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Posted on May 24 at 1:49 p.m.
I've never heard of the scenario you describe, "pardallchewinggumspot." I don't believe it would be hard to prove, mainly because it would be impossible to pull off.
It is not surprising that Pappas Crawford-Hall found no evidence, because as you present it, the scam has no chance:
Step 1: Evil bought-off registration person substitutes their own handwriting for a qualified voter (whether turning in cards, or forms, I suppose).
Step 2. They keep track of those voter names and that voter's precinct, and remember how they forged the signature.
Step 3: Voting day;
-- (Small Band of Brigands theory)
They show up at various precincts, multiple times, signing for, and voting as someone else. They might even wear disguises as to not be recognized the fourth or fifth time.
Or ...
-- (Vast Network of Scofflaws gambit)
A huge group -- it would take well over a 1000 to fit with the Pappas Crawford-Hall fantasy -- of fakers show up to take away one vote for one person. So powerful is the voodoo Doreen Farr can do, do, that NONE of these cheaters have second thoughts, and to this day have not come forward to repent.
So we are left with a wide-spread subterfuge that somehow goes off without a hitch (or a snitch), and no precinct worker anywhere observes or reports this band of counterfeiters and their hinky ways.
Also, no actual voters within the district show up, while attempting to vote they have their votes cast out for non-matching signatures.
And of course, these actual, valid voters accept this disenfranchisement without a whimper because in general students are both meekly cooperative and easy to lead in any direction.
QED.
Posted on May 24 at 1:13 p.m.
I just took the trouble to look this up: In Shannon Kelley's roundup of local events "The Week" she (I suppose it was her) wrote:
PET PSYCHIC
5/19: 'Develop telepathic communication skills' at this *How To Talk To Animals* workshop with animal communicator Suzan Vaughn. And stop thinking sh!t about her or she'll know. Must pre-register. 9am to 1pm, Spiritualist Church of the Comforter. 1028 Garden Street. $59 Call 965, etc.
Pastor Clark should be damn happy the Independent publicizes their craven quackery in the first place.
Posted on May 23 at 6:07 p.m.
Woodsman is going easy on us this time. He has in past said the following (all of which checks out, by the way):
[Quoting from "Woodsman," October 25, 2011 ]:
"These are just the diseases they spread to humans, not counting the ones they spread to wildlife. Campylobacter Infection, Cat Scratch Disease, Coxiella burnetti Infection (Q fever), Cryptosporidium Infection, Dipylidium Infection (tapeworm), Hookworm Infection, Leptospira Infection, Plague, Rabies, Ringworm, Salmonella Infection, Toxocara Infection, Toxoplasma. [Centers for Disease Control, July 2010] Flea-borne Typhus and Tularemia can now also be added to that list.
"The plague:
http://outbreaknews.com/2011/07/29/co...
"Tularemia (rabbit-fever, transmissible to humans):
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/heal...
"Flea-borne Typhus:
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/co...
"Hookworm -- that shut down businesses in Miami:
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010...
"The most insidious being their Toxoplasma gondii parasite spread through their feces into all other animals and livestock. This is how it gets into meats and humans get it from undercooked meats, from cats roaming around stockyards and farms. Precisely where this health-department(?) wants these cats. This parasite not only changes the mind of the animal it invades (including the minds of humans, it being the cause of the crazy-cat-lady-cat-hoarders and TNR-advocates),
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplas...
http://wildlifeprofessional.org/blog/....
http://www.economist.com/node/16271339
http://healthland.time.com/2011/08/18...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/st...
"...but can even kill you any time during your life once you've been infected. It becomes a permanent lifetime parasite in your mind, ready to strike at any time that your immune system becomes compromised. It's now being linked to the cause of autism, schizophrenia, and brain cancers.
"Rabies is just one of the minor concerns. Having your cat vaccinated against rabies doesn't prevent it from bringing in a mouthful or claws full of fresh rabies virus every day to you or other animals after it shredded that rabid bat."
http://www.independent.com/news/2011/...
On Feral Cats
Posted on May 22 at 3:15 p.m.
No, "Botany," you said: "We have higher property tax revenues than any other state in the country yet we still can't make ends meet."
"Revenues' highest; check.
Also, California is the most populated state.
So, what can your statement mean?
-- That there is a big pot of money, AND a lot of people upon whom it must be spent. Hardly the damning claim you intended.
Maybe other states have more per person to spend -- and it turns out they do:
::: State and Local Property Tax Collections Per Capita, Fiscal Year 2009:
--- California is #15 at $1,465
--- New Jersey is #1 at $2,663
http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/...
Maybe you think -- and it seems like you do -- that California home owners are the most oppressively taxed in the U.S.?
Here's another cool chart for your edification:
:: Property Taxes on Owner-Occupied Housing
as Percentage of Median Home Value,by State Calendar Year 2010
-- California clocks in at #34, an effective rate of .78% (below the US median of 1.14%)
-- New Jersey, #1 at 2.01% -- almost 3 times our effective tax rates! (And again New Jersey beats us! )
http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/...
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All of this is to say, Mr. Botany, that your original statement -- without my generous interpretation -- is essentially meaningless.
Or, you intended to promote an entirely different idea, which was plainly wrong.
I'll leave it to you to solve your cognitive dissonance.
Posted on May 22 at 1:19 p.m.
'Botany' says: "I have to question the sanity of someone who says that being sixth on the most (state) taxed per capita is not high enough."
Again, wrong. No one said it's not high enough -- YOU SAID it was "the highest."
I accept your apology.
By the way, your timid statement "Our per capita costs are not quite the highest" is also significantly off-base (2009).
-- #30 California per pupil spending: $9,657
-- #1 New York annual per pupil spending: $18,126.
(You really should read the links I'm sharing). And these figures include "Employee benefits."
Posted on May 21 at 5:13 p.m.
I can't argue with your facts, wolverine (and billclausen); you did say "city."
I stand corrected as to the majority of city residents are renters.
The stats I relied on were for the County (as one of the measures, and the School districts themselves, do run outside the city limits), where the figures shift into a more typical mix of owners to renters:
-- County owner-occupied houses and condos: 76,579
-- Renter-occupied apartments: 60,043
Percentage of renters:
-- Santa Barbara county: 44%
-- California: 46%
Posted on May 21 at 3:24 p.m.
So, "loneranger" and "loonpt," you feel compelled to explain away and defend these two felons who:
-- stole an average of $45,000 from 27 different clients -- our friends and neighbors?
-- took that money and bought four houses, (which, no surprise, are now 'underwater,') further fraudulently fleecing other unsuspecting businesses?
-- unlike other downtown businesses, these shysters lied, ducked, and underpaid their share of taxes, while investing the extra cash in their 'lavish lifestyle.' (I wonder what disadvantage this put the law-abiding used auto dealers in the area?)
Posted on May 21 at 2:45 p.m.
"zappa" :
Two thumbs up for the use of 'brindlestiff.'
Posted on May 21 at 2:37 p.m.
What you are asking for, "MSSB" has been against the law since 1982.
You cannot bar students from public schools "based on their or their parents' or guardians' actual or perceived citizenship or immigration status."
http://www.scribd.com/full/55109196?a...
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Posted on May 24 at 10:02 p.m.
Evil hokum.
And the Independent should be condemning and exposing parasitic charlatans, who cash in on the fears and sorrow of other's misfortune, rather than promoting such opportunists.
On Laura Stinchfield