I can’t say for sure when the Independent’s executive editor felt the siren call to be Booster-in-Chief for Santa Barbara officialdom.
Many of his fans, myself included, were sad to see official malfeasance and misconduct, the inevitable byproduct of money and politics, mostly drop from his portfolio.
Sadder still — speaking for myself — is watching his cranky ire alight upon other media and reporters who continue to pound his old beat.