Target Eyes Santa Barbara Land Owned By Airport

» Lynn B on 05.29.09 @ 02:42 AM

So. Santa Barbara County has become increasingly absent of family oriented shopping, especially for affordable children’s clothing,as well as all ages. Target offers a variety of items that many of us drive to Ventura and Oxnard for.  It would be a welcome alternative to K Mart.

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» YAY I want a Target on 05.29.09 @ 03:24 AM

environmentally friendly idea——-save all that gas and carbon being used by Santa Barbarans trekking to Target stores all over the southland. admit it folks——-progressive or not, hip or not, we love target and wish we had one!!

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» Diane on 05.29.09 @ 04:26 AM

I was so excited a few years ago when I thought we were going to finally get a Target, but alas it was not to be.  Santa Barbara is going more and more high end shopping and completely leaving the middle and lower income citizens out in the cold.  I do drive to Ventura to shop at their Target store to get good deals and would love to keep my tax dollars local if possible.  In this uncertain economy when we are losing more and more revenue I find it absolutely astonishing that the leaders of Santa Barbara and Goleta are not estatic at the tax money they would get from this store.  I too am sick of the “excessive traffic” excuse our “leaders” use when they want to stick their noses up in the air because a business wants to come in that they think is not quite as uppercrust as they think we should have here.  Wake up and think about the people you serve here in this community that truly want this store!  Not everyone in this area lives in Montecito and Hope Ranch.

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» infomaniac on 05.29.09 @ 04:35 AM

The South Coast, especially in Goleta, has only 3 East-West routes: Hollister, 101 and Cathedral Oaks.  A Target on Hollister would bring untold vehicle miles to what are already routes and intersections that have a failing level of service at rush hour.

Add that to UCSB’s plans to increase enrollment 25% by 2025 and you have the makings of a transportation nightmare, not only for Goleta, but for the entire South Coast.

Remember, we already have destination shopping just a mile away with nearly a half a mile of shopping stretching from K-Mart to Home Depot, to Costco and Best Buy to Albertson’s and the Post Office.

You can’t effectively “mitigate” because Hollister, 101 and Cathedral Oaks can’t be widened any more.

Finally, we already have a job/housing shortage.  Target will employ perhaps one worker, the store manager, who can afford to buy a house on the south coast. The rest will have to commute, generating even MORE peak time traffic.

Let’s get a grip. Target is a false idol and we should not be bowing down to it.

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» Gordo on 05.29.09 @ 04:40 AM

How about putting it in the failing La Cumbe mall?

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» Andy Rosenberger on 05.29.09 @ 04:49 AM

Yes we need a Target.  KMart probably isn’t happy because one of the reasons the Goleta store preforms so well is that there is no real competition here.

As for rampant consumerism, that isn’t even on anyone’s radar.  I vote to reduce to trips north and south and collect the tax monies that aren’t going to support local government.  Especially in THIS economy.

Period.

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» Nancy on 05.29.09 @ 05:02 AM

Wonderful…hope this goes through quickly!  Let this not follow the way of the “Whole Foods” entry into Santa Barbara—will that one ever happen?

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» Sharon on 05.29.09 @ 05:14 AM

Yes, a Target store in the Santa Barbara area would be appreciated. We need a place nearby to buy items for families that is affordable, such grandchildren things. Please let it happen. We are waiting.

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» Jarod K on 05.29.09 @ 05:29 AM

While it is difficult to believe any rumors that have arisen during the failed coup d’état by William Ackman of Pershing Square Capital against the current Target Board of Directors the timing is impeccable. 

Both Santa Barbara and Goleta are operating at a deficit.  I’m sure all government entities involved are much more perceptive to the sales tax generator than several years ago when Target was met with such hostility when they previously positioned for the site.

Sares Regis (currently controls the airport land through a long term ground lease with the City) most likely cannot finance their approved industrial condo project and Target would be an ideal tenant; traditionally Target Corp performs their own improvements.

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» Blum is a hypocrite politician on 05.29.09 @ 05:39 AM

Mayor Blum is an environmentalist when it is politically expedient and all about cheap shopping consuming environmentally sensitive wetland areas when THAT is popular. Shame you on Mayor Blum. How about all those plastic Target shopping bags you are so opposed to being blown about throughout the wetlands by the airport to be washed out to the ocean and littering the bird estuaries near the Goleta Slough Blum? What do you think of that?

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» not a big boxer on 05.29.09 @ 05:52 AM

Santa Barbara does not “need” another big box (“much-needed Target store”) - this area does not need to look like the entrance to Santa Maria, as apparently so many of the Target supporters, including Aceves, want it to look. That said, if it’s here we will shop…. and I’d guess K-Mart would wither away.

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» Goleta Gal on 05.29.09 @ 06:26 AM

The traffic around the Fairview/Hollister/Calle Real area is already a mess; putting another high traffic attraction there would be a nightmare. In addition, all revenue would go to SB as a result of the past “creative border” gerrymanering done by the city of SB to get the airport area in their city limits. Such practices were made illegal by the state immediately after that happened since it circumvented the intent of reasonable city limit definition (a theoretical strip of land goes out to sea to connect SB to the airport land!). So what will Goleta get from a Target? Massive traffic & pollution, more hardscape for runoff, and not a dollar of tax revenue. Also there would be a couple dozen minimum wage jobs generated. A few years ago an analysis was done comparing the regional impact of either Target or a facility of technology incubators - the tech incubators won out easily. Hey, I like shopping at Target too but am not willing to sacrifice the traffic, pollution, economic impact, and environmental imact just for my shopping convenience.

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» William Ross on 05.29.09 @ 06:53 AM

Yes I believe a Target store would be a wonderful addition to our area..It could go right between Nordstroms and Macy…

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» Sam on 05.29.09 @ 07:26 AM

Target can’t go in by the airport because it would ruin the beautiful landscaping that currently exists on that property. Right.

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» Egad on 05.29.09 @ 08:05 AM

The fact that you don’t care (or think) about the traffic and the already strained housing market, the environment AND the fact that Santa Barbara would benefit while Goleta bears the burden and suffers the consequences just so you can save a few bucks shows that you’re a selfish idiot.
If you spend time and gas money driving to Ventura or Santa Maria to SAVE money, then that proves it. Ooooo I wanna Tawget I wanna TAwgit oOoooo i kin get cwothes for my babies I sooo excited!! If this thrills you, then you seriously need a life.

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» John Sween on 05.29.09 @ 09:05 AM

Build it they will come, want traffic,or jobs and taxes? Build it we will all save on gas going to Ventura.Its not about cheep products it is about value and variety of products which are of good quality. What retailers have forgotten a long time ago not all the folks who reside here can afford the stores in Santa Barbara that sell only up scale.If millions are being spent in 2 other counties someone must think it is worth the trip…......

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» Barb on 05.29.09 @ 10:03 AM

FABULOUS!  To finally having a TARGET here in Santa Barbara would be FANTASTIC!

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» Something's Fishy on 05.29.09 @ 11:18 AM

Lynn, Diane, Suze, Katy, Nancy, Sharon, Alissa are obviously all the same person, who is:

A) a fat aging busybody soccer Mom with no job, no life, no friends who drives a huge SUV and just drives her kids around all day and shops.
or:

B) Andrew Bermant of Bermant Development Company
or:
C) Target’s real estate manager, Dietrich Haar

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» You can fool some of the people some of the time on 05.29.09 @ 11:32 AM

Listen if you are going to spend the time and money to drive to Ventura or Santa Maria, there must be some other reason you are going there besides Target unless you’re a complete fool. If you aren’t a fool then you will be driving there anyway (for the other reason) - so much for the “environmentally friendly idea” argument. This is an environmental disaster to this sensitive wetlands area.

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» Dalai Lama on 05.29.09 @ 11:43 AM

So ya can’t afford expensive stuff, poor grasshoppers how about just nothing at all then. You’ll get a lot more benefit out of a simple non-materialistic life. Make do with less.

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» Marj on 05.29.09 @ 01:09 PM

Oh please, oh please, oh please let there be a Target in SB area. I say, how about KMart and Sears combine and make room in one of the two places for my darling store? Why is it ok for just about any business or hotel to build in a traffic zone with little fuss, but Target generates just too much traffic for our roads to handle? It’s frustrating!

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» Victoria on 05.29.09 @ 04:33 PM

Why be classist and insult people? Cheapskates??? How is it possible to think that everyone has an endless supply of money—especially in this economy???

Fat soccer moms who drive mini vans and have nothing better to do than shop? How does this relate to the topic at hand???

BUT…there must be a, existing building that could accommodate a Target, as so many businesses have gone under. I agree that it makes no sense to waste resources and destroy the natural habitat near the airport. And Kmart is so close—next Kmart would go out of business! (who would choose Kmart over Target). Perhaps there is a location closer to Santa Barbara, and I don’t see why Target couldn’t create less of a “superstore.”

I do like some of the following stores: Nordsstrom, Macy’s, Saks, Tiffany’s (do we really have one here?). But SB has way too many high end stores and way too few that serve the middle class and low income (and the more affluent who like Target!). How about booting out the community’s (second) Macy’s located at La Cumbre mall and install a Target there???

Now it’s time to lift my fat ass out of my chair and go tuck in my little soccer player…

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» Lynn, Diane, Suze, Katy, Nancy, Sharon, Alissa, Ba on 05.29.09 @ 05:04 PM

All the same person - running out of names yet?

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» sbnative on 05.29.09 @ 08:07 PM

Target is great. Given the junk peddled in Nordstrom, Macys, et al, I’ll take Target. Seriously, I’ve found the EXACT same apparel in Target as at Macys at HALF the price. I took the item back to Macys when I found it at Target down south! So what’s the problem???

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» Anti-Target on 05.30.09 @ 06:39 AM

I cannot stand having more large-scale corporations storming the beautiful, preserved town of Santa Barbara. Old Navy, Costco, Kmart, Sears, and Best Buy are enough big corporations in this town. It is unnecessary to have another cheap store here.
It ruins the reputation of this town. We are Santa Barbara, holding the 8th wealthiest hot-spots in the country. This will ruin our reputation. We have enough cheap stores.
In compromise, if Target is going to open, then it has to replace Kmart or Sears. I cannot stand having too many cheap stores here. If you cannot find anything cheap in Santa Barbara, either move somewhere else or go to thrift stores or discount stores on Milpas and buy BRAND NEW stuff Kmart is unable to sell.
This is a disgrace and shame for locals to support this corporation. Move to the vast lands of Oxnard if you do not appreciate the humble, peaceful atmosphere of Santa Barbara.

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» AN50 on 05.30.09 @ 09:08 AM

Wow whatta montage! The Target haters verses the Target lovers. Is there any subject on the south coast that drives more animosity, hatred, division and derision than building something? My God such venom by the anti crowd! Calling soccer moms fat with nothing better to do than shop. Who is this ***hole? I’d love to grab you by yer collar and drag you home to your mother and have you explain that statement to her you ungrateful POS! Those accusing the Target lovers of spamming sound like the AH’s of SB’s anti building crowd who, BTW, do just that. I know, I’ve been a victim of that and many other cowardly miscreant tactics by the unholy gods of no-nothing-never in SB (as the Editor knows well of).
On the subject of Target. Yes bring it in, do it now and fast. I agree it should go on the property close to Camino Real across Hollister (where they wanted to put apartments, bad idea). I agree that putting it on the airport property is bad for Goleta and only benefits SB. If SB residents want a target in their city build it in your city. Good luck with that one as the no-nothing-nevers crank up the hate machine (honestly these people would kill their own mothers rather than see a single building be built in their gang banger capital).
As far as the extra traffic goes, when are you idiots ever going to wake up and realize that we are going to have to widen, extend and build new roads? This insane asylum approach to traffic circulation is a 40 year old failure. You are not going to make traffic flow better by saying no to every development in town forever. Widen Fairview to 4 or more lanes (6 lanes between Calle Real and Hollister) from Cathedral Oaks to the airport. Do the same with Glen Annie/Stork, Los Caneros, Patterson and Turnpike. Widen Cathedral Oaks to 4 lanes from 192 to the 101 out west, Hollister to 4 or more lanes for the same distance and complete a southern arterial consisting of a 4 lane road following the old Phelps RoW from Hollister/101 south to El Colegio, El Colegio to Ward Memorial back to 101. And then extend Turnpike south along the creek and up over Ward to terminate Fairview and end at the airport terminal with a ¾ clover leaf at Ward. This would crisscross the valley with a one mile grid of 4 or more lane arterials that would be very robust against traffic jams. It would also add another 6 lanes of east west traffic flow in the valley. This would mitigate the 40 years of growth at UCSB where absolutely nothing was done by the state to accommodate UCSB’s doubling of student body and staff. It would also mitigate the enormous traffic generated by the replacement of single families in single family dwelling units with multiple tenants and families working in the low tax service industry or attending UCSB. The point here is stopping traffic improvements did not stop growth nor did it preserve our little town charm. We grew anyway and without the benefit of infrastructure improvements. So build the damned Target and widen the damned roads and all the nay sayers can just shut up for a change. Let’s get something done for crying out loud! Now that’s a change I can believe in!

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» John Locke on 05.30.09 @ 01:02 PM

What is with these BANANAs around here?  Anybody heard of private property rights?  Or don’t they exist in California? Haven’t the nogrowth-oneworld-regulationis everything-savetheenvironmentatallcost types done enough to ruin this state already?  And so typical of those types to accuse their opponents of false postings.  Not that they would ever do such a thing themselves, of course. Get a life, people, and realize that the world won’t stop just because you’ve been privileged enough to live in paradise for a while.

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» Target Snobs on 05.30.09 @ 05:04 PM

I LOVE KMART DO YOUR SHOPPING THERE what’s wrong, not “classy” enough for you? Have to rub elbows with the riff raff? The crap isn’t up to your crap standards?

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» Goleta Man on 05.30.09 @ 05:32 PM

AN50 the man with the big ideas - it’s a fair bet you don’t live in Goleta and drive around here every day - always just a convenient freeway on and off for Santa Barbarians - who is going to pay for all that and who wants it? Will you be the first to open your checkbook so y’all can come shop in our backyard with ease?

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» Arnette Zerbe on 05.31.09 @ 04:52 AM

Let’s create a fixed winged aircraft there with fire fighting stricking capabilities!!!  Looks like we are going to need it

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» reply to AN50 on 05.31.09 @ 07:25 AM

AN50’s an idiot!  Most of what comes out of his mouth is trash.

He lives in Santa Barbara so doesn’t care one whit about Goleta.

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» clogged traffic on 05.31.09 @ 08:01 AM

This store will have Union jobs that pay $15 per hour with full health insurance, right?

And the products sold will be made in USA, right?

And a project approval here will require no zoning changes or modifications, would it?

And any new big store would not simply shift sales and tax revenue from other stores in the same area, would it?

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» sbnative on 05.31.09 @ 10:21 AM

Oh for God’s sakes. A LOT OF US live in Goleta… and we DO want a Target. You all are just gonna have to get a life - we’ve got one - and we’d rather pay less for the SAME ITEMS at Target than MORE at Macy’s, etc. I agree it s/b Goleta that gets the taxes, but I can’t help that.

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» imrubio on 05.31.09 @ 06:52 PM

anyone opposing having a target in Santa Barbara has probably never shopped there. The quality of products at the price Target offers is unbeatable. And complaints about wreckless consumerism are inane. People are willing to drive half an hour to shop anyways. Why not keep that business in town and cut down on gas consumption and toxic emissions? and traffic? Target opens at 9am and closes at 9pm. When will that really conflict with anyone’s morning commute? And who exits at Fairview to get to UCSB? There are definitely better routes to take. I love Target. I can easily spend over $100 on every visit. Maybe having one so near may not be such a good thing?

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» AN50 on 06.01.09 @ 05:31 AM

To Goleta Man, since you don’t know where I live you are out on a limb. But take a look at the proposal I made for mitigating traffic in the valley. This is not some pie in the sky off the cuff crap. It is a culmination of years of work trying to solve the bad traffic in Goleta that is the result of NOT doing these upgrades. Financing should be done by the state since 90 % of the added traffic in Goleta can be directly attributed to UCSB. Another 5% is increased airport traffic with the last 5% the difference between loss of traffic with the flight of high tech jobs from the valley and the influx of low paying retail jobs. Unfortunately, the last 10% has paid 100% of the mitigation costs for traffic improvements which obviously are not enough to mitigate UCSB impacts. The old tired failed and quite stupid tactic of thwarting traffic improvements to stave off growth have brought us the very traffic jams and miserable living conditions that growth was supposed usher in. When one of the no growth advocates on the south coast can explain to me the logic of screwing your living environment in order to preserve your living environment, I’ll be ready to listen. Bravo, team Goleta for shooting yourself in the foot decade after decade! The only urban area worse than Goleta for the world’s worst traffic management, the city of Santa Barbara where mitigating current conditions is now more costly than the city is worth.
As for Target, the traffic is already there just confined to the one freeway we have. Putting the store in either the City of SB or Goleta would remove traffic from the 101 but add to surface streets. Make the improvements and get on with it. Need money? I hear Obama is firing up the printing press right now for this kind of thing.

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» imrubio: on 06.01.09 @ 06:50 AM

You’re ignorant and pretty surely not a Goletian. You don’t even know where the property in question is, because it is Los Carneros and Hollister that will take on the additional traffic. Los Carneros is the route to UCSB not Fairview. Target traffic would be all day and all weekend. It isn’t just the commute - it is lunchtime and dinnertime and all day traffic that is the problem. Goletians use Hollister for a thoroughfare all day. Those people that are willing to drive to shop are usually on their way to other locations and other shopping (Los Angeles, Ventura) and would drive there anyway. This is not going to save any gas consumption and emissions. They would have to be stupid to drive that far just for Target shopping - well maybe that’s not too much of a stretch.
The airport has no business participating in a commercial venture with City property - if the land were converted to an open space park for public use then yes. An airport annex for public use then yes - a Target?? NO not the City’s business, this is a private venture for private gain. The City is trusted with the land to benefit the public, not to benefit a corporation.

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» Practical solutions on 06.01.09 @ 07:12 AM

The land on the other side of Hollister across from Cosco is much better suited for this. The traffic is already there for Camino Real Marketplace and it would be one stop shopping. Put Target across from the airport and you have constant traffic from Camino Real along Hollister to Target, further jamming up the already jammed Glen Annie /Hollister intersection (more idling polluting cars at the light). If there really are so many driving out of town just to shop at Target how about a Target shuttle bus? Driving there just for one store is idiotic.

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» Target is tacky on 06.01.09 @ 07:54 AM

Target sells junk to the illegal immigrants just like K-mart.  We don’t need any more tacky stores that sell junk, just like we don’t need any more illegal immigrants.

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» kim on 06.01.09 @ 08:50 AM

Yes please!

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» Wait a minute... on 06.01.09 @ 10:21 AM

Does anyone see any similarities in these posts (other than the usage of first name only - (very rare in Noozhawks comments) Why, it’s almost as thought they were all done by the same person? Could it be?

Dan: Please let it be true!
Suze: Santa Barbara so needs a Target.
Katy: YES! Its a win all the way around.
Nancy: Wonderful…hope this goes through quickly!
Sharon: Yes, a Target store in the Santa Barbara area would be appreciated.
Alissa: It’s about time!  Target is a great store.
Barb: FABULOUS!
Richard: One more vote here for Target!
Kim: Yes please!

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» Let me try that on 06.01.09 @ 12:48 PM

Bob: Wow! A target in SB! Just what I always dreamed of!
Lynette: Great! I won’t have to drive to Ventura ever again!
Mary: Oh yes! This is wonderful news!
Judy: Somebody pinch me! This is just what we need!
Enviro Joe: Good news for the planet! Please tell me I’m not dreaming!
Katie: YAY! Finally! I get to shop til I drop!
Lynn: Oh please please! Let us have a Target we have needed this so long!

Hey this is fun :)

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» mike on 06.01.09 @ 04:55 PM

Put it in Montecito

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» Let's be Fair! on 06.02.09 @ 05:01 AM

I just don’t understand why so many people here are against a Target.  I didn’t see any opposition to Best Buy?  Do we need a Best Buy?  I sure do not!  Do we need two (!!!!) Coach stores in SB?  Two Macy’s?  Why is SB/Goleta welcoming to other chain stores but not Target?  I think ALL chain stores should then be banned from SB, small, large, cheap, expensive - all of them!
There is a reason why the KMart in Goleta is one of the best performing KMart stores - it has no competition whatsoever and so a lot of people shop there (young families, students! 
If you don’t like to shop at Target, do not go there - nobody is forcing you to. 
Besides groceries, insurance, mortgage and utilities, I spend most of our hard earned dollars outside of SB (either online or in Ventura) and I know countless other families who do the same because we do not have any inexpensive choices here in SB. 
So, the next time the city officials of SB or Goleta cry about not having enough money to cover the expenses, think about how many extra $ a Target would bring to SB/Goleta!

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» We don't want a target on 06.02.09 @ 05:59 AM

You target lovers just don’t get it.  Target is one more big box that sells junk, just like K-mart.  It’s just that the prices are a little higher for the same junk.  The last thing we need is one more big box selling junk to the poor.  let the poor drive to Oxnard to buy their junk.

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» John Locke on 06.02.09 @ 08:28 AM

I must be missing something. Why do some folks think that having the “poor” people drive to Oxnard and back to visit a Target, thus spending time and using gasoline they can ill afford, when a Target here would save all that time and gasoline and generate tax revenue locally? If ya don’t wanna shop in Target, then don’t.  But why deny it to those who do?  Buncha control freaks out there.

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» John Locke on 06.02.09 @ 03:16 PM

Well put, AN50.  The self-absorption and narcissism, not to mention hypocrisy, of some of these folks is truly breathtaking.

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» Let me help you out on 06.03.09 @ 11:04 AM

“I just don’t understand why so many people here are against a Target.  I didn’t see any opposition to Best Buy?  Do we need a Best Buy?  I sure do not!  Do we need two (!!!!) Coach stores in SB?  Two Macy’s?  Why is SB/Goleta welcoming to other chain stores but not Target?”

Here’s your three word answer: LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION!

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» Location, Location, Location in Goleta, PLEASE! on 06.03.09 @ 05:05 PM

“I just don’t understand why so many people here are against a Target.  I didn’t see any opposition to Best Buy?  Do we need a Best Buy?  I sure do not!  Do we need two (!!!!) Coach stores in SB?  Two Macy’s?  Why is SB/Goleta welcoming to other chain stores but not Target?”

Here’s your three word answer: LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION!”

I would really like to have a Target in GOLETA, ON GOLETA LAND (WHERE I LIVE) because of the sales tax it will bring in.  The reason why Goleta Union School District is “basic aid” and thus has a lot more money than SB is due to the sales tax revenue and property taxes that come from the Camino Real Marketplace!  A Target in Goleta (not on SB land) would mean more $ for our Goleta Schools - sounds great to me!!!!

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» Angela M. on 06.04.09 @ 09:24 PM

Target Suckers- You want to know what target sells that I can not get anywhere else? Bawls energy drinks in the 16 oz cans. I can buy the 10 oz bottle for $2.59 each here in Santa Barbara or I can buy a pack of four cans at target for $5.49.

Many are implying that all those who drive to target are ignorant or trashy, how about poor college students trying to work towards a better life? I am not some wealthy elitist who has time to complain about “too many boxes”. I work full time and am a full time student between this and caring for my ill mother I’m lucky to get four hours of sleep during the week. I need energy to function and I get that from energy drinks.

The decision to drive is a matter of a simple cost benefit analysis. $2.59/10 oz vs $5.49/64 oz. When I factor in the cost of gas and my hourly wage the trip costs an additional $27. Therefore it is cost efficient for me to drive to target as long as I buy more that 10 energy drinks. Considering the fact I have purchased as many as 48 at a time (saving $133) I would say the drive is well worth it.

Also in response to other’s comments

“Dalai Lama” are you really saying that if people can not afford the ridiculously expensive clothes her in SB they should go naked. In 3 years I’ve bought all but 4 items of clothing online. The city loses a lot of tax revenue because so many people can not afford or chose not to pay these high end prices.

Are you jokers complaining about traffic serious? The ONLY traffic problem in SB is the commute from Ventura. This is the LEAST congested area I have ever lived.

“Antitarget” I can not believe you had the audacity to tell anyone who is not extremely wealthy to move to Oxnard so SB can remain one of the top 10 wealthiest cities then call it humble. Do you know the definition of humble cause your post was about as far from humble as you can get. Sorry I can’t move to Oxnard or Santa Maria UCSB is located here you so I have to put up with the pretentious aholes here.

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» Patty on 08.13.09 @ 05:43 PM

I’m so tired of hearing all the negative remarks said about having a Target in this town. Who cares if a big corporation comes to our town? This town needs it! There are no good places for middle income families to shop at. Kmart doesn’t cut it. It’s dirty and doesn’t have good quality merchandise. The only reason it’s one of the biggest money making stores, is because the people in this town have no where else to go. We We are tired of having to spend time and gas money going to Target locations in other cities. Wouldn’t it be nice to use that money in our own town?

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