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(that’s for Matt), and know-nothing clichés such as “standing up to The Man” on the other. Sam Phillips Camarillo (Editor’s Note: Thanks for reaching out, Sam, it does indeed appear that you had quite some time on your hands over the holidays. Let’s start with the obvious: My half-naked picture at the waterfall with my daughter in Laos was a close call and we ultimately went with it (we didn’t have any of me at the waterfall with clothes on, so that was sort of the best we could do). I’ve taken quite a ribbing for it – seriously – and have learned at least one lesson: Publishing myself topless isn’t worth it under any circumstances. You’ll see no more skin in this rag. Well…no more of my skin, anyway. You move on to bash my parental acumen for riding my other daughter around on the back of a bike in Luang Prabang. For the record, I did not sacrifice her safety for my own; neither of us is wearing a helmet. (There weren’t any to rent.) And trust me, riding a bike around sans protective gear in Laos is nothing when you consider that we’d spent the past seven months racing around Europe, South Africa, Nepal, India and Thailand without car seats (and often without seatbelts or even meaningful car doors – try an auto-rickshaw in Delhi). She was fine and I’d do it again. Hell, I haven’t crashed a bike since I lived in IV. Finally, leave Goleta Girl alone. The Montana folk to whom you refer may have indeed had ties to organized crime, but they stood up to systemic tyranny manifest under the then-quite powerful and draconian labor
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had some business to attend to in Santa Barbara recently and happened upon your paper at the Coffee Cat across from the courthouse. It was surprisingly upbeat and fun to read, unlike most free material I come across. So, since you folks seem intelligent, I’m taking the time to shoot off this e-mail over the holidays. I also have virtually nothing else to do, so I in fact have plenty of time. There are two observations I have, besides admiring the obvious care you’ve put into this product: 1) Editor-in-Chief, Matt Mazza? The first time I see him he’s stripped to the waist in a pond in Laos with his daughter and he’s all buffed out, which is I guess the reason he chose that particular photo. That’s okay as far as it goes, but then we see him later on a street in Luang Prabang riding a bicycle with his other daughter hanging on the back of the bike with her arms around him. Guess who’s wearing the safety helmet? If you chose Matt you would be correct sir. Mr. Mazza apparently thinks a lot of himself, but he should at the very least have insisted his daughter put the helmet on, as what good would it have done had he crashed the bike? It would not have played out well for the poor young soul with her legs dangling on the back. A message to Matt: put the damn helmet on your daughter next time (and keep on working out, it suits you). 2) Goleta Girl Jana Mackin is one heck of a writer. She has a way of drawing the reader into her world with asides, observations, and quirky non-sequiturs. However (rather than saying “but”), I do take issue with one of her comments. She wrote that she saw no difference between union goons burning down the company union building in downtown Butte, Montana and – I’m quoting here – “students and activists standing up to The Man and burning down the Bank of America in 1970…” Huh? Here’s my take on that: during the critical phase of union organizing (the 1920s and ‘30s), the organization most in position to advance its cause via intimidation and thuggery was… organized crime. And they did use those tactics and did take over many of the most powerful unions in the country. Apparently, such tactics are approved of by Ms. Mackin. As good a writer as she is, she also betrays her unreconstructed hippie version of life. I’m surprised she didn’t go all the way and use more favorite expressions of her compatriots of the day, such as “Off The Pig,” “Power To The People,” and other inanities. Otherwise, a terrific paper with fine writers and intelligent editors. Just stay away from public preening on the one hand
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