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Dear friend, I am writing to personally call you to action for what you believe in. Three weeks from today, we will have the most important election for Santa Barbara County in the last 3 decades. What is at stake is whether Maribel Aguilera or Ricardo Valencia is elected the next 5th District County Supervisor to replace Steve Lavagnino, who is retiring. If you know me very well, you know I am blunt and to the point. So I am going to be very clear about where our county

Dear friend, If you have any questions regarding my recommendations on how to vote on the Initiatives on the CA ballot this year, feel free to call me. However, there are two Initiatives in particular that are a MUST YES vote. They are Proposition 39, which will require voter ID for voting. Vote YES. This initiative will stop voter fraud in our state, which is something I believe any reasonable person would support. And there is Proposition 43. This proposition, also r

Dear friends, The following was written by my good friend, Rob Roy, President & General Counsel for the Ventura County Agricultural Association (VCAA). I consider him one of the best, if not the best, ag labor attorney in the state. His commentary is spot on and is also very sad. First, the state went down the road to put the CA oil industry out of business. Ag is now where oil was 10 years ago. We need to keep fighting with every election we have to elect representative

Dear Friend, The most important election in Santa Barbara County in the last 40 years takes place in exactly four weeks. I am talking about the race for 5th District County Supervisor. Santa Maria City Councilwoman Maribel Aguilera is running against Ricardo Valencia. You need to support Maribel regardless of where you live in Santa Barbara County. We have 5 supervisors, and they all have an equal vote to determine the future direction of Santa Barbara County. And here ar