I’ll begin this by saying that the attack on the House of Representatives on Jan. 6 was not something that I ever expected to see in the United States; but, the last riot in Washington, D.C., was only a couple of months prior to this when anti-Trump rioters attacked public and private buildings and federal […]
Ron Fink, Lompoc
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The Canary doesn’t get to make up its own facts
Where do I start with the Canary’s Nov. 26 rant, “Way out there”? While this tweety bird is entitled to its opinion, it’s not entitled to its own facts. First there is the fowl’s assertion that the 24th Congressional District “has been blue for its entire existence”; that is patently false (see the 24th District’s […]
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Test the answers
How is COVID-19 test data reported on the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department website; what does it represent? On July 24, the “total test” data was as follows: 70,350 tests were administered; 5,576 were positive; and 64,856 were negative. The number grows every day. Is this the number of individuals who were tested, or […]
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Reimaging Lompoc politics: Lompoc City Council’s makeup is changing for the better
Last Tuesday evening a remarkable event occurred during the Lompoc City Council meeting; the goal was to pare down a list of 10 applicants for a vacant council seat, and they accomplished it in two hours! Each applicant was asked to submit written answers to the following questions: What will you bring to the dais […]
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Rogue Lompoc City Council members violating policy?
This is an excerpt from a disturbing letter I recently received from a concerned Lompoc city employee: “To whom it may concern, I am writing this as a concerned citizen of Lompoc. I work in the city offices and am concerned about something that I have noted over the last couple of months. Councilman [Jim] […]
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My visit to the DMV
A couple of weeks ago I got a letter from the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) that required me to take a written driver’s test in order to renew my license. You see I am old, and I guess they wanted to make sure I still knew the rules after more than 50 years of […]
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Commentary 2: John Linn endorses the Lompoc City Council triad
John Linn, who was the object of two historic Lompoc election losses to his opponent, is endorsing a triad of Lompoc City Council members who have consistently supported his agenda. Following his last defeat, Linn promised to “remain active” in Lompoc politics; since then he told me that he “lives two weeks a month in […]
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Mosby’s misrepresentation of fact, again
Very good report in the Sun on upcoming Santa Maria and Lompoc elections (“District showdown,” Sept. 20); I doubt that this level of detail will be seen in any other media outlet. One statement from Mosby needs some clarification; he told you “Mosby also argued that recent increases in wages to Lompoc’s public safety sector […]
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Illegal immigrants who commit crimes should be deported
Where are our elected representatives when we need them? Hiding, that’s where. Recently a horrendous assault, rape, and ultimately a murder occurred in Santa Maria. Who did it? An illegal alien who had been deported more than once, convicted of several misdemeanor crimes, and was sought by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), that’s who. Police […]