Tag archives: DACA

No Wasted Crises
By Rinaldo Brutoco   |   August 27, 2020

The triple threat we face could make our country stronger than ever You’ve heard the old saying “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” No question, we are ensnared in a crisis, within a crisis, within a crisis. We have the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic with 180,000 dead in the United States as […]

Supreme Solicitor Speaks
By Steven Libowitz   |   July 16, 2020

Theodore B. Olson, the former Solicitor General of the United States from 2001-2004 during President George W. Bush’s first term, who prevailed in more than 75 percent of the 65 cases he has argued in the Supreme Court, will conduct a conversation with representatives of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum that will be […]

A Judicial Fork in The Road
By Jerold Oshinsky   |   July 2, 2020

The great Yankee baseball catcher Yogi Berra allegedly said: “If you come to a fork in the road, take it.” This article will attempt to decipher the recent Supreme Court decisions which decisively protected the rights and interests of gay and transgender citizens and Dreamers (DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and struck down as […]

Overhead Wires = Aesthetic Blight
By Montecito Journal   |   May 24, 2018

I have lived on Santa Rosa Lane for over 30 years. The ugly power lines have always been a blight on what should be beautiful mountain views. Years ago, I asked Southern California Edison to take a look at the mess for safety reasons and to discuss the possibilities of putting the wires under the […]