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The Ming Sting: Tracking the connections between a retired U.S. colonel and Russia

Two days later, I arrived at MING’s house on a bluff

LONDON Two weeks later, in London, MING invited me to his Kensington home followed by dinner at Julie’s, a nearby restaurant he favored. This home, like the one in Malibu, was large and plush and furnished with pricey oriental antiques, including some, he said, he had “purchased last week in Napa,” dating from the Ming Dynasty. On this occasion, MING told me he had served in Borfink, Germany, in the mid-to-late 1980s, supervising super-secret U-2 and SR-71 reconnaissance flights over the Soviet Union. He added that he had traveled with the Reagan White House to Iceland and Malta for summits with the Soviet Union’s Mikhail Gorbachev. His adult daughter joined us, at one point referring to MING as “my dad, the double agent.” An

VIKTOR BOUT A key figure in such dealings was a Russian named Viktor Bout, aka “The Bill Gates of Arms Dealing.” Through his private airline Air Cess (we called it “Air Cesspool”), Mr. Bout supplied the Taliban in Afghanistan with an airfleet composed of five Soviet-made Antonov 12s. Pastor International in Monaco allegedly laundered funds paid to Mr. Bout by the Taliban. In February 2001, a federal prosecutor in Belgium, under pressure from the U.S. government, had issued an arrest warrant alleging Mr. Bout’s money laundering from illegal arms deals. In addition, the Russian SVR learned from one of its spies that the French DST (domestic intelligence) was investigating MING for money laundering violations on behalf of Russian clients. Consequently, MING and Victor Pastor dissolved Pastor International and destroyed the company’s documentation. MING went into hibernation as a wannabe screenwriter in California, and Victor Pastor, perhaps from stress, died in 2002 at age 65 from an MRSA blood infection while undergoing cancer treatment at Princess Grace Hospital in Monaco. Because of MING’s self-proclaimed connection to the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, I proposed to Prince Albert — and he concurred — that I convey our intelligence to the FBI.

MONTECITO I spent the Christmas period in Southern California and took the opportunity to meet again with MING. He brought his girlfriend and elderly mother to Montecito, and we dined at a table adjacent to local comedian/TV star Carol Burnett in Lucky’s. MING confided more details about himself, allowing me to assemble additional pieces of the puzzle in advance of meeting with FBI officials. My daughter (then 9), sitting opposite MING, drew a face with horns under which she wrote “The Devil.” MING insisted on viewing his “portrait.” I was embarrassed when she turned her drawing around. MING studied it, and said quietly, “Yes, that’s me.” On Feb. 25, 2003, at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., I briefed Dave Szady, assistant director for counterintelligence, and his deputy, Tim Bereznay, on MING. As a result, an investigation was opened at the FBI’s Los Angeles field office, which held jurisdiction due to MING’s residence in Malibu.

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PFIAB Next, I flew to Washington and updated Sen. Chambliss, a close confidant of President George W. Bush. The senator had become seriously concerned about MING’s purported connection to PFIAB. A month later, MING phoned me from LAX and said, “I’m flying to Washington for a PFIAB meeting.” “You’re a member?” I asked him. “Yes,” he replied. “I’ll be at the Hay-Adams (a five-star hotel overlooking the White House).” It wasn’t difficult for me to determine that MING did NOT sit on the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, even though member names were supposed to be shielded from public view. It was even easier to identify all staff members on PFIAB. MING was neither on the board nor a staff member. Which, for the second time, made him a liar. Yet PFIAB would indeed convene its annual meeting on Dec. 17 and 18 — and, we discovered, MING was truly booked into the Hay-Adams. So what was going on? My theory: From his days in the military, MING probably knew a current PFIAB board member or staffer. He would wine and dine this individual and glean all that he could about whatever PFIAB discussed.

Porter Goss, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and soon to become CIA director, told us that The New York Times was providing better intelligence than CIA. “And I’m giving (Robert) Mueller two more years to get counterterrorism right at the FBI,” he added. I felt like saying “good (expletive) luck.” Near dinner’s end, Mr. Goss asked if there was anything he could do for us. I’d stayed quiet through most of the dinner in deference to the prince and our esteemed hosts. But when Porter Goss asked this question, I quickly stepped in. “Can you put pressure on the FBI to get moving on the MING case?” Porter replied, “Consider it done.” (Later, at a congressional hearing, true to his word, Mr. Goss handed a note to the FBI’s Tim Bereznay asking about MING, which, knowing how D.C. operates, would have the effect of sending a shockwave up Mr. Bereznay’s spine.) Please see INVESTIGATOR on A5

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overlooking the Pacific Ocean in the Point Dume section of Malibu: A compound with main house and guesthouse, sealed from the road by high walls and security-coded gate. MING proudly boasted of being one of the first persons to introduce New Russians to Monaco. He told me he had served as an officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency and had been seconded to the White House as a Soviet specialist when Ronald Reagan was president. In the late 1980s, said MING, he was transferred to Germany and engaged in “the supervision of high-tech, supersecret reconnaissance of the Soviet Union.” He added that he knew President Putin personally. We already knew that MING was posted to a U.S. Air Force base in Ramstein, West Germany, during the timeframe (1986-90) Mr. Putin operated 200 miles away in Dresden, East Germany, as a KGB officer whose job was to identify and recruit spies who possessed top secret intelligence. MING told me he “retired broke.” He told me that Pastor International was sold prior to Russia’s financial collapse in 1998 and that the sale enabled him to earn a small fortune — explaining, perhaps, how his $4 million house came to be furnished with extremely valuable Ming Dynasty antiques (hence our codename for him). This was a lie. We already knew from documents filed with Monaco’s economic registry that Pastor International was not “sold” prior to 1998 but liquidated (without profit) in June 2001. I observed MING to be a shy, timid man, seemingly devoid of the business drive or acumen necessary to make millions of dollars. He now aspired to write screenplays. MING told me he liked to keep a low profile, and I inferred a guilt complex when he said he could not watch the movie “Saving Private Ryan” all the way through because it “makes me too weepy.” Upon my return to London, we intensified our investigation of MING, turning up details of his full military service record. MING’s Monaco apartment, we discovered, had been purchased in 1997 for 26.5 million French francs ($4.5 million) in cash. Soon after, my deputy and I briefed Prince Albert on MING, among other topics. After presenting the facts, I peppered my own hypothesis with these questions: Who paid for the MINGorganized Russian trade delegation conference in Monaco in 1992? Not MING, who supposedly “retired broke.” The Russians paid. Why would the Russians subsidize MING or even trust him — he, an admitted former DIA officer and Reagan White House Soviet specialist? And how did the Russians even know him? Was it possible that at some stage of his military intelligence career — say, in Germany —t he KGB recruited MING? By creating business opportunities for MING in Monaco, were the Russians helping him “legitimize” possible earnings from espionage? Also, would the Russians view his contacts in the principality as a conduit for transforming Monaco into their own money laundering and espionage hub, as we already knew to be their intention? Was it possible Vladimir Putin personally recruited MING? Fascinated, the prince authorized me to further ingratiate myself into MING’s existence with two possible objectives: 1) Turn MING and entice him to reveal his Russian money laundering contacts; 2) Furnish our dossier to the FBI.

If MING was spying for the Russians, PFIAB was his target. I tried my best to awaken the FBI, but the agency remained in deep slumber — and MING pulled off his gig without a hitch. Soon after, FBI Special Agent Teniko in Los Angeles telephoned me in an excited state to announce that she’d found a document connecting MING to Pastor International. Hmm. This was 14 months after I had provided the bureau with our dossier. If they would have asked me then, I could have provided them with an officially stamped document from Monaco’s economic registry linking the two. Or they could have consulted the internet (at that time). “Good work,” I replied. Not long after, Prince Albert and I were hosted by a distinguished group of Washingtonians in the private dining room of Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse. Sen. Saxby Chambliss ordered steak, creamed spinach and au gratin potatoes all round.

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(slowly) from a decade of undercover counterintelligence, I decided to involve congressional oversight. Thus, when U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Georgia (a ranking member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence), visited Monaco in August, I briefed him on MING and arranged for him to tour Monaco’s palace and meet Prince Albert. Back in London soon after, I met with my MI6 liaison contact. The FBI, he told me, had contacted the agency through the bureau’s London embassy legat and asked for permission to speak with me (I was on British soil, standard procedure) with reference to MING. “They’re out of their minds,” I told him, “I handed it to them on a silver platter. Five months on, nothing. I may have to deal with MING myself. Don’t worry,” I added, “I won’t kill him.” “Good,” he replied dryly. “It would tend to raise your profile.” The FBI apparently discovered that MING had made a series of wire transfers to his bank in the United States, each transfer just under $10,000, the threshold at which banks (at that time) were compelled to report a wire transfer to government monitors — an obvious attempt at evading notice. MING had also been observed collecting large amounts of cash in Switzerland and delivering it to Monaco, in violation of French Customs statutes. “It is clear that MING is engaged in criminal wrongdoing,” was the quote played back to me by MI6. Next was dinner with MING at Orient Fusion in London’s West End. Full of himself in his lowkey way, he said, “I’m departing tomorrow for the Middle East,” implying he would undertake a super secret mission for the U.S. government. “Back Sunday, out again Tuesday, back to the Middle East.” “A mystery trip?” asked his daughter. “Baghdad?” “No,” said MING grinning smarmily. “Close.” He then made another reference to PFIAB, hinting that the president’s intelligence advisory board charged him to undertake such secret missions — a ludicrous notion as PFIAB was not chartered for operational activity. MING also mentioned that he’d just purchased a ski lodge in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Next day I telephoned the FBI Special Agent in charge of overseeing the Los Angeles field office investigation and briefed him on my dinner with MING. “You’re way ahead of us,” he said. Honestly, it did not take much to be way ahead of the FBI. A week later, the D.C. special agent-in-charge phoned me back. “To avoid headquarters interference, I can’t deal directly with you,” he said. “You have to deal with the L.A. field office.” Typical feebie protocol. One week after that, I sat with Special Agents Teniko and William in a suite at the Montecito Inn. There was, said Mr. Teniko, tremendous interest in MING. Would I be willing to cultivate him further on their behalf to develop a money laundering case? I replied that I would further cultivate MING, not on their behalf, but in my role as the prince’s spymaster and, in the spirit of liaison partnership, share our findings with the FBI.

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awkward silence ensued. MING and his girlfriend had big plans the month ahead: Paris (the five-star Hotel Meurice) and Gleneagles (the ultra-luxurious resort in Scotland). When I offhandedly mentioned Felix Bloch, the alleged State Department traitor, MING could not look me in the eye. He paid for dinner with his exclusive black American Express card. Upon his return from his extravagant travels, MING met me again in London, this time in the Library Bar of the Lanesborough Hotel, joined by my deputy, who I introduced as a business associate. Over Plymouth Gin martinis, MING told us he had just arrived from Oslo, where he’d enjoyed a “one-on-one” dinner with President Putin at the Russian Embassy. MING told me he and Mr. Putin drank two bottles of vodka between them and “ate the best caviar I’ve ever had.” Said MING: “I have known Putin for 10 years — I knew him when he was a nobody.” I asked MING if he had conveyed his unique relationship with the president of Russia to someone in the U.S. government, given his background. He shook his head. “Maybe you could open a back channel?” I suggested. MING changed the subject and said he planned to spend Thanksgiving weekend in St. Petersburg and Moscow, where he would again meet with Mr. Putin. He then added this very alarming (to my ears) addendum to his itinerary: In mid-December he planned to visit Washington, D.C., for a meeting of the U.S. President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Soon thereafter, in Monaco, we brought Prince Albert up to scratch on where we were with MING. By then we had reason to believe that notorious personalities in the Russian criminal underworld had, between 1996 and 2001, laundered $800 million through MING’s Monaco company, Pastor International. Much of these funds — generated by illegal arms sales — had been invested in real estate in France, Spain and Switzerland, with significant amounts plunged into hotels throughout Europe and Asia.

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oming up 20 years ago (June 16, 2002), Prince Albert II of Monaco designated me his intelligence adviser, a role that would evolve during a five-year period into my establishing the Monaco Intelligence Service, which I customized and directed for Albert as he transitioned from hereditary prince to ruling monarch. Albert wanted his spymaster to be as invisible as possible. Thus, operating out of offices on Marylebone High Street in London (and Caffe Caldesi around the corner), my deputy and I carefully honed our first targets, which included the curious case of a retired U.S. Air Force colonel who introduced New Russians to Monaco in 1992. We codenamed him MING. It was Albert’s mother, the former Hollywood star Grace Kelly who, as Princess Grace, began the tradition of entertaining U.S. servicemen who passed through the principality or were based nearby. MING was one such invitee, seconded in 1971 by the U.S. Air Force Academy to the French Ecole de l’Air in Marseille, and eventually invited to a palace function. MING took a liking to Monaco, and when he retired from military service two decades later, he found his way back as coordinator of a Russian trade delegation that in 1992 arrived in Monaco for the specific purpose of opening business ties. Most interesting: An obscure Russian politician from St. Petersburg named Vladimir Putin was part of that delegation, whose visit marked the entry of New Russians into the postage-stampsized principality. Soon after the delegation departed, MING went into business with Victor Pastor, a member of one of Monaco’s most prominent families, best known as “The Prince’s Builder” due to their long-time construction monopoly. Together, MING and Victor created an entity called Pastor International, whose function (we discovered through the spy network I assembled in Washington DC) was to launder — through Monaco — Russian criminal money derived from illegal arms deals. Through our Dataveillant (a computer intelligence specialist) we identified MING’s address. In fact, we discovered several residences: in Monaco, London, Austin, and Malibu — property wholly owned by MING and his German girlfriend, conservatively valued at $10 million. Yet MING retired from the U.S. Air Force earning $60,000 per year. As my own specialty was deepcover penetration (stings), I endeavored to insert myself into MING’s existence with a view toward learning from him directly how he managed to enrich himself. Providing logistical support, my deputy quickly uncovered MING’s telephone numbers and pinpointed his precise whereabouts in September 2002: Malibu. Thus, utilizing pretext as a business consultant with mutual contacts in Monaco, I cold-called MING and invited him to meet me for drinks in Montecito, where I was vacationing. Next day, we faced one another by the fireplace inside the Biltmore’s lounge bar. To get somebody talking, it is important to establish common bonds and not address the target subject. Walt Perry, a sting-undercover specialist for the IRS, taught me: “Your target must look at you and think 1) this guy is genuine, 2) I trust this guy, and 3) I like this guy. You cannot establish rapport by asking questions, but by listening. The target will eventually get round to telling you what you want to know.” Almost immediately, I discovered MING and I had a common bond (always important in Sting U). We had both known Carroll Quigley, a legendary professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. MING had attended Georgetown U and taken his Western Civilization course. I got to know Dr. Quigley in the mid 1970s while a student at nearby American University. He took me under his wing for an education on the shadow power elite. Over martinis, MING (who drank three) suggested he and I collaborate on a book about Professor Quigley, who transcended this earthly plane in 1977. (“I thought he was God,” said MING.) He invited me to visit his Malibu beach house to discuss this further. When we adjourned, MING insisted on giving me a bear hug and proclaimed our meeting a “serendipitous event, designed by the stars.” I sensed he was lonely. And now — as my mentor, CIA legend Clair George, would say — he had become my “new best friend.”

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Former Navy Lt. John Blankenship stands Friday with police and firefighters behind him at his Montecito home. Lt. Blankenship is the founder of the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation, which decided this year to honor both veterans and first responders at its Memorial Day service Monday at the Santa Barbara Cemetery.

By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR

Memorial Day ceremonies are planned for Monday throughout Santa Barbara County. The Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation will honor both veterans and first responders at its Memorial Day service. The ceremony will start at 11 a.m. Monday at the Santa Barbara Cemetery, 901 Channel Drive, Montecito. Elsewhere, Drew Wakefield will be the keynote speaker at a Memorial Day service at 9 a.m. Monday at the Goleta Cemetery, 44 S. San Antonio Road. And in Santa Maria, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall 2521 will oversee a Memorial Day Service at 11 a.m. Monday at the Santa Maria

Cemetery, 1501 S. College Drive. In the Santa Ynez Valley, the American Legion Post 160 will conduct several short ceremonies Monday. Those are scheduled for 10 a.m. at the Chalk Hill Cemetery, 645 Chalk Hill Road, Solvang; 10:30 a.m. at the Santa Ines Mission Cemetery, 1760 Mission Drive, Solvang; 11 a.m. at Oak HIll Cemetery, 2560 Baseline Ave., Solvang, and 11:30 a.m. at St. Mark’s Cemetery, 2901 Nojoqui Ave., Los Olivos. The Memorial Day ceremonies in Solvang will conclude with a program at noon Monday at the Solvang Memorial Veterans Hall, hosted by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7139. The hall is located at 1745 Mission Drive. Back on the South Coast, the Carpinteria Lions Club will lead

a Memorial Day ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday at the Carpinteria Cemetery, 1501 Cravens Lane, Carpinteria. More details on Memorial Day services will appear in Monday’s News-Press, and there will be follow-up coverage in Tuesday’s edition. email: dmason@newspress.com

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California and New Zealand partner to combat climate change By MADISON HIRNEISEN THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) – Gov. Gavin Newsom and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern inked a new partnership on Friday, pledging to work together to confront the climate crisis. Speaking from Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Gov. Newsom and Prime Minister Ardern highlighted the impact that climate change has had on both California and New Zealand. In California, Gov. Newsom pointed to longer fire seasons and prolonged droughts, while Prime Minister Arden noted recent extreme weather events on New Zealand’s eastern coastline. To combat these impacts in the Golden State and the Pacific nation, the leaders signed a memorandum of cooperation on Friday that represents a shared commitment to exchange information on the best ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, transition to electric vehicles and achieve carbon neutrality. “We have shared values. We have shared challenges, but a shared optimism on what we can achieve together,” Prime Minister Ardern

“Later is too late to address climate change, and California is taking aggressive steps to bolster the clean economy.” Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday. New Zealand is one of a handful of countries bound by law to reach a goal of zero net emissions by 2050. Prime Minister Ardern explained Friday that while New Zealand has “long been known as a nation that is clean and green,” there is more work to be done, particularly in the country’s transportation sector. Prime Minister Ardern explained that by 2035, New Zealand wants to have 30% of its vehicles be electric, but reaching that goal will require sourcing. The prime minister indicated that she and Gov. Newsom discussed potential partnerships they could form to overcome EV supply chain issues. California is also working on a plan to phase out gas-powered vehicles, setting rules in place to mandate that 100% of new cars sold in California be zero-emission by 2035. The state is also aiming to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045.

ROWE, John Steven

John Steven Rowe passed away peacefully surrounded by his family May 19 and gained his angel wings (I know this would give my dad a big laugh, and he most likely dressed up as an angel for one of his many pranks over the years). He courageously battled cancer for 17 months with grit, determination and constant humor that left the nurses and doctors alike deeming him their favorite patient. John was born at St. Francis Hospital on August 24, 1947 to Robert and Dorothy Rowe. He was a fifth-generation local and his pride in Santa Barbara knew no bounds. He grew up alongside his older brother Bob wreaking havoc around town, and he loved to tell stories of his shenanigans. He attended the Army & Navy Academy and Santa Barbara City College before becoming Vice President and General Manager of Orchids by Rowe alongside his father. Shortly thereafter, John married his first wife Lorna and they had a daughter, Sarah. John was a jokester and known for his elaborate pranks that he especially liked to play on his dear friend Andrew Easton. One was always plotting something against the other. The two traveled the world judging and speaking at Orchid Shows. During this time, he fell in love with New Zealand and the Cook Islands and would return to each many times over the years. After selling Orchids by Rowe in 1987, John became the Vice President and General Manager of the Orchid Park in Camarillo. In 1996 John restarted Orchids by Rowe in Santa Barbara and the business remained active until 2005. John was widely involved and respected in the Orchid world and continued to be involved until his passing. John was the President of the Cymbidium Society of America, Director 19th District Agriculture Association, Accredited Emeritus Orchid Judge in the US, Europe, New Zealand and Australia, Honorary Life Member of the New Zealand Orchid Society, Life Member of the Paphiopedilum Guild, Former President of the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show, Member of American Orchid Society and Member of the California Farm Bureau. His involvement and passion to give back to the Santa Barbara community was widespread as well. John continued the family tradition started by his father in Old Spanish Days Fiesta. He was a longtime Director and Officer of Old Spanish Days and a Director of the Carriage Museum since its inception in 1976. For many years he served as the Fiesta Parade Chairman in charge of the carriages and wagons. He loved to revel in stories of the Fiesta Parade, and he was greatly honored to be the Grand Marshal of the parade in 2017. John was a Director on the Santa Barbara Showgrounds Foundation, Goleta Valley Historical Society, Director of the Santa Barbara Rodeo and Member of the Santa Barbara Jaycees. He was extremely honored when he was chosen as the only American in a three-member panel to be a Float Judge for the 98th Tournament of Roses Parade. John instilled his love of travel in his only child, Sarah. He took her on trips to Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Caribbean, New Zealand and the Cook Islands to name a few where they shared many adventures. A favorite story is when they were in Hong Kong and John walked by a Mah-Jongg parlor sweating profusely in the July heat and wearing a rice paddy hat. All of the women in the parlor got up and came outside to laugh and point at the big burley American walking down the street wearing his rice paddy hat. John married Ruth in 1995 and they have filled the years with laughter, entertaining and world travel. Anytime you came to the Rowe Family Ranch House for dinner you knew it was going to be an evening filled with fabulous food including the famous “Rowe” burger, abundant cocktails that always started at 5 o’clock sharp, and games like Train, Backgammon and cards. Jokes were aplenty and John’s belly laughs would permeate the air. Friday nights were for Harry’s and their standing reservation. If you were lucky enough to be invited to join them, you knew it was going to be an evening of fun cross conversations with the tables around you and Dave the General Manager. John knew everyone in the front room and when leaving there were plenty of stops to greet old friends. John and Ruth enjoyed many wonderful trips worldwide and Christmas Eve dinners at Chuck’s with their dear friends Monroe and Kathy Rutherford became tradition. They cruised the world and had ongoing jokes and pranks that they would pull on each other. A well thought out prank could take months in the making, and lots of laughter always ensued. They absolutely loved their yearly trips to Carmel and road trips up to Cayucos. When John’s daughter and family were living out of state, they would regularly travel to see them and the grandbabies which included trips to Football Bowl Games and Disneyland to take care of them. John was always happy to pitch in and help when his grandchildren were babies besides changing diapers which he had a knack for handing off to Ruth! John was an avid UCLA football fan and made sure he passed on this love to his daughter who attended UCLA (and married a UCLA football player much to his delight). Much to the chagrin of his wife Ruth who was just as loyal to the USC Trojans. Football seasons were filled with yelling at the TV screen, ribbing, bets and trash talking filled the air between seasons. John and Ruth enjoyed their social groups and especially El Pescatores where John was President and belonged for 19 years. His weekly Goleta Boys lunches were also a highlight. He followed his father into the El Pescatores group and always looked forward to his Monday lunches with many local men that he had known since he was a child. Their cruises, road trips to the races, Christmas parties and Mardi Gras at The Palace always came with great stories and memories that he cherished. Santa Barbara Community Church and the friends that John had there held a special place in his heart. His greatest love was for his family, his wife Ruth, daughter Sarah, son-in-law Grady and grandchildren Maddox and Makenna. He loved nothing more than to spend time with his grandkids, affectionately calling himself the taxi driver as he spent years driving his grandchildren everyday from school to their many sports activities. He was front and center at his grandson’s football games making sure any bad calls by officials were met by his commentary! He loved to support his granddaughter in her swimming and water polo games and was so proud of her for taking on water polo in the midst of COVID. He was at every performance, award ceremony and graduation. Everyone that knew him, and some that did not, were given detailed updates on his grandchildren. His pride in them was unmatched. And we know that even though his greatest wish was to be present for his grandson’s high school graduation, that he will be looking down celebrating and cheering on Maddox when he graduates from Bishop Diego High School in June. John is survived by his beloved wife Ruth Rowe, daughter Sarah Rowe Stretz, sonin-law Grady Stretz, grandchildren Maddox and Makenna Stretz, sister-in-law Beth Rowe, sister- and brother-in-law Linda and Mike Fox, former wife Lorna Rowe Moore, and a multitude of family friends. In lieu of flowers, because honestly, he was the only one in the family that can keep them alive, hug your family and friends a little tighter and cherish your time with them.

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During Friday’s news conference, Gov. Newsom noted California’s latest budget investments to address the climate crisis. Last year’s budget included $15 billion to address climate change over multiple years, and this year’s budget proposal wants to increase that total to $32 billion. Gov. Newsom said he doesn’t know how many nations have a budget that large, “let alone climate budgets that have ever come close to the investments we’re making.” “Later is too late to address climate change, and California is taking aggressive steps to bolster the clean economy while reducing pollution in our communities – but we can’t do it alone,” Gov. Newsom said in a statement. “This partnership with New Zealand, another global climate leader, will strengthen ties between our two governments to deploy critical solutions that are essential to addressing this existential crisis.”

VOS, Hubert

Hubert Vos passed away May 15th, 2022, in Santa Barbara at his daughter Wendy’s home. He was 88 years old. Hugh was born in France in 1933, to Marius Vos, a Dutch sculptor and a French woman, Aline Porge. Hugh came to the United States to attend Princeton University graduate studies. He stayed to work in the commodities industry in Chicago. There he met Susan Hill at a church youth outing. They married soon after. Hubert was ﬂuent in English, Spanish and Portuguese and excelled with numbers. Hubert took a job at Swift Armour Meat Packing and Susan and Hugh moved to San Paulo Brazil where they enjoyed magical years and the birth of their daughter Wendy. Later they moved to London and had their second child, Jim. Returning to the U.S., Hugh and his family moved to St. Louis where he worked for Monsanto, and then lived in Newtown PA, Baltimore and Greenwich CT working as CFO for other companies. In 1985 Hugh and Susie moved to Santa Barbara, where he has been very active with charities and advising local businesses.

PALMER, William “Ken” William Kenneth “Ken” Palmer of Solvang, California passed away Monday ,May 16, 2022, 10 pm at the age of 98. He was born August 10, 1923 to William A. Palmer and Gladys H. Palmer in Tallahatchie, Mississippi, the eldest of four children. He served his country proudly beginning at the age of 18 in the United States Navy during WWII as a Special Artiﬁcer (Instrument) Second Class and was honorably discharged on March 16, 1946. While stationed in California, he met the love of his life and was married 63 years to Beverly D. Palmer. After retiring as a dean at Los Angeles City College, he moved to Solvang in 1988. He was Mayor Pro Tem 1992, 2001, and 2006 and elected Mayor 1993, 2002, and 2007. He was a member of the Solvang City Council 1991, 1994-1996, 2003-2005 and 2008-2010. He was also a member of the Planning Commission, Solvang Heritage Associates, the Economic/Tourism Study Committee, the Santa Ynez Valley Post 160 of the American Legion for 28 years and the Viking Charitable Organization.

UCSB baseball wins fifth straight game By DANIEL MOEBUS-BOWLES UCSB SPORTS WRITER

No. 4 UCSB Baseball (42-12, 263) picked up their fifth straight win, topping CSU Bakersfield 91 on the road Friday night. The Gauchos have officially made it through the regular season having not lost a single weekend series as they split four games with Oregon back in early March and have won their other 14 series. They are one of just a handful of teams in the nation to do so. Mike Gutierrez improved to 8-1 on the season with six innings of work tonight. He allowed just one run and struck out seven. He also picked off a pair of ‘Runners. Kyle Johnson was at it again going 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, and three runs. Jordan Sprinkle went 3-for-4 with a walk and three RBI and Nick Oakley added a multi-hit effort as well going 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, a run and an RBI. Christian Kirtley (42), Johnson (23), and Broc Mortensen (15) all

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GINTER, James Alexander

James Alexander Ginter was born on July 9, 1939 in Inglewood, California, to Jean and Glen Ginter. Jim spent his first 18 years in the Los Angeles area, where he fondly remembers riding his horse Apache on the local beaches. He moved to Santa Barbara with friends for college, where he later met and married Bonita Johnson. Bonita tragically died, leaving Jim to raise their young son Bret on his own. Jim was a real estate appraiser for the Santa Barbara County Assessor’s Office for 29 years. This is where he met his wife of 37 years, Susan Dalton. Susan and Jim loved traveling together, making trips to Hawaii, Europe, Alaska, the East Coast, and different parts of Canada; but he would look back on the family trips in their RV along with their daughter Brigette to the many national parks which they visited as some of the happiest times in his life. Jim was a natural born athlete. In the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s, you could find Jim on the volleyball courts of East Beach playing on his lunch break. He was affectionately known by his friends the Nooners as “King” for his aptitude, skill and competitive nature. He loved and partook in a variety of outdoor activities - tennis, golf, swimming, hiking and biking - making good friends along the way. Besides sports, Jim’s other interests in life were varied. He enjoyed reading, gardening and playing bridge. It was not unusual to find him engaged in an analytical discussion after reading an interesting book or watching a good movie. He always had his interpretation and was eager to discuss it. A great accomplishment and source of satisfaction for Jim was designing and building a house in Tahoe Donner along with his son Bret. Jim was devoted to his family and will be dearly missed by them and his friends. He passed away on Jan. 9, 2022 and is survived by his wife Susan; son Bret (Elizabeth); their children Crystal, Ian, Amanda and Jake; and daughter Brigette (Venessa); and infant granddaughter Harlow Wren Ginter.

TREJO, Armando Ysidro, Sr.

Armando Ysidro Trejo, Sr. was born June 3, 1946. Armando was born and raised in Santa Barbara, CA. He proudly served his country in the Vietnam war. Upon completing his service in the army he moved to Barstow, CA. and started working at Santa Fe railroad. A career that he loved and retired from in 2005. When Armando wasn’t working, he spent his time doing the things he loved, ﬁshing, camping, watching football and BBQing with the people most important to him; his wife of 47 years, his children and grandchildren. He also enjoyed his weekly visits with his best friend Bob Galvan. Armando Ysidro Trejo, Sr. left us on December 28, 2020. He is preceded in death by his parents Ysidro Trejo, Margret Padilla and sister Luisa Villejas. Armando was a loving husband and father. He is truly missed by his surviving family his wife Irma Trejo, his children Carlos, Anthony, Adam (who recently passed), Lisa, Tina, Rachel, Vincent, brothers, sister, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces and friends. Please join us for a celebration of life to honor both Armando Trejo, Sr. and his son Adam Trejo on Saturday June 11th from 12pm – 5pm at the Knights of Columbus in Barstow, CA, 580 Victor St, Barstow, CA 92311.

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LOCAL FIVE-DAY FORECAST TODAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

Breezy with sunshine

Breezy in the afternoon

Sunny and pleasant

Mostly sunny

Clouds and sun

INLAND

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

79 45

81 45

88 49

90 47

86 51

71 54

71 52

71 54

70 53

68 55

COASTAL

Pismo Beach 70/50

COASTAL

Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Maricopa 79/56

Guadalupe 66/49

Santa Maria 66/47

Vandenberg 63/52

He leaves behind his children, Linda L. Palmer, Cynthia J. Purdey, his brother Richard, sister Martha, Linda Marie personal assistant and friend, along with the many acquaintances and friends from over the years who respected and loved him. His graveside Funeral Service with Military Honors will be held Friday, June 3, 2022 at 1pm at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Ballard. Immediately after the service there will be a gathering of friends and family at the Sunny Field Park.

extended their on-base streaks. Hayden Hattenbach had a tremendous relief appearance, tossing two perfect innings with two Ks. The Roadrunners took an early lead with a run in the bottom of the first, but UCSB answered quickly as Sprinkle slapped a bases-loaded single in the top of the 2nd. The game remained tied until the sixth, when the Gauchos scored a four-spot. UCSB added three more in the seventh and one more in the eighth to go up 91. Mixed in were RBI singles by Sprinkle and John Newman Jr, a two-RBI single from Jason Willow, and the 14th home run of the year for Mortensen who entered on a pinch-hit. CSUB scored a run in the bottom of the ninth, but Alex Schrier stranded two ‘Runners to end the game.

New Cuyama 76/45 Ventucopa 71/44

Los Alamos 75/46

Buellton 75/45

Solvang 78/46

Gaviota 70/52

SANTA BARBARA 71/54 Goleta 77/54

Carpinteria 72/57 Ventura 70/55

AIR QUALITY KEY Good Moderate

Source: airnow.gov Unhealthy for SG Very Unhealthy Unhealthy Not Available

ALMANAC

Santa Barbara through 6 p.m. yesterday

TEMPERATURE High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low

69/50 69/52 91 in 1997 44 in 2008

PRECIPITATION 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. Month to date (normal) Season to date (normal)

0.00” 0.03” (0.40”) 10.53” (17.02”)

City Cuyama Goleta Lompoc Pismo Beach Santa Maria Santa Ynez Vandenberg Ventura

STATE CITIES Bakersfield Barstow Big Bear Bishop Catalina Concord Escondido Eureka Fresno Los Angeles Mammoth Lakes Modesto Monterey Napa Oakland Ojai Oxnard Palm Springs Pasadena Paso Robles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco San Jose San Luis Obispo Santa Monica Tahoe Valley

80/56/s 87/57/s 62/31/s 80/40/s 64/54/pc 78/51/s 70/53/s 56/47/pc 80/55/s 73/58/pc 59/30/s 78/53/s 63/50/s 77/46/s 68/50/s 80/50/s 69/54/s 93/66/s 74/55/pc 83/45/s 81/52/s 67/59/pc 67/52/s 72/50/s 71/48/s 69/56/pc 57/29/s

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 77/46/s 78/54/s 64/45/s 69/47/s 68/45/s 81/45/s 63/51/s 69/55/s

87/68/s 75/62/pc 85/69/pc 95/72/s 71/45/t 92/75/s 87/75/t 85/68/pc 78/64/s 83/65/s 95/72/s 61/50/sh 88/70/pc 59/45/sh 59/48/sh 83/67/s

POINT ARENA TO POINT PINOS

Wind west-northwest 8-16 knots today. Waves 4-8 feet with a south-southwest swell 5-9 feet at 13 seconds. Visibility clear.

POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICO

Wind west-northwest 8-16 knots today. Waves 4-8 feet with a south-southwest swell 5-9 feet at 13 seconds. Visibility clear.

SANTA BARBARA HARBOR TIDES Date Time High Time May 29 May 30 May 31

10:38 a.m. 9:27 p.m. 11:24 a.m. 9:54 p.m. 12:11 p.m. 10:22 p.m.

LAKE LEVELS

3.5’ 5.9’ 3.4’ 5.8’ 3.3’ 5.7’

Low

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AT BRADBURY DAM, LAKE CACHUMA 82/56/s 85/59/s 64/31/s 77/43/pc 67/55/s 79/53/s 73/49/s 56/45/pc 82/57/s 76/58/pc 60/27/pc 79/53/s 63/49/s 80/48/s 69/50/s 80/54/s 68/54/s 95/68/s 80/57/pc 84/44/s 83/52/s 69/59/pc 68/50/s 74/51/s 72/47/s 72/57/pc 59/28/pc

NATIONAL CITIES Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Houston Miami Minneapolis New York City Philadelphia Phoenix Portland, Ore. St. Louis Salt Lake City Seattle Washington, D.C.

Wind west-northwest 8-16 knots today. Waves 4-8 feet with a west-southwest swell 4-8 feet at 7 seconds. Visibility clear.

TIDES

LOCAL TEMPS Today Hi/Lo/W 76/45/s 77/54/s 65/48/s 70/50/s 66/47/s 79/45/s 63/52/s 70/55/s

MARINE FORECAST

SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL

88/68/pc 85/66/pc 90/72/s 91/74/pc 63/41/t 90/77/pc 85/77/t 89/62/pc 88/74/s 90/70/s 95/70/s 64/51/c 90/72/s 57/42/sh 62/47/c 90/71/s

At Lake Cachuma’s maximum level at the point at which water starts spilling over the dam holds 188,030 acre-feet. An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons, equivalent to the amount of water consumed annually by 10 people in an urban environment. Storage 84,983 acre-ft. Elevation 707.65 ft. Evaporation (past 24 hours) 35.6 acre-ft. Inflow 20.1 acre-ft. State inflow 36.6 acre-ft. Storage change from yest. -71 acre-ft. Report from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

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Jun 7

WORLD CITIES

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Jun 14

Mon. 5:49 a.m. 8:05 p.m. 5:50 a.m. 8:42 p.m.

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Jun 20

Today Mon. City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Beijing 85/56/pc 89/54/s Berlin 61/46/sh 59/46/sh Cairo 99/75/s 101/73/s Cancun 85/75/t 84/74/t London 59/44/c 60/48/c Mexico City 80/55/c 78/55/c Montreal 78/59/pc 79/57/c New Delhi 105/84/s 104/82/s Paris 64/46/pc 67/50/pc Rio de Janeiro 85/71/s 84/71/pc Rome 78/63/pc 79/63/pc Sydney 65/49/s 64/51/r Tokyo 82/68/s 82/67/pc W-weather, s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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Chalk artists work on their respective works during the I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival at the Old Mission Santa Barbara on Saturday.

RICHARD CHICHAKLI While in Washington, I phoned a new FBI special agent in Los Angeles who’d been tasked with MING. No further developments, he said, which meant they’d done nothing more in two months. So I made a courtesy call on the special agent-in-charge, and he requested that I re-engage MING by email (despite having earlier said I could take instructions only from the Los Angeles field office). “Anything new for us?” he asked. In fact, I did have something new — and, because it dealt with a U.S. citizen, I conveyed it to him on Prince Albert’s behalf: Our investigation of MING, which had led to Russian arms dealer Victor Bout, then led to one Richard Chichakli, Mr. Bout’s American representative, who was based in Texas. As I result, I engineered a sting in which my operative engaged Mr. Chichakli on the basis that maybe his boss, Mr. Bout, wanted to write a book. Mr. Bout did not want to write a book. But what came out of their meeting in Richardson, Texas was enough to excite the FBI — and soon thereafter they were hot on Mr. Chichakli’s trail. Mr. Chichakli later fled the United States, eventually returned, was tried and sentenced to prison for, among other things, money laundering and wire fraud conspiracy. Viktor Bout was extradited from Thailand, sentenced to 25 years in prison for peddling arms to terrorist groups — and currently resides at the high-security U.S. Penitentiary, Marion in Illinois.

SPOOKED A whole year had passed. It was time for another PFIAB meeting in Washington, D.C., and MING flew there. I emailed a notice of this to a special agent at

— “I’m done, leave me alone” — or he assumed his email was being monitored and he wanted those monitoring him to know he was done. My memo to the FBI: “MING continues to travel almost nonstop. On the heels of scuba diving in the Maldives in early autumn, he took an unexplained trip deep inside Russia followed by a visit to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, late autumn then spent Christmas in the British Virgin Isles. He arrived in Malibu in early January and pretends, in email to me, to be there still, though he is currently in Whistler, Canada.” In return, the FBI told me about its latest stance on MING: Agents intended to transfer his case to the IRS because they’d requested information on MING and Pastor International from Monaco through official channels and “it never came.” “Yes,” I said. “That is precisely why Prince Albert asked me to create an UNOFFICIAL intelligence service — to cut through that kind of official red tape.” MING, they told me, had been keeping a low profile in Malibu and seemed very spooked. Back in Washington, soon after, I lunched at Café Milano with Tyler Drumheller, CIA European division chief, with whom I had been dealing as Prince Albert’s spymaster. Mr. Drumheller told me he had shown our MING dossier to Mike Sulick, the new associate director of operations and who, said Mr. Drumheller, “is a great resource on Russia.” Mr. Sulick, he told me, assessed that the Russians had indeed recruited MING. What happened next? I do not know other than MING disappeared from my radar screen. (Sometimes, in the intel biz, it is better not to know …) Robert Eringer is a longtime Montecito author with vast experience in investigative journalism. He welcomes questions or comments at reringer@gmail. com.

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the FBI’s Los Angeles field office. Two days later, to be certain my message had gotten through to headquarters, I phoned the FBI special agent-in-charge. No, he had not heard a thing from L.A. So, again, MING pulled off his gig without a hitch. When next I met with FBI agents, they informed me that MING recently visited Sharm El-Sheikh, an Egyptian resort on the Sinai peninsula. They also confirmed that MING once possessed a credit card in the name of Pastor International. And they discovered that his Ming Dynasty antiques cost between $100,000 and $150,000 per piece and were usually purchased from a shop inside the Ritz Carlton Hotel in San Francisco. Furthermore, I was informed, President Bush had decided to disband PFIAB, effective immediately. Six PFIAB members had stayed at the Hay-Adams, where MING had a room in December 2003. Special agents were now checking to see which of them overlapped with MING at the Willard Hotel in November 2004. It was gratifying to see the FBI tightly focused on MING’s case — even though 22 months had elapsed since I’d brought him to their attention. In January 2005, MING initiated (from out of blue) an extraordinary email exchange with me: MING: “I have pretty much dropped out of everything for the moment. (There is) no interest in the suggestions of an old military guy like me now. After 23 years in the military, that’s enough.” I wrote back: “Now wait a second, old soldiers are not really supposed to fade away …” To which he replied: “I KNOW. BUT THIS ONE IS DONE.” To which I replied: “Either your caps key is stuck or you really mean it.” MING responded: “I REALLY MEAN IT.” Two possibilities: Either MING had figured out I was playing him and wanted to hold up a white flag

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It feels like a kick-off to summer,” Kai Tepper, executive director of the Children’s Creative Project (CCP), told the News Press on Saturday. “We provide critical access to arts education for PK through 12th grade public schools throughout Santa Barbara County, as well as in San Luis Obispo and Ventura. We especially focus on support for schools and students who wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford access to quality arts education or arts opportunities,” said Ms. Tepper. “Our featured artist Dawn Morrison Wagner is doing a beautiful image of the Madonna with five figures in it. There are some vibrant, beautiful nature works by Dos Pueblos students. Some Santa Barbara High School

“The I Madonnari Festival is the annual fundraiser for CCP. It is a really important way to come back from a deficit in revenue, as a result of the pandemic. The proceeds help us be the most responsive to schools that we can,” said Ms. Tepper. An expanded area for children to create street paintings is located at the west side of the Mission. Throughout the three-day event, more than 600 Kids’ Squares can be purchased for $15, which includes a box of chalk. Onsite parking will be available this year for $5 per car. For more information, go to https://ccp.sbceo.org/i-madonnari/ welcome. To register for the festival, go to https://events.humanitix.com/theart-of-mass-gatherings-in-santabarbara.

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It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractor under him, to pay not less than the said specified rates to all workmen employed by them in the execution of the contract, and to comply with all prevailing wage requirements set forth in the Labor Code. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1771.1 of the Labor Code of the State of California, a contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid or engage in the performance of any contract for this project unless; (1) currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5; or (2) expressly authorized to submit a bid by Section 1771.1 and provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. 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The County Planning Commission provides in-person participation as well as virtual participation until further notice. The following methods of participation are available to the public. 1.You may observe the live stream of the County Planning Commission meetings on (1) Local Cable Channel 20, (2) online at: http://www.countyofsb.org/ceo/csbtv/livestream.sbc; or (3) YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/user/CSBTV20 2. If you wish to provide public comment, the following methods are available: • Distribution to the County Planning Commission - Submit your comment via email prior to 12:00 p.m. on the Monday prior to the Commission hearing. Please submit your comment to the Recording Secretary at dvillalo@countyofsb.org. Your comment will be placed into the record and distributed appropriately. • Attend the Meeting In-Person: Individuals are allowed to attend and provide comments at the County Planning Commission meeting in-person. Please note, we are following all local and State guidelines and are no longer requiring face coverings indoors. Please be advised that the Public Health Department is still strongly encouraging County staff and members of the public to mask and social distance themselves in public areas. • Attend the Meeting by Zoom Webinar - Individuals wishing to provide public comment during the County Planning Commission meeting can do so via Zoom webinar by clicking the below link to register in advance. Register in advance for this meeting: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing important information about joining the webinar. When: June 8, 2022 09:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Topic: County Planning Commission 06/08/2022 Register in advance for this webinar: https://countyofsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__LQoyxO8Q3qjAquSWjycOg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. OR PARTICIPATE VIA TELEPHONE:

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Buellﬂat Rock Company Deep Mining Reclamation Plan Solvang Errin Briggs, Energy Specialist (805) 568-2047 Jacquelynn Ybarra, Planner (805) 568-2055

Hearing on the request of Buellflat Rock Company, operator and applicant, to consider the following: • Case No. 18RVP-00000-00006 for conceptual approval of a revised Reclamation Plan No. 88-RP-002 AM01 to conduct deep mining in a previously mined area known as “Area A”, install a drainage culvert, make improvements to an existing access road, revise the site’s end use from open space to agriculture, and address current State of California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA) standards in compliance with Section 35.82.160 of the Land Use and Development Code (LUDC) on property zoned M-2, AG-I-40, and AG-I-20; and to: • Adopt Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) No. 21NGD-00000-00003 for the reclamation project, pursuant to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the State CEQA Guidelines. As a result of this project, significant but mitigable effects on the environment are anticipated in the following categories: agricultural resources, air quality, biological resources, geologic processes, and water resources/flooding. The MND is available at the County’s Planning and Development Department website at: https://www.countyofsb.org/866/Buellflat-Deep-Mining-Project Hard copies of the MND are available for review at the County office at 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara via appointment with the project planner. Appointments shall be based on guidance from the California Department of Public Health and the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department regarding COVID-19. The application involves Assessor Parcel Nos. 137-250-023, 137250-037, 137-250-046, 137-260-025, located at 1214 Mission Drive in Solvang, California, in the Third Supervisorial District. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION RECORDING SECRETARY (568-2000) MAY 29 / 2022 -- 58370

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The Wildling Museum’s “Brunch al Fresco” fundraiser will take place June 5 at the Alisal Ranch Adobe in Solvang,

That’s the spirit! H By MARILYN MCMAHON NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

COURTESY KARL HUTTERER

The Wildling Museum’s 2022 Wilderness Spirit will go to Karl Hutterer, an environmental advocate and director emeritus of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

ighlighting the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature’s “Brunch al Fresco” on June 5 will be the presentation of the museum’s 2022 Wilderness Spirit Award to Dr. Karl Huttterer, Ph.D., an annual recognition of a person or group who strives to bring awareness to wilderness protection and preservation. “Karl’s passion and dedication has enriched and inspired our community for decades,” said Stacey Otte-Demangate, Wildling Museum executive director. “We are delighted to be able to bestow our Wilderness Spirit Award on

such a worthy recipient, who is an environmental advocate, educator, community volunteer and director emeritus of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. “His incredible work aligns with the Wildling Museum’s mission of bringing art and nature together as a means of preserving our wild spaces.” The June 5 fundraising event will be from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Alisal Ranch Adobe in Solvang. Tickets are $150. Dr. Hutterer, who was born near Salzburg, Austria, received his education in Austria, Germany, the Philippines and the University of Hawaii, where he received a doctorate in anthropology and archaeology. He has conducted archaeological research in

Southeast Asia (Philippines, Thailand and Laos) and the Pacific (Hawaii and Australia), focusing his efforts on tropical rainforest ecology and long-term human interactions with tropical ecosystems. He has taught at Bryn Mawr College, the University of Michigan and the University of Washington. In addition to his appointment as a professor of anthropology at the University of Washington, he also served as director of the university’s Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. From 2000 through 2012, he was executive director of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. He serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations and works as a volunteer for

Dr. Karl Hutterer to receive Wildling Museum’s annual award

the Community Environmental Council in Santa Barbara. “With an intense interest in the causes and consequences of global warming, Karl is passionately involved in efforts to prevent runaway climate change and in building resilience to the effects of climate change already underway,” said Ms. OtteDemangate. Included at the brunch will be a Bloody Mary and Mimosa Bar, and a live auction supporting the Wildling Museum with opportunities to bid on getaways to Sedona, Az.; Park City, Utah, and San Francisco; one-of-a kind artworks and more. Several local artists will also be onsite for the event, providing live demonstrations, as well as

selling their unique handcrafted works. Advance ticket registration is required for this event, and space is limited. All guests will park in a designated lot before being shuttled by the Alisal’s hay wagons to the private site. There will be no in-and-out entry during the event. email: mmcmahon@newspress.com

FYI For more information about Brunch al Fresco from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. June 5 at the Alisal Ranch Adobe in Solvang or to purchase tickets, call 805-686-8315. You can also visit www. wildlingmuseum.org/news/2022brunch-al-fresco.

At left, San Francisco, which features sights such as Alcatraz Island, is among the places available in getaways. At right, Brunch Al Fresco will feature an auction for getaways for places such as Sedona, Ariz., known for Cathedral Rock.

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or some, Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer. Picnics, barbecues and various celebrations take place. It’s usually a good thing. Although I’m always up for a party, I think this day somehow requires a little more than hot dogs and cold beer to make it significant. I have gotten into the habit of taking the morning on the last Monday in May and remembering those who have lost their lives, as well as those who have made sacrifices, in service to our country. For me, it’s a time to be grateful to those who have given the ultimate gift so that the rest of us can live in peace. Memorial Day used to be called Decoration Day, and many would put red poppies on the graves of the soldiers who bravely fought for our freedom. I wonder if anyone still does this. Personally, I plan to place a bouquet of white roses by

the American flag that flies over the war memorial near my home. I lost some friends in Vietnam, and I can still see their young faces. Far too young to have experienced life. I like to believe that if any of them were here today, they would celebrate being alive and not give a hoot about the Great Recession or how life isn’t as good as it used to be. Hey, it’s life, and any day is a good one when you consider the alternative. I think that we should each take a moment, even if it’s during the singing of “The Star Spangled Banner” at a game, and give some thought to those who paved our way. That’s all, just some thought. Collectively those thoughts might make a difference in some way. Our reflections can also remind us that war, at best, is a

bad thing and that hopefully the wars we are involved in will be over soon. It’s true that we cannot move on from a loss until we grieve about it. If you have lost a loved one in Iraq or Afghanistan, you may still be in mourning. If someone you care for is serving overseas, you might celebrate Memorial Day differently. Perhaps you’ll take this day to speak to one another, or video chat, if possible. The time we take to think and feel, to let go of our pain, is actually healing. I know it’s not the most attractive thing to look at, and I can’t see people putting on their schedule for 5/30, “Feel your grief.” But that doesn’t mean we should avoid it. Besides, it’s a national holiday and almost impossible to ignore.

You may choose to go to a veterans cemetery and put flags by headstones, you may participate in a ceremony — even get to see a flyove. But it is what’s in your own heart that really matters. There are no rules in how to celebrate the day; it’s up to you. I believe the idea is to just take a moment to think about those who have sacrificed and take in some gratitude. Barton Goldsmith, Ph.D., is an award-winning therapist and humanitarian. He is also a columnist, the author of seven books, and a blogger for PsychologyToday.com with nearly 27 million readers. He practices in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles and is available for video sessions. Reach him at barton@ bartongoldsmith.com. His column appears Sundays and Tuesdays in the News-Press.

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Syryn Records and GRL Mag are Girls Rock SB + Amplify’s youth-run record label and online magazine, operating internship programs that offer exceptional teens and young adults from around the world an entryway into journalism and the music industry with a feminist lens. The spring 2022 cohorts of these internships just concluded, and they included 53 youth from Los Angeles to New York to Pakistan; 24 guest mentors, including Kate Nash, Megan Mitchell, Erockfor, LATASHÁ and many more; 38 original articles, one live showcase and one youth artist officially signed to Syryn Records — 21-year-old Heaven Lee. “Heaven is an unbelievably

hard-working, humble, unconventional and truly relatable artist,” said Gladys Magazine. “Although her voice has been compared to powerhouses like Adele and Amy Winehouse, Heaven’s musical and production passions align with alternative artists like Paramore and Panic! At The Disco. There’s a polished grittiness to her that resonates with a lot of her peers from pop to rock lovers.” Ms. Lee’s first official single is due to release later this year, as is a new cohort of youth interns to run Syryn Records and GRL Mag. Support for these programs comes from diverse funders and partners, including the Brill Family Grant, local Rotary Clubs and more recently, French luxury house Zadig & Voltaire. In fact, Ms. Lee and fellow artists Zella Day, Nicole

Fiorentino of The Smashing Pumpkins, Louise Post of Veruca Salt and Ezinma participated in a national fundraising campaign with Zadig & Voltaire for Women’s History Month 2022, which garnered press from Vogue France, MSN, Yahoo, Who What Wear and several other outlets. Girls Rock SB + Amplify’s flagship program is Amplify Sleep Away Camp, an award-winning creative arts summer camp in Ojai that serves third through 12th graders for a two-week session. Amplify Sleep Away Camp is enrolling campers and scheduling special guest mentors across every session for summer 2022. For more information, contact 805699-5247, info@girlsrocksb.org or visit www.girlsrocksb.org. email: mmcmahon@newspress. com

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Assistance, lompoccapa.org and facebook.com/capaoflompoc. CAPA works regularly with Animal Services-Lompoc. • K-9 Placement & Assistance League, k-9pals.org. K-9 PALS works regularly with Santa Barbara County Animal Services. • Santa Barbara County Animal Care Foundation, sbcanimalcare. org. (The foundation works regularly with the Santa Maria Animal Center.) • Santa Barbara County Animal Services in Goleta: countyofsb.org/ phd/animal/home.sbc. • Santa Barbara Humane (with

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illary Clinton and her devotees love to toss out the idea that Donald Trump and the entire Republican Party present an “existential threat to our democracy,” but the truth (and they know it) is that Hillary and her supporters are the real existential threat. A Hillary Clinton presidency would have dealt a death blow to democracy in this country. The federal trial that took place for the most part of the last month in Washington, D.C., is the “smoking gun” that proves that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was the real impetus behind all the moves to first thwart and then overturn the Trump presidency. Justice Department Special Counsel John Durham, heading up the prosecution of Hillary campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, is the kind of lawman that legends are made of. Mr. Durham, a former prosecutor and U.S. attorney for the District of

ow ironic that in early 2021 , CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS and NBC created the expression “The adults are in charge” to praise the changes they saw coming from the incoming Biden administration while never missing the chance to take a shot at the outgoing Trump one. “Irony” is using words to express something that means the opposite, frequently for humor or emphasis. An example of humor that qualified for the Irony Hall of Fame was President Ronald Reagan saying “I am from the government. I am here to help you.” When the networks coined the phrase “The adults are in charge,” they meant it for emphasis on the anticipated changes, but, it is safe to say, not for it to qualify for

been implemented by President the Irony Hall of Fame. However, Donald Trump. Indeed, part of during the ensuing year-plus as the irony is that “it can happen so the events showed the irony of fast” was applied to the the words having the Trump improvements opposite effect as their as soon as President meaning qualified them Biden was able to slowly for that hall. How did this walk to the Oval Office happen? and sign the executive The requirement orders that would shift that an expression be the interpretation of “The broadcast was amply adults are in charge” from satisfied by all the major emphasis to humor as it is networks, except Fox, Brent E. better to laugh than cry. and even many minor Zepke How did this happen? ones, such as PBS. Why It is only a slight did this expression The author become ironic? lives in Santa exaggeration to say that the “adults” drove the To quote Garrett Barbara. price of gasoline up so fast Hudland, “It can happen that those who had filled so fast, or a little bit late, up prior to the Inauguration could but timing is everything” applies be accused of “trading on inside to this expression as it was a information.” This one example “little bit late” since the changes would be sufficient for the the sponsors implied would expression to qualify for the Irony help the country had already

Hall of Fame. But unfortunately, there are too many others to be discussed herein. Is there a theme? The theme was as broad as President Obama saying “This is the greatest country in the history of the world, and I am going to change everything.” Unfortunately. that capsulizes the Biden team, which is, after all, the Obama team revisited. It is ironic that their reference to “being an adult” illustrates a current example of the differences between how Presidents Trump and Biden handle problems. When President Trump was hit with the invasion of COVID-19, he identified it despite being in the middle of an impeachment, created the Warp Speed program and solved it Please see ZEPKE on C4

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the RICO statutes) and indictment Connecticut, has a prosecutorial of retired FBI agent H. Paul Rico history that features a stint (he died before going to trial) as special investigator on the followed. Whitey Bulger case, as well as So it seemed appropriate the successful reversal of murder that Attorney General William convictions of four men — Enrico Barr — at the request of Tameleo, Joseph Salvati, PURELY President Trump — would Peter J. Limone and POLITICAL appoint Mr. Durham to Louis Greco — who look into possible Russian had apparently been interference in the 2016 framed by the FBI and elections. That inquiry whose families secured turned into a criminal a $101.7 million civil probe that so far has led judgment against the to the conviction of FBI U.S. government. attorney Kevin Clinesmith, Mr. Durham tore who admitted altering through New England James Buckley a CIA email to secure revealing FBI agents’ a Foreign Intelligence ties to the Mafia and Surveillance Act tap of prosecuted Mafioso Carter Page, a Trump staffer. figures as well as former Mr. Durham’s indictment of Republican Connecticut Gov. John former Perkins Coie lawyer/ Rowland. Appointed a special partner Michael Sussmann prosecutor by Attorney General reveals how devious, how utterly Janet Reno back in 1999, he put corrupt, Hillary Clinton and her together a team of FBI agents sycophants and apologists in the from outside the Boston area press really were and continue to investigate corruption in the to be. In collusion with Mr. Boston-based FBI office. The Sussmann and others, the Clinton racketeering conviction of retired FBI agent John Connolly Jr. (under campaign packaged and paid

for the phony Steele dossier and both created and perpetuated the “Russia Collusion” hoax that the mainstream media relied on to tarnish Mr. Trump before and during his entire presidency. Just how insidious this plot against the president was is outlined in the Sussmann indictment. “In or about early August 2016,” it reads, “Tech Executive-1 called an individual at Internet Company-3. During the call, Tech Executive-1 instructed the individual to task Internet Company-3 employees to search for any Internet date reflecting potential connections or communications between Trump or his associates and Russia. “In connection with this tasking, and as alleged in further detail below, Tech Executive-1’s goal was to support an ‘inference’ and ‘narrative’ regarding Trump that would please certain ‘VIPs.’ No connections were found, so they’d need to create one. Please see BUCKLEY on C4

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id you know that the California Coastal Commission, of which Santa Barbara City Councilmember Meaghan Harmon is a member, rejected a water desal permit application for a plant in Orange County, like the one now operational in Carlsbad? This Orange County project planned for the last 20 years, was designed to supply water to 16% of a population of 3.1 million people. That equals 50 million gallons of drinking water per day. But not now. Is it only in California that it takes 20 years to apply for a permit only to have it rejected? The desalination plant now operating in Carlsbad took 14 years from initial planning to becoming operational. With this track record, a decision to build a new desalination plant in California, taken today, would not be operational until 2036, if the permit was granted. We would be well into the climate change danger zone of 1.5 degrees Celsius above the worldwide target. Based on current experience and outlook for all-natural water supplies in California, might 2036 be too little, too late? Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened the use of statewide mandatory restrictions on water usage. This last year’s period of drought is said to be the worst in almost 100 years. But even this fact did not stir our supine governor into declaring a statewide, decentralized, fiveyear investment strategy or plans to use new infrastructure and technology to significantly increase water recycling, water capture and storage and water creation. The writing has been on the wall for years. More frequent droughts are lasting longer. Authorities warn constantly that climate changes will only exacerbate them. The current sources of water cannot indefinitely sustain a population of 40 million, nor the massive farming operations in California. Gov. Newsom has the power to use a substantial portion of the current state budget surplus to initiate his version of a “Warp Speed” statewide effort to ensure an adequate, long-term, water supply for the people of California. After all, they are his constituents. Instead, he is calling for the construction of 3.5 million new homes in California, adding another 7 million to 8 million in the population, which would be an 18-20% increase in population at a time when water supplies are becoming unsustainable for the 39.5 million already here. Does he have the power to seize our desalination plant by declaring a state of emergency, when we experience an extreme drought situation and water rationing? Please see DONOVAN on C4

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News-Press announces endorsements The Santa Barbara News-Press has announced its first round of endorsements for the June 7 primary. The News-Press is supporting: • Mike Stoker in the race for the 37th Assembly District. • Bill Brown for Santa Barbara County sheriff. •Christy Lozano for superintendent of Santa Barbara County schools. • Dr. Brad Allen for the 24th Congressional District.

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Getting taken for a ride you can ill afford!

ur Santa contract agency that had the Barbara County ability to control costs and supervisors, along limit taxpayer liabilities. with many of the Why is that? city councils in The county doesn’t do this area, are quite simply anything cheaper than the oblivious to the obvious! private sector. The county is facing The exorbitant salaries, protests from the contract benefits, and retirement cities of Goleta, Carpinteria, packages average $161,000 Solvang and Buellton, who per employee! Moreover, it is are balking at the cost the retirement benefits that of renewing their make this proposal contracts with the extremely suspect. county to provide law This has to do with enforcement services the fact that all within the boundaries county employees of their cities. Not to be enjoy what is deterred, the county known as a defined and many of the cities benefit retirement Andy Caldwell within the county are plan. In a defined conspiring to take benefit retirement over the countywide plan, government ambulance service from employees are guaranteed a American Medical Response certain percentage of their and transfer these duties to final and highest average the county fire department. salary for the rest of their life. Why would cities balk at The ability of the paying the full cost of law government — read that as enforcement services with taxpayers — to make good on the county and then turn this type of retirement plan is around and ask the county entirely dependent on stock to take over ambulance market returns, fees, and services? Whereas the cities higher and higher taxes! themselves are footing the bill Hence, the county will for law enforcement, perhaps never be able to confirm and the cities don’t care what it control the cost of providing costs to provide ambulance ambulance services because services since the people and one of their biggest cost their insurance companies drivers is beyond their are going to be on the hook for control. That’s a lesson the this subsequent contract? entire county should be Currently AMR is the sole learning via the dispute with source ambulance provider the contract cities for law for the entire county. It is a enforcement services. private corporation that has Conversely, whatever had the contract for decades. I retirement benefit a private have no doubt that county fire sector company such as or some other private sector AMR pays out, that is on the company could provide the company, not the taxpayers. services. The question is, at To deal with the ongoing what cost to consumers — the crisis of pension obligations, taxpayers? the government routinely County Fire believes it can raises fees and cuts services. create economies of scale if When that doesn’t work, the it wins the contract. This has government simply raises to do with the fact that fire taxes under the threat of departments throughout the cutting vital services that the county respond to virtually public can’t do without. every ambulance call, and the How are these three fire department maintains strategies going to work with it usually get there before regard to the ability to pay AMR. Hence, if the county for ambulance services? ran the ambulance services, Certainly, no patient will be it could eliminate what it denied care and transport characterizes as redundant sans the ability to pay (a and slower services. second cost factor beyond I doubt the county can the county’s control), thereby provide ambulance services leaving taxpayers on the hook, to the entire county at a more rather than AMR, (or some affordable rate than AMR, other private sector provider). unless there is some serious outside-the-box thinking on Andy Caldwell is the COLAB this plan, something county executive director and host of supervisors are not known for. “The Andy Caldwell Show,” That is, the county and the airing 3 to 5 p.m. weekdays on cities would need to create KZSB AM 1290, the News-Press some sort of joint powers radio station.

ach day, millions of people have been following the Amber Heard-Johnny Depp trial. It has become a spectacle like reality TV. Domestic violence often thrives in the shadows and gains strength from silence. Therefore, it follows that when we shine the light on its insidious devastation, we can hold perpetrators responsible for the impact of their actions. Whichever testimonies and evidence you have heard, the real impact of intimate partner abuse has been diminished in the defamation and messaging. This trial has played out in the court of public opinion, and domestic violence survivors everywhere in our county feel the impact. On average, 20 people per MINUTE in the U.S. are physically abused by an intimate partner (according to the National Institute of Health). We must harness this opportunity for national, state, and local conversations to start to provide increased support to survivors and address root causes to aid prevention. At Domestic Violence Solutions for Santa Barbara County, we work with survivors and their families every day and see firsthand the deep, often generational, trauma caused by domestic abuse. DVS is committed to ending this “silent pandemic” hidden in the shadows in our communities. While the trial and its proceedings plays out in public, it provides a chance to raise awareness and help the thousands of women and men suffering and sometimes dying in Santa Barbara County from domestic abuse each year. The trial may be larger than life, but the issues it raises around domestic violence, mental and physical abuse and trauma are painfully down to earth and all too common. You do not need to turn away from what has become the spectacle of this trial, but we ask you to start a conversation so that all people take personal responsibility for promoting zero tolerance for domestic violence. Marilyn Simon-Gersuk Executive Director Domestic Violence Solutions for Santa Barbara County Editor’s note: For more information, go to www. dvsolutions.org.

Vote for Brown, Quaid, Stoker am supporting three Irepresentatives candidates as elected in our area.

The first is Bill Brown. He has been the sheriff of Santa Barbara County for four terms and is seeking a fifth. If there were a compelling reason to replace him, I would for someone else, but Sheriff Brown runs a tight ship and delivered on his promise to build and staff the North County jail. Michele Weslander Quaid, an Independent and newcomer to politics, is running to represent the 24th Congressional District. New leadership is needed in this district because the incumbent, who is otherwise a nice guy, has supported the damaging policies of his party blindly without considering the future impacts. This has led to unprecedented inflation, loss of purchasing power for those on fixed incomes and adverse economic impacts on low-income families. Mike Stoker is running to

represent the 37th Assembly District. His opponent has supported energy policies that will ultimately leave Californians in the dark; supported policies that raised gas/diesel prices that only increase the cost of everything you buy; supported environmental regulations that undermine the affordable housing market and otherwise failed miserably to support the needs of those on fixed incomes and low-income families. Yes, changes are needed in some cases, and sticking with incumbents who produce results is appropriate in others. Ron Fink Lompoc

Protecting our children nce again, there was a O horrific school shooting, this time in Uvalde, Texas. As

a nation, we spend billions of dollars protecting others around the world, but what are we doing to protect our children in America? It is time for a united front, including teachers, schools, politicians, parents and mental health experts to work together to solve this problem. Important questions need to be addressed. Why have we not hardened security at our schools by having an armed resource or security guard, fences and only one entrance? Do the schools in Santa Barbara, Carpinteria and Goleta do this? Wouldn’t these actions make a shooter think twice before going to any school? And what about taking the mental health issue of students and social media threats more seriously? The deceased shooter in Texas was ranting all over the social media. If you see something, say something. Finally, why not use some of the COVID school funds and union school funds to make schools safer? In Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest budget, $128 billion is being allocated for K-12. Why not use some of it, especially since school enrollment has shrunk in California? Going forward, we all need to unite to solve this complicated issue. Politicizing it will lead to failure and more shootings. Our children are our future, and they deserve better. Don Thorn Carpinteria

How can you look the other way? scared for our country, for Ihasam our historic democracy, which enabled us to lead the world

and for the blindness I sense in a good majority or our political population. I just can’t fathom how people can support and seek support from a person of such obvious low and immoral character. Yes, I am talking about President Donald Trump and his toxic influence running rampant in our federal government. He and his followers have been proven to: lie, cheat, abuse women, corrupt systems to serve their own needs, sow hatred and fire all those who don’t agree with them. Please, people, don’t look the other way and condone this deceiving character.. Please vote into our leadership men and women with integrity who will stand for truth and justice for all! Bonnie Wolf Santa Barbara

Talking in circles atching the immediate TV W coverage of the Uvalde incident was a suffocating

experience. All the empty questions constituted a metaphor for the decades-long failed approach to the prevention of hate, violence and mental illness. Where will the FBI fly in from? What was the role of the border police? Has the president been briefed? Who will the FBI agents question, and what will they ask? What about the shooter’s social media postings? What was his motive? What did witnesses and neighbors see and think? How many shots did neighbors hear? How are people finding out their child or teacher is OK? Why do active shooter incidents continue to grow? How sad it is for parents who won’t be able to drop a child off to school any longer. Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk. In all of this, no one was prepared with a single word about what the story of democracy says can be done to make things better. Here’s one. The people can make some laws to suit themselves in the states. The people must show some willpower there, or anything the federal government can do will be reversed before long. Kimball Shinkoskey Woods Cross, Utah Former Goleta resident

Dr. Susan Salcido

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Salcido hasn’t helped our schools n case you didn’t know, Iteacher, Christy Lozano, a longtime is running against the

current Santa Barbara County superintendent of schools, Susan Salcido. Because there hasn’t been a competitive race for this elective office in 40 years, very few people have ever heard of the Santa Barbara County Education Office, and even fewer know much about Susan Salcido and her record as county superintendent. Admittedly, this agency is not well understood in California. They do not run the local school districts or directly interact with students and parents in the community. Instead, they perform administrative functions for the local school districts, as well as specific oversight functions with respect to their budgets and local funding for minority students and English language learners. They also provide grants to a number of nonprofits that work with children in some capacity. Ms. Salcido was handpicked by her predecessor, William Cirone, who had occupied the position for over 30 years. I would say it’s probably no accident that during his tenure as superintendent, Please see LETTERS on C4

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Gun or powder

oy, do we continue to spiral down the political toilet. Our president lumps in one hundred million or more law-abiding gun owners with a group of mentally deranged murderers. If these horrendous shootings aren’t portrayed as racist, they’re portrayed as gun supporters who don’t care about human lives. In every instance, Democrats and President Joe Biden use these tragic shootings not to understand why they’re happening but use them for one thing only: How can they benefit from it? The shootings, as horrific as they are, cannot and will never be stopped by backslapping politicians putting more restrictions on guns. And as horrific as these senseless killings are, they pale in comparison with another kind of murder taking place every minute of every day; drug overdose. When President Biden went to Buffalo to speak with the grieving families and perform his presidential duties, he couldn’t leave politics out of it. When he spoke of Texas, he lumped sincere Americans as sharing in the murders. However, when the Mexican border is wide open bringing forth a river of death in the form of fentanyl, he turns his back. He can go to Asia but can’t view first-hand the crisis of his doing on our own border. We can spend a fortune giving money away to other countries, but we can’t spend a dime protecting our own kids by building a wall. If President Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris or Speaker Nancy Pelosi or Rep. Adam Schiff or Sen. Chuck Schumer would dedicate a tenth of their efforts toward the deaths on our streets caused by drugs, it might show they’re paying attention, but they’re not. There’s zero political advantage advertising their absolute lack of leadership. I heard a stat two people a day are dying in San Francisco alone. And we’ve all seen the number that more than 107,000 lost souls passed away last year from overdose. That’s about one American every five minutes. And it’s expected to go up another 30% this year. You can do the math. These poor fellow Americans can’t even warrant having their names recognized because they died with the help of their government. They’re like the unknown soldiers of the American landscape, and their deaths are swept into the gutter on the streets of our Capital. By contrast, as bad and as rapidly violent as our cities have become, the numbers don’t come close to death by powder. As always, stats can be a moving target, but in round numbers, about 40,000 Americans died by guns in 2021. But over half — some say even as high as 70% of that number — were suicides, the highest in the world. What does that say about Please see SCHULTE on C4

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Sabotaging America’s military from within

year ago this month, a comparison of military recruitment ads from China, Russia and the U.S. went viral on social media. Our foreign competitors wooed their potential enlistees with muscular appeals to national pride and protection of the traditional nuclear family. A U.S. Army promotional campaign, by contrast, featured a pastel-hued cartoon depiction of a female soldier named “Emma” who marched in a gay pride parade with her two mothers and became a soldier to “shatter some stereotypes.” Wokeness is a terminal cancer in our armed forces, eroding the foundational bones of its honorbound institutions and ravaging the core values of generations of America’s frontline fighters. Integrity, honor, personal courage, excellence and commitment to truth have been subjugated to the progressive false gods of diversity, equity and inclusion. Who needs outside threats to our troops when the most lethal saboteurs are embedded inside the bowels of our own Pentagon and service academies? “Diversity,” of course, is exclusively defined by selective skin color and politically correct pronouns. “Equity” is a farce if you are white, male, Christian and patriotic. “Inclusion” is a grand

illusion. undermining informed consent (as Nowhere are these toxic determined by courts that ordered realities more clearly illustrated the suspension of the military’s than in the American military anthrax vaccine mandate in 2004). bureaucracy’s vindictive witch “I could not dirty my conscience” hunt against our best and brightest by obeying an unlawful order soldiers, Marines, sailors, airmen undergirded by “deception and and Coasties who have dishonesty,” Mr. Suess told resisted the COVID-19 me. jab. Mr. Suess and his fellow “I’m frustrated,” Air objectors were left in Force Academy cadet the dark about their fate Nathan Suess told me until last week, when the on Monday in Colorado Academy publicly outed Springs, Colo., as he and humiliated the quartet braced for punishment Michelle Malkin — threatening to force and retaliation during them to reimburse their graduation week. tax-subsidized tuition The 21-year-old civil engineering (upwards of $200,000) and denying major is one of four seniors who them military commissions. The objected to the COVID-19 vaccine Air Force Academy, increasingly because of their deeply-held infiltrated by radical leftists religious beliefs — as well as on who require critical race theory irrefutable scientific and legal brainwashing and subsidize grounds. pagan, witch and Wiccan worship Mr. Suess quietly filed his on campus, is the only one of the religious exemption request last military academies imposing such fall as a “devout follower of God,” draconian penalties. citing aborted fetal cell lines The self-described “Navy used to develop the shots; the brat” from a family with three low mortality rate among young, generations of veterans believes healthy active-duty personnel; “critical thinking is imperative for more than 600,000 adverse officers.” Joining the Air Force vaccine reactions reported was Mr. Suess’ “biggest high school to the government, including goal.” But he now feels “ostracized” permanent heart damage among and betrayed by leaders who have young men; and the illegality of “made everything up on the spot” mandating experimental vaccines in defense of sham science and not fully approved by the Food unconstitutional orders. “This is and Drug Administration and tyranny at its finest,” he lamented

as he packed his bags recently, but he vows to fight it on behalf of other peers. “We do not swear an oath to obey our leaders,” Mr. Suess declared defiantly. “The Constitution always comes before military mandates.” Mr. Suess is not alone. As a federal judge in Texas ruled in January in halting punishment for 35 Navy special ops members who refused the COVID-19 shots, “There is no military exclusion from our Constitution ... There is no COVID-19 exception to the First Amendment.” And just this week, a secretive Navy Administrative Board ruled unanimously that Lt. Col. Bill Moseley, a Navy weapons specialist with 22 years of activeduty service, was not guilty of “misconduct” for refusing to obey a direct order to submit to the COVID-19 jab because of his religious objections. Conveniently, the full ruling is hidden by a convoluted military process that only discloses results when dissenters’ challenges fail. But Lt. Col. Moseley’s attorney, R. Davis Younts (who himself served 12 years active-duty in the Air Force and in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps), was able to tell me last week that “it was very clear that the board had legitimate concerns about the lawfulness of the order and whether the vaccine mandate was reasonably necessary

to accomplish” the Navy’s mission. “We are supposed to be freethinking and use our discretion. We are legally bound to challenge unlawful orders.” Mr. Younts, a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force reserves, is now defending more than 50 military clients fighting to protect their faith. He has filed his own religious exemption request from the COVID-19 shots as well. “This is a very personal fight for me,” he revealed, and “it’s not just about the vaccine ... It’s a very difficult time in the military today for people of Christian faith who hold to Biblical teachings.” In a sane and self-respecting sovereign nation, wise, brave, Godfearing, independent-minded warriors like USAFA cadet Nathan Suess, Navy Lt. Col. Bill Moseley and military defense lawyer R. Davis Younts would be celebrated and promoted, not spurned. But in woke, broke America, our military no longer liberates the oppressed. It oppresses the liberated. And all our enemies laugh mightily at our self-inflicted civilizational wounds. Michelle Malkin’s email address is michellemalkinInvestigates@ protonmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www. creators.com.

Reflecting on Memorial Day and veterans

emorial Day, which will be celebrated Monday, is cause for contemplation as well as ceremonies. Parades featuring people in uniform — those currently serving, those who have served, and others who protect us — should always be welcome. Military uniforms remind us of the roles of war in our Arthur I. history — and Cyr our present. From ancient times, parades have been vital to the reintegration of warriors into society. War is profoundly disruptive and disturbing as well as dangerous. Even the rare man who finds combat invigorating and rewarding is in severe need of returning home after the killing ends. Homer, chronicler of the Trojan War, is extremely sensitive to this. The great classic is divided into two parts. “The Iliad” focuses on the fighting and related associations involving Greeks and Trojans. “The Odyssey” describes the very long voyage home of Greek leader Ulysses and his men. They traverse allegorical geography, struggling to put the horrors behind them. Gen. George S. Patton Jr., a great American combat leader, was extremely mindful of this dimension. A special ceremony in the Los Angeles Coliseum after the surrender of Nazi Germany featured Patton and Gen. James Doolittle, who led the first air raid on Tokyo not long after Pearl Harbor. Patton celebrated the accomplishments of his Third Army in the victorious drive across Europe. In honoring his troops, he stressed in particular the 40,000 who lost their lives. Patton made such statements regularly in the few

Government delays flights

lanning to fly this summer? Good luck. Delays are up. Cancellations, too. Why? Because of the pilot shortage. A pilot shortage? How can this be? Flying is a popular job. Some people fly small planes just for fun. Why aren’t there enough commercial pilots? Because the government passed another dumb law. In 2009, after a Colgan Air crash near Buffalo, N.Y., killed 50 people, Congress decided that airlines could only hire aspiring commercial pilots who already had lots of flight time. Instead of 250 hours, now they have to have 1,500 hours! “That never made any sense,” says current commercial airline pilot Tracy Price in my new video. The sixfold increase wouldn’t have prevented the Colgan crash. Those pilots had many more than 1,500 hours of flight time. The pilot had 3,379; the co-pilot, 2,244. That didn’t matter to the politicians. “We need to improve pilot training, address flight crew hours and service,” said Sen. Frank Lautenberg. Demanding more pre-hire flight time discouraged people from trying to become pilots. It had “the effect of pulling up the ladder,” says Capt. Price. Few people have the time or money to get 1,500 hours in the air before they can even apply for a job. The number of certified pilots fell even as flight demand increased. The pilots’ unions didn’t object. “Fewer applicants means higher pay,” explains Capt. Price. I say to Capt. Price, “This rule is good for you!” “Great for me (and other) professional pilots,” he replies. “If you believe in freedom though, it’s a bit of an issue.” The union blamed the pilot shortage on poor pay at regional airlines, so I push back at Capt. Price, “Some of these regional airlines were paying pilots as little as $21,000 a year.” “(But) there was no shortage of applicants!” Capt. Price responds. “Plenty of people were willing to take fairly low pay and live with roommates for a year or two to gain that really valuable jet experience.” Today’s required 1,500 hours doesn’t even create better pilots. Actual pilots get Please see STOSSEL on C4

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Roe v. Wade and religious beliefs

he right to life is a human principle. Being against abortion is a religious principle As an ex-monk, I have, perhaps, a different perspective on abortion than people who are against it. First, I can’t imagine that anyone thinks abortion is a good method of birth control, especially women who have had abortions. However, I believe the assertion that all abortions are evil is a religious belief, not a human belief. My religious history brought me to this conclusion. I was brought up in a strict Catholic family. I was taught, and believed, that it was a sin, to: 1. Have sex inside of marriage if you were doing it simply for pleasure and not for procreation. 2. Use birth control. 3. Have sex outside of marriage or solitarily. 4. Even wishing to have sex with someone, without actually doing it! This is probably what President Jimmy Carter was referring to when he said that he sinned because he “lusted” in his heart.

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I suspect this list may seem like On the other hand, the a fantasy to some readers, to those legislatures of Texas, Oklahoma who live outside of that belief and Idaho have decided that you system. However, others may can abort a fetus up to six weeks actually hold all of these beliefs. after conception, but after that The underlying question it’s a crime. Florida and is: Where do you draw the Kentucky legislatures line? Are all four wrong, have decreed that the or just the last twp, etc.? sacred line is 15 weeks I was lucky to become after conception. Many a monk because it states now have “trigger helped me to examine laws” that would ban all fundamental questions abortion. that many ordinary Roe v. Wade says the Frank Christians never think cutoff period is viability, Sanitate about or don’t choose which was about 28 to look into. As one digs weeks at the time of that The author deeper, in church or lives in Santa decision. The judges society, the question didn’t just pull this cutoff Barbara gradually shifts from, out of the air or scripture. “Where do you draw They picked it out of the line?” to “Who gets to draw human common sense. It is when the lines — you or your church a fetus has a 50% or more chance leader?” of living outside its mother’s body. Concerning abortion, where Advances in technology now make do you draw the line? Those who it earlier than 28 weeks. are not bound by religious belief That is why I say the backlash would probably draw a line at against Roe v. Wade comes from “viability.” That is, if a fetus/baby a religious belief, not a human could survive outside the womb, belief. If it were a human belief, it ought not to be aborted. I agree we wouldn’t have the different because it makes human sense to arbitrary numbers saying when me, regardless of what the pope or abortion should be or should any other religious teachers say. not be legal. If we come from a

human belief, Roe v. Wade already decided it. Viability is a fact, not a belief. To punish a woman who has made a mistake or has been raped, by making her life much harder, is a religious belief, not a human belief. Why is it so hard to challenge and change a religious belief? The answer my life enabled me to come up with is that if you challenge one religious belief, all the rest can be challenged as well. Intuitively, you fear that your entire belief structure might be in danger of collapsing. Better to not challenge any religious belief! Theologian Paul Tillich wrote a book entitled “The Shaking of the Foundations.” This title seems to capture the fear that I am talking about, the fear of asking fundamental questions that may lead to questioning the whole structure of your religious belief. Mr. Tillich also wrote a book entitled “The Courage to Be.” The second title seems to capture the journey I have been taking in my life. I have been fortunate enough to question beliefs that others have given me, and to choose to

live by what seem to me to be good human principles those applicable to everybody. I haven’t read either of Mr. Tillich’s books, so I am sharing my thoughts, not his. I think he would say, though, that I got the point of both titles. Finally, I said that the right to life is a human principle. Saying that life begins at conception, however, is not rational. It is not as if an egg and a sperm are not alive when they come together. Even if that premise were true, why is it OK to abort a fetus up to six weeks in Texas, but up to 15 weeks in Florida? Who gets to draw the line — and why? I’m sure Supreme Court justices, six of whom are Catholic, tell themselves that they are reasoning from human principles, not religious principles. They should reconsider. If they don’t uphold Roe v. Wade, they will be shaking a foundation of the Supreme Court itself, that it is founded on human rather than religious principles. Frank Sanitate is an ex-monk and a writer who lives in Santa Barbara.

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It took the FDA two months to interview the whistleblower ZEPKE

Continued from Page C1 within 10 months. Here is how President Biden is handling the much simpler problems faced by all adult parents: feeding your baby. The problems with the lack of baby formula, as with gasoline, is not only President Biden’s failure to ensure an adequate supply, but also all the false narratives from Mr. Biden. For example, in May 2022, President Biden saying “we took action as soon as we knew of the problem” was immediately contradicted by his team. OK, they altered this administration’s “word games” by not calling the statement a “gaffe” or say they’re “walking it back.” Instead, they played their new game of starting with “As the president said,” hoping followers of CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS AND NBC will not notice that they actually are contradicting him. When did the problem begin? The baby formula could be said to have begun on Jan. 20, 2021 (Biden’s Inauguration day) when he appointed Janet Woodcock as acting head of the Food and Drug Administration, whose qualifications for ensuring the safety of our food and drugs included her approving OxyContin for children 11-16 without even consulting the FDA advisory committee. This administration had so little interest in our food

and rugs that it left her in place until Feb. 17, 2022 when Robert Califf became the head of the FDA, who immediately asked: Where were the FDA inspections of the Abbott facility? It took the FDA two months to even interview the whistleblower at Abbotts before Abbott selfidentified a health issue manufacturing baby formula and shut its Sturgis, Mich. plant until it could fix it. I don’t know the details, but I can say that when Campbells Soup had a similar problem in its Paris, Texas, plant, it treated it so urgently that the head of quality control — Charles Trombold, my stepfather — was called back from vacation to immediately fix it. And he did. Abbotts had the same type of incentives, which makes delays from February to the projected mid-June sound unreasonable. Since FDA approval is necessary to renew operations: Is this why Mr. Califf asked about the lack of inspections? Remember there are only four manufacturers. The FDA reports to Xavier Becerra, the secretary of Health and Human Services, who is best known for unsuccessfully trying to bog down the Trump administration by suing them more than 50 times as attorney general of California. Both Mr. Bacerra and Mr. Califf contradicted President Biden by saying they not only had been aware but also had been working

on a solution for months. Democrats in Congress tried to cover for the administration’s failures by saying that there are only four companies making formulas and calling it an antitrust issue. They went with that explanation despite the fact that under previous administrations, there were no shortages. In the blame game, the Federal Trade Commission is ignoring the lack of problems under President Trump and is investigating whether mergers caused the problem. The administration remained mute on the Fox news reports including videos showing pallets stacked up at our southern border for the Border Patrol to distribute to the illegals instead of patrolling the border, under the federal program Women, Infants and Children. After much delay and reports of sick and dying American babies as many areas had less than 50% of the formula needed, the president, to quote Mr. Hudland, “a little bit late” authorized the military to fly in formula from Europe that would help, but not solve, the problem. Notice the Biden team chose to study crickets instead of admitting that the European supplies were only going to hospitals and not consumers. Following the pattern described in my article “Biden campaign promises” (May 22, News-Press), President Biden is sending $25 million to Europe for quality

control. That’s instead of correcting the mistakes at the FDA. The president searched for ways to talk about climate change while parents were desperately searching for ways to feed their babies. Of course, the president did not mutter any timetable and on talk shows his team gave the vague statement that the problem would continue for a little while. Abbotts calculated that it would be a month to a month and a half, making it early July, before the earliest date that its supply might be available. This means in the five months from mid-February until at least July even if parents could afford the ever increasing price of gasoline to drive around in search of formula, they would have to replace the bed time feedings with stories of how great their lives would be in 50 or so years under climate change. Sadly, this administration having the “the adults in charge” not only qualifies for the Irony Hall of Fame but also for the Hall of Shame. Brent E. Zepke is an attorney, arbitrator and author who lives in Santa Barbara. Formerly he taught at six universities and numerous professional conferences. He is the author of six books: “One Heart-Two Lives,” “Legal Guide to Human Resources,” “Business Statistics,” “Labor Law,” “Products and the Consumer” and “Law for Non-Lawyers.”

California is a partly desert, coastal state DONOVAN

Continued from Page C1 California is in the middle of protracted droughts that have become worse with time and will become even more dangerous. Our major reservoirs are at historic lows in water levels. Our ancient water aquifers are being depleted of their stores of water at an increasing rate, as more and deeper wells are used to extract water that cannot be replenished because of inadequate rain and snowmelt. Surface water supplies from rivers and lakes are being restricted for the same reasons. The mighty Colorado River can no longer supply the water needs of the seven Western states and Northern Mexico that have been drawing water supplies from it for many decades. Now, restrictions on taking water from it are in place. Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, 112 miles long, and with a depth

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Continued from Page C1 “It would be possible,” Originator-1 explains, “to fill out a sales form on two websites, faking the other company’s email address in each form” and thereby cause them “to appear to communicate with each other.” Originator-1 then concluded: “If Tech Executive-1 can take the *inference* we gain through this team exercise … then work to develop even an inference may be worthwhile.” “Let’s for a moment think of the best-case scenario,” he continued, “where we are able to show (somehow) that DNS [Director of National Security] communication exists between Trump and Russia. How do we plan to defend against the criticism that this is not spoofed traffic we are observing?

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California went from having one of the top school systems in the United States to one of the worst. During Mr. Cirone and Dr. Salcido’s time in office, the performance of our Santa Barbara schools have suffered grievously, to the point where the majority of our students lack basic reading, writing and math skills. You would be hard-pressed to cite any accomplishments of Dr. Salcido during her time in office as school superintendent. Interestingly, since she learned she had an opponent, she has begun to talk about low test scores and the poor academic outcomes of our students. The only problem is I have scoured all her speeches and the 30 or so articles she has written as superintendent, and not once have I found a single reference to the poor performance of our schools or what she would do to reverse this sorrowful showing. In recent interviews with the media, she has had a

capacity of 532 feet at its deepest point, is now so low in the water that bodies dumped in the lake decades ago are becoming visible on the bottom. The second-largest reservoir, Lake Powell is also severely low in water level. Did You Know? has mentioned this issue numerous times, but we cannot allow this looming danger to pass, without again emphasizing the urgent need for statewide action. Drinkable water, above all else, is the most precious, and the only resource necessary, to sustain every form of life. Its value is incalculable. Its loss is destruction and death. We looked to find global comparisons for solutions in California, which is a partly desert, coastal state with a population of 39.5 million people and an established pattern of droughts and depletion of water sources, with only 12 desalination plants (including the one in Santa Barbara). Australia is, in many ways, comparable to California with

a partly desert topography and a long coastline. It has a population of 25.75 million and 30 desalination plants, with more planned. Every major city has a desalination plant. Saudi Arabia is largely desert in topography with a considerable coastline. The population of Saudi Arabia is 35.34 million with 33 desalination plants. In other parts of the world, water desalination from the oceans is becoming the essential backup supply for drinking water as natural water sources are declining because of the effects of climate change. What do Australia and Saudi Arabia know that the California state government does not? Could desal plants reduce the threat of sealevel- rise? The current MO is of local municipalities negotiating with statewide bureaucracies for water, which affects the very survival of their constituents. DYK asks why the state of California does not have

an integrated, statewide, decentralized, strategy and plans for protecting our population of 40 million from foreseeable deadly droughts and the havoc wrought on our economy? The strategy should address reduced water usage, especially using potable water for irrigation, increased water recycling, significantly increased water capture and storage from rain and snowmelt runoff and major increases in drinking water creation by desalination of brackish waters, of ocean waters and from air humidity capture. It is up to all of us to petition the governor for long-term solutions. Restricting water usage has been the only strategy of successive governors for years. This one needs to do his job or resign in favor of a more competent leader.

There is no answer to that. Let’s assume again they (investigative reporters and security experts) are not smart enough to refute our ‘best case’ scenario.” Tech Executive-1 interrupts: “You do realize,” he says, “that we will have to expose every trick we have in our bag to even make a very weak association? Let’s all reflect upon that for a moment … The only thing that drives us at this point is that we just do not like Trump. This will not fly in (the) eyes of public scrutiny. Folks, I am afraid we have tunnel vision. Time to regroup?” Mr. Durham’s indictment cites that: “SUSSMANN continued to bill time on these matters to the Clinton Campaign.” Later, the team leader brags about the white paper having “smartly” avoided discussing weaknesses or “holes” in the

paper’s hypothesis: “A DNS expert would poke several holes to this hypothesis (primarily around visibility, about which very smartly you do not talk about). That being said, I do not think even the top security (non-DNS) researchers can refute your statements.” “Nice!” In other words, no one would be smart enough to realize that the entire collusion narrative was fraudulent. Even the most hardened of Democrats should be ashamed and unnerved by these revelations. Former President Trump had no connection with Russian President Vladimir Putin. There was no “collusion” between the 2016 Trump for President campaign and anyone in Russia, president or otherwise. We do know, however, that collusion took place between the 2016 Hillary for

President campaign and Russian interlopers. Because President Trump exposed the Russia collusion/ Steele dossier gambit as the dirty political trick that it was, the Democratic Party impeached him for it. “Obstruction of justice” charges were leveled against the president for calling a hoax a hoax. No one should wonder why some of us continue to believe that the 2020 election was indeed a sham and that President Trump should still be President Trump.

divine revelation that student achievement must improve. Mind you, she is discovering this in an election year. Too bad her musings on this all-important topic are confusing to say the least. She complains that as county school superintendent, she doesn’t have the power to help our schools improve their academic performance. However, in the same sentence, she also claims she is working on it. She contends that she has applied for literacy grants, but there is no record of the county education office ever having done this, even though seven other counties have applied for and received $5 million grants. Other counties are running college prep high schools for educationally disadvantaged students or vocational high schools for students not on a college track. There are even counties operating schools for the arts or with specific literacy programs for students who can’t read. What you won’t find in our county is anything even remotely similar to this. Also troubling is that none

of the $100 million the county education office has at its disposal is specifically used to fund programs that will raise student test scores. Even though the county spends little or no money for literacy, literally millions of dollars are being spent on travel to attend conferences, dues and memberships to various associations, communications and consulting services. Unfortunately, transparency doesn’t seem to be a priority at this agency, since the budget does not provide any detail beyond these broad categories. Tens of millions of dollars are going to nonprofits, but good luck trying to identify who they are. What is Dr. Salcido’s solution for the 25% chronic absentee rate in our schools or the doubling of mental health referrals and the exponential increase in student drug use after the state closed our schools for 18 months? So far Dr. Salcido isn’t telling us. Did she urge the local districts to apply for waivers to open their schools during the year and a half they

were closed, the longest of any school districts in the entire country? No, she didn’t. It is very revealing that in the many letters to the editor in several newspapers, including in this one, various people speak in laudatory terms about her personality. Dr. Salcido is wellliked and has demonstrated she gets along well with her colleagues. And while this is not insignificant, it is equally compelling that no one is able to point to anything she has done in her years in office that has made a difference in the performance of our schools. The bottom line is that Dr. Salcido has not demonstrated the aptitude, vision or creativity to produce the results we are sorely lacking in our schools. If she hasn’t been able to improve our schools in the nearly four years she has been superintendent, why would anyone think this will change in the next four years? It’s not. Please vote for a better future for our children. Their lives depend on it. Lou Segal Santa Barbara

Bonnie Donovan writes the “Did You Know?” column in conjunction with a bipartisan group of local citizens. It appears Sundays in the Voices section.

James Buckley is a longtime Montecito resident. He welcomes questions or comments at jimb@ substack.com. Readers are invited to visit jimb.substack.com, where Jim’s Journals are on file. He also invites people to subscribe to Jim’s Journal.

CYR

Continued from Page C3 months remaining of his own life. In World War II, peoples liberated from Axis occupation welcomed Allied troops. Understandably, our media gave special emphasis to this dimension. The Korean War created very strong bonds between the U.S. and the people as well as the very effective military of South Korea. The first Gulf War liberated an oppressed population. The Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan wars were different. During Vietnam, the Pentagon urged, sometimes ordered, personnel to practice public anonymity. Opposition to the war became hostility to our own military. There was no collective welcome home. Many aging veterans of that war suffer without a Ulysses, troubled – and troublesome, sometimes criminally. The Afghanistan and Iraq war controversy did not target our military. Visits to Washington D.C. provide reminders of the visibility of the uniformed military, especially on public transportation. President Richard Nixon’s decisive end of the military draft was crucial in the change. However, often rapid rotation of personnel back to overseas missions is unfair as well as counterproductive. Enormous psychological strains join physical danger, and families suffer heavily. The all-professional military

is segregated from wider society. This in turn facilitates frequent personnel rotation overseas, a problem that developed destructively during the Clinton administration. The military remains a vital engine for equality and opportunity. Gen. Colin Powell and many others demonstrate the point. Gen. Powell, from modest origins, achieved the most senior civilian and military posts in our government. Gen. Powell noted he experienced discrimination in the South, but never on post. Our military emphasizes merit. Memorial Day provides the opportunity to recognize commitment to fairness. Encourage veterans to run for office. We won the Cold War in part because members of the World War II generation also served in government. Every U.S. president from Harry Truman through George H.W. Bush was a veteran. Today, things are starkly different. What we need, above all, is the sort of sensible realism women and men who served would bring to policy. Learn more from “Patton – A Genius for War,” by Carlo D’Este and the film “Patton.” Arthur I. Cyr is author of “After the Cold War - American Foreign Policy, Europe and Asia” (NYU Press and Palgrave/Macmillan). He is also the director of the Clausen Center at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisc., and a Clausen Distinguished Professor. He welcomes questions and comments at acyr@carthage.edu.

The Left clings like a tick going after guns SCHULTE

Continued from Page C2 our country? I’m not sure, but those self-inflicted deaths also don’t seem to warrant worthy headlines because it just doesn’t make for grandiose newscasts. When President Biden was sworn in, he promised he was going to unite the country. We’ve never been more split. And when I say Mr. Biden, I’m tossing out a big net that includes most Democrats and the woke establishment who got us into this mess we’re drowning in today. For whatever reason, Democrats and the woke think going after guns gives them cred. What was the first thing Ukraine did when Russia invaded? They handed out guns to the people! For so many years the Democrats blame guns for the violence. They don’t blame the violent people for using the guns. They also don’t take blame for being responsible for allowing criminals to spin themselves dizzy going through the revolving door to recommit more crimes. And they certainly are failing miserably to focus on the much larger issue consuming our country like a MRSA virus, drugs. Drugs don’t care if it’s a child, a woman, a homeless person, a black person, a white person, an Asian person or a Swede. The Left clings like a tick going after guns from decent people but won’t take drugs away from the criminals. When I was growing up, I know of kids who were sent to prison for 15 years for one joint. Today you can shoot up heroin right in front of a cop. Selling pot in the “old” days was a risky business. You could

actually go to jail. Today you can have a pop-up on a street corner and run your tax-free drug operation in broad daylight. And should you actually be arrested, you’ll be on the street, with the no-bail folly, and back in business to catch the evening trade. I don’t really know what China’s long game plan is, but to take America down by force would not be in their best interest. We make everything there. Maybe the goal is to allow us to slowly eat ourselves up from the inside and then waltz on over and turn us into them. After all, half in our own government are socialists and already think that way. Maybe that’s one of the motives why China continues to kill Americans by supplying the cartels with fentanyl. The other reason is likely money. There must be billions to be made murdering our young people. If President Biden wants to act presidential and compassionate, then he should start visiting the thousands upon thousands of families to console all the loved ones he’s indirectly responsible for slaughtering with his open border strategy. If there has ever been a greater dereliction of duty and placing the country in a more dangerous state, it’s to aid and abet China and Mexico by jeopardizing our national security. For that reason alone, he should either quietly resign (and take Vice President Harris with him) or be immediately impeached. Placing America in impending danger by far checks off the box of “high crimes and misdemeanors.” Henry Schulte welcomes questions or comments at hschulteopinions@gmail.com.

Airlines don’t want to kill their customers STOSSEL

Continued from Page C3 trained in simulators today. The computerized cockpit gives them more useful experience than unsupervised hours of hobby flying. In fact, those hours may leave pilots less prepared. “Flight time does not equal experience,” Faye Black of the Regional Airline Association told Congress. “We waste a lot of time in training, breaking bad habits pilots acquire while trying to quickly get to 1,500 hours.” The politicians ignored her. That’s not surprising. Once government creates new rules, those rules tend to live forever. Many are just unnecessary. Airlines don’t want to kill their customers, and pilots don’t want to kill themselves, so they selfregulate. The last fatal commercial airline crash was 13 years ago. Flying is much safer than driving,

biking, and taking a bus or train. “Safer than any mode of conveyance ever, including walking,” says Capt. Price. But politicians believe that if they’re not passing more rules, they’re not doing their job. So expect more flight delays this summer. “I spend a lot more time than I want to making announcements to people apologizing for being late,” says Capt. Price. “We should be looking for ways to expand the availability of airline travel to more people so more people can take advantage of this amazingly safe way to get from A to B.” John Stossel is creator of Stossel TV and author of “Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com. Copyright 2022 BY JFS Productions Inc.