Letters To The Editor

The college’s namesake, Capt. G. Allan Hancock, did many of his achievements even into the later years of life. So, it is with disgust that the college condones the hidden discrimination of ageism! To still employ the offending dean of “Academic Affairs” casts doubt upon leadership’s claims of harboring contrary beliefs. Her taxpayer-paid-for emails included […]

Citizen Christy Lozano is vying to replace current Superintendent of Schools Susan Salcido with the aid of County Clerk Joseph Holland. A lawsuit has been filed against Ms. Lozano for bypassing protocol and entering the race without valid credentials. Incumbent Susan Salcido is dismissing the shenanigans stating that she is focused on her own agenda. […]

Homelessness and what to do about it was nicely covered by the Sun staff (“Shelter, services, support,” April 14 and “Space for stability,” April 21). But it was for the wrong audience. Sure, we can wring our hands and give some needy person on the street a buck. But this is like Band-Aids. You can […]

When Donald Trump was in office, he and Mitch McConnell made three lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court. McConnell went so far as to defy Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish—that the next president appoint her replacement—by packing the court with Amy Coney Barrett just eight days before the 2020 election. The result? Today’s Supreme Court […]

For those who don’t know, Christy Lozano is running for Santa Barbara County superintendent of schools. Electing Christy on June 7 may be our last opportunity to save our schools, and more importantly our children, from an ignominious future. I am not sure why more people in our county are not screaming at the top […]

This began not as a Los Alamos NIMBY thing, but as an unfortunate example of much-less-than-best practices by government. Hundreds have signed petitions and sent letters requesting better plans for development of a lot. Why place 12 dwellings on an acre-and-a-half without safe and adequate access? The access road, a shoulderless fire lane, would remain […]

This is in response to a recent article featuring problems with the newly hired district manager, Ron Jacobs, at the Santa Maria Cemetery (“Residents and workers complain about oversight at the Santa Maria Cemetery, which is showing little sign of changing,” April 7). Our bereavement organization, Angel of Hope, which memorializes children who have passed […]

Reading about the problems homeowners in manufactured home parks have in Santa Maria (“A long haul,” March 31) reminds me of the issues with these associations all over the state. Some county district attorneys have even gotten involved. San Mateo County attorneys tried to step in when a water park of houseboats lost their berths […]

On March 21, the SLO Superior Court denied our motion requesting to intervene as defendants in the suit brought forth by Friends of Oceano Dunes and EcoLogic against the California Coastal Commission challenging its 2021 decision to ban most vehicle use in the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area.  The Oceano Beach Community Association is […]

American taxpayers should be up in arms and madder than hell over the taxes they are paying every year. Our taxes are at 50 percent of our income per year. We must work until about May 15 (tax freedom day) each year just to pay our taxes. Most families must have two members working to […]

Santa Barbara recently enjoyed a return of its International Film Festival. Films have played a legendary role in the culture of not only this country but internationally as well. It happened that the same week, Steven Spielberg’s movie The Post came up on my Netflix deliveries. Several things struck me. Spielberg … said it was […]

After reading Mr. Ron Fink’s opinion piece in the Opinion section of the Sun’s March 24 edition (“Our county needs change”), I am primed for the claptrap that follows the subhead, “Three county supervisors support inflation.”  I would challenge anyone to ask any of the supervisors, or anyone with knowledge of how our socioeconomic systems […]