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FINALLY, LEFTISTS ASK PARENTS FOR INPUT! (ON TABLETS, NOT TRANSITIONS)
Santa Maria-Bonita School District's tech survey proves even progressives need a reality check when it comes to kids and glowing screens.
7/14/2026513
Power & PoliticsEnergy
CARPINTERIA COUNCIL HOPEFULS: ARE YOU CONSERVATIVE ENOUGH TO WIN?
The nomination window is open for Carpinteria City Council, and local conservatives are wondering if anyone brave enough will step up to challenge the usual suspects.
7/14/2026603
Power & PoliticsEnergy
BUELLTON COUNCIL: WHO NEEDS A WEEKEND WHEN BUREAUCRACY CALLS?
Buellton's cerebral city council, in a move surely designed to optimize taxpayer value, has opted to convert Thursdays into Mondays, because democracy is a 24/7 grind, apparently.
7/14/2026598
Power & PoliticsEnergy
COUNTY TO STUDY, PLAN, AND BUREAUCRAT FOR ANOTHER DECADE!
Your tax dollars hard at work, funding endless 'environmental impact reports' for things that could be built with a hammer and some common sense.
7/13/2026546
Water & CoastEnergy
TRUMP ADMIN SICS FEDS ON COASTAL CRANKS: ECO-REGULATORS IN HOT WATER!
The Trump administration, ever vigilant, has finally unleashed federal investigators on California's perpetually obstructionist Coastal Commission, prompting hand-wringing among the perpetually outrag
7/13/2026683
The DispatchEnergy
FINALLY! DEMOCRATS DISCOVER PUBLIC PROPERTY IS... PUBLIC?!
Santa Barbara City Council, fresh from inventing the wheel, proposes letting actual taxpayers use school facilities after children are safely away from their fun.
7/13/2026306
Housing DeskEnergy
FED UP: 'ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME' HOUSING BILL MEANS MORE TAXPAYER PAIN!
Noozhawk breathlessly reports on a federal housing 'windfall' that conveniently overlooks the 'once-in-a-lifetime' bill for your wallet coming due.
7/13/2026659
The DispatchEnergy
LOCAL 'EXPERTS' GATHER TO AGREE WITH EACH OTHER, SOLVE ALL OUR PROBLEMS (AGAIN)
Santa Barbara's self-appointed saviors are convening to 'discuss' California's woes, no doubt reaching the same brilliant conclusions they did last time, and the time before that.
7/13/2026569
The DispatchEnergy
FINALLY, SOMEONE NOTICES! CALDWELL PULLS BACK CURTAIN ON CENSORSHIP CABAL!
Andy Caldwell, bless his heart, uses the Santa Barbara Current to bravely point out what conservative taxpayers have known for years: our progressive overlords are gaslighting us faster than a downtow
7/12/2026407
The BallotEnergy
LOCAL 'VOLUNTEERS' FLOCK TO TROUGH AS ELECTION FILING OPENS!
Santa Maria Times breathlessly reports a stampede of local politicos eager to serve themselves, er, 'the community,' in increasingly obscure public offices.
7/12/2026468
The CoastEnergy
INDEPENDENT'S 'MORE OIL' HEADLINE SHOCKS GREEN ELITE: ARE THEY FINALLY WAKING UP?
Local paper stumbles into an obvious truth, leaving eco-crusaders sputtering their organic kombucha.
7/11/2026328
Follow the MoneyEnergy
STATE THROWS $15 MILLION AT OPEN BORDER PROBLEM, CALLS IT 'SUPPORT'
Sacramento's latest fiscal wizardry involves funneling millions into legal aid for children of illegal immigrants, because apparently, actual border security is just too 'mainstream' for California.
7/11/2026520
Power & PoliticsEnergy
FORE! MORE TAXPAYER HOUSING HANDOUTS FROM COUNCIL LINKS!
Santa Barbara's 'Independent' finally surfaces a plan so absurd even they felt it warranted a second glance, or perhaps just a good, long sniff.
7/11/2026480
The DispatchEnergy
SACRAMENTO'S LATEST BRIBE: THROWING MONEY AT UBER DRIVERS FOR CARS THAT DON'T WORK!
Your tax dollars, fresh from the Golden State's bottomless wallet, are now enticing gig workers into unreliable electric vehicles they probably can't afford to charge.
7/10/2026504
The DispatchEnergy
PENSION PANDEMONIUM! UNIONS' GOLDEN HANDSHAKES RETURN TO PICK TAXPAYERS' POCKETS!
California's eternally 'compassionate' progressive legislators are eyeing a return to pre-pension reform glory days, promising union bosses the moon while leaving taxpayers stranded with the bill.
7/10/2026360
Power & PoliticsEnergy
SUPERVISORS' ‘ACCOUNTING’: MORE LIKE CREATIVE WRITING!
The Board of Supervisors is once again proving that their idea of 'fiscal oversight' is about as clear as North County well water after a heavy rain.
7/10/2026688
Power & PoliticsEnergy
COUNTY COOLS ON DEVELOPMENT: NEW GREEN SLUM PROGRAM LAUNCHES?
Santa Barbara County supervisors are reportedly thrilled to trade new housing for endless legal fees, proving 'progress' isn't just a party, it's a financial black hole.
7/10/2026394
Follow the MoneyEnergy
COUNTY TO THROW CASH AT 'HOME REPAIR' GROUP, NO QUESTIONS ASKED!
Your tax dollars, laundered through a 'community action' non-profit, to fix up houses while dodging those pesky environmental rules.
7/10/2026697
Power & PoliticsEnergy
SUPERVISORS RUBBER-STAMP MORE BUREAUCRACY WHILE YOU SUFFER
Your Board of Supervisors, hard at work re-upping obscure appointees, demonstrates once again their uncanny ability to find the least impactful ways to spend their Tuesday mornings.
7/10/2026684
Power & PoliticsEnergy
SUN-SOAKED BOONDOGGLE: SUPERVISORS GIVE THE GREEN LIGHT TO UNGREENING SB
Your esteemed Board of Supervisors, in their infinite wisdom, just paved paradise to put up a solar farm, proving once again that 'green energy' for them means greenbacks for connected developers.
7/10/2026398
Power & PoliticsEnergy
BOOM! POLICE 'NOT ALARMED'?! CITY HALL'S DELUSION INDEX HITS NEW HIGH!
While the Independent gasps at the shocking non-reaction, residents wonder if our 'Guardians of the Public Purse' are merely waiting for crime to fill empty storefronts.
7/9/2026381
Power & PoliticsEnergy
FIRE CHIEF APPOINTED TO WHIPLASH-INDUCINGLY IMPORTANT COMMITTEE!
Your Board of Supervisors, in a truly breathtaking display of bureaucratic fortitude, has finally replaced a retiring member on the Emergency Medical Care Committee, ensuring the county's ambulance-ch
7/9/2026549
The DispatchEnergy
SABLE’S DOMAIN GAME: TRUMP TEAM ASKED TO RESCUE CA FROM ITSELF!
A bold move to use federal power to untangle California’s green-tangled mess, proving some entities still value energy independence more than endangered salamanders.
7/9/2026660
Power & PoliticsEnergy
SUPERVISORS' POTHOLE PATROL: $2.3M TO PATCH UP THEIR PR MESS!
Your tax dollars are set to vanish into the asphalt abyss as the County rubber-stamps another 'pavement preservation' scheme.
7/9/2026383
Power & PoliticsEnergy
SUPERVISORS' BIG PLAN: TAXPAYER HOSE-DOWN FOR 'ENCAMPMENT CRISIS'!
Your Board of Supervisors has cooked up another half-baked scheme to tackle homelessness, involving a quarter-million-dollar contract for 'sanitation' that smells suspiciously like good ol' fashioned
7/9/2026403
Power & PoliticsEnergy
SUPERVISORS THROW ANOTHER $440K AT ‘INTENSIVE FAMILY SERVICES’
Your benevolent County Supervisors, keen on 'improving' things, just shoveled nearly half a million dollars to a non-profit for programs that sound suspiciously like bureaucratic busywork.
7/9/2026422
Power & PoliticsEnergy
COUNTY COOLS ITS HEELS ON 'COMMUNITY WORKFORCE' PAYDAY!
Your Board of Supervisors just greenlit another sweet deal for vague 'workforce services,' proving once again that government contracts are the gift that keeps on taking.
7/9/2026611
Power & PoliticsEnergy
COUNTY TO BLOW MILLIONS ON 'ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES,' CALLS IT 'NOT A PROJECT'
Your tax dollars will fund another round of vague 'master service agreements' for consultants, shielded from public scrutiny by a convenient CEQA loophole.
7/9/2026450
Follow the MoneyEnergy
COTTAGELAND CASH GRAB: SUPERVISORS SHAKE DOWN HOSPITAL FOR $88K 'FEE'!
Your Board of Supervisors, fresh from approving another dollar-draining green boondoggle, found time to extort a local hospital for a 'fee' – because running county services for free is for amateurs.
7/9/2026328
Power & PoliticsEnergy
COUNTY COUNCILS LOSE ON ALL FRONTS AS SANTA BARBARA SUES... SANTA BARBARA!
Your tax dollars, hard at work, funding a circular firing squad of litigation as the Board of Supervisors redefines 'self-inflicted wounds.'
7/9/2026531
Power & PoliticsEnergy
COUNTY SUPERVISORS GIVE THEMSELVES A PARTICIPATION TROPHY, CALL IT 'RECOGNIZING CITIZEN'
Your Santa Barbara County Supervisors, fresh off another hard day of not solving actual problems, took time to pat themselves on the back for 'recognizing' someone.
7/9/2026462
The DispatchEnergy
CARPINTERIA'S OPEN BORDERS BAZAAR STILL CASHING IN!
Local 'activists' celebrate a full year of enabling illegal immigration, proving that some 'crises' are too lucrative to ever resolve.
7/9/2026360
Follow the MoneyEnergy
LOCAL 'SHOCKER': PRICE CONTROLS DON'T WORK! LEFTIES PERPLEXED!
In a stunning display of basic economic literacy, even the Santa Barbara Independent admits the obvious: government meddling in markets has consequences.
7/8/2026512
The DispatchEnergy
INDEPENDENT'S CARLINO-METER EXPLODES TRYING TO EXPLAIN TRUMP!
Local paper dusts off old George Carlin bits to explain why voters keep choosing competence over their preferred 'enlightened' overlords.
7/8/2026435
The DispatchEnergy
JAIL EXPANSION! BECAUSE 'RE-IMAGINING POLICING' WAS SO SUCCESSFUL!
Santa Barbara Supervisors, fresh off their daily oat milk lattes, finally admit their progressive policies have consequences, approving a massive jail expansion.
7/8/2026309
The CoastEnergy
GOLETA'S NEW COASTAL 'PLAN': MORE BEACH, LESS... EVERYTHING ELSE!
Bureaucrats unveil 2,000 pages of 'guidance' promising to protect coastal access while simultaneously making it illegal to actually access anything without a permit and a carbon offset.
7/8/2026501
The CoastEnergy
GOLETA'S NEW COASTAL PLAN: MORE RULES, FEWER BEACHES, SAME OLD TAXPAYER TAB
Our betters in Goleta unveil their latest tome of coastal regulations, proving once again that 'public input' means 'we talked, you listened, now pay up.'
7/8/2026586