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Pay attention to the breadwinners

Santa Maria

The fundamental flaw in the Santa Barbara County budget crisis is that the Board of Supervisors has been in denial for the past three years. They ignore their money problems that, they, themselves, have caused by allowing out-of-control spending of the public money. The board will claim they have a balanced budget as they pop […]

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Study cowboy ethics and vaquero culture

Santa Maria

Santa Barbara County, in its present boundary, is actually a parcel within a rich territory of history that has as a foundation the lifestyle of western ranching, sometimes called the ethics of the cowboy or the culture of the vaquero. On Saturday, March 6, two local documentary producers—Susan Jensen and Paul Singer of Santa Barbara—screened […]

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