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As recently as 2007, the Santa Barbara County Civil Grand Jury made a compelling case for district elections, where one Councilmember is elected from a particular neighborhood or segment of the City. We’ve asked the candidates, but what do you think?
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{ If I had to choose between Landecker and any of the other three pre-endorsed Democratic candidates - White - Hart - Alley - I would... } – May 23, 5:25 PM { Be sure to hold all the other candidates to the same fiscal scrutiny - proven track records managing business enterprises, and not leaving new management... } – May 23, 3:36 PM
{ Yeah...here's the kind of financial management we can look forward to under a Landecker Council: http://www.keyt.com/news/breaking-neighborhood-clinics-need-urgent-care-to-stay-open/-/17671600/20260792/-/oap5ys/-/index.html Though one commenter had it right...if he could only... } – May 23, 10:28 AM { I worry more about any candidate who still wears the fig leaf of environmentalism and social utopianism today as their leading credentials, than what exonerated... } – May 23, 9:42 AM { Cheating when one did not need to -- that remains troubling. } – May 23, 9:08 AM { Sounds like ol' Dave's resume of failures doesn't start and stop with a little 5 finger discount http://www.keyt.com/news/breaking-neighborhood-clinics-need-urgent-care-to-stay-open/-/17671600/20260792/-/oap5ys/-/index.html } – May 23, 8:40 AM { David, your disgrace is the defining gaffe in Santa Barbara politics. It's Bill Buckner letting a ball roll through his legs in game 6 of... } – May 23, 6:05 AM { At least the Parks and Rec commissioner has a degree in finance, a business background and a public record as a current civic volunteer in... } – May 22, 6:30 PM { Sorry you can't claim broader credentials than supporting failed uber-liberal agendas in this town that have put us in trouble we are today trying to... } – May 22, 6:26 PM { I was in my 20s at the time of your "disgrace". At the time, it was pretty big news to break through my political apathy,... } – May 22, 4:07 PM { Ah, the old magical, mysterious disappearing comments trick. Oddly, it only happens to comments in this column. } – May 23, 1:37 PM { Thats a great story. Here's to health 
} – May 23, 10:26 AM { Horton lives on the Riviera. Barnwell might have lived in San Roque, along with Michael Self? Isn't Bendy in upper Riviera - Los Canoas? Francisco... } – May 22, 9:53 PM { And then there was Grant House who lived in the lovely confines of the Riviera during most of his time in office, while voting against... } – May 22, 8:08 PM
{ The Mesa had Iya Falcone for years and Marty Blum for even more years. As for San Roque, I'd be surprised if there have not... } – May 22, 8:00 PM
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I’m wondering why the Grand Jury even took up this question, and why its recommendations were not the subject of at least as much discussion as the never-ending debate over De La Guerra Plaza. The fair representation of our community members is at least as important as that little patch of land, but apparently our elected officials don’t think so.