How to resolve AdBlock issue? OP-ED by Councilman Weirick: Ojai’s Reach Code fails the science test
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- Published: Friday, 13 November 2020 08:45
By William Weirick
Informed debate or imposition of narratives. Science or scientism. Respect for skepticism or an instinct to dismiss inquiries with personal attacks.
At the heart of science is skepticism, the engine of insight. At the heart of scientism is dogma and censorship. Science is the Age of Enlightenment. Scientism is the Catholic Church imprisoning Galileo. Science does not dictate decisions, it informs judgments. Scientism imposes judgments on others while demonizing dissent.
Gratitude for Sheila Cluff
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- Published: Friday, 06 November 2020 08:57
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Sheila Cluff
By Barbara Bowman
I could not let this loss pass without expressing my appreciation for what Sheila Cluff did for the merchant community of Ojai. There are some people who possess a formidable energy that they can translate into action and results. Just watching Sheila walk the Arcade, you knew she meant business. Every morning as she would collect her devoted followers for their early morning walk, long before the merchants opened for business, Sheila would be touting the merchandise of each store, giving her guests the shop owners’ background and enticing them to return during business hours.
OP-Ed from Jeffrey Starkweather: Challenges and opportunities ahead for OUSD school board
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- Published: Friday, 06 November 2020 08:52
By Jeffrey Starkweather
It has been a great honor to campaign for a school board seat in the newly created Meiners Oaks and Mira Monte school board district. My wife, Dee Reid, and I met a lot of wonderful neighbors in our door-to-door canvassing of this entire district.
I want to congratulate my opponent, Rebecca Chandler, on her election victory, as well as Shelly Griffen in her election in District 4.
Op-Ed by Larry Yee on OVN OPINION page: Why the proposed 'Physical Solution' for water doesn't work
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- Published: Friday, 16 October 2020 11:35
By Larry Yee
Probably most of you reading this haven’t a clue about Ventura’s latest action in the ongoing adjudication lawsuit against pumpers and water users in the Ojai Valley.
Youth voices should be heard
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- Published: Friday, 11 September 2020 09:02
Caryn Bosson
By Caryn Bosson
Kudos to Ojai City Council for unanimously adopting a resolution supporting racial equality and justice. What some people may not know is that starting in the late 1990s, the city of Ojai was a pioneer in promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. The leaders of this effort? The teens of the Ojai Valley.
Stop ban on Ojai public murals
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- Published: Friday, 04 September 2020 08:49
Photo by Valerie Freeman
Peacock Bench on Montgomery Street
By Valerie Freeman
Murals as public art have been a means of expression of humankind since the time of cavemen. In many cities around the world, main attractions are their historic painted or mosaic murals, such as the five painted towns in Italy, including Murales di Dozza. Public art is inspiring for its craft, form, detail, expression and the story/history it conveys and the interaction the work has with its environmental setting.
Celebrating 100 years of the League of Women Voters
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- Published: Friday, 21 August 2020 08:54
Photo of front page of The Ojai newspaper on Oct. 13, 1911, with the headline, “Woman suffrage carries in Nordhoff by six votes.
By Betsy Patterson
The League of Women Voters is celebrating its 100th anniversary, having been founded after the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women their right to vote.
Op-Ed on OPINION page: 'Stop plan to chop down 15,228 conifers'
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- Published: Friday, 07 August 2020 10:50
By Alasdair Coyne
Los Padres National Forest is proposing to remove 15,228 mixed conifer trees along the ridge of Pine Mountain and Reyes Peak, east of the summit of Highway 33 north of Ojai. The largest of these targeted 12-inch to 24-inch-diameter trees are likely old-growth conifers.
Op-Ed on Opinion page: Larry Yee: 'Water wake-up call'
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- Published: Friday, 31 July 2020 10:56
By Larry Yee
While our attention has been diverted and our lives hugely disrupted by COVID-19, Black Lives Matter and more, Ojai Valley water issues and challenges have continued unabated. Water issues are not simple or straightforward. They are complicated and tangled with many players and interests in the mix, comparable to a three-dimensional chess game played on a board that changes all the time.
Soon, important decisions will be made that will have far-ranging consequences as our future is inextricably tied to water. We need to make sure that our decision-makers and institutions have the capacity and are able to exercise effective leadership to make the best plans to move us forward.
Read the sign: 'No team sports'
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- Published: Friday, 24 July 2020 09:09
GORDON GIBBONS, Ojai
I am having deep concerns as to the continued large-group soccer games occurring at Sarzotti park several times a week. On July 16, there were several calls to the Sheriff's Office that 28 people were playing soccer without face coverings. A deputy showed up twice that I know of, but had no effect on dispersing the soccer crowd.
Ojai City Manager James Vega writes letter to congresswoman opposing uranium mining in area
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- Published: Friday, 24 July 2020 09:05
Ojai City Manager James Vega wrote this letter on July 22 to Rep. Julia Brownley, who represents the Ojai Valley in Congress:
The city of Ojai has learned that a document recently released by the Department of Energy outlines a federal strategy for ensuring domestic procurement of nuclear fuel raw materials in the interests of national security. A document, entitled “Restoring America’s Competitive Nuclear Energy Advantage,” has generated concern.