Juan Garza unemployed “Salsa, because I love salsa and eat it with everything!” Leticia Garza housewife “Guacamole, because I love the taste of avocados.” Lauren Grayham retail “Guacamole, because it’s all about the avocados.” Sharron Fish shipping and receiving “Guacamole, because I’ve loved avocados since I moved to California from Michigan when I was 10.”
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What holiday tradition are you looking forward to most this year?
Corlis Walker yoga instructor “Mostly just having the family together.” Katie Mitchell student “Going to pick out a Christmas tree with my family.” Eric White student athlete “Christmas! Because you always get good stuff—food and presents. Christmas has more memories than Thanksgiving.” Angel Sulamo Wal-Mart cashier “Thanksgiving. Being thankful I can be with my family.”
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If you could only grab one thing in case of a fire, what would it be?
Annie Horne student “My pictures. As many as I could carry.” Meshawn Paige active job seeker “My lip gloss and my phone.” Joyce Horne retired “I would grab my husband.” Zoe the Dog mailman alert system “The cat. Because it’s good to have a fresh supply of food on hand.”
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Let nurturing prevail
It’s taken us 40 years to get here
Political wonks like to talk about transformative elections, ones in which more than the faces change, ones in which the temper of American politics shifts from the dominance of one party or ideology to another. This election may well have been truly transformative. George Lakoff, professor of linguistics at U.C. Berkeley, has based a model […]
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What Thanksgiving side dish could you not live without?
Christian Gardner Language Lab coordinator “Mashed potatoes. If I don’t get mashed potatoes, it just isn’t Thanksgiving.” Katie Draeger student “Stuffing. Or homemade cranberry sauce. Or apple pie, or argh! I can’t decide!” Alison Randall having fun is her job “I’m going to have to say I can’t go without the gravy, but my favorites […]
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On separation and taxes
Nipomo
The Mormon Church strongly promoted yes on Proposition 8. Its passage now takes away equal rights from a minority. Our Constitution demands a separation of church and state. The Mormon Church should no longer be tax exempt.
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We will get mutual respect and equality
Santa Maria
What happens when a majority of voters denies equal rights to a minority? It took decades for interracial marriage to be legal in every state. Now, we will have a biracial president. Why should we believe that the passage of California Proposition 8 will permanently deny marriage to all consenting adults? It is only a […]
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No bailout for the automakers
rural Arroyo Grande
Do we bail out the Big Three American automakers.? No. The solution must involve the special interest ethanol producers, state air pollution boards, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Look at what we are being offered: Cadillac hybrids and Ford Flexes that get 24 miles per gallon. Foreign SUVs touting 24 to 30 mpg. General […]
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Bye-bye, hypocrites!
Orcutt
Memo to Republicans: The 2008 presidential election is over. You and your phony ideals have been soundly rejected. Your hypocritical and unsubstantiated rhetoric has been overwhelmingly defeated by concepts that have apparently escaped your vocabulary. The concepts I refer to are common sense and morality. Allow me to explain. Your flag bearer, Ronald Reagan, invented […]
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Obama is up to the task of fixing this country
Vandenberg Village
Many thanks to the American voters, for creating a historical event in American politics, by electing its first black American president, Sen. Barack Obama. He was elected by the content of his character, and not the color of his skin. In spite of the nay-sayers, skeptics, and the so-called “undecided” voters, who mostly didn’t vote […]
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Talk about primitive …
Santa Maria
If we didn’t know how people lived a hundred years ago, Bill Denneen has just described it (“We need to change,” Nov. 6). A hundred years ago, they didn’t have photo cells for lights, hoses to heat their water, or pneumatic tires. Large corporations were not around to supply half the population with jobs while […]
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Are you one of those people that’s already started their holiday shopping?
Kim Kenney departmental assistant “Yes. I’ve been working on my cards since January. That, and I bought some slippers, but don’t say anything because she’s standing right here.” Kayla Burch Macy’s employee “No. I’ll probably start around mid-December.” Chris Cook consultant “Definitely not—probably start a week or two before Christmas.” Josie Gamboa attendance assistant “Yes. […]
