SNEDDON’S ‘STRENGTH’: BUILDING UP LEFTIST BLIGHT, ONE PERMIT AT A TIME

Santa Barbara’s reliably blinkered Independent just published another love letter, this time eulogizing local politico Kristen Sneddon. The gushing piece, titled “Sneddon Has the Strength of Leadership,” practically hands her a scepter while simultaneously wringing its hands over developers ‘driving the pace of growth.’ It's a classic Independent paradox: hail the progressive 'visionary' while conveniently forgetting that these 'leaders' are the very ones signing off on the permits that fuel the development they ostensibly fret over.

Let's be clear: when a council 'lets' developers drive the pace, it’s not some accidental oversight. It’s a deliberate policy choice, often disguised as 'affordable housing initiatives' that somehow always benefit well-connected developers and inflate the cost of everything else. It’s the same old story – the left talks about environmental protection and community character, then rubber-stamps every high-density project that comes across their desks, usually after a few well-placed 'donations' to their campaigns or pet causes. They promise utopia; they deliver concrete.

The real strength Sneddon and her ilk demonstrate isn't leadership; it's the strength to ignore the taxpayers who foot the bill for their urban planning experiments. It's the ability to pontificate about 'community needs' while transforming our beloved county into a labyrinth of stucco and traffic jams, all while patting themselves on the back. The Independent might be missing the forest for the red tape, but we here at The Whipping Post see through the sham: this isn't leadership, it's just more progressive managed decline, expertly executed, with the media cheering it on.

Perhaps if they spent less time praising their chosen few and more time investigating the actual cost-benefit analysis of these ‘pipeline projects,’ Santa Barbara wouldn’t be on the fast track to becoming a soulless, unaffordable metropolis. But then, that wouldn't fit the narrative, would it? Keep building, Santa Barbara, until there’s nothing left to recognize.