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yellow polka dot bikini...

ever since I print, prodded,  posted and published my exclusive story on the pro-tourist Santa Barbara Mermaid logo, I'm glad to see Editor Bird over at the Santa Barbara View run with it...and run he is....Mermaid this Mermaid that....why, they even got wannabe council member ex-News-Press Team Wendy member Jason Nelson  offering his own expertise and blaming the City of Santa Barbara for the logo!!! then Jason provides his own drab yellow logo of a jumping dolphin...geez...

provided at no taxpayer expense!!

 

you may remember my original logo..it seems everyone is copying it now..but mine didn't cost the taxpayers a dime!!

now the Santa Barbara Visitors Bureau and Film Commission is another non-profit...all nonprofits want money and don't wanna pay taxes..they are a favorite of conservatives....there's more nonprofits in Santa Barbara and they always stand at the city council chambers alter and ask for money..they do it in Carp, they do it in the county..they do it everywhere..they are worse than panhandlers!!!

and Solvang has a Visitors bureau....even Oxnard has one..go Visit Santa!!

Santa Barbara Conference & Visitors Bureau and Film Commission name is too long so they changed it to the shorter Visit Santa Barbara with the upturn in the economy and booze- soaked brain cells of the wine tasting crowd!!

http://www.santabarbaraca.com/membership/

http://www.sfgate.com/business/press-releases/article/The-Santa-Barbara-CVB-FC-Becomes-Visit-Santa-4739836.php

and you know how I feel about nonprofits! ok, some are legit but most are filled with people who simply don't want to work for a living..

now, for the SB View and anti-union/gov't candidate Jason Nelson to claim the City of Santa Barbara is solely reponsible for the unpopular Mermaid logo..well not quite..the city county and private sector are all in this one together!

ABOUT VISIT SANTA BARBARA
Visit Santa Barbara is a non-profit 501(c)(6) organization jointly funded by the City of Santa Barbara, the County of Santa Barbara, the South Coast Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) and by a membership of hospitality-related businesses. The primary mission of Visit Santa Barbara is to enhance the economies of the City of Santa Barbara, South Coast communities and Santa Barbara County areas through tourism marketing that increases business revenue, tax revenue and creates jobs.

 there are many nonprofits that the city funds, Peoples' Self Help Housing being the biggest beggar...and they beg for my tax money in Carpinteria, too!

so the point of all this is an oversight is needed on all the nonprofits asking for public money...and that's my platform...STOP NONPROFITS!!!

ok so googled the nonprofit in question..they have a nice little website filled with touristy ideas, so check in with them next time you plan a trip to Santa Barbara......

but hey whatever happened to just hitting the road and having fun!!