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8 – 15 | 2013
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Santa Barbara’s Online Magazine, Published Twice Daily
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Election Results by Sharon Byrne
Frank Hotchkiss and his wife, Sandi, are all smiles upon hearing election results at Endless Summer Bar Café.
Sharon Byrne is executive director for the Milpas Community Association, and currently serves on the Advisory Boards for the Salvation Army Hospitality House and Santa Barbara County Alcohol and Drug Problems.
Gregg Hart greeting supporters at Arch Rock Fish.
Chris Meagher (Press Secretary for Lois Capps, former Indy writer) and Mike McGrew on election night.
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Also encouraging was that two Indies, Lesley Wiscomb and Jason Nelson, picked up some solid endorsements and placed in that middle-of-the-pack spot. While this is slow progress for Indy hopefuls, it is actually progress in that they’re more able to compete now and become viable candidates, which hopefully will translate to victories someday.
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ou see it in the weepy eyes of the broken men and women hunched over little brown sacks of cheap alcohol on Milpas. But also in the flushed faces of the diamond clad set at nicer restaurants, chittering about their European excursions with Grey Goose martinis and bottles of cabernet. You likely won’t see those with shaky hands trying to load the next fix, or
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by Loretta Redd
he top three finishers were no surprise; neither was the mayor’s re-election. What was surprisingly interesting was the race to the death for 4th. There were only 340 votes separating the 4th place finisher from the 7th. The other interesting thing to emerge is that on the Democratic Party side, this was a showdown election between factions that have been quietly (or not) emerging over the past few years. The three camps: Party of Daraka = Democratic Central Committee Party of Lindaman = Schneider / White/ Landecker Party of Pritchett = Alley The verdict is that Party of Lindaman took it last night, landing two, actually, the top two in this election. Yes, Helene Schneider and Bendy White were endorsed by the Democratic Central Committee, but pretty much operated as their own Democratic party machine. And they did so quite effectively. This will likely lead to very interesting developments in the future, particularly around Lois Capps’ congressional seat.
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get the crack rock to light while hiding in the shadows behind a warehouse on Salsipuedes, not such a far cry from the Molly users in the dance club scene up the street. Oscar Wilde put it succinctly, “We’re all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. We’re numb to addiction in this nation. We spend billions and billions on police hours, SWAT teams, sniffing dogs, border agents, special equipment, DUI processing, drug trafficking. We tie up our courts and fill our prisons and beat our chests about how those nasty Mexican cartels are turning our borders into Swiss cheese with their tunnels and trucks and panga boats stuffed with drugs, while we alone are their customers.
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Loretta Redd’s diverse background includes being a psychologist, business owner, non-profit director, Air Force officer, writer, speaker, and executive coach. Loretta has served on several Santa Barbara city committees and has been a candidate for public office.
Semi-Official Election Results White Hart Hotchkiss Landecker Wiscomb Alley Nelson Jordan Cruz Kramer
8,788 7,746 6,522 5,577 5,427 5,420 5,237 1,705 1,202 575
18.23% 16.07% 13.53% 11.57% 11.26% 11.25% 10.87% 3.54% 2.49% 1.19%
Randy Rowse offers words of advice to a stoic Lesley Wiscomb while Sheila Lodge watches returns at Paradise Café. (Photo bomb!)
Second District Supervisor Janet Wolf joins in on the festivities at Arch Rock Fish.
David Landecker at Casa Blanca.