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Sep 15, 2017

Round 1: Campaign Winners and Losers

Willie Brown, California’s iconic guru of gut-punch politics, always drills candidates on the first rule of campaigning: Never forget to...

Dem Hal Conklin: My National Chairmanship of Anti-Choice Church Should Be "Irrelevant"

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Sep 14, 2017

Dem Hal Conklin: My National Chairmanship of Anti-Choice Church Should Be "Irrelevant"

A few weeks ago, Hal Conklin’s mayoral campaign heralded endorsements from several dozen Christian “faith leaders and members.” The press...

Salud Ranks #10 on House Race Watch List

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Sep 13, 2017

Salud Ranks #10 on House Race Watch List

The coolest online tool of political reporting to appear, in at least the last two or three days: an L.A. Times feature launched this...

Humanity for Habitat: 10 Candidates Trekking To First Campaign Forum on Housing

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Sep 13, 2017

Humanity for Habitat: 10 Candidates Trekking To First Campaign Forum on Housing

Bendy White noted a key political fact the other day that’s crucial to remember amid Santa Barbara’s roiling debate over housing. “This...

Mayoral Issues: The Fab Five on Immigration

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Sep 12, 2017

Mayoral Issues: The Fab Five on Immigration

Kelsey Brugger, burgeoning star reporter and national affairs correspondent for the Independent, has a new post up on their website...

Panel Talks Politics, Immigration and Pot -- Newsmakers Gabfest Returns to the Air

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Sep 10, 2017

Panel Talks Politics, Immigration and Pot -- Newsmakers Gabfest Returns to the Air

Josh thinks Cathy is a clear front-runner in the mayor’s race, while Tyler says Angel is rising and Jerry warns not to overlook the old...

Martinez Steps Down as Deckers Corp. Chair After Investor Criticizes Mayoral Run

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Sep 7, 2017

Martinez Steps Down as Deckers Corp. Chair After Investor Criticizes Mayoral Run

Mayoral candidate Angel Martinez has given up his post as Chairman of the Board of Goleta-based Deckers Outdoor Corp., the candidate...

Five Takeaways from Trump's Axing of DACA: Cathy and Salud Squarely in Spotlight

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Sep 6, 2017

Five Takeaways from Trump's Axing of DACA: Cathy and Salud Squarely in Spotlight

Politicians, educators and decent people in Santa Barbara, throughout California and the nation are scrambling to craft political and...

Angel Martinez Steals a March on TV Ads: Promises "I&#3

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Sep 5, 2017

Angel Martinez Steals a March on TV Ads: Promises "I&#3

Angel Martinez, whose biggest political problem is letting voters know he exists, is first off the line with 30-second spots in the...

Newsmakers with JR

Sep 4, 2017

Can a Republican Be Elected SB's Mayor?

At first glance, a Republican has exactly two chances of capturing the top job at Santa Barbara City Hall: minuscule and microscopic. The...

Jerry Roberts

Sep 3, 2017

Excloo: SB Wannabe Mayors Talk in Depth

As Santa Barbara voters in 2017 confront the most wide-open and consequential mayor’s race in years, there’s just one big hitch: “Two...

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