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Santa Barbara Current

Santa Barbara Current, James Fenkner, Jim Buckley
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About half of SBUSD students are not meeting grade-level standards in reading. In math, the ratio is closer to six in ten. That is not a talking point. That’s thousands of kids already playing catch-up through no fault of their own.

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Purely Political: RFK, Jr.

Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr., scion of America’s most illustrious Democrat political family, gave what I consider to be not only the finest speech from the podium of those presented at this year’s first-ever Mid-term Republican Convention...

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Supervisors Capps, Lee, and Hartmann Vote to Pollute

Q. Who are the real environmentalists?

A. Not Santa Barbara County’s three “liberal” Democrats.

This past week, the SB County Board of Supervisors, on a 3-2 vote, with Nelson and Lavagnino opposing, voted to proceed with banning all futur...

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The Perpetual Pismo Paradox

Oh, where to turn?

We’ve been having discussions lately about tar seeping up on our beaches. That’s what the Chumash called “pismo”… and they used it to waterproof their boats for centuries.

It occurs naturally.

And it has forever.

I re...

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She’s Gone Back Home

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The Demons of Addiction

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