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Lower housing costs, vote for change in the November election
OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL Some people vote with their feet; others don’t vote at all. Speaking of California, more than ten million people have left in the last sixteen years. Yes, you read that right, ten million! Why did so... (Continue reading)
Santa Barbara County’s housing credibility gap
OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL I asked the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors a simple question: Why would you rezone 16,000 acres of ag land for solar panels, when California has an excess of the same, but you won’t rezone... (Continue reading)
The intersectionality of solar, oil and housing
OPINION BY ANDY CALDWELL If you had to pick out one issue in California that best represents the affordability crises, it would have to be the cost of housing. Housing everywhere is, of course, affected by the law of supply... (Continue reading)
The kissing cousins of the affordability crises
OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL There is no denying the fact that the affordability crisis is real. Our housing costs are beyond the reach of most citizens, especially young adults, and food, fuel, electricity, and even water, are more expensive than... (Continue reading)
Tears in the darkness: The Battling Bastards of Bataan
OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor at the beginning of World War 2, they set their sights on the Philippines because of its strategic location. The Battle of Bataan began on Jan. 6, 1942, and almost... (Continue reading)
You say you want a revolution?
OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL Here are a few prescient lines from the Beatles tune “Revolution” written by John Lennon. You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want to change the world You say you got a... (Continue reading)
The generation Reagan warned us about is here
OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL Before you laugh off the demands and priorities of the Democratic Socialists of America, do realize that over 30 of their members have won their primaries against democrats. CNN political commentator and establishment democrat Van Jones... (Continue reading)
A republic if you can keep it
OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL These words of Benjamin Franklin, in response to the question, what kind of government was the United States to have, a republic or a democracy, are exceedingly prescient today, for we are surrounded, infected, and infested... (Continue reading)
This ain’t California regulators first rodeo
OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL Sometimes, it is hard to imagine just how stupid California legislators and regulators can be. If you recall, for 68 years there was an oil facility in Nipomo, known as the Santa Maria Refinery, that treated... (Continue reading)
The collateral damage from the war on oil
OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL I am hoping that none of you are fooled into believing that the recent gasoline price spikes at the pump are due to the war with Iran, because nothing could be further from the truth as... (Continue reading)