6-10-26. The ‘95 D.A. Recall was fringed at birth. I was followed by Sheriff patrols, in my car and on my bicycle.
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6-9-26. Why bother with abuse of power revisionism accountability? If it was easy, Party Hacks would do it. Two reasons: Teaching and healing. We need to find ways to do this, with dignity and honor, which can be done, in Santa Cruz as elsewhere. When is “abuse of power,” an unlawful act in an official capacity, sufficient, over the top, to demand recognition and response? Never? Only when it’s a thousand miles away? It is our duty, as enfranchised citizens, to stand up. If recognition and response to abuse of power is not important, nothing is.
Do all local analogies trivialize? How bad does it have to get to warrant local application of values comparisons? Never, because it’s always hyperbole when attempted, and it trivializes the national historical context? Did MLK “repeat” himself? Does that trivialize MLK to imply such a thing? Every important redress of grievance in history had to be repeated until it generated enough shame for reconciliation. Every important redress of grievance in history had to be repeated until it generated enough shame for reconciliation.
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6-8-26. I actually got to say, “If you’re looking for an agenda clone, I’m not your guy,” during a 2014 Santa Cruz County Supervisor regional labor organization endorsement interview.
I actually got to say, “I want to be judged by the content of my character and not the color of my skin,” during a 1990 East Palo Alto City Council major regional news daily endorsement interview, with three reporters present. The response was, “BUT, YOU’RE WHITE.” The rest was silence.
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6-7-26. Cowardice does not require a formal conspiracy to be effective. Is it “disrespectful” to call someone a “coward?” I suppose so. Is it ever appropriate? Now and then. For example, an ostensible “civil liberties” leader, that loves the limelight and takes bows whenever possible, is a coward when they don’t recognize and respond to abuse of power.
Abuse of power may be defined as an unlawful act in an official capacity. A Judge fixing their own red light ticket, for example. Imagine going up before a Judge that fixed their own red light ticket.
Not too long ago, 2019/20, a Santa Cruz Superior Court Judge who had just been censured by the California Commission on Judicial Performance for fixing their own red light ticket, among other transgressions, was being promoted for re-election by local establishment politicians.
Where was the Santa Cruz Chapter of the ACLU, jointly and severally, when this went down? They were cowards, and still are. I can name names, but won’t, here. An abundance of material is readily available. “Disrespectful” to call them cowards? I accept the charge. Do you accept that they were, and are, cowards? Or, is your solution to shut down discussion, because it’s “disrespectful?”
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6-6-26. The institutional fraud, front and farce Santa Cruz Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union‘s true role is to block recognition and response to local application of values abuse of power. This can be documented by it’s deafening silence from 1987 when then-Santa Cruz County District Attorney Art Danner‘s at-fault bodily injury car wreck victim’s blood was tested and his wasn’t all the way up to 2019/20 when Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Ariadne Symons was caught fixing her own red light ticket and was subsequently promoted for re-election by high-profile local politician Fred Keeley. Nothing indicates a change in SC ACLU policy of political cowardice and grandstanding.
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6-5-26. “Literally the only way to protect fire from being misused is to not use it,” Bob Lamonica said. Regarding Flock camera automated license plate reader technology, Peter Gelblum, chair of the Santa Cruz Chapter of the ACLU, said to the Santa Cruz City Council January 13, 2026: “Literally the only way to protect the data from being misused is to not collect it.” Peter Gelblum has spoken (or not, as in prior times). End of story.
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6-4-26. Often, no matter how polite, to be oneself is to be offensive. Those who are most inclined to petty power, treachery, deception and superficiality are most offended when they are not subjugated to. Their hypocrisy is expected to be overlooked by their assumed socio-political superiority. Double standards drive socio-political discourse for most, who fear individuality, especially their own.
Naming names and raising accountability shocks most, again, no matter how polite or wittily expressed. Sometimes, the best course of action is to “burn the bridge.” (I’m not into “moving on.” Moving on is not justice.) I can be mutely diplomatic, looking the other way, in rare circumstances, usually to achieve a brief visitation/encounter social peace. (I’m lifelong-learning temporarily distancing the loss of integrity.)
To those who are offended by my provocative presence, and consider it “disrespectful,” I concluded I’ve done enough some years ago, way more than most in regards to risk, vulnerability, courage, principle, honor and mutual respect attempted, and I don’t care whether anyone else in particular agrees or not. And so I say to you who are offended,
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6-3-26. Bob Lamonica’s still-favorite political action was hour and a half long Open Gatherings, moderated small group (ideally 3 to 8) discussions aimed at balanced participation (ideally 30 to 90 seconds each time speaking) offered in Bay Area cafes, including in Santa Cruz, from 1983 to 1991.
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6-2-26. Bob Lamonica initiated and was co-producer of the first Santa Cruz Industrial Hemp Expo in 1998 and producer of the succeeding 3 annual events. Only in Santa Cruz. Legendary. Never replicated. 1998-2001 Santa Cruz Industrial Hemp Expo web archive.
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6-1-26. Are you “entity conscious?” Read “Psychic Dictatorship in America” by Gerald B. Bryan, 1940. One-liner packed fun! Woo-woo types cashing in! Hail the undetected! Mount Shasta “vortex” pilgrims get fleeced!
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5-31-26. Holy Altar-cation! Altar display endorsement marketing your “Personal Lord and Savior.” Saint Germain Foundation has Jesus second from left, Self Realization Fellowship, third from left.
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5-30-26. Religion is Politics beyond reproach. “God says” is political:
(1 Corinthians 11:3 KJV)
“But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.”
(1 Corinthians 14:34-35 KJV)
“Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.”
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5-23-26. One of my all-time favorite presumptions was the suggested invitation, “Maybe we can go wine tasting in a limo,” made years ago. As if it’s an assumed shared value, an elation. Still cracks me up. HaHaHa. Sure had me figured out! Who wouldn’t want to go wine tasting in a limo?
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5-22-26. Among literally decades of very positive experiences at The Catalyst, inside for many events and lunches, and at Randall Kane the owner/baker’s famous $2 a slice pizza window, I’ve booked two events at The Catalyst, “It’s A Beautiful Day” in 1999 and “Estradasphere” in 2000, vendor perks for the Santa Cruz Industrial Hemp Expo (1998-2001 at the Civic). The Catalyst events were open to the public as well. The main stage space had seating then, and you could blow a joint, with discretion.
All that has passed. The Catalyst today is the rotting carcass of a converted bowling alley whose glory days are long gone. Property owners have rights. The Kane family sold it, for the land value of course, and that’s their privilege. It’s the privilege of the new owners to maximize return on investment as they see it. Dump The Catalyst. Old Santa Cruz is dead.
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5-20-26. “Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.” I voted yesterday. Matt Mahan, Governor. Ryan Coonerty, Mayor. Renee Golder, City Council District 6. All those with no opposition, including Justin Cummings, Third District Supervisor, I wrote-in for “Benito Juarez.”
I was particularly impressed with Gabriella Noack, who is running a high quality suicide campaign for City Council District 6 against Renee Golder. The 24-year old Noack has an impressive presence, and impressive messaging. I was struck by her ability to think on her feet and not resort to lowest common denominator, ready-made, fear mongering slogans like “Public Safety,” as a well-prompted, ventriloquized, deep Party Hack, “I’m a lifelong Democrat,” super-vote-getting winner from the past running for City Council did. Ms. Noack’s forthright positions on issues, and her ability to deal with ambiguity, are well displayed. Her political future is emerging, if she wants it. My hope is Ms. Noack does not succumb to goonsquad politics, but the groupie temptation may be too great.
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5-13-26. It’s been 25 years since the last Santa Cruz Industrial Hemp Expo.
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5-10-26. One current anti-development Mayoral candidate’s wife is an instructor at San Jose State University. How many have moved here from “over the hill” and purchased homes here with cashed-in stock options? Some of those are fervent anti-growth now that they are here. Many who made their pile over the hill and live here now want to raise the draw bridge and keep future Silicon Valley types from migrating here. Some are even anti-technology, touting their supposed “AI Free,” anti-ALPR and anti-autonomous vehicle credentials like they were real leaders.
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5-5-26. Fear mongering comes to Santa Cruz. Chris “I don’t want to aberrate the process” Krohn, claims to be running for Mayor of Santa Cruz “AI Free,” and challenges others to “Take the AI Free Pledge.” Every modern infrastructure from water to power has A.I. embedded in its process, to name merely two. To quote local self-righteous Identity Politics stalwart Party Hack Lani Faulkner, (out of context but in sympatico) it is “Ignorant and uninformed” to claim to be “AI Free.”
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5-1-26. Whatever happened to Steve Schlicht? He posted a long-running blowhard local politics site under the pseudonym “Ben Dover” called Santa Mierda. He was a real hotshot, until he was exposed. Then, he disappeared, just like the !#$%ing coward he was.
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4-27-26. Get The Flock In. Right here in Santa Cruz! Will this news appease the anti-ALPR groupies? Probably not, but we’ll see. https://www.govtech.com/biz/under-scrutiny-flock-safety-debuts-automatic-auditing-tool
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4-25-26. “Your response is ignorant and uninformed,” says Lani Faulkner, and she should know, being anointed and all. I saw her attack a poster recently on a social media thread. Apparently, you’re ignorant and uninformed if you don’t agree with Lani Faulkner, Santa Cruz Democratic Central Committee member, anointed Leader of all that is Identity Politics in Santa Cruz and inner party operative. Ms. Faulkner’s P.C. privilege is to be insulting. Reminds me of the self-righteousness of Dr. Stanley Monteith, who used to have a radio show around here. He would say “what you don’t understand is,” and similar such debasements, and then go off on a motor-mouth. He finally eliminated opposition on his show by screening all calls out that were not sycophantic.
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4-25-26. “If you are indigent and can’t do it stealth, round them up.” Do you agree? How? Immediate 24/7 monitored containments with “navigation” to next steps as funds arise.
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4-23-26. More on Identity Politics. “Passive aggressive” is a nonsense phrase taught in PC college classes. It’s a way to discredit opposition. To disagree is to be “passive aggressive.” One-liners are “passive aggressive.” It’s a silly phrase, like “intersectionality.” Identity politics knows no limits.
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4-21-26. Why I despise Political Parties, part 5.
Identity Politics knows no limits. Ask Adam Spickler, the transgender Cabrillo College governing board member who went along with the name change fiasco, or those who advocated to change the name of Abraham Lincoln High School in the City because apparently Honest Abe wasn’t PC enough. The thing to do, as a loyal Party Hack, is to go along to get along, and look the other way. Never stand up. Never express individuality. That may get you ostracized.
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4-18-26. “If you are indigent and can’t do it stealth, round them up,” says Bob Lamonica, to great fanfare.
Iwalani (Lani) Faulkner, the anointed Santa Cruz County Democratic “Identity Politics” Central Committee Leader, responds:
Thank you, Lani. I’ll get on it right away.
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4-13-26. Why I despise Political Parties, part 4.
“My plate is full,” said Nora Hochman, the uber-consummate, “private meeting” declaring Party Hack, in response to the D.A. directing timecards to be falsified overlapping his 1994 re-election, when the ’95 D.A. Danner Recall was outreaching for support. “My plate is full” to this day remains an enduring favorite in the pantheon of Party Hack one-liners that have come my way, displaying full-tilt, no accountability avoidance. We don’t need no stinking courage, principle and honor. On to the next photo-op puff piece.
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4-12-26. As “nyanko_the_sane“ (and other fakes) Santa Cruz 2026 Mayoral candidate Chris Krohn regularly posts on Local Reddit and elsewhere. Witness “It’s survival of the fittest” and “Democratic Central Committee endorses.” This used to be called a “sock puppet.” It’s a tawdry trick that when exposed has forced a candidate’s resignation. It happened in 2014 with Tim Goncharoff, right here in Santa Cruz. Mr. Krohn’s sock puppeteering will be excused as an “everyone knows.” Most people, who are not “political,” do not know, they assume.
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4-12-26. Why I despise Political Parties, part 3.
I never met a Party Hack I didn’t despise. Around here, the Santa Cruz Democratic Central Committee claims the mantle of Identity Politics Political Correctness. I’ve even heard said in support of the Santa Cruz Democratic Central Committee, “Maybe they know better,” (a great line, I grant you) from choo-choo tripper Jim Weller, a prominent Central Committee insider operative, who was crucial in boosting Lani Faulkner to deceptive front political credibility. Never forget, deception is the privilege of the Politically Correct.
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4-11-26. Why I despise Political Parties, part 2.
“You should have come to us,” (an outstanding, memorable, quotable line, no question about it) said Brian Murtha, a deep Party Hack, to justify non-participation in a political action when it took courage. Mr. Murtha showed up a year later in 2011 when it was a no-balls done deal, complete with the People’s Democratic Club banner. Still cracks me up.
In 2023 this Santa Cruz Democratic Party lifetime achievement award winner tried to schmooze me into sponsoring use of a facility for a fundraiser. He went on for two minutes, in a sickening sweet-talk tone of voice, ploying me like I was some kind of naive sap. I declined. I suggested another facility and the glorious Leader Mr. Murtha proclaimed, “But we could make more money there!” at the declined site. Nothing like a Party Hack to expand the horizons of hypocrisy.
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4-10-26. Ironically and inevitably, since Bernie Sanders is an Independent, Jeffrey Smedberg’s local group Santa Cruz for Bernie has gradually been usurped by some of the most consummate goonsquad Party Hacks Santa Cruz has ever produced. Disagreement is not to be tolerated, no matter how polite. Disagreement is ridiculed into submission, or ostracized out of inclusion. The death knell was sounded with the collapse of the People’s Democratic Club in 2023 after the loss of Ed Porter, a nice guy who tried to move the PDC out of escapist bombast showboating. Like drowning rats, PDC “leadership” fled to SC4B. These are the self-congratulatory “Progressives” who get to raise their voices, cut you off and motor mouth, like Nora “on meltdown alert” Hochman. Paranoid prone, Ms. Hochman has a propensity to declare “private meetings.”
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4-9-26. Lo and behold, Friends of Santa Cruz METRO dumps Lani Faulkner’s deceptive front Equity Transit as an organizational endorser!
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4-8-26. Why I despise Political Parties, part 1.
I am not a member of a Political Party. Political Parties demand loyalty and promote double standards. “When we do it, it’s strategy, when they do it, it’s treachery.” This is an extremely common, everday practice, including here in Santa Cruz.
“Politically Correct” types around here tend to be Democratic Party self-touting groupie loyalists. The double standard in behavior towards non-adherents to the cause of groupie loyalism is astounding. I have seen this for decade upon decade around here, and it does not stop, probably will never stop. Ambiguity is the enemy. Individuality is suspect because it can’t be contained.
Party Hack approval is necessary for any political action to be supported. No political activity is to be initiated, or support expected, without Hack Approval. Ask your dearest, nearest photo-op ready “Party Hack” comrade what the consequences for disloyalty are. “Progressive” Democrats in Santa Cruz are the tactical mirror of MAGA Republicans, though they’ll never admit it. To be din-it-in repetitive, “When we do it, it’s strategy, when they do it, it’s treachery.”
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4-5-26. Counting things like “algorithms,” “machine learning” and “large language models,” Robots have already taken over the world. Modern systems couldn’t function without them. “Generative” artificial intelligence is the “logical” next step, with the Internet as your database. “Hallucinations” may always be with us, even with quantum computing error correction. We’ll have to sort that out, its implications and impact on “automation in all things.” Efficiency improvements alone justify Robotic expansion. Laugh now, in schadenfreude mockery, but humanoid Robots are unstoppably advancing. It’ll be like smartphones, and soon autonomous vehicles, you won’t even think about their ubiquity.
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4-3-26. Lani Faulkner and Equity Transit, part 2.
Indicative of Political Party double standards, the imaginary “Equity Transit” is propped up by the Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee as real. “As for Equity Transit, I think everyone knows that it is mostly just Lani. But she works very hard,” was recently expressed to me by another Central Committee member (Faulkner is on the CC). Most people, who are not “political,” do not know, they assume. “Everyone knows,” is an obfuscation and a double standard way around accountability, and for that matter, honesty.
If everyone knew, Friends of Santa Cruz METRO would not resort to citing “Equity Transit” as an endorsing “Organization,” the only one (thus far), complete with a from-the-organization quote with no attributor, while also citing Lani Faulkner as “Community Member” endorser. To cite “Equity Transit” as an organization, for endorsement purposes, as Friends of Santa Cruz METRO shamelessly does, in 2026, is fundamentally wrong, if such a thing exists. This is a clear case of going along to get along and looking the other way. Deception is the privilege of the Politically Correct. The question is whether anybody cares. It is doubtful. We’ll see.
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4-2-26. Lani Faulkner and Equity Transit, part 1.
“Equity Transit” is a deceptive front justified by deep insider Party Politics, in particular the Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee, for Lani Faulkner to have political credibility.
“As with many old(er) white men today, especially those over 60YO, you seem to be seriously ignorant”, “If you do not understand”, “Your ignorance displayed”, “ignorance”, “I encourage you to do better. Educate yourself.” Thank you, Lani. I’ll get on it right away.
Iwalani (Lani) Faulkner, has often led her political curriculum vitae with “Founder and Director of Equity Transit, EquityTransit.org.” “Equity Transit” is a fictitious business name with a shell website. Ms. Faulkner cites it time and time again, for years now, as something substantial beyond a one-person advocacy, that by the way, has done nothing for years, except to be perpetually useful as a front (more on that later).
Identity politics has its privileges, as Lani Faulkner can attest. They’re useful as puppets, but I must remember I’m not into goonsquad politics, which tends to look the other way and go along to get along with one of “theirs.”
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4-1-26. 21-Nazi Salute Planned for SC City Council Meeting.
A 21-Nazi Salute is reportedly in the works for an upcoming Santa Cruz City Council Meeting during Oral Communications. Robert “King” Norse has posted details of the pending protest on his Facebook page. Seven Nazi Saluting citizens will be positioned on the right side of the chamber, seven on the left side, and six in the rear. A flanking position on the right front has been secured for Alicia “Defamation Lawsuit” Kuhl. Video and still images will be posted by the protesters on Indymedia and various other sites, say the organizers.
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3-31-26. SC4B has informed me regarding Mr. Marin, “Yep, we endorsed him.” That figures, “current elitist, Zionist city council member in district 4” is a great line, worthy of SC4B endorsement. Political Parties, and SC4B is a “party within a party,” are notorious for double standards. “When we do it, it’s strategy, when they do it, it’s treachery.”
So, it’s OK to accuse an opponent of being a ZIONIST (however that is implied beyond a highly incendiary accusation). It just might get you endorsed! Right here in Santa Cruz!!
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3-30-26. Details: Hector Marin calls out Scott Newsome! …”current elitist, Zionist city council member in district 4″… Santa Cruz, CA 4 Bernie Candidates Forum: 2026 Primary Election Ballot, March 25, 2026. Starts ~1:04:30.
What’s an appropriate percentage of affordable units to new housing development? Hector Marin: “An appropriate percentage would be 20% full stop. That’s precisely what the City of Santa Cruz passed, and I believe that we should provide 20% inclusionary housing, full stop, and insure that there are no loopholes at all whatsoever that these developers can utilize to circumvent that 20% and dilute it to a lower percentages as this current city council member, this current elitist, Zionist city council member in district 4 is doing.”
Mr. Marin’s method is unaccountable, motor-mouth goonsquad bombast every instance I have witnessed. He gives “identity politics” a bad name, and that’s a low threshold to achieve. If SC4B endorses Hector Marin, they will lose any shred of credibility that may be dangling. I assume SC4B will endorse Hector Marin.
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3-27-26. “I don’t want to aberrate the process,” said Chris Krohn to Bob Lamonica in 1999 in response to a political effort support request. A great line I can attest to by direct experience. Now the villain-martyred “Green Street Socialist” is campaigning for 2026 Santa Cruz Mayor with an updated version of his raised voice Politically Correct “Progressive” rant rally. Ambiguity is the enemy. Individuality is suspect because it can’t be contained. The “comrade” candidate-hero declares himself the “voice of the community” and “I think it is great that some candidates are choosing to go AI free.” The multiple properties owner proclaims “Santa Cruz is Not for Sale!” as a key campaign slogan. Adherents to the cause of Party Hack double standard groupie loyalism are lining up. Here comes the Krohn shit show.
*Chris Krohn and others encouraged Annrae Angel—against the entrenched inflexibility of the Santa Cruz County Democratic Party Central Committee, to challenge the Fred Keeley steamroll fronting of ticket fixer Ariadne Symons re-election for Superior Court Judge in 2020, resulting in Symons withdrawing from the race. Unfortunate in my opinion that Mr. Krohn can’t relinquish his Party Hack support identity and be himself.
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