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Vandals, thieves target Santa Barbara City Council candidate

September 20, 2024

Alejandra Gutierrez

By KAREN VELIE

Even though most campaign sessions are marred with thefts and vandalism of campaign signs, in the 2024 race for the Santa Barbara City Council District 1 seat, one candidate has reported approximately $4,000 in losses. [KEYT]

Councilwoman Alejandra Gutierrez recently reported 400 of the 500 yard signs she placed throughout the city had been stolen, while other signs were vandalized. Each yard sign costs $10.

In 2019, Gutierrez won a five-year term by only eight votes.

There are currently three candidates vying for the District 1 seat: Gutierrez, Wendy Santamaria, and Cruzito Cruz.

 


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Curious to hear if Kenny Enney thinks all the other candidates should respond to this news by dropping out of the race and endorsing Gutierrez. That’d be consistent with his most recent op-ed.


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No one cares about your yard signs madam… playing a victim is not going to work… its your performance in your job that is on the table…. so talk about that instead of story telling…


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Talk about a threat to democracy and election interference!! This widespread targeted censorship has the stench of racketeering in local politics. There is no excuse in being an apologist for large scale vandalism, theft of candidate property and censorship of political speech. What makes you think Ms. Guiterrez, incumbent District 1 councilwoman, doesn’t do plenty of campaigning on her record and plans for the next term? She walks her district, participates in election forums, does interviews and connects with a range of media.


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Four hundred signs and not one camera view?


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