The majority of Santa Barbarans just want an end to murder and savagery. We just want law and order to prevail, and we want to feel we are all together, and are embracing our own local diversity, and doing so with love and compassion for all.
The county's vote of support for Israel, presented to a Jewish rabbi, in the absence of any local Muslims in the room, is silly, unrealistic, and a divisive exercise. The vote certainly does not represent my interests in maintaining a peaceful community here.
Is it in our collective well-being's interest to take sides in this conflict? Every side is doing evil things over there and have been doing so for decades.