disc Golf Course, picnic areas, public pedestrian access and accessibility improvements, paved parking spaces (25 spaces), overflow parking area (approximately 100 spaces),and landscaping.
Special events that could draw 1,000 visitors or more are proposed to occur a maximum of 12 times per year."
The photos in the article look like they were taken from the wilcox property. Maybe trees are blocking where the proposed additions would go?
I do find it kinda funny that the people who have organized the SEPS website have photos on it, at someones house that overlooks the park. It seems a little selfish to me that they would oppose something that is clearly going to benefit the entire community just for the sake of preserving their view. With the added landscaping, who knows, maybe it improves their view?
On Save Elings Park South