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MAYOR ROWSE URGES CIVICS LESSONS FOR LEFT, DEMS IMMEDIATELY CONFUSED

Santa Barbara's sensible Mayor Randy Rowse penned an earnest op-ed reminding us that freedom isn't free, likely causing mass fainting spells across city hall's progressive ranks.

7/3/2026 · Inspired by Randy Rowse: The Founders Did Their Part, Now It’s Our Turn via Noozhawk

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Noozhawk · The Whipping Post · NO.363 · PANEL 3/6 · SB-4TO

Noozhawk, in a truly rare display of allowing something other than boilerplate progressive platitudes to hit its digital pages, actually published an op-ed by Mayor Randy Rowse this week. His Honor bravely ventured into the intellectual abyss (i.e., the local media landscape) to remind us all that 250 years ago, some incredibly smart gents cooked up this little experiment called America, and now it's our turn to keep it from going completely off the rails thanks to certain… *elements*.

Rowse, with the measured calm of a man who’s seen it all from behind a bar and then in front of a city council dais, suggested that perhaps, just perhaps, our current crop of civic leaders and their perpetually outraged constituents might want to brush up on what actually made this nation work. The Founders, he eloquently hinted, didn't create a perpetual grievance machine; they built a framework for liberty. One can only imagine the collective sputtering and clutch-pearl incidents at various non-profit offices and city departments as they tried to parse words like 'individual responsibility' and 'limited government principles' without triggering a safe space siren.

Indeed, the Mayor’s call to remember our foundational principles was a refreshing glass of constitutional iced tea in a desert of performative activism. While the usual suspects are busy trying to invent new rights and ignore established ones, Rowse reminds us of the profound wisdom that actually endures. It's a subtle jab, really – a gentle nudge towards intellectual rigor that completely bypasses the emotional histrionics of those who prefer tearing down monuments to understanding what they represent. Maybe, just maybe, if they actually read the Declaration, they'd realize it's not a suggestion box for whatever current progressive fad they're pushing. Imagine the horror!

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