Wolf, Secord Ready for Rematch in Race for 2nd District Supervisor

» sbrealitycheck on 03.14.10 @ 08:05 AM

Though it is tough for journalists to not invoke sports analogies, its important to keep in mind there is no “rematch” in the race for Supervisor. At least in the eyes of the voters, and the law, the 2006 race is over.  Most people have moved forward and realize that.

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» Overtaxed Taxpayer on 03.14.10 @ 11:50 AM

Wolf is a higher taxes bigger government union puppet, and thats bad for the rest of us who pay their salaries. Janet Wolf is also anti small business.

The people of Santa barbara made a big mistake, or the college kids vote?—anyway—Go Dan we need a business person in power that can say no, because we are 40 Million in the red..

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» sbrealitycheck on 03.14.10 @ 06:59 PM

What’s amazing but not surprising considering the push poll they did last week, is that the Secord spinners demonstrate by each comment that they have not done their homework.  Motivated obviously by sore loser ego, misplaced tea party bitterness and general malaise

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» RichardSaunders on 03.14.10 @ 09:11 PM

If Secord wants to make headway, he and his supporters need a new script.  Comments so far are just retreads of his failed campaign messages 4 years ago.

As to needing a business person, Wolf was a business person before becoming Supervisor…Secord was a doctor…don’t get me started on medicine as a business.

Finally, the county is in trouble because of the very policies Secord and his ilk advocate: we can’t cut our way out of this recession.  Republicans like Secord did the borrowing and spending while cutting taxes for the rich and wrecking our economy. Now Republicans want to make unions, like police and fire, the whipping boys.

So let’s be real.  If Secord had anything of substance to say, he wouldn’t be relying on deceptive push polls, which, frankly, are beneath his dignity.

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» AN50 on 03.15.10 @ 09:37 AM

Richard what are you babbling about? You sound like the DNC spin machine which takes anything going wrong and says it’s the RNC’s fault, ooooh like that is real believable huh?
The county is in a pickle because it spends more than it takes in, whether that spending be on programs or pensions makes no difference. The revenue stream has been drying up for decades Richard. Our animosity and hostility toward revenue generating business is phenomenal. The result is most of that wealth generation has left and will never come back. So they raise taxes on what’s left. What are left are two huge government employers, county government and UCSB, the tourist industry and agriculture. Government does not pay more than it consumes, oops, tourism relies on the rest of the world being rich, which right now it ain’t. And then there is agriculture, which without, we would now be bankrupt. Agriculture (unless we legalize dope and grow that with the strawberries) cannot sustain our liberalized nanny state government here and as long as our idiot residents here continue to push for a “Palm Springs North” economy based on retirees they will continue to see expenses rise while revenues fall. Welcome to the mess you voted for and wanted, now enjoy the fruits of thy labor.
BTW – Janet is a very nice lady and I have a deep respect for her and her principles. But she is way out of her league here folks. We need someone with some really great leadership skills, because we are definitely going to have to change the way we have been doing things here in a big way. We need a leader who is unafraid to tell folks the truth and what consequence we face. It will take someone willing to have all the forces of government unions, socialists, liberals, conservative retirees and state employees allied against them and face them down to the real truth, we are broke and cannot afford you anymore. Is Dan the Man? I don’t know that but I hope so because Janet, bless her, is not.

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