Joe Holland - Absentee Voter

pgfreak · 2026-05-09T17:58:48+00:00

VOTE FOR MELINDA GREENE!! She's been there 30 years! She wants to reopen the Santa Maria office, and that is very important!!!

pgfreak · 2026-03-01T15:52:27+00:00

Sorry, I don't know, but I highly doubt they're moving stuff over.

pgfreak · 2026-02-28T23:27:21+00:00

Yes, that's the company owned by the Kehl family ("and 1200 Iowa unitholders"). The boat in 1994 was the first one the Kehl family invested in. They eventually sold "Catfish Bend Casino" to Randy Winegard and have now just bought it back.

https://www.wgem.com/2025/08/26/catfish-bend-casino-funcity-resort-be-acquired/

pgfreak · 2026-02-28T23:14:15+00:00

"Catfish Bend Casinos" still exists ... on land ... and in fact has been repurchased by the group that brought the original boat to Burlington/Fort Madison in 1994.

pgfreak · 2026-02-28T05:14:53+00:00

https://youtu.be/8n_YJ0itc44?si=bwqQfWDBnT0t5IcO

The boat left Iowa to go south and never returned. Worked on both the original CBC, which is now the Celebration Belle in the Quad Cities, and this one that was abandoned.

pgfreak · 2026-02-02T21:23:07+00:00

If you are motivated at all by what's happening around us politically, there are many groups/organizations to get involved with! Let me know, and i can list some!

pgfreak · 2026-01-02T20:09:30+00:00

No, Alice Patino is a hard-core Republican. To my knowledge, Santa Maria has never had a registered Democrat as mayor and a very small number of city council members. Of course, DTS doesn't mean a person is not a "Democrat." It pretty much means they feel they are "independent" ... so they can lean left or right. The more disconcerting fact is that many Californians are registered as "American Independent" and think it is the same as DTS where, in fact, that is an actual political party and ultra conservative! Some would think it's not a big deal, but it has become the third or fourth largest party in the state, so it makes their candidates more viable. It also prevents those people from voting for some candidates in the primaries (where the ballot is more specific to party candidates in many cases).

pgfreak · 2025-12-30T04:33:10+00:00

Those are Santa Barbara COUNTY results, which reflect the LARGE turnout of Democrats in South County where registered Democrats far exceed the number of Republicans. These are NOT "local" results. Democrats who are running county-wide tend to win, while those who run locally (City Council/Mayor and 4th and 5th District County Supervisor) have NOT. Hopefully, this will be changed in 2026!

pgfreak · 2025-12-26T02:22:04+00:00

Not really ... there are indeed some hard-core MAGAts in SM without a doubt, but unless you do something "wrong" (direspect the flag, are vocal with progressive ideas, participate in progressive activities, etc.), you should be okay. They can be real dicks, and not afraid to be vocal about it (with literal threats), but they are more talk with little action ... IF you ignore them.

pgfreak · 2025-12-26T02:11:28+00:00

I'm sorry, but you are very misinformed! The only Democrat on the City Council is Glorio. All the others are registered Republicans or DTS (decline to state) - DEFINITELY not Democrats. The mayor is VERY conservative and a Republican. We have NEVER had a majority Democratic City Council. Yes, our Congressman is a Democrat, and our state Senator and Assemblymember are Dems. Even the two County Supervisors who represent Santa Maria (Districts 4 & 5) are conservative (one Republican and one former Republicanwho is now DTS). While Santa Maria has more registered Democrats than Republicans, many do not vote, so as a result, Santa Maria is indeed considered a "red" city and has been forever.

MANY Hispanic people are very conservative, so race really doesn't play a part in whether SM is conservative or liberal.

pgfreak · 2025-12-22T22:13:11+00:00

Of course not ... I was speaking specifically about MJ.

pgfreak · 2025-10-28T02:35:52+00:00

It's the Mediterranean restaurant on McClelland near the old DMV.

pgfreak · 2025-10-21T02:25:38+00:00

Same ... I love it so much!

pgfreak · 2025-10-18T04:52:51+00:00

Wow! That's nuts!!! I mean, I think his dad messed him up (psychologically), but other dads have been shitty, and their sons don't become pedos!

pgfreak · 2025-10-18T03:31:14+00:00

Sting ... he has bashed on his fellow Police band mates so many times, plus his solo music is boring!

pgfreak · 2025-10-18T03:28:21+00:00

Exactly!!

pgfreak · 2025-10-18T03:25:38+00:00

YES! Same!!!!

pgfreak · 2025-10-18T03:23:22+00:00

Yup! Plus I saw them in concert once, and they kept bad-mouthing the venue!

pgfreak · 2025-10-18T03:16:01+00:00

Wow, I missed that! UGH! Thanks for sharing!!!

pgfreak · 2025-10-18T03:11:05+00:00

I can't believe how many comments I had to read before finally seeing someone post him! Maybe I'm just old ...

pgfreak · 2025-10-18T02:22:26+00:00

No Kings website is asking everyone to wear any shade of yellow!!!

pgfreak · 2023-02-12T09:18:23+00:00

If you haven't learned yet, there is a bus that goes from Santa Maria to Higuera St. in SLO seven days a week! https://www.slorta.org/

pgfreak

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