Letters To The Editor

Donald Trump is keeping his promises. The job market’s heating up, wages are rising, businesses are investing in the U.S., the stock market continues to break records, trade policies and agreements are improving, American citizens are safer and more secure, new technologies are coming to the forefront, and yes, the wall is still going to […]

Don’t you love buzzwords? A word or phrase grabs hold of the lexicon and its use becomes ubiquitous in everyday life. Worse yet, it starts to creep into the barrage of advertising that we endure daily. At first they’re cute and as we try to show our hipness we try to incorporate them in our […]

I just read the findings of a study called “Politics and Global Warming, May 2017,” that looked at party affiliation and how voters view climate policies. Here are a few findings: Over half of registered voters expect their leaders, including the president and Congress, to do more to address global warming. And 52 percent of […]

The Carrizo Plain Conservancy announces that it has donated a 42-acre parcel of private land with a quarter mile of shoreline on Soda Lake to the United States of America for inclusion in the Carrizo Plain National Monument. While Interior Department officials in Washington, D.C., consider shrinking or doing away with national monuments in California, […]

The recent lifting of our drought emergency designation by the California state government was alarmingly pre-mature and reckless. We’ve had one sort of decent rainy season after many years of almost nothing, and all of a sudden we’re in the clear? Seriously? Big agriculture and powerful developers must have really put the screws to California’s […]

The United States Environmental Protection Agency defines environmental justice as, “the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. … It will be achieved when everyone enjoys the same degree of protection from […]

A few months ago the Lompoc City Council stopped the disastrous John Linn-sponsored racetrack in the middle of town. But today, the council is faced with another challenge with the approval of the bi-yearly budget. This budget is unusual because it has to accommodate a state-mandated bill of $70 million to cover costs in the […]

Congressman Salud Carbajal ran on the promise that he would help veterans. Considering he is a veteran himself, he should fight harder than anyone to ensure they get the care and treatment they deserve. However, when the Veterans Choice Program came up for a vote, I was shocked to see that Carbajal voted against it. […]

You liberals running these tabloids are notorious for promoting “fake news” as President Trump has reminded all of us (“Money matters,” July 27). You have probably forgotten that that airhead Nancy Pelosi said, “We have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it,” the ACA. No, the process by the […]

Now that the political charade of the Republican attempt to repeal Obamacare is over, maybe Donald Trump can pivot toward actually making America great again and abandon the continual Sturm and Drang that has characterized his new administration. The best thing about Trump, and maybe his only redeeming quality, is his lack of core political […]

Though it did not affect me personally, I started the campaign against the Buellton city RV, boat, and trailer ordinance to speak out against the impingement on our property rights and freedoms without proper notification and due process. We spoke up, and the ordinance has been suspended, but it will be revised and re-introduced in […]

I am totally disgusted with Congressman Salud Carbajal voting against Kate’s Law. His blatant lack of support for the safety and protection of his constituents is indicated by his voting no on the law that would punish deported illegal aliens who re-enter the USA and commit more crime. Is Carbajal sympathetic to the behavior of […]