Thanks for publishing my letter entitled “Not the NRA” (March 29). But right under it you stick in the clueless “Speak Out” (March 29) Yellow Canary column. In my letter, I objected to the tyranny of the mob attacking the NRA for school disasters when the NRA has nothing to do with any of them. […]
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Students want safety
We Americans need to ask ourselves a simple question. What do we value more: our communities and schools, or our beloved guns? This is the issue that has brought hundreds of thousands of students and adults out into the streets to lead our Congress to the right decision. On March 14, students marched across America […]
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Guns in Santa Maria
It may be a revelation to some, but the Second Amendment doesn’t apply to gun stores. There is no constitutional right to manufacture or sell guns. And, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in California ruled in 2017 that county governments have the right to restrict the location of gun stores. There are plenty […]
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Guns aren’t the issue
In the March 29 issue of the Sun, the cover story was “Never again: School shootings are a norm that some local students are no longer willing to accept.” I agree with the sentiment that shootings should not be the norm. But guns are not the issue. They will always be available. I do have […]
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Playing with fire
Ah, the hills are alive! Enjoy it now people, the few weeks of lush green that comes after the rains, because you know what’s going to happen next. It’s going to get hot, and it’s going to dry out, and those hills are going to turn brown, and every bit of dry brush will become […]
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Lompoc City Council lemmings send cannabis tax up in smoke
Politicians are slow learners and Lompoc has some of the slowest. When Proposition 64 was passed, voters approved a 15 percent sales tax. Eager politicians sensed a cash cow; they just knew that legalizing this product would reap millions for cash-strapped governments. They dreamed of new giveaway programs for non-productive citizens, illegal aliens, and others […]
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Capitalism needs your help!
“The business of America is business!” said President Coolidge. But what are we doing to our most important enterprises? We favor, coddle, protect to the hilt the one business that is spelling doom for ALL other American money making—fossil fuel. We fight to bring back coal, oil, and natural gas even though they destroy the […]
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Locals speak out on some serious problems
I get called jaded on a good day, but there are some serious problems coming to light across all levels of our society. From the national to the local spheres, the news cycle is like a traffic jam of systematic problems, incompetence, and scandal. The big issue across the nation and on our own streets […]
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Not the NRA
The recent March for Our Lives rallies around the country focused their ire on guns and the National Rifle Association (NRA). The violence in schools and other public places is the result of deranged people who have some hidden or public agenda and think killing is a way to express that agenda. These break down […]
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Agriculture: backbone of the Central Coast
From the vineyards to the strawberry fields, the Central Coast is host to world-class agribusiness. Agriculture contributes more than $3.8 billion to our district’s economy and accounts for more than 40,000 local jobs. Our history here at home is deeply rooted in agriculture. It’s more than just an industry. It is a culture—a way of […]
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Dreaded deluge
You can’t predict the weather, they say. But the proverbial “they” could always be wrong, and I like to think we’ve come a ways when it comes to meteorology. I’ve seen the satellite images of the “atmospheric river” churning its way into California, and we all know the risks that poses to areas ravaged by […]
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Revisionism at work
I had to wonder why you went to such trouble to compose your article “Time of Tumult” (March 15). It has been told many times. It was revisionism at its worst. Apparently you were using the Chumash Indians as your shill to promote your anti-oil agenda. The mission system did not harm the Indians, politics […]