Correcting Some Cannabis Whoppers
County Citizens and Young People Are Suffering from Too Liberal Cannabis Rules
Supervisor Das Williams, the architect and driver of Santa Barbara County’s Cannabis Ordinance, is now protesting that he was merely an incidental player. Now, that’s rich!
The record shows, however, that despite pleas from fellow
supervisors and constituents for a decent interval while Santa Barbara buried
its dead last year, Williams wanted a cannabis vote ASAP. Multiple sources
affirm that he refused to postpone the key cannabis vote beyond February 6,
2018 — when many in his 1st District were either evacuated or reeling in shock.
“Due to the … evacuation notices for the Carpinteria Thomas Fire burn
area, we request the Board continue the item so that the public may be present
to provide input,” wrote one Carpinteria Valley Association director.
Throughout the month, then-supervisor Janet Wolf, Cate School, the City of
Carpinteria and others would also ask for postponements. (All documents are
available through the Public Records Act; also, see Board of Supervisors
meeting of January 23, 2019: https://youtu.be/VEKItFssGtw?t=10568.)
And it is hard to recall any Central Coast politician
letting loose such vitriol on a constituent in the Independent, especially
a supervisor who has his own bully pulpit and PR apparatus to say whatever he
wants anytime — while making a taxpayer-paid hefty six-figure salary.
