buy for me the rain

my darlin' buy for me the rain

well I didn't see Andy Caldwell's Guest Opinion in the Friday the 13th edition of the News-Press, so I guest Andy's down to a few times a week while Lanny Ebenstein has been discharged from editorial duties...sorry Lanny... try El Latino, the weekly freebie that Wendy owns..

 

Katie speaks, Andy giggles

 

now Wendy says she's a businesswoman and it's true she's been giving the business to Santa Barbara for a few years, but maybe she can save the News-Press with some thoughtful ideas...haha

Watergirl speaks, Andy stumbles

anyway I did see Andy on TV at the Santa Barbara County Supervisors' meeting in Santa Maria...the topic was the fracking ban initiative..Andy was sitting next to Mike Brown former CEO of SB County and now COLABer..

a bunch of folks spoke to the issue and most were anti-fracking....

now I noticed when the gals from the Water Guardians spoke, Andy was in defensive mode: fidgeting, yawning, looked really nervous, and he almost fell off his chair..both Mike and Andy looked fat and out of shape while the Water Guardian women, Katie Davis and Rebecca Claassen looked fit and pretty in a watery, ethereal kinda way

Rebecca speaks, Andy freaks

 

then the guy who accepted Andy's debate challenge way back when the News-Press was still a viable newspaper, well Andy kept his eyes fixed on the ground while Water Guardian Gary Paudler spoke..maybe Andy was looking for some ground water??

then Andy got up there and spoke crazy: telling of lies by the anti-frackers and if the initiative passes, we will be turned into a third world country..you mean like Santa Maria, Andy? ..I don't know where this guy comes up with such nonsense

Andy's tired

so I'm watching this and it's very funny and entertaining and educational and I don't think fracking has much of a chance to win support, even in the conservative north county...

so it goes to the voters..and who are you gonna believe....a coupla tired old dudes from COLAB or some babes from the Water Guardians??

fracking may die in November, to rest in the graveyard of old technology...

but remember this: Gravestones cheer the living, dear, they're no use to the dead....(no use to the dead)