RONALD REAGAN AT THE CIVIC, Oct. 8, 1966. Ronnie was running for Governor back then,  and he beat Pat Brown. Look at the rapture in those seven teeny boppers eyes. He was certainly no Donald Trump!!!      photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email bratton@cruzio.com

DATELINE September 26. 2016

BOARDWALKS SECRET CITY DEAL. If you or I or anybody has a business in the City of Santa Cruz the law, regulations and permits all say you will have your garbage hauled by the City…you can’t save money and do it yourself (for obvious reasons). Health, safety and the environment being obvious. What I just found out is that this present City Council and all the rest going back years, have allowed the Seaside Corporation/Boardwalk to haul their own trash & garbage. Who’s going to check into that and find out when it first started, and help end this one more shameless fortune that our Santa Cruz City Council’s gives to that Canfield empire?

UCSC DUMP??? How is it that so few of us know about the private dump/recycling center that UCSC has built (and is still building) on their campus? How come that’s allowed? Why haven’t  more living-on-campus families and students complained about the odors? Maybe because it’s so close to the Arboretum?

MAH & PAID MEMBERSHIPS?? I keep hearing from many of those people who go to The Museum of Art & History that “it just doesn’t look or feel like an Art or History museum anymore”. There hasn’t been an art curator for quite some time, and as I’ve said many times Nina should just change the name to The McPherson Community Center…no problem. People also ask now that Nina has brought up the attendance numbers with her numb, super pop events what’s happened to the actual membership numbers? Up or down? One friend said he counted 13 local restaurants near MAH. So San Josean John McEnery IV is bringing all those new out of town restaurants here to compete…not fair. Many are betting that Nina Simon, now on her second book tour, will search and get a better job offering and leave town anyways. We’ll wait here.

JOHN LEOPOLD, CYNTHIA MATHEWS, PAUL ELERICK & MEASURE D!! Over and over again the No on D forces ask a simple question, “Where has widening highways ever worked ? “And of course the answer is NOWHERE. Now we see that County Supervisor John Leopold is very active in the YES on D, and Corridor development and it follows that he is also endorsing Cynthia Mathews for City Council. In addition Paul Elerick who has been  writing for BrattonOnline many, many years called me today (Monday) and said he’s not writing for us anymore because I am against Measure D. We’ll miss Paul. He quit Campaign For Sensible Transportation for the same reason.

Stephen Slade Exec. Director of The Land Trust of Santa Cruz County sent me this….” The Land Trust’s endorsement of Measure D and hiring a part-time staff are NOT connected. The staff position is a stewardship job — taking care of Antonelli Pond, Byrne-Milliron Forest and other properties. Measure D, for us, is about building the rail trail and wildlife tunnel”.

Check out Measure D on the website at http://sensibletransportation.org/congestion if you want to get some facts in this important issue as we get closer to the November voting date. More facts will be presented at the Community forum on Measure D, hosted by Santa Cruz Sierra Club Group on Thursday, September 29, 6:30pm – 8:30pm at the Resource Center For Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA (map) Get educated on this complex measure before you vote. Come hear arguments for and against Measure D, which Santa Cruz County voters will face on the November ballot. There will also be time to ask questions at the end. This 30-year tax measure will have major implications for the shape of transportation facilities in Santa Cruz County. This proposed transportation sales tax measure was created by the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission and put on the ballot by the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors. To help the community navigate the pros and cons of this measure, Santa Cruz Sierra Club Group are hosting a community forum with four panelists who will share their arguments for and against this measure. After hearing all sides, we will move into the question and answer portion of the evening. Thursday, September 29, 2016 7:00 – 8:30 PM Resource Center for Nonviolence 612 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, CA Map and Directions.

KUSP REVIVAL. Rachel Goodman seems to be heading the drive to raise the necessary money to buy KUSP’s  broadcast license and re-vitalize the station into a more community resource. Go here to read her appeal…

HISTORICAL PHOTO RESPONSE. Many thanks for the response to any/all the historical photos I post every week. Gillian Greensite was first to remind me, and all new arrivals, that the Municipal wharf runs North and South. So that makes the Ideal Restaurant’s location in the photo on the West side of the wharf. Peter Nurkse checked in to say “Yep, Darling House is there, out in the sun, and the larger Epworth House, older than the Darling House, is there too on the same block, behind the Darling House in the shade of the trees.

As a reference for history in the area, you could use George Lawrence’s 1906 aerial panorama. There is a visible jog in the panorama at this point, but that’s just where the Library of Congress cut up the original print to make it fit in their filing cabinets.

The original Cowell lime warehouse, next to the hospital, seems to be in tip top condition, even if almost a century old. Somebody must have been maintaining it, since it wasn’t in use any more. That may have been Samuel Henry Cowell, who died that same year, 1955. He would have remembered the warehouse in constant use, rolling cargos down to the Cowell wharf (which collapsed itself in 1907).  And Samuel Henry certainly had enough resources to keep the warehouse in perfect condition, even if just for sentimental reasons.

The warehouse would have been a great historical structure. Like the Hay Barn at UCSC, but on a more spectacular site, right at the ocean. However Samuel Henry was presumably the last person to care for it and to be able to maintain it, so probably soon after he died it was demolished. If there had been a historical preservation movement in Santa Cruz at the time they might have protested, but that came later”.

Carey Casey also had a lot of things to add to that great photo she says, “Notice the old warehouse at the bottom of Bay Street. It was originally built in the late 1860s by the Davis & Jordan Lime and Cement Company, still standing (surprisingly) in this photo. The lime company also built Bay Street, originally called  Lime Kiln Road. The big barn is shown, when it was new, in an 1870 “bird’s eye view” panorama painting. As one of a number of speakers, I’ll be presenting a slide show (available online) on the painting at the upcoming Santa Cruz County History Fair (October 8 at Louden Nelson Center). Should be fun! – Carey Casey. She must have meant LONDON Nelson !!!

CLASSICAL DeCINZO. One more take on the bike riding part of our community. See below.

EAGAN’S DEEP COVER. Eagan vs. Trump’s concept of charity…look down a few pages.

And check here for more Eagan…There are two new Deep Cover cartoons posted at TimEagan.com.  Also, the classic   Subconscious Comics,  and the EaganBlog, : I Could Car Less

LISA JENSEN LINKS. Lisa writes: “An unquiet spirit from Jewish folklore scares up plenty of menace in the eerie, complex Polish horror movie, Demon, this week at Lisa Jensen Online Express (http://ljo-express.blogspot.com). And, don’t look now, but it’s time for Open Studios again — Santa Cruz’s biggest art event of the year!” Lisa has been writing film reviews and columns for Good Times since 1975.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer, (live only or archived for two weeks… (See next paragraph) and go to WWW.KZSC.ORG. Michel Singher previews The Espressivo Orchestra’s next concert on September 27, after that Becky Steinbruner informs us about County Land Use issues. Ted Benhari of Friends Of  The North Coast discusses the Cotoni National Monument proposal on October 4 followed by Gillian Greensite area activist on environmental and social problems and changes. KZSC Pledge Drive happens Oct. 11 with guest Santa Cruz County Clerk Gail Pellerin co-hosting. Pledge Drive continues while Joan Van Antwerp talks about The Sidereal Theatre on Oct. 18, she’s followed by former County Supervisor Neal Coonerty talking about the new Bookshop Santa Cruz book.. Then October 25 has Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Paul Burdick talking about our court system. After Paul, Jinx Deruisa and Polly Malan talk about The Santa Cruz Chamber Players new season. Do remember, any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome, so tune in, and keep listening. Email me always (and only) at bratton@cruzio.com

NEW UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVE FEATURE. Stuff changes at KZSC a lot. If you missed either of the last two weeks of Universal Grapevine broadcasts go here… http://www.radiofreeamerica.com/dj/bruce-bratton You have to listen to about 4 minutes of that week’s KPFA news first, then Grapevine happens.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVES. In case you missed some of the great people I’ve interviewed in the last 9 years here’s a chronological list of some past broadcasts. Such a wide range of folks such as  Nikki Silva, Michael Warren, Tom Noddy, UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal, Anita Monga, Mark Wainer, Judy Johnson, Wendy Mayer-Lochtefeld, Rachel Goodman, George Newell, Tubten Pende, Gina Marie Hayes, Rebecca Ronay-Hazleton, Miriam Ellis, Deb Mc Arthur, The Great Morgani on Street performing, and Paul Whitworth on Krapps Last Tape. Jodi McGraw on Sandhills, Bruce Daniels on area water problems. Mike Pappas on the Olive Connection, Sandy Lydon on County History. Paul Johnston on political organizing, Rick Longinotti on De-Sal. Dan Haifley on Monterey Bay Sanctuary, Dan Harder on Santa Cruz City Museum. Sara Wilbourne on Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Brian Spencer on SEE Theatre Co. Paula Kenyon and Karen Massaro on MAH and Big Creek Pottery. Carolyn Burke on Edith Piaf. Peggy Dolgenos on Cruzio. Julie James on Jewel Theatre Company. Then there’s Pat Matejcek on environment, Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack on the Universe plus Nina Simon from MAH, Rob Slawinski, Gary Bascou, Judge Paul Bu  rdick, John Brown Childs, Ellen Kimmel, Don Williams, Kinan Valdez, Ellen Murtha, John Leopold, Karen Kefauver, Chip Lord, Judy Bouley, Rob Sean Wilson, Ann Simonton, Lori Rivera, Sayaka Yabuki, Chris Kinney, Celia and Peter Scott, Chris Krohn, David  Swanger, Chelsea Juarez…and that’s just since January 2011.

QUOTES:    “OCTOBER”

“I detest ‘Jingle Bells,’ ‘White Christmas,’ ‘Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,’ and the obscene spending bonanza that nowadays seems to occupy not just December, but November and much of October, too”, Richard Dawkins
“All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken”,  Thomas Wolfe
“On October 15, 1965, an estimated 70,000 people took part in large-scale anti-war demonstrations”,  Noam Chomsky
“And so by the fifteenth century, on October 8, the Europeans were looking for a new place to try to get to, and they came up with a new concept: the West”,  Dave Barry

WHARF AND WEST CLIFF DRIVE. 1955. Alert eyes will notice no lighthouse, no Dream Inn, the active Sisters Hospital, and The Ideal Fish restaurant was then on the north side of the wharf. I’m not sure but it looks like the Darling House in the upper center. Remember I really appreciate any/all additions, corrections…just send them to bratton@cruzio.com.              photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email bratton@cruzio.com

DATELINE September 19, 2016

CAMBRIA REPORT ON COTONI. Ted Benhari from Friends of The North Coast and The Rural Binny Doon Association has been a leading voice pleading for planning and more thinking before making the Cotoni Coast Dairies land into a National Monument. I’ve lifted Ted’s entire Facebook message…he states

“Thanks to all who went down to Cambria last Friday  to voice our concerns about Coast Dairies being proclaimed a national monument. It was our only opportunity to talk directly to Neil Kornze, head of the BLM, who will be reporting back to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell about whether to recommend that Pres. Obama issue the proclamation under the National Antiquities Act.
Sempervirens Fund bused a load of people down, and there was another busload of Amah Mutsun Indians, presumably paid for by Sempervirens. People who wanted to speak had to put in a request, identifying which of the 6 properties included in the Eshoo/Boxer bill they were going to talk about. Since we comprised perhaps 10% of the audience, we thought many of us might not get called on to speak, even for the scant 1 minute allowed each speaker.

However, and happily, everyone who asked to speak got their minute. The pro-monument crowd parroted the false claims that Sempervirens has trumpeted from the beginning of the campaign: 1. that there would be more “protection” – we know it is already secured from development, mining, and motorized recreation, etc. by very specific deed restrictions and a Coastal Development Permit – and of course, no one specified what the additional protections might be. 2. That it would save 500 acres of redwood forest. There is no “redwood” forest. The redwoods were all logged over 100 years ago. The 500-forested acres are a mix of oak, fir, madrone and some stands of redwood, much like the canyons in the rest of Bonny Doon.

3. That monument status would bring more funding for stewardship. The only money guaranteed by monument status is $3 an acre, or about $18,000 a year; BLM would have to compete for more funds annually out of a shrinking Park Service budget with the other 50 or so national monuments.
However, Sempervirens board member Fred Keeley said at the meeting that they would donate an unspecified amount of volunteer labor and money annually to help out. BLM certainly will need it to deal with the additional crowds lured by the worldwide publicity monument status will bring. He also said he recognized our concerns and that the difference between our positions was that Sempervirens wants monument status first and planning afterward, while we want planning first and then, if it seems like the best way to manage Coast Dairies, monument status. Isn’t the definition of planning that it’s something you do BEFORE you act?

Given Sempervirens’ political connections and the repeated downplaying of our concerns by Sen. Boxer and Rep. Eshoo we expect that the presidential proclamation will occur within the next two months. So we are also working hard to try to get the Board of Supervisors conditions of support – regarding traffic, funds for law enforcement and emergency response, etc. – written directly into the proclamation language so it is legally binding in perpetuity”.

WIDENING WON’T WORK. To get all the details on why auxillary lanes, and widening highways has never worked go to the Widening Won’t Work website… https://wideningwontwork.org  Over and over again, transportation and traffic experts tell us that there isn’t one case where auxillary lanes or widening freeways/highways has not only NOT eased the traffic problem BUT those new lanes increased the traffic problem. If you’re keeping track of which Santa Cruz City Council candidates are supporting Measure D, the highway widening – 30 year-  $500, 000, 000 tax we’ll be paying,  Sandy Brown is supporting it. Please note…no comment on her decision. Also note that …

 Community forum on Measure D, hosted by Santa Cruz Sierra Club Group – 9/29/2016

  Thursday, September 22, 7-9pm Live Oak Senior Center, 1777 Capitola Road, Santa Cruz.

 Pros and Cons on Sales Tax to Fund Local Transportation Projects, sponsored by League of Women Voters of Santa Cruz County – 9/22/2016 Hosted by Santa Cruz Sierra Club Group.
Thursday, September 29, 2016, 7:00 – 8:30 PM Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz,

 David Foster of Habitat For Humanity calls out deception of “Yes on D” campaign, asks voters to oppose Measure D – 9/14/2016

BERKELEY’S TELEGRAPH AVENUE’S NEW IDEA. Judi Grunstra sent this link. Telegraph has parklets, pedestrian plazas, solar trash cans and cars share the street with the walkers. Take a look…I’m on the fence about Santa Cruz’s Pacific Avenue killing cars.

HISTORICAL PHOTO CAPTION CORRECTION. Linda Rosewood corrected my historical photo caption from last week (scroll down to check it out )  She says “The Kerrick Laundry was at 616 Front, which is around where CVS is now, at the corner of Soquel and Front, not Front and Cathcart. The laundry business was purchased by the Bariteau brothers in 1957, when the property became part of the urban renewal and flood control projects of that era. The photo was probably taken because those buildings were about to be torn down. Santa Cruz Sentinel, Sept 11, 1957 page 1.  

HISTORICAL PHOTO CAPTION ADDITION.  Ray Ginghoffer saw the photo of the two Yellow Cab guys in front of trhe City Hall two columns ago (scroll way down) . He says…” I think the man on the left is Joe Basso, the father of Jim Basso, current owner of  Yellow cab.  I think. Ray”. Now we can wonder was it “Basso” or “Bosso”?

NEW CABRILLO CONDUCTOR. I received a few negative comments and questions about Cristian Macelaru the new man that the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music hired to conduct the Festival. I said that he has been conducting dead composers such as Dvorak, Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn, as well as Copland, Bartok, Faure, Bruchner, Enescu and Orff. I have no idea of what age or vintage musics he’ll be conducting once he gets here. I’m betting that the Festival and Cristian are well aware of the new kid composers Marin Alsop made so popular over her 25 years here. Lets wait and see what Cristian does when he has such an accepting Santa Cruz audience.

CLASSICAL DeCINZO. DeCinzo adds Helen Keller to our water problem. Scroll down.

EAGAN’S DEEP COVER. Eagan deplores today’s current political scene…see below just a bit…

LISA JENSEN LINKS. Lisa writes: “Discover another reason to love vintage books, as we discover a treasure in our rafters, this week at Lisa Jensen Online Express (ljo-express.blogspot.com). Also, head over immediately to the Del Mar to see The Light Between  Oceans — quick, while it’s still on a big screen! You don’t see such a beautifully  made movie for grown-ups often enough!” Lisa has been writing film reviews and columns for Good Times since 1975.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer, (live only or archived for two weeks… (See next paragraph) and go to WWW.KZSC.ORG. Santa Cruz’s only Kim Luke unveils the latest crazes and styles in the Fashion Art Show on Sept.20, then UCSC professor Jonathan Kahana talks about Film Criticism and Documentaries.  Michel Singher previews The Espressivo Orchestra’s next concert on September 27. Joan Van Antwerp talks about The Sidereal Theatre on Oct. 18, followed by former County Supervisor Neal Coonerty talking about the new Bookshop Santa Cruz book.. Then October 25 has Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Paul Burdick talking about our court system. After Paul, Jinx Deruisa and Polly Malan talk about The Santa Cruz Chamber Players new season. Do remember, any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome, so tune in, and keep listening. Email me always (and only) at bratton@cruzio.com   

NEW UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVE FEATURE. Stuff changes at KZSC a lot. If you missed either of the last two weeks of Universal Grapevine broadcasts go here… http://www.radiofreeamerica.com/dj/bruce-bratton You have to listen to about 4 minutes of that week’s KPFA news first, then Grapevine happens.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVES. In case you missed some of the great people I’ve interviewed in the last 9 years here’s a chronological list of some past broadcasts.  Such a wide range of folks such as  Nikki Silva, Michael Warren, Tom Noddy, UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal, Anita Monga, Mark Wainer, Judy Johnson, Wendy Mayer-Lochtefeld, Rachel Goodman, George Newell, Tubten Pende, Gina Marie Hayes, Rebecca Ronay-Hazleton, Miriam Ellis, Deb Mc Arthur, The Great Morgani on Street performing, and Paul Whitworth on Krapps Last Tape. Jodi McGraw on Sandhills, Bruce Daniels on area water problems. Mike Pappas on the Olive Connection, Sandy Lydon on County History. Paul Johnston on political organizing, Rick Longinotti on De-Sal. Dan Haifley on Monterey Bay Sanctuary, Dan Harder on Santa Cruz City Museum. Sara Wilbourne on Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Brian Spencer on SEE Theatre Co. Paula Kenyon and Karen Massaro on MAH and Big Creek Pottery. Carolyn Burke on Edith Piaf. Peggy Dolgenos on Cruzio. Julie James on Jewel Theatre Company. Then there’s Pat Matejcek on environment, Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack on the Universe plus Nina Simon from MAH, Rob Slawinski, Gary Bascou, Judge Paul Burdick, John Brown Childs, Ellen Kimmel, Don Williams, Kinan Valdez, Ellen Murtha, John Leopold, Karen Kefauver, Chip Lord, Judy Bouley, Rob Sean Wilson, Ann Simonton, Lori Rivera, Sayaka Yabuki, Chris Kinney, Celia and Peter Scott, Chris Krohn, David Swanger, Chelsea Juarez…and that’s just since January 2011.

GUEST QUOTE. Leigh Hill sent this one and added…”my personal favorite: “Intolerance betrays want of faith in one’s cause.”  Mohandas K. Gandhi (Made for TrumpTheFraud)

QUOTES. “FASHION”

“You can never be overdressed or overeducated”, Oscar Wilde

“I don’t know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!”, Marilyn Monroe

“The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy”. Yves Saint-Laurent

“Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn”, Orson Welles

FRONT STREET & SOQUEL. January 1957. From what I can figure, this is about where Tonic Beauty salon and University Copy are now located near Cathcart and Front.              photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email bratton@cruzio.com

DATELINE September 12, 2016

NO ON MEASURE D (widening Highway 1). A member of Widening Won’t Work attended a “GET SANTA CRUZ MOVING” presentation. And sent this… The Get Santa Cruz Moving campaign has paid staff and has raised $450,000.  RTC  has 17 staff and a budget of ???.” So, the little guy is up against a $450,000 ad campaign.  The WWW budget is 1% of theirs so far…. Where is the $450,000 coming from? And that’s a lot of money to make sure this passes..are they frightened their product has holes and need to push a lot of propaganda down our throats? Kinda like the overblown ad budgets for smoking cigarettes… Let’s not forget that The Santa Cruz Land Trust endorses Measure D and that the Land Trust gave $10, 000 to support the measure.

http://www.landtrustsantacruz.org/land-trust-endorses-transportation-measure/

In expectation of the passing of Measure D, The Land Trust recently sent an email advertising a 10hr/wk 10 month job to coordinate projects. Hey, not so fast, right?

The Get Santa Cruz Moving campaign now has paid staff and has raised $450,000.  RTC  has 17 staff and a budget of ???.” So, the little guy is up against a $450,000 ad campaign.  The Widening Won’t Work budget is 1% of theirs so far…. Where is their $450,000 coming from? And that’s a lot of money to make sure this passes..are they frightened thier product has holes and need to push a lot of propaganda down our throats? Kinda like the overblown ad budgets for smoking cigarettes…Has anyone (like the public) seen any disclosures filed with the FPPC for the Yes on D folks ? How can they have $450,000 without disclosing any information?  A primarily formed ballot measure committee must report receipt of each contribution totaling $1,000 or more within 24 hours during the 90 days before the election, including the date of the election.  Time for another FPPC inquiry?

Last word in about the forces pushing Measure D is… Student interns up at USCS and Cabrillo are being advertised and sought to canvas for Yes on Measure D. We’re getting set for a blitz with that $450,000 war chest proponents of Measure D have to spend! It’s truly David vs. Goliath.   

COTONI NOT COTATI… I had a lot of stuff about the proposed Cotoni Coast Dairies National Monumental Disaster in last week’s column. But in my haste to go to Sacramento for a few days, I had a bunch of mistakes . Ever vigiliant Ted Benhari of the Rural Bonny Doon Association and Friends of the North Coast wrote…” would be possible to insert that that was a post on the Friends of the North Coast Facebook page? We’ve also learned that Sempervirens has alerted its members that soon there will be a public meeting organized by Boxer and Eshoo with the Interior Dept. to talk about the monument.

Don’t yet know where or when, but on 9/16 there is a similar meeting in Cambria to talk about the Piedras Blancas site that is one of the other 3 properties in the addition to the California Coastal National Monument bill with Coast Dairies. By the way, the property is Coast Dairies & Land, not the reverse, and if it becomes a monument it will be called Cotoni Coast Dairies (not Cotati). And it doesn’t include any former Cemex or Davenport land”. Here’s another post from Ted on the Friends Facebook page… “Here’s the key point of difference between us and Sempervirens Fund regarding monument status for Coast Dairies. It’s an excerpt from the email Sempervirens sent yesterday about the upcoming public meeting with the Dept. of the Interior. It’s why we fear the impact of heavy public visitation on Coast Dairies’ fauna and flora, our infrastructure and public services, North Coast beaches, farms and the town of Davenport.  “The 5,800-acre Cotoni-Coast Dairies property, located just east of the town of Davenport, is a prime example of the region’s riches. Plus it connects to 15,000 acres of protected lands, forming a 21,000-acre area of wild lands just an hour from the Bay Area’s 7 million people.”
Many of you probably saw the recent video of people toppling the striking and beloved Duckbill sandstone spire on the coast of Oregon, and have been angered and saddened by the increasing proliferation of graffiti on Panther and other Santa Cruz North Coast beaches. Is there any justification for making Coast Dairies any more attractive to visit, when it’s already fully protected and there is so little additional money that will be available to BLM to manage and monitor it? Would be great to write some letters to the Sentinel ASAP about the unfairness of holding the only meeting on monument status for Coast Dairies with national leaders in Cambria, 3 hours away, on a work day, with only a week’s notice. Clearly a transparent effort to stifle dissent while pretending you (Sen. Boxer and Rep. Eshoo) actually care about public opinion. Go to santacruzsentinel.com, click on Opinion in the menu bar, and click on Submit Letters”.

ALERT!! Just got the letter below from Rep. Eshoo. Next Friday (Sept. 16)  at 2 p.m. the only (as far as we know) public meeting with Dept. of Interior officials, who will be recommending to Pres. Obama whether to declare Coast Dairies a national monument, will take place in CAMBRIA! This is obviously a deliberate move to try to keep opposition voices from being heard. We hope as many of you as possible will attend. Let us know and we can carpool or even rent a van or bus”. All that’s from the Friends FB page.

KROHN’S KICKOFF PARTY. A hugely energetic and eager crowd of over 100 folks  gathered together to help send Chris Krohn to the Santa Cruz City Council last Saturday (9/10) afternoon. Long time supporters and former councilpersons such as Sally DiGirolamo, Carole DePalma and Ed  Porter were having a great time and Sally reminded me that she was the only Democrat on the council at the time!!! Proving again that electing a “Brand New Council” can be done. Shelley Hatch, Ed Porter, Nancy Abbey, Ralph Metberg, Nora Hochman, Sandy Brown and Steve Schnaar all listened as Chris Krohn gave us his ideas. He talked about his 12 years working at UCSC and learning how the Campus works, he spoke about how our present City Council allowed The Beach Flats Community Garden to be cut in half, and how the developers along with the Corridor plan are all set to ruin the Branciforte neighborhood. It was a fine and encouraging great time.  

CABRILLO FESTIVAL’S NEW MALE CONDUCTOR!! The news is out that The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music hired a man to replace Marin Alsop as conductor and music director. His name is Cristian Macelaru and If you go to Cristian Macelaru’s personal website you’ll see he’s very happy to get the job. http://macelaru.com . He’s a violinist. And if you’re wondering what kind of music he’ll bring to the Festival we can see he likes to conduct relatively recently dead  and also some long passed composers such as Dvorak, Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn, as well as Copland, Bartok, Faure, Bruchner, Enescu and Orff.  No mention of any Leonard Bernstein material. The New York Times (Sept. 4) ran a full page on the glass ceiling that still exists and is even rampant in the major orchestra conducting profession. The article stated that Marin Alsop is still the “only woman leading one of America’s two dozen big-budget orchestras.That works out to a little over 4.1 percent”. Marin is still conducting the Baltimore Symphony.  ‘Twas an unusual remark Marin said to the packed Civic auditorium on her closing night after 25 years at the Cabrillo podium “I don’t know where you were when we started”. But it was true, it took years before Santa Cruzans began appreciating Marin and her choice of music and musicians. As far as popularity,  Marin and the Cabrillo Festival had bigger Santa Cruz audiences than political critic and filmaker Michael Moore !!

MORE ABOUT MARIN. I found this news someplace…” In what might be taken as one more sign that the United States and Cuba are getting friendlier, an American conductor will lead a Cuban orchestra in a concert celebrating the 500th anniversary of the founding of Havana.Baltimore Symphony Orchestra music director Marin Alsop will conduct the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Cuba in an outdoor performance Oct. 9 in the Plaza de la Catedral of Old Havana. Joining Alsop and the orchestra will be two celebrated pianists — one from the classical arena, Lang Lang; the other a major figure in Afro-Cuban jazz, Chucho Valdés. The concert is a co-production of CAMI Music and ELCCNY, in cooperation with the Cuban Institute of Music in Havana and the Ministry of Culture of Cuba”.

TEXTING AND DRIVING. We keep reading those truly horrible statistics about the dangers of texting and driving….and of course it’s against the law. But most folks keep doing it anyways. Along with that though, why aren’t there laws against drive in restaurants serving burgers to drivers? Or the ticketing of drivers who are eating while driving?? A burger is much trickier to eat and drive than texting.

QUICK POLITICAL QUESTION. Right now, without looking, and without asking anybody…what’s the first and last name of Hillary’s vice president candidate?

RALPH ABRAHAM’S BOOK SIGNING. It’s only an hour long, including T. Michael Walker and psychedelic stuff.

CLASSICAL DeCINZO. DeCinzo puts it all in a bag for us…check below…

EAGAN’S DEEP COVER. Trump driving? Eagan has that covered…plus… There are two new cartoons posted at TimEagan.com Subconscious Comics  

And the latest EaganBlog, Dumb Luck and Wonder

See it all down a few pages…

CREATING A CULTURE OF PEACE WORKSHOP. There’s a workshop with Scott Brown, the author of a new book: “Active Peace: A Mindful Path to a Nonviolent World”. It’ll happen Sunday, September 18,  2:00 – 5:00PM at the Resource Center for Nonviolence , 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz. Scott Brown’s workshops are experiential and touch on the cornerstones of peace, health, and resilience: Moving toward a more restorative approach to activism (more priority to relationships and nonviolence, and using the principles and practices of restorative justice to leverage systems change); Healing the relationship to self through mindfulness practices; Deepening the connection to nature through nature-based practices; Transforming interpersonal relationships through interpersonal skills and tools; Scott Brown is an associate with Pace e Bene/ Campaign Nonviolence and brings a deep background in activism and nonviolence. $10-30 Sliding scale donation; no one turned away for lack of funds. More info, call 831-423-1626.

MUNCHING WITH MOZART CONCERT. Every third Thursday Carol Panofsky presents the free classical music concert. This one has Aude Castagna, on cello and Ben Dorfan, on piano. They’ll play Barber and Prokofiev. More specifically Samuel Barber, Op. 6 (1936)

Sonata in c minor and Sergei Prokofiev, Op 119 (1949) Sonata in C Major. That’s Thursday, September 15th.(12:10 – 12:50pm.) Santa Cruz Public Library, Downtown Branch, upstairs Meeting Room. Get there early, the seats go fast.

TWO MILLION YEARS OF HISTORY. Pat Matecjek knew we’d all love to read about this unique history exhibit. She sent this link to “A National Museum of Australia exhibition which tells the history of the world in 100 objects mostly sourced from the British Museum, ranging from a counterfeit Chelsea shirt to a stone tool that reaches back to the dawn of humanity” • Ritual sacrifice, ancient insults and sacred fire: 2 million years of history – in pictures
Curated history, how to tell a 2 million year old story with one exhibition

LISA JENSEN LINKS. Lisa writes: “Come along to a fabulous art environment I visited on my recent voyage to Sweden, this week at Lisa Jensen Online Express (ljo-express.blogspot.com). Also, hop aboard A Streetcar Named Desire in Jewel Theatre Company’s adroit new production.” Lisa has been writing film reviews and columns for Good Times since 1975.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer, (live only or archived for two weeks… (See next paragraph) and go to WWW.KZSC.ORG. Julie James and Susan Maier Silton talk about the Jewel Theatre’s new season and “Streetcar Named Desire” on September 13, after which Bruce Daniels Pres. Bd. of Dir. Soquel Water District talks about climate change and water.. Christina Morgan Cree unveils the latest crazes and styles in the Fashion Art Show on Sept.20, then UCSC professor Jonathan Kahana talks about Film Criticism and documentaries.  Michel Singher previews The Espressivo Orchestra’s next concert on September 27. Joan Van Antwerp talks about The Sidereal Theatre on Oct. 18. Then October 25 has Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Paul Burdick talking about our court system.  Do remember, any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome,  so tune in, and keep listening. Email me always (and only) at bratton@cruzio.com

NEW UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVE FEATURE. Stuff changes at KZSC a lot. If you missed either of the last two weeks of Universal Grapevine broadcasts go here… http://www.radiofreeamerica.com/dj/bruce-bratton You have to listen to about 4 minutes of that week’s KPFA news first, then Grapevine happens.
  

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVES. In case you missed some of the great people I’ve interviewed in the last 9 years here’s a chronological list of some past broadcasts.  Such a wide range of folks such as  Nikki Silva, Michael Warren, Tom Noddy, UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal, Anita Monga, Mark Wainer, Judy Johnson, Wendy Mayer-Lochtefeld, Rachel Goodman, George Newell, Tubten Pende, Gina Marie Hayes, Rebecca Ronay-Hazleton, Miriam Ellis, Deb Mc Arthur, The Great Morgani on Street performing, and Paul Whitworth on Krapps Last Tape. Jodi McGraw on Sandhills, Bruce Daniels on area water problems. Mike Pappas on the Olive Connection, Sandy Lydon on County History. Paul Johnston on political organizing, Rick Longinotti on De-Sal. Dan Haifley on Monterey Bay Sanctuary, Dan Harder on Santa Cruz City Museum. Sara Wilbourne on Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Brian Spencer on SEE Theatre Co. Paula Kenyon and Karen Massaro on MAH and Big Creek Pottery. Carolyn Burke on Edith Piaf. Peggy Dolgenos on Cruzio. Julie James on Jewel Theatre Company. Then there’s Pat Matejcek on environment, Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack on the Universe plus Nina Simon from MAH, Rob Slawinski, Gary Bascou, Judge Paul Burdick, John Brown Childs, Ellen Kimmel, Don Williams, Kinan Valdez, Ellen Murtha, John Leopold, Karen Kefauver, Chip Lord, Judy Bouley, Rob Sean Wilson, Ann Simonton, Lori Rivera, Sayaka Yabuki, Chris Kinney, Celia and Peter Scott, Chris Krohn, David Swanger, Chelsea Juarez…and that’s just since January 2011.

QUOTES. “SAND”

“Even Castles made of sand, fall into the sea, eventually”, Jimi Hendrix
“It isn’t the mountain ahead that wears you out; it’s the grain of sand in your shoe”, Robert Service
“The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it”,  Niccolo Machiavelli
“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand”, Milton Friedman
“They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon”. Edward Lear

QUEST QUOTE. You must like quotes as much as I do, so send me your favorite!! Joyce Malone sent this one…”There is no greater fallacy than the belief that aims and purposes are one thing, while methods and tactics are another”, Emma Goldman, social activist (1869-1940).

SANTA CRUZ TAXI FLEET. The fleet is receiving a safety award, on May 7, 1951. Sort of odd, if you notice, that some of the cabs are Yellow Cabs, others are ACME. Also note that there are only four digits in their phone numbers. Anyone recognize either of those two men?                                                        photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email bratton@cruzio.com

DATELINE SEPTEMBER 5, 2015

THE NEW BOARDWALK ENTRANCE!!! It couldn’t possibly be that the 12 (TWELVE)  million dollars  the Boardwalk is spending on their new entrance would be to convince the unsuspecting public that they do not have free access to the beach through the Boardwalk…and that they have to buy tickets??? I’m still betting Canfield et all have always wanted and plan on building a huge addition to the Boardwalk right exactly across the street, where Beach Flats sits. They’ve let their many, many houses and empty lots that they own in the flats go completely to hell just for that time when they can develop as big an amusement park where they can legally charge admission. By the way, ask the City Council candidates where they stand on how Cynthia Mathews and her trained monkeys treated the Beach Flats Community Gardens. Ask them, especially Cynthia, what their position will be regarding the Beach Flats Community itself.

COTATI NATIONAL MONUMENTAL DISASTER. Many locals still don’t understand the full impact the declaring the Cotati- Cemex- Coast Land and Dairies- Davenport ranch area as a National Monument would have on our City and especially on our still semi wild North Santa Cruz County. The huge traffic on our nearly stalled Highway One, the killing and decimating of the wild life that exist there now are only some of the dangers. Those Hilltrompers who support this destruction of nature should be extra ashmed posing as nature lovers and protectors!!

Ted Benhari wrote a note to the FRIENDS OF THE NORTH COAST that said:

“It would be great if everyone wrote an email to President Obama – president@whitehouse.gov – with the message that even though protecting land by declaring it a national monument is generally a wonderful thing, in this case (Coast Dairies) the land is already fully protected and the BLM just doesn’t and won’t have the money to properly manage the hundreds of thousands of visitors that will want to come and check it out, and the local infrastructure (roads, law enforcement, fire services) just can’t handle it. It would only take 5 minutes to send this message, I think all of us can find an extra 5 minutes in our day to do it. Thanks!”

It’s the least we can do to protect the Coast Land and Dairies land. And we need to hurry before Barack leaves office!!

KAEPERNICK STANDS FOR WHAT EXACTLY? Damned right, he can and should sit during the national anthem if he chooses. Imagine just for a minute a full baseball or football stadium with everyone feeling totally free to sit or stand during the anthem…it would be like voting, we’d see how our huddled masses actually feel about our government, and our country. But mixing it up a bit, here’s a statement from The Federalist about Kaepernick’s attitude re Hillary. It never received much press. “San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who recently refused to stand during the national anthem at a preseason game, just unloaded on Hillary Clinton. “We have a presidential candidate who has deleted emails and done things illegally and is a presidential candidate,” he said, referring to the 15,000 emails Clinton “wiped” from her private, unsecured server she used during her tenure as secretary of State. “That doesn’t make sense to me.” “If it was any other person, they’d be in prison,” he said.” So what is this country really standing for?”

COUNCIL CAMPAIGNING. The Santa Cruz City Council Candidates and their campaigns are really underway…and Labor Day is more or less the real getting down to brass tacks startoff.  The turnouts at the Glover/Krohn/Sandy Brown/Schnaar events has been wonderful and like those endorsement meetings, full of great and NEW energy. People want to see and help to create a Brand New City Council that’s obvious. By the way, I have to apopogize… I said last week that I saw the Sentinel’s Bernie Sanders basher Steve Kessler at the London Nelson Bernie event on 8/24, and that he was clapping enthusiastically. He wasn’t there he told me. That guy sure looked like Kessler I even waved to him, he waved back, but Steve said nope not true, and that he’d never go to a Bernie event, and for sure wouldn’t applaud. Sorry to give the wrong impression, very sorry. If you want to be a part of, or just feel the energy of these campaigners go to Chris Krohn’s CAMPAIGN KICKOFF PARTY Saturday, September 10th from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM The home of Janet Gellman, 311 Park Way, Santa Cruz, CA

BERNIE’s “OUR REVOLUTION” MEETING. Tue Sept 20, 5:30pm – SC4Bernie General Meeting, 5:30pm potluck. 6:00pm Brand New Congress livestream. 6:30pm Brand New City Council Barnstorm and campaign workgroup breakouts for City of Santa Cruz campaign London Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St, Santa Cruz. RSVP here!

STARBUCKS ON OCEAN STREET. Doesn’t it seem to you like Santa Cruz has sold out again and again to all the corporate franchises? Can Ocean Street get any more touristy? Isn’t there some way to maintain what little character or authentic home town feeling we used to have? What’s amazing is that tourists still come here to see what? Well, there’s The Boardwalk and The University, they are unique for sure, but after that what draws attention? Certainly not another Starbucks.

CLASSICAL DeCINZO. UCSC and their punishing of peaceful protesters scroll down…

EAGAN’S DEEP COVER. Check out Eagan’s all time classic Subconscious Comic just below. See all the rest of them
here. And the latest EaganBlog, “Hillary Dillary”: Read Tim’s poem, nearly unforgettable, here.

LISA JENSEN LINKS. Lisa’s gone someplace again and says she’ll probably be back next week. We’ll wait here!!!  Read her stuff at Lisa Jensen Online Express (http://ljo-express.blogspot.com). Lisa has been writing film reviews and columns for Good Times since 1975.  

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE RADIO PROGRAM
KZSC  88.1 FM or live online at
www.KZSC.ORG     TUESDAYS 7-8 P.M.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer, (live only or archived for two weeks… (See next paragraph) and go to WWW.KZSC.ORGBob Morgan talks about the Widening Won’t Work movement (No on “D”)on September 6 followed by Martin Rizzo and his work in the “Do You Know My Name” book. Julie James speaks about the Jewel Theatre’s new season and “Streetcar Named Desire” on September 13, after which Bruce Daniels Pres. Bd of Dir. Soquel Water District talks about climate change and water.. Christina Morgan Cree unveils the latest crazes and styles in the Fashion Art Show on Sept.20. Michel Singher previews The Espressivo Orchestra’s next concert on September 27. Joan Van Antwerp talks about The Sidereal Theatre on Oct. 18. Then October 25 has Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Paul Burdick talking about our court system.  Do remember, any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome,  so tune in, and keep listening. Email me always (and only) at bratton@cruzio.com  

NEW UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVE FEATURE. Stuff changes at KZSC a lot. If you missed either of the last two weeks of Universal Grapevine broadcasts, go here. You have to listen to about 4 minutes of that week’s KPFA news first, then Grapevine happens.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVES. In case you missed some of the great people I’ve interviewed in the last 9 years here’s a chronological list of some past broadcasts.  Such a wide range of folks such as  Nikki Silva, Michael Warren, Tom Noddy, UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal, Anita Monga, Mark Wainer, Judy Johnson, Wendy Mayer-Lochtefeld, Rachel Goodman, George Newell, Tubten Pende, Gina Marie Hayes, Rebecca Ronay-Hazleton, Miriam Ellis, Deb Mc Arthur, The Great Morgani on Street performing, and Paul Whitworth on Krapps Last Tape. Jodi McGraw on Sandhills, Bruce Daniels on area water problems. Mike Pappas on the Olive Connection, Sandy Lydon on County History. Paul Johnston on political organizing, Rick Longinotti on De-Sal. Dan Haifley on Monterey Bay Sanctuary, Dan Harder on Santa Cruz City Museum. Sara Wilbourne on Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Brian Spencer on SEE Theatre Co. Paula Kenyon and Karen Massaro on MAH and Big Creek Pottery. Carolyn Burke on Edith Piaf. Peggy Dolgenos on Cruzio. Julie James on Jewel Theatre Company. Then there’s Pat Matejcek on environment, Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack on the Universe plus Nina Simon from MAH, Rob Slawinski, Gary Bascou, Judge Paul Burdick, John Brown Childs, Ellen Kimmel, Don Williams, Kinan Valdez, Ellen Murtha, John Leopold, Karen Kefauver, Chip Lord, Judy Bouley, Rob Sean Wilson, Ann Simonton, Lori Rivera, Sayaka Yabuki, Chris Kinney, Celia and Peter Scott, Chris Krohn, David Swanger, Chelsea Juarez…and that’s just since January 2011.

QUOTES. “SEPTEMBER”

“I love September, especially when we’re in it”, Willie Stargell
“We know that in September, we will wander through the warm winds of summer’s wreckage. We will welcome summer’s ghost”, Henry Rollins
“My favorite poem is the one that starts ‘Thirty days hath September’ because it actually tells you something”,  Groucho Marx

ROMANCE OF ROSY RIDGE, the movie 1947. The one guy in this photo is Van Johnson who was the star of the big budget MGM film Romance of Rosy Ridge, filmed up around Felton. See below for more details.  The girls in this photo are ( left to right) Bunty Braun, Joanne Nielsen, unknown, and Jolene Brogdan.  I watched the crowd scenes carefully and couldn’t spot any of the girls in the film. Besides it was set in 1865.                                                    photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email bratton@cruzio.com

DATELINE AUGUST 29, 2016

POLITICS NOT AS USUAL. Not since the Santa Cruz SCAN (Santa cruz Action Network) was acting and active a few decades ago have I felt, or inentified with, the energy that happened last Wednesday (8/24) in the London Nelson center at the first real public gathering of Bernie Sanders followers to hear his speech and to start organizing locally to put those beliefs and principles into action. Even the Santa Cruz Sentinel’s weekly Bernie basher Stephen Kessler was there and he actually applauded Bernie’s speech several times!!! More than 250 folks, including lots of young people, watched Bernie’s speech then stayed to adopt Our Revolution bylaws and elect local officers. It felt like there was a new and strong hope for our political future. Especially when it was announced that, like the Brand New Congress goal of the national O.R. organization, the local group will focus on a Brand New Council. That’s Santa Cruz City Council and as you can guess only Chris Krohn, Drew Glover, Steve Schnaar, and Sandy Brown of the council candidates were there. It’s very clear now just where the 10 (or 11?) council candidates stand. Also predictable was that the pro developer, pro police, anti homeless  “right wing” of the Santa Cruz Democrat Party The Democratic Women’s Club  endorsed J.M Brown, Cynthia Mathews, Martine Watkins, and Robert Singleton, and we know what that means. If you want to watch Bernie’s speech go to www.ourrevolution.com .

ENDORSEMENT SEASON.  So the combined membership of the People’s Democratic Club, and members of the  ACLU Santa Cruz County,  Affordable Housing Now!, Citizens Climate Lobby, Economic Justice Alliance, GLBT Alliance, NAACP Santa Cruz, Our Revolution, S.C. Chapter of the Sierra Club all met Monday night (8/29) to hear the 10 candidates (Nathaniel Kennedy was a no show) for their endorsements for the Santa Cruz City Council. London Nelson’s biggest meeting room was full with standing room only. Again, the energy was outstanding. As we’ve come to expect by now The Central Coast Labor Council, The People’s Democratic Club and OUR Revolution all voted to endorse the same four candidates Drew Glover, Steve Schnaar, Chris Krohn, and Sandy Brown. This will certainly be the team that draws the young voters, and draws the old timers back into campaigning and making solid changes in the Santa Cruz City Council.

EARTHQUAKES AND SANTA CRUZ. We’ve all been reading, watching, and hearing about the earthquake tragedies in all those towns and villages in Italy last week. We’ve also seen numerous comparisions with our Santa Cruz location atop another seismic fault that is equally dangerous. It must dawn on more than a few of us….just how prepared is our Santa Cruz city when/if the next”BIG ONE” hits??? Has any citizen ever been informed as to iPhone, cell phone, internet, even land line phone numbers to call when the power goes out (Which it always does even with no earthquakes). Do we know where to go, which routes to drive to, any medical sources, any search crews to help when we need them? What about when Highway One north or south is blocked or Highway 17 is shut down? We were certainly NOT prepatred when the 1989 quake hit us. What’s changed since then? Are all the new high rise hotels being built in the county certified earthquake safe? I think there are dinky maps someplace online showing where the ocean will flow when the next tsunami rushes in. That’s it for tsunami help !!! Experts all tell us another big, very big techtonic plate shift/earthquake is coming within the next 30 years. Isn’t it up to the City Council to be sure we’re ready? Shouldn’t we be better informed and why don’t we know more about how any and all of our related City (and County) departments have prepared or are preparing??? Somebody has to ask these queations….and we need to get those answers ASAP.

OUR REVOLUTION LOCAL DETAILS. Jeffrey Smedberg was/is one of the most active members of the Santa Cruz for Bernie team. He sent an email Friday 9/26 part of which reads, “Arguing that we will be more effective in local politics as a legitimate organization, Jeffrey Smedberg presented draft bylaws, developed by the Organizational Structure Project Team founded at our SC4B meeting in July.  These governing rules, which were adopted, may be viewed on our website here.  The first action under the new Bylaws was election of officers for the remainder of 2016.  Elected were Co-Convenors Marion Brodkey and Magi Amma, Treasurer Mary Graydon-Fontana, Recording Secretary Zena Krakowsky, and Membership Secretary Jeffrey Smedberg.

On behalf of our Local Politics Project Team, Erik Eriksen described their research on Santa Cruz City Council candidates and their plan to build a campaign for a progressive Brand New Council. As tasks were described that are necessary to win an election, Berners eagerly committed to future neighborhood door-knocking and phone calling shifts on this Brand New Council Volunteer Sign-Up GoogleForm to support any progressive Santa Cruz City Council candidates we may endorse. As we read above, that’s now been decided, it’s  Drew Glover, Chris Krohn, Steve Schnaar, and Sandy Brown.

ROMANCE OF ROSY RIDGE, THE MOVIE. Just a slight change of subject, but Romance of Rosy Ridge was one of a very few big Hollywood studio movies ever to bring big stars and film the major part of the film in Santa Cruz County. Back in 1947 MGM, in addition to introducing and starring Janet Leigh in her first big film, brought Van Johnson, Guy Kibbee, Marshall Thompson, Thomas Mitchell, and little Dean Stockwell all to Santa Cruz and more specifically to fields and farms around FeltonTurner Classic Movies (TCM) showed it last week and it’s available on their website. I hadn’t seen it in 69 years, and worked hard at this viewing to spot any identifiable local sights or scenery. Nothing to spot at all. Only the trees and vague valleys looked familiar . And I’d always assumed that with Van Johnson and Janet Leigh and the usually funny Guy Kibbee that it was a comedy or musical…not at all. It’s set in 1865 in the Missouri Ozarks just after the Civil War and centers entirely on the bigotry and hatred between the Yankees and the Rebels. It almost goes without saying that Van Johnson is the Yankee who falls in love with Janet Leigh, the southerner. MacKinly Kantor one of the screen writers also wrote The Best Years of Our Lives. Lester Cole the other screenwriter was a member of the blacklisted Hollywood Ten. So obviously this film meant a lot back then. Check out IMDB to see plenty more details.

WAINER RETROSPECTIVE AT BLITZER. Mark Wainer (retired Orthopedic surgeon) has taken the art of photography to new levels…and he’s been doing that for 25 of the 50 year retrospective that will be featured at the Blitzer gallery starting this First Friday (Sept. 2, 5 -9 p.m.) He began with film, chemicals and enlargers all those years ago  and jumped into computers and PhotoShop decades ago. Check out his 13 portfolios at http://www.markwainer.com/Artist.asp?ArtistID=32140&Akey=88KMSY3K . especially look at the “Abstract Art” portfolio it’s all done on screen,  no photos were used (like finger painting)That’s the old Wrigley Plant 5 pm. 2801 Mission Street extension. It’ll be there through October 1st.

MERCHANT OF VENICE, GLOBE THEATRE VERSION. The Nickelodeon played London’s Globe Theatre’s 2015 production of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice at 11 am last Sunday morning (Aug.28). don’t tell Rabbi Rick that the theatre was packed!!! Shakespeare theatre productions rarely have any remarkable size audiences at all in the Del Mar or Nick, but Shylock filled the house. What is increasingly rare anywhere in the world today is that it was staged and acted, cast and costumed exactly the way Shakespeare wrote it!!!Jonathan Pryce was Shylock and was magnificent.

CLASSICAL DeCINZO. DeCinzo makes an incisive UCSC statement!! See downward

EAGAN’S DEEP COVER. Eagan goes deep inside Hillary’s campaign-  scroll below… And there are two new cartoons posted at TimEagan.com: Deep Cover and Subconscious Comics The latest EaganBlog, Double Take is here.

LISA JENSEN LINKS. Lisa’s on another vacation, some more!! Lisa has been writing film reviews and columns for Good Times since 1975  

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer, (live only or archived for two weeks… (See next paragraph) and go to WWW.KZSC.ORG. On August 30 photographer and Doctor Mark Wainer talks about his forthcoming exhibit at Blitzer Gallery, after which Joan Martin and Lisa Robinson discuss the new MAH history book, “Do You Know My Name?”. Bob Morgan talks about the Widening Won’t Work movement on September 6 followed by Martin Rizzo and his work in the “Do You Know My Name” book. Julie James speaks about the Jewel Theatre’s new season and “Streetcar Named Desire” on September 13.. Angelo Grova unveils his Fashion Art Show on Sept.20. Michel Singher previews The Espressivo Orchestra’s next concert on September 27. Joan Van Antwerp talks about The Sidereal Theatre on Oct. 18. Then October 25 has Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Paul Burdick talking about our court system.  Do remember, any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome so tune in, and keep listening. Email me always and only at bratton@cruzio.com  

NEW UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVE FEATURE. Stuff changes at KZSC a lot. If you missed either of the last two weeks of Universal Grapevine broadcasts go here… http://www.radiofreeamerica.com/dj/bruce-bratton You have to listen to about 4 minutes of that week’s KPFA news first, then Grapevine happens.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVES. In case you missed some of the great people I’ve interviewed in the last 9 years here’s a chronological list of some past broadcasts.  Such a wide range of folks such as  Nikki Silva, Michael Warren, Tom Noddy, UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal, Anita Monga, Mark Wainer, Judy Johnson, Wendy Mayer-Lochtefeld, Rachel Goodman, George Newell, Tubten Pende, Gina Marie Hayes, Rebecca Ronay-Hazleton, Miriam Ellis, Deb Mc Arthur, The Great Morgani on Street performing, and Paul Whitworth on Krapps Last Tape. Jodi McGraw on Sandhills, Bruce Daniels on area water problems. Mike Pappas on the Olive Connection, Sandy Lydon on County History. Paul Johnston on political organizing, Rick Longinotti on De-Sal. Dan Haifley on Monterey Bay Sanctuary,  Dan Harder on Santa Cruz City Museum. Sara Wilbourne on Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Brian Spencer on SEE Theatre Co. Paula Kenyon and Karen Massaro on MAH and Big Creek Pottery. Carolyn Burke on Edith Piaf. Peggy Dolgenos on Cruzio. Julie James on Jewel Theatre Company. Then there’s Pat Matejcek on environment, Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack on the Universe plus Nina Simon from MAH, Rob Slawinski, Gary Bascou, Judge Paul Burdick, John Brown Childs, Ellen Kimmel, Don Williams, Kinan Valdez, Ellen Murtha, John Leopold, Karen Kefauver, Chip Lord, Judy Bouley, Rob Sean Wilson, Ann Simonton, Lori Rivera, Sayaka Yabuki, Chris Kinney, Celia and Peter Scott, Chris Krohn, David Swanger, Chelsea Juarez…and that’s just since January 2011.

QUOTES “CALIFORNIA”

“Best way to live in California is to be from somewheres else”, Cormac McCarthy

“I was awakened by a tremendous earthquake, and though I hadnt ever before enjoyed a storm of this sort, the strange thrilling motion could not be mistaken, and I ran out of my cabin, both glad and frightened, shouting, “A noble earthquake! A noble earthquake” feeling sure I was going to learn something”,John Muir,

“God will break California from the surface of the continent like someone breaking off a piece of chocolate. It will become its own floating paradise of underweight movie stars and dot-commers, like a fat-free Atlantis with superfast Wi-Fi”, Laura Ruby

COOPER STREET 1910. It’s almost shocking that we can still recognize the old County Bank Building after all these decades.  It was built after the 1894 fire. According to John Chase’s “Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture” and Ernest Otto that corner used to be a vacant lot that held tent shows “such as glass blowers or Millie Christine the Double Headed Woman”. Now it houses Pacific Wave, Laili, and one of the eight NextSpaces.                                           photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email bratton@cruzio.com

DATELINE August 22, 2016

CITY COUNCIL “FORUMS” CONTINUE. Wictionary says “Forum” means “discussion”. So far the two “forums” I’ve been to are just really, really short speeches by the candidates, which takes about two hours. The last one at the SEIU Hall (Aug. 18) had 9, not 11, of the candidates. SEIU talked to Nathaniel Kennedy and decided he wasn’t a serious candidate and didn’t invite him. Jim Davis the radio ad salesman got arrested the night before for drunk driving and was a no show!! It was mostly a Union audience so Cynthia Mathews was obviosly nervous and of course promised from now on everything would be all union in Santa Cruz. J.M Brown, Cynthia’s friend said about the same thing. Robert Singleton said he’s a Democrat and wants to bring all the businesses and people to Santa Cruz as soon as possible so the city will have more tax revenue!! He also wants more Section 8 housing…so does everybody. The tax measure D got us some idea of where the candidates are at. Martine Watkins, Robert Singleton, Jim Brown, Cynthia Mathews and Steve Pleitch all vote yes on Widening Highway One and the other covering -up benefits. Steve Schnaar, Sandy Brown, Chris Krohn and Drew Glover all say no to Measure D. Krohn’s idea is to put that $100 million into Metro and public transportation instead of Auxilliary Lanes. Sandy Brown also supports a minimum wage. Again on the issue of would you take developers money for your campaigns Cynthia Mathews, J.M Brown, Martine Watkins, and Robert Singleton all said yes. Krohn, Sandy Brown, Drew Glover, Steve Schnaar and Steve Pleitch all said no. There are many more “forums” coming up created by The Monterey Bay Labor Council, The People’s Democratic Club Forum (which will include the ACLU, The Sierra Club, The GLBT Alliance and others) , The Democratic Women’s Club, The Santa Cruz Downtown Association and probably a few more all within a few weeks. Go to one or more of them, see which candidates you believe will lead Santa Cruz in a progressive direction and end the the mess that the last few City Councils have gotten us into.

WIDENING WON’T WORK…VOTE NO ON MEASURE D.

The County claims that the November 8 Ballot Tax Measure D is “the solution” that will “ease traffic congestion on Highway 1″ by widening the Highway”. Why should voters agree to pay $100 million for something that even Caltrans own EIR study clearly says will not solve the problem it is intended to fix? Recent traffic studies conclude that highway widening does not solve the problem of highway traffic congestion. In fact, the opposite is true. Studies indicate that traffic actually increases with highway widening. That is why the state of California will no longer fund highway widening. There are faster, cheaper, more effective ways to improve travel. This ballot measure will cost us about a half billion dollars in new sales taxes. We need to invest in modern solutions that actually work. Other counties have improved travel without funding highway widening. A new Bay Area Commuter Benefits Program is drastically reducing single passenger car trips without raising taxes. We can do the same.

VOTE NO on Measure D to tell the decision makers that we want an improved transit system that actually works, doesn’t put more cars on the highway, doesn’t add to urban sprawl, and doesn’t add to climate change.

Concerned citizens have formed Widening Won’t Work to oppose the wasteful highway-widening plan. For more information visit: WideningWontWork.org. The campaign seeks volunteers and financial contributions. You are welcome to join the group. Attend our campaign Kickoff event on August 28th 3-5PM at Brommer Park (corner of Brommer & 30th Ave). Santa Cruz County can do better! Vote NO on Measure D.

CLASSICAL DeCINZO. DeCinzo looks out the window at the Regional Transportation Commission…see below.

EAGAN’S DEEP COVER. Eagan shows us how Trump takes on baggage…scroll downwards …and There are two new cartoons posted at TimEagan.com still more at Subconscious Comics and the latest EaganBlog, Win or Lose, You Decide:

MERCHANT OF VENICE, once only. The Globe Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice” starring Jonathan Pryce  will be playing just once… this Sunday August 28 at the Del Mar theatre at 11am. Like all Globe productions it’ll be staged and costumed in the original Shakespeare tradition. As one Chicago Tribune critic said, “In some of his most highly-charged scenes, Shakespeare dramatizes the competing claims of tolerance and intolerance, justice and mercy, while in the character of Shylock he created one of the most memorable outsiders in all theatre. Article here: Many sides of Shylock from Jonathan Pryce in this ‘Merchant of Venice’

LISA JENSEN LINKS. Lisa writes: “How cool was it to see my book, Alias Hook, performed live, onstage at Louden Nelson Center last weekend? Find out, this week at Lisa Jensen Online Express (http://ljo-express.blogspot.com). Special kudos to all the cast and crew at Santa Cruz Parks & Rec Teen Theatre for making the show so much fun!” Lisa has been writing film reviews and columns for Good Times since 1975  

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer, (live only or archived for two weeks… (See next paragraph) and go to WWW.KZSC.ORG. On August 23 Jeffrey Smedberg talks about the Bernie Sanders event and revolution, he precedes  Carol Panofsky talking about Munching with Mozart and The Raggazzi Boys Choir and other musics. Then on August 30 Artist and Doctor Mark Wainer talks about his forthcoming exhibit, after which Joan Martin discusses Rancho Bolsa del Pajaro and the MAH history book. Julie James speaks about the Jewel Theatre’s new season and “Streetcar Named Desire” on September 13, she’s followed by Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Paul Burdick. Angelo Grova unveils his Fashion Art Show on Sept.20. Michel Singher previews The Espressivo Orchestra’s next concert on September 27. Do remember, any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome so tune in, and keep listening. Email me always and only at bratton@cruzio.com

NEW UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVE FEATURE. Stuff changes at KZSC a lot. If you missed either of the last two weeks of Universal Grapevine broadcasts go here… http://www.radiofreeamerica.com/dj/bruce-bratton You have to listen to about 4 minutes of that week’s KPFA news first, then Grapevine happens.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVES. In case you missed some of the great people I’ve interviewed in the last 9 years here’s a chronological list of some past broadcasts.  Such a wide range of folks such as  Nikki Silva, Michael Warren, Tom Noddy, UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal, Anita Monga, Mark Wainer, Judy Johnson, Wendy Mayer-Lochtefeld, Rachel Goodman, George Newell, Tubten Pende, Gina Marie Hayes, Rebecca Ronay-Hazleton, Miriam Ellis, Deb Mc Arthur, The Great Morgani on Street performing, and Paul Whitworth on Krapps Last Tape. Jodi McGraw on Sandhills, Bruce Daniels on area water problems. Mike Pappas on the Olive Connection, Sandy Lydon on County History. Paul Johnston on political organizing, Rick Longinotti on De-Sal. Dan Haifley on Monterey Bay Sanctuary, Dan Harder on Santa Cruz City Museum. Sara Wilbourne on Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Brian Spencer on SEE Theatre Co. Paula Kenyon and Karen Massaro on MAH and Big Creek Pottery. Carolyn Burke on Edith Piaf. Peggy Dolgenos on Cruzio. Julie James on Jewel Theatre Company. Then there’s Pat Matejcek on environment, Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack on the Universe plus Nina Simon from MAH, Rob Slawinski, Gary Bascou, Judge Paul Burdick, John Brown Childs, Ellen Kimmel, Don Williams, Kinan Valdez, Ellen Murtha, John Leopold, Karen Kefauver, Chip Lord, Judy Bouley, Rob Sean Wilson, Ann Simonton, Lori Rivera, Sayaka Yabuki, Chris Kinney, Celia and Peter Scott, Chris Krohn, David Swanger, Chelsea Juarez…and that’s just since January 2011.

QUOTES.     “SHARKS”

“We provoke a shark every time we enter the water where sharks happen to be, for we forget: The ocean is not our territory – it’s theirs”,  Peter Benchley

“Sharks are beautiful animals, and if you’re lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you’re in a healthy ocean. You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don’t see sharks”, Sylvia Earle

“French fries kill more people than guns and sharks, yet nobody’s afraid of French fries”, Robert Kiyosaki

SANTA CRUZ’S BIGGEST BEACH TRAGEDY, THE DREAM INN. Area environmentalists got serious after The Dream Inn became a reality. This monstrosity (a nod to Honolulu and Rio’s beaches being ruined by hotels) happened back in April 26 1963. Across the street on the left is the Dominican Sisters Hospital, later morphed and moved into Dominican Hospital. Depot Park complete with Depot is there too, about dead center. photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email bratton@cruzio.com

DATELINE August 15, 2016

CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES GENUFLECT. A church group sponsored the first collection of the eleven (11) Santa Cruz City Council Candidates gathering last Thursday August 11. In the High Street PeaceUnited Church out in the westside. As you can guess it attracted  a very different crowd (probably 250!!) than it will when another gathering is held at London Nelson Community Center. So white,westside, christians listened as the 11 candidates spoke as fast as they could in their given 5 minutes about absolutely nothing new or exciting. It  became even more clear that present and often mayor Cynthia Mathews has three staunch camp members who’ll follow her past and present pro-growth and harsh and demanding rulings. J.M Brown, Robert Singleton, and Martine Watkins will be right there for her. There probably won’t be any announced SLATE formed on either side. So then we have former mayor Chris Krohn, Drew Glover, Steve Schnar, Sandy Brown and Steve Pleitch on the progressive, environmental, sustainable growth, help the homeless side. Check out their websites, see if they commit to anything, and most importantly learn who’s endorsing them. Por Ejemplo, J.M. Brown campaign endorsers page has names like Baskin, Bosso, Colligan, Matt Farrell, Robert Singleton, Doug Ley, Fred Keeley, Hilary Bryant, Richelle Noroyan and more like that. Then again, there’s Nathaniel Kennedy who wants more public toilets and told us in great detail about what toilets are used for!!! Cynthia Mathews endorsers are just about the exact same as J.M Brown’s. Tons more to talk about…watch this space especially for the  next 10 weeks!!!

MISS HAMLET, THE COMEDY & REACTIONS. Folks are still responding to my quest to find out just why Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s production of Hamlet that had Hamlet being a woman, drew so many laughs on opening night (and after that too, according to readers). It’s about an even bout between the acting being so shallow and Hamlet actually being played for any laughs they can get, to this reader who seemed to sum up the other reactions…

“I theorize the people laughing at Hamlet, are “Millennial”. I think it’s because they are so crippled by politically correct Bullpucky that they don’t know how to process 1. the world 2. their emotions 3. social interactions 4. them selves  without first checking what their other “peeps” are doing. They are Sheep, or Sleepwalkers, or Lemmings, take your pick”.

BERNIE SANDERS SANTA CRUZ REVOLUTION. Jeffrey Smedberg sends this…

Our Revolution is a new organization emerging from Bernie Sanders’ campaign that will continue to bring together a new majority for economic and social change by supporting candidates at the local, state, and national level who support the mission, issues and values of the Sanders campaign. The progressive community is invited to a potluck meeting to view Bernie’s live broadcast kickoff at 5:30 PM on Wednesday, August 24, at the London Nelson Community Center, 301 Center Street, Santa Cruz.

CLASSICAL DeCINZO. DeCinzo shakes up Shakespeare in Santa Cruz, scroll below.

EAGAN’S DEEP COVER. Tim looks back in anger…see below

If Words Could Put the Fire Out: A Benefit for Soberanes Fire Relief Wine & Small Bites & Readings by local authors Ellen Bass, Jane Smiley & Patrice Vecchione at Earthbound Farm Stand 7250 Carmel Valley Rd, Carmel Valley. August 20, 4:00 – 6:00pm. All proceeds go to the Soberanes Fire Fund at the Community Foundation for Monterey County.

LISA JENSEN LINKS. Lisa writes again: “Why would anyone have to take a vacation from watching movies? In my case, it’s two family weddings, and the family reunions that come with them! So I’m taking a short break from the blog, Lisa Jensen Online Express (http://ljo-express.blogspot.com). But I’ll be back in time for opening night at Santa Cruz Parks & Rec Teen Theatre’s production of Alias Hook, August 19, at London Nelson. Maybe I’ll see you there!” Lisa has been writing film reviews and columns for Good Times since 1975.  

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer, (live only or archived for two weeks… (See next paragraph) and go to WWW.KZSC.ORG. The new book “Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast” co-author Christian Schwarz guests on August 18th after which former County Supervisor and Bernie Sanders pledged delegate Gary Patton talks about the DNC. Historian Martin Rizzo talks about MAH‘s new history book “Do You Know My Name?” preceding  Carol Panofsky talking about Munching with Mozart and other music on August 23. Then on August 30 Artist and Doctor Mark Wainer talks about his forthcoming exhibit, after which Joan Martin discusses Rancho Bolsa del Pajaro and the MAH history book. Julie James speaks about the Jewel Theatre’s new season and “Streetcar Named Desire” on September 13. Angelo Grova unveils his Fashion Art Show on Sept.20. Michel Singher previews The Espressivo Orchestra’s next concert on September 27. Do remember, any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome so tune in, and keep listening. Email me always and only at bratton@cruzio.com

NEW UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVE FEATURE. Stuff changes at KZSC a lot. If you missed either of the last two weeks of Universal Grapevine broadcasts go here… http://www.radiofreeamerica.com/dj/bruce-bratton You have to listen to about 4 minutes of that week’s KPFA news first, then Grapevine happens.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVES. In case you missed some of the great people I’ve interviewed in the last 9 years here’s a chronological list of some past broadcasts.  Such a wide range of folks such as  Nikki Silva, Michael Warren, Tom Noddy, UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal, Anita Monga, Mark Wainer, Judy Johnson, Wendy Mayer-Lochtefeld, Rachel Goodman, George Newell, Tubten Pende, Gina Marie Hayes, Rebecca Ronay-Hazleton, Miriam Ellis, Deb Mc Arthur, The Great Morgani on Street performing, and Paul Whitworth on Krapps Last Tape. Jodi McGraw on Sandhills, Bruce Daniels on area water problems. Mike Pappas on the Olive Connection, Sandy Lydon on County History. Paul Johnston on political organizing, Rick Longinotti on De-Sal. Dan Haifley on Monterey Bay Sanctuary, Dan Harder on Santa Cruz City Museum. Sara Wilbourne on Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Brian Spencer on SEE Theatre Co. Paula Kenyon and Karen Massaro on MAH and Big Creek Pottery. Carolyn Burke on Edith Piaf. Peggy Dolgenos on Cruzio. Julie James on Jewel Theatre Company. Then there’s Pat Matejcek on environment, Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack on the Universe plus Nina Simon from MAH, Rob Slawinski, Gary Bascou, Judge Paul Burdick, John Brown Childs, Ellen Kimmel, Don Williams, Kinan Valdez, Ellen Murtha, John Leopold, Karen Kefauver, Chip Lord, Judy Bouley, Rob Sean Wilson, Ann Simonton, Lori Rivera, Sayaka Yabuki, Chris Kinney, Celia and Peter Scott, Chris Krohn, David Swanger, Chelsea Juarez…and that’s just since January 2011.

QUOTES. “VOTING”

“Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting”,  Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”  Winston S. Churchill

“Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters”, Abraham Lincoln

“Majority rule only works if you’re also considering individual rights. Because you can’t have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper”,  Larry Flynt

“If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal”, Emma Goldman

“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron”, H.L. Mencken

ENDANGERED EASTSIDE (VILLA de BRANCIFORTE NEIGHBORHOOD). This is Water and Soquel and Morrissey Streets  on June 12, 1953. “twas long before Grocery Outlet, The Post Office, Lucky Grocery and much, much more.                                                                                                       photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email bratton@cruzio.com

DATELINE August 8, 2016

CABRILLO FESTIVAL O’ MUSIC NATIONAL PRAISE. First of all (in answer to many of our questions)…no word has been made public as to Marin Alsop’s replacement. Second of all, last  Friday and Saturday concerts almost completely packed the Civic Auditorium. Dozens of tributes of all styles were given and received by Marin, it was good fun. Right after intermission Jesse Rosen President and CEO, League of American Orchestras flew in from New York and stated…”America’s 1200 orchestras look to Cabrillo as a kind of laboratory, a cauldron of creativity; developing the finest compositional talent.   Cabrillo is regarded as a standard-bearer in fostering creativity and demonstrating a rich and authentic relationship with its community“. He really said it more friendlily and profoundly than that, but I emailed him Sunday and he just sort of paraphrased it all for us especially. It amazed many audience members to hear that there are 1200 orchestras in the USA and although The NY Times, The Wall Street Journal and many, many national and international media voices have recognized The Cabrillo Festival, it was still great to hear OUR orchestra praised and respected so highly. You shoulda been there, and there are just two more concerts left…get those tickets in case you’re still wondering what the super fuss is all about.

HOW MORAL ARE YOU? Lee Taiz sent in this deep and timely question/test.

Subject: MORALITY

Are you as moral as you think you are?
This test only has one question, but it is a very important one. By giving an honest answer, you will discover where you stand morally. The test features an unlikely, completely fictional situation in which you will have to make a decision. Only you will know the results, so remember that your answer needs to be honest.

THE SITUATION:
You are in Florida, Miami to be specific.
There is chaos all around you caused by a hurricane with severe flooding.
This is a flood of biblical proportions.
You are a photojournalist working for a major newspaper, and you’re caught in the middle of this epic disaster.
The situation is nearly hopeless.
You’re trying to shoot career-making photos.
There are houses and people swirling around you, some disappearing under the water.
Nature is unleashing all of its destructive fury.

THE TEST:
Suddenly you see a man in the water.
He is fighting for his life, trying not to be taken down with the debris.
You move closer.
Somehow the man looks familiar.
You suddenly realize who it is.
It’s Donald Trump
At the same time you notice that the raging waters are about to take him under forever.

YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS:
You can save the life of Donald Trump OR  you can shoot a dramatic Pulitzer Prize winning photo, documenting the death of one of the world’s most powerful Republican men hell bent on the destruction of The United States of America…

THE QUESTION:
Here’s the question, and please give an honest answer…….
“Would you select high contrast color film, or would you go with the classic simplicity of black and white?”

TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES.

John Aird Former co-chairman of CLUE, member of Desal Alternatives and Community Water Coalition (CWC)……active citizen  went to much trouble to lay out some facts and questions in this most troubling time of political honesty. He says…

“I thought you might find the compilation (below) that I put together based on information from the politifact.org organization of interest.  They took information/statements on the respective listed individual websites and then judged each of them on its relative “truth” on a scale from “true” at the high end to at the low end, “pants on fire”- their rating step that’s worse than just being false.

What is shocking is the comparative difference on the low/false end:

Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, President Obama statements ranged from 11%-14% “false” or “pants on fire” while more than half (55%) of Trump’s statements were so rated.

I know that this difference is not entirely new “news” in general.  However, the fact that the basis of this information is from their own presumably well-reviewed and considered websites makes it especially noteworthy. 

Truthfulness based on Facts:

“Mostly True” + % in Rank Order

*Apparently the totals are a reflection of rounding

CLASSICAL DeCINZO. DeCinzo muses on our ART problem….see below a few pages.

EAGAN’S DEEP COVER. Tim gives new meaning to “Don’t Tread on Me”  scroll downwards. Then check out Subconscious Comics, and the latest EaganBlog, 100 Years Until Forever:

MUSICAL SAW FESTIVAL & SCRIBNER CELEBRATION. It’s the 37th  annual Musical Saw Festival that we started way back in September 1979, that is happening this Saturday and Sunday (08/11 & 08/12). The most easily accessible (and free way) to hear some of the very best Saw Players from around the world (truly) is to be at the Tom Scribner Statue in front of Bookshop Santa Cruz Saturday from 2-4 p.m. Denise Gallant is filming a documentary on Tom Scribner, she’ll be there too.

Here’s some of what’s going on:

Saturday, August 13th, 2:00 to 4:00 PM The start time for the street jam has been changed to 2pm this year. Chairs will be provided for performers. Acoustic instruments only, please. We will gather at the world’s only life-sized bronze statue of a saw player in front of Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA.

Saturday, August 13th, 6:30 to 10:00 PM We will provide the meat, please bring drinks, a side dish, chairs and a lantern for after dark. We will share a potluck dinner, then pull out our instruments for a jam session. Look for us in the outer parking lot of Roaring Camp Railroads in Felton, California, just seven miles north of Santa Cruz

Sunday, August 14th, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Roaring Camp Railroads, 5401 Graham Hill Road, Felton, CA
This year we will be on the Chuckwagon BBQ Stage, which is also known as the Group Picnic Stage. This is an outdoor stage towards the back of the park, near the Chuckwagon BBQ area. 

10:00 – Gathering of the Sawyers
11:00 – Musical Saw Contest
12:00 – The Blacklock Family Band
12:30 – Art Peterson with Laurie Miller, Donnie Hodges & Susan Spoons
1:00 – The Geezers – Juli Moscovitz & Friends
1:30 – Blacklock Ukulele/Saw Extravaganza

Featured Sawplayers
1:45 – Cindy Webster – saw and electricity
2:00 – Joe Eding
2:15 – Lou Mannick
2:30 – Thomas Spearance
2:45 – Terry Bergman
3:00 – Morgan Cowin
3:15 – Alistair “Azo” Bell from Australia

3:30 – Presentation of Awards
4:00 – First Place Winner of Musical Saw Contest
4:15 – CHORUS OF SAWS (ALL Sawplayers welcome)
4:30 – Musical Saw Workshop – play the saw!
5:00 – Sawyers Farewell Circle

For more information, visit our website: http://www.sawplayers.org

LISA JENSEN LINKS. Lisa writes: “Why would anyone have to take a vacation from watching movies? In my case, it’s two family weddings, and the family reunions that come with them! So I’m taking a short break from the blog, Lisa Jensen Online Express (http://ljo-express.blogspot.com). But I’ll be back in time for opening night at Santa Cruz Parks & Rec Teen Theatre’s production of Alias Hook, August 19, at Louden Nelson. Maybe I’ll see you there!” Lisa has been writing film reviews and columns for Good Times since 1975.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer, (live only or archived for two weeks… (See next paragraph) and go to WWW.KZSC.ORG. . Rick Gladstone opens on August 9th discussing Tom Scribner and Santa Cruz political history in the 1960’s. He’s followed by Debbie Hencke discussing undesirable Branciforte & Eastside growth. The new book “Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast” co-author Christian Schwarz guests on August 18th after which former County Supervisor and Sanders pledged delegate Gary Patton talks about the DNC. Carol Panofsky talks about Munching with Mozart and other music on August 23. Then on August 30 Artist and Doctor Mark Wainer talks about his forthcoming exhibit. Angelo Grova unveils his Fashion Art Show on Sept.20. Michel Singher previews The Espressivo Orchestra’s next concert on September 27. Do remember, any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome so tune in, and keep listening. Email me always and only at bratton@cruzio.com

NEW UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVE FEATURE. Stuff changes at KZSC a lot. If you missed either of the last two weeks of Universal Grapevine broadcasts go here… http://www.radiofreeamerica.com/dj/bruce-bratton You have to listen to about 4 minutes of that week’s KPFA news first, then Grapevine happens.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVES. In case you missed some of the great people I’ve interviewed in the last 9 years here’s a chronological list of some past broadcasts.  Such a wide range of folks such as  Nikki Silva, Michael Warren, Tom Noddy, UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal, Anita Monga, Mark Wainer, Judy Johnson, Wendy Mayer-Lochtefeld, Rachel Goodman, George Newell, Tubten Pende, Gina Marie Hayes, Rebecca Ronay-Hazleton, Miriam Ellis, Deb Mc Arthur, The Great Morgani on Street performing, and Paul Whitworth on Krapps Last Tape. Jodi McGraw on Sandhills, Bruce Daniels on area water problems. Mike Pappas on the Olive Connection, Sandy Lydon on County History. Paul Johnston on political organizing, Rick Longinotti on De-Sal. Dan Haifley on Monterey Bay Sanctuary, Dan Harder on Santa Cruz City Museum. Sara Wilbourne on Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Brian Spencer on SEE Theatre Co. Paula Kenyon and Karen Massaro on MAH and Big Creek Pottery. Carolyn Burke on Edith Piaf. Peggy Dolgenos on Cruzio. Julie James on Jewel Theatre Company. Then there’s Pat Matejcek on environment, Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack on the Universe plus Nina Simon from MAH, Rob Slawinski, Gary Bascou, Judge Paul Burdick, John Brown Childs, Ellen Kimmel, Don Williams, Kinan Valdez, Ellen Murtha, John Leopold, Karen Kefauver, Chip Lord, Judy Bouley, Rob Sean Wilson, Ann Simonton, Lori Rivera, Sayaka Yabuki, Chris Kinney, Celia and Peter Scott, Chris Krohn, David Swanger, Chelsea Juarez…and that’s just since January 2011.

QUOTES – OLYMPICS

“Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion”, Richard M. Nixon

“Olympics — A lifetime of training for just ten seconds”, Jesse Owens (African-American athlete, 1936 Summer Olympics)

“I swam my brains out”, Mark Spitz (American swimmer, 1972 Summer Olympics, on winning seven gold medals Inspirational)

“It was not the money that was my main motive; it was the challenge and the thrill where I got my kicks. Armed robbery to me was like a sport. To take on an armored vehicle with two armed security guards—it was like an athlete attending the Olympic Games” Drexel Deal.

OUR COUNTY BUILDING CONSTRUCTION March 18, 1966. Not just the County Building but a great view of El Rio Mobile Home Park just behind Lenz Arts. There’s the Outdoor World building, The Taqueria place at River and Water Streets, and Vapor Cleaners on Water Street!!!                                                    photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email bratton@cruzio.com

DATELINE August 1. 2016

A MYSTERIOUS HAMLET. I’ve never missed a one of Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s (or Shakespeare Santa Cruz) plays in their entire history and I was even in their very first play, King Lear. I attended opening night of Hamlet last Friday 7/29. Changing Hamlet’s sex to female wasn’t anywhere near as interesting as I imagined it would be. What was “interesting”, surprising, and totally mystifying is how the audience laughed so much and so often. Right from the very first scene with Hamlet’s ghost, the place burst into fits of howls, guffaws, and continuing snickers. Those laughs continued right into what is traditionally the most serious and heartfelt confrontations in all of theatre history. I don’t mean the intentionally funny Mrs. Polonius dialogue or the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern stuff.  I’m talking about heavy scenes between Ms. Hamlet and her Mom or Hamlet and Ophelia getting solid laughter!!! Why?? I could only come up with these possibilities….

1. The actors are playing it for laughs on purpose.
2. The actors have little or no idea what is funny in Hamlet.
3. It’s bad acting because it’s very rushed, and shouted due to inability to project.
4. Three quarters of the audience has never seen Hamlet and thinks it’s a comedy.

Go see it, maybe it’s just a new way of playing Shakespeare. Their production of Macbeth last year got a bunch of laughs too…go figure.

CHRIS KROHN with DNC SNAPSHOTS.
Chris brings BrattonOnline an exclusive report

“DNC Snapshots”

Republicans Seem to Implode, Democrats Like to Explode

Sunday 2016 Philadelphia—pre-convention political protestation

So much happening…the morning begins by finding out the Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz was forced to resign her position over a WikiLeaks email cache that had the DNC staffers favoring Hillary Clinton’s campaign over Bernie Sanders…it’s an accusation Sanders people have been levelling for months and now a new energy and confidence seems to have been unleashed as Sanders supporters are out in force and feeling a justified “Bern” now. Wasserman-Schultz resigning really casts a pall over the the big party…how will Dems recover?

click here to continue (link expands, click again to collapse)

~ Chris Krohn is a former Santa Cruz Mayor.

PATTON’S PROGRAM. From Gary’s Two Worlds website…Gary was an Alternative delegate for Bernie Sanders to the Democratic National Convention. He wrote the most revealing daily coverage on what really was going on between the Clinton and Sanders delegates that I could find in all of media.

Read all of his Two Worlds column for Friday July 29 which is linked here…. (link expands, click again to collapse)

~ Gary is a former Santa Cruz County Supervisor (20 years) and an attorney who represents indivuduals and community groups on land use and environmental issues. The opinions expressed are Mr. Patton’s. Gary has his own website, Two Worlds at  www.gapatton.net

CLASSICAL DeCINZO. DeCinzo gives us a plane’s eye view of Santa Cruz, scroll down.

EAGAN’S DEEP COVER. Eagan’s Little Miss Putin makes a move…see below.

LISA JENSEN LINKS. Lisa writes: “It’s not like a woman has never played Hamlet before. Discover some vintage examples of actresses in the role, and find out what’s special about Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s powerful new production, this week at Lisa Jensen Online Express (http://ljo-express.blogspot.com). Also, visit a dreamy, glittering 1930s as they never were — except in the movies — in Woody Allen’s Cafe Society. “Lisa has been writing film reviews and columns for Good Times since 1975.

TO SEE OR NOT TO SEE

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer, (live only or archived for two weeks… (See next paragraph) and go to WWW.KZSC.ORG. On August 2 Dr.Neil Sawhney (cardiologist) from PAMF talks about heart health. Then Kathy McClure discusses the secrets of self-publishing. Rick Gladstone opens on August 9th discussing Santa Cruz political history in the 1960’s. He’s followed by Debbie Hencke discussing undesirable Branciforte & Eastside growth. The new book “Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast” co-author Christian Schwarz guests on August 18th. Carol Panofsky talks about Munching with Mozart and other music on August 23. Then on August 30 Artist and Doctor Mark Wainer talks about his forthcoming exhibit. Do remember, any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome so tune in, and keep listening. Email me always and only at bratton@cruzio.com

NEW UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVE FEATURE. Stuff changes at KZSC a lot. If you missed either of the last two weeks of Universal Grapevine broadcasts go here… http://www.radiofreeamerica.com/dj/bruce-bratton You have to listen to about 4 minutes of that week’s KPFA news first, then Grapevine happens.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVES. In case you missed some of the great people I’ve interviewed in the last 9 years here’s a chronological list of some past broadcasts.  Such a wide range of folks such as  Nikki Silva, Michael Warren, Tom Noddy, UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal, Anita Monga, Mark Wainer, Judy Johnson, Wendy Mayer-Lochtefeld, Rachel Goodman, George Newell, Tubten Pende, Gina Marie Hayes, Rebecca Ronay-Hazleton, Miriam Ellis, Deb Mc Arthur, The Great Morgani on Street performing, and Paul Whitworth on Krapps Last Tape. Jodi McGraw on Sandhills, Bruce Daniels on area water problems. Mike Pappas on the Olive Connection, Sandy Lydon on County History. Paul Johnston on political organizing, Rick Longinotti on De-Sal. Dan Haifley on Monterey Bay Sanctuary, Dan Harder on Santa Cruz City Museum. Sara Wilbourne on Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Brian Spencer on SEE Theatre Co. Paula Kenyon and Karen Massaro on MAH and Big Creek Pottery. Carolyn Burke on Edith Piaf. Peggy Dolgenos on Cruzio. Julie James on Jewel Theatre Company. Then there’s Pat Matejcek on environment, Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack on the Universe plus Nina Simon from MAH, Rob Slawinski, Gary Bascou, Judge Paul Burdick, John Brown Childs, Ellen Kimmel, Don Williams, Kinan Valdez, Ellen Murtha, John Leopold, Karen Kefauver, Chip Lord, Judy Bouley, Rob Sean Wilson, Ann Simonton, Lori Rivera, Sayaka Yabuki, Chris Kinney, Celia and Peter Scott, Chris Krohn, David Swanger, Chelsea Juarez…and that’s just since January 2011.

QUOTES. About SUNSET

“Soon it got dusk, a grapy dusk, a purple dusk over tangerine groves and long melon fields; the sun the color of pressed grapes, slashed with burgundy red, the fields the color of love and Spanish mysteries.”
Jack Kerouac, On the Road

“One might fancy that day, the London day, was just beginning. Like a woman who had slipped off her print dress and white apron to array herself in blue and pearls, the day changed, put off stuff, took gauze, changed to evening, and with the same sigh of exhilaration that a woman breathes, tumbling petticoats on the floor, it too shed dust, heat, colour; the traffic thinned; motor cars, tinkling, darting, succeeded the lumber of vans; and here and there among the thick foliage of the squares an intense light hung. I resign, the evening seemed to say, as it paled and faded above the battlements and prominences, moulded, pointed, of hotel, flat, and block of shops, I fade, she was beginning. I disappear, but London would have none of it, and rushed her bayonets into the sky, pinioned her, constrained her to partnership in her revelry.” Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

“A large drop of sun lingered on the horizon and then dripped over and was gone, and the sky was brilliant over the spot where it had gone, and a torn cloud, like a bloody rag, hung over the spot of its going. And dusk crept over the sky from the eastern horizon, and darkness crept over the land from the east.” John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

41st & CAPITOLA ROAD 1967. Ah, progress!! That huge building in the lower right hand quarter is of course, Orchard Supply Hardware (once King’s Plaza). 41st runs left and right in the center. Now we have two banks and two gas stations on this former green corner.                                                         photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email bratton@cruzio.com

DATELINE July 25, 2016

PROTECTING OUR NORTH COAST. (Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument). Sunday’s (7/24/16) Santa Cruz Sentinel had a great article titled, “Protections a must before monument”. Here’s what Ted Benhari from Friends of the North Coast (one of the authors) said,  and sent out on Facebook…

“Farm Bureau President David Van Lennep, Big Creek Lumber’s Bob Berlage, and I wrote an OpEd in Sunday’s Santa Cruz Sentinel about the importance of getting the conditions demanded by the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors and the Santa Cruz City Council written into any proclamation President Obama might issue creating the Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument. Without having those spelled out in the proclamation’s language, the impacts on our roads, first responders and other services will likely have to be born by local taxpayers. Just below is a link to the OpEd. If you are concerned about this, write a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and President Obama demanding these protections be included if he makes Coast Dairies a national monument, which we think is a terrible mistake because it will only attract thousands more visitors without necessarily providing any more funding (our national park system has $12 billion dollars of unmet maintenance needs, a figure which grows larger every year).

TRUMP, GEORGE F. WILL AND DAVID BROOKS!!! Sunday’s Santa Cruz Sentinel (July 24, 2016) should be preserved in some very special place. Not only did we find the above article on saving our North Coast, and Chris Krohn’s piece on the Republican Convention and how that party may be over but we find absolutely shocking revelations from staunch conservative and Pulitzer prize winner George F. Will. He calls Trump “a boastful adulterer and aspiring torturer”. He says Mike Pence’s unctuous affect resemble’s Uriah Heep’s”. It’s important…you should read Will’s entire editorial here…

GEORGE.F. WILL “Another view – Pence the pliable’s contortions”.

DAVID BROOKS, “The Dark Knight of disorder promises law and order”  David Brooks another noted conservative and commentator for the Washington Post called Trump “The Dark Knight”. He says in this article, But if Trump is detached from the country, and uninterested in anything but himself, he’s also detached from his party. Trump is not really changing his party as much as dissolving it. He also states…” This is less a party than a personality cult. Law and order is a strange theme for a candidate who radiates conflict and disorder. Some rich children are careless that way; they break things and other people have to clean up the mess”. Go here and read it all… When you have two of the most prominent Republicans in the nation saying that about the party candidate and the party…you know times are changing.

COMMUNITY  POWER AND OUSTING PG&E. ( a repeat) More than just closing Diablo there’s 1000’s of folks working hard to create “Community Power”. Counties and cities such as

Marin County, San Mateo, Sonoma, San Francisco, Benecia, El Cerrito, Richmond,  San Pablo all have bought in to community power and Lafayette and Walnut Creek join that group in September. Check out this link to see what Monterey Bay Community Power has already accomplished. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gY6AkwdIuY . Then read the Santa Cruz Sentinel’s angled and typically cautious piece about this October and Community Power plans for our neighboring Counties. http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/article/NE/20160609/NEWS/160609741

COMMUNITY POWER MEETING… Beverly DesChaux, President of the Electric Auto Assn Central Coast Chapter sent this notice…
Hi Environmentally Concerned Citizens,  

The Electric Auto Association,  Central Coast Chapter is very excited to co-sponsor this presentation on our Monterey Bay Community Power, Wednesday, August 3rd, 6-7:30 pm at Santa Cruz High Auditorium. This presentation will include results of the technical study. It will help you to understand what a Community Choice Energy(CCE) program means with all of its many benefits to our community and the environment, including facts and figures about costs and Greenhouse Gas Emissions reductions into the future. This information will prepare you to choose whether to buy your electricity from our locally controlled CCE or opt out to stay with PG&E. As we green up the grid, this is great news for EV owners/drivers who are not already plugging into their own solar arrays. This presentation will be co-sponsored with Allterra Solar, and Santa Cruz City Schools’ Green Schools Committee, targeting environmental groups and other interested members of the community. That’s Weds., Aug. 3
6-7:30 p.m. Santa Cruz High Auditorium. We hope you will join us for this official presentation by the outreach firm for Monterey Bay Community Power. The aim is to begin providing electricity to customers by October 2017, so please invite concerned groups and people so they can be informed about their upcoming choice.

CHRIS KROHN’S EXCLUSIVE REPORT TO BRATTONONLINE…from Philadelphia.

INSIDE THE RNC   Chris Krohn is a fromer Santa Cruz mayor.

“Much of Cleveland this week is surreal, maybe post-surreal”.

Surreal, Take One—Police and More Police

There are police there from 21 different states—Louisville, Austin, Charleston, all represented, and so are the Florida, Indiana, and New Jersey state police to name just a few. But perhaps the most bizarre security presence I witnessed, more unusual than Secret Service, Homeland Security Intelligence (HSI, who know?), “Terrorism Task Force,” and the National Guard was the presence of our own CHP. That’s right, the California Highway Patrol had at least seven officers patrolling downtown Cleveland during the convention. The mayor, Frank Jackson told me in an interview that the city’s received $50 million to help pay for the convention, so I guess it’s got to go somewhere.

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~ Christopher Krohn

PATTON’S PROGRAM. From Gary’s Two Worlds website…Gary’s in Philadelphia.

DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION COMMENTARY #1.

Today, Monday, is the start of the Convention, and today is the last time for delegates to check in. Most did yesterday, I among them, and those who showed up got lots of convention-related buttons, water bottles, toys, snacks, and the like. Delegates receive their official credentials to get into the Wells Fargo Center on a daily basis, and Monday morning is the first day that official credentials are being handed out. Since I am an “alternate” delegate for Bernie Sanders, I may get an upgrade if a Bernie delegate doesn’t show up.

As I indicated yesterday, I am using my Two Worlds blog, this week, to give readers a personal report, perhaps providing news or information that the major media isn’t covering. In terms of what happened on Sunday, the Democratic Party is all about the “Party” thing.

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~ Gary is a former Santa Cruz County Supervisor (20 years) and an attorney who represents indivuduals and community groups on land use and environmental issues. The opinions expressed are Mr. Patton’s. Gary has his own website, Two Worlds at  www.gapatton.net

THE TROUBLE WITH SHAKESPEARE. Just watching the trailers for the repeats of Shakespeare plays at the National Theatre Live’s Hamlet, our local Hamlet and Midsummer Night’s and the vast majority of any modern Shakespeare productions around the world …whole generations are growing up with no chance to see Shakespeare’s plays uncut and the way he wrote and staged them. Isn’t it like putting the Mona Lisa in a Nike tee-shirt so the younger generation will appreciate her more??

HIP BOOK SIGNING. Ralph Abraham and the Hip Santa Cruz History Project invite you to a launch event for their new book,  “Hip Santa Cruz” just published on June 17, 2016. It’ll be at the R. Blitzer Gallery in the Wrigley Building, 2801 Mission Street (foot of Western Drive), 2nd floor on Saturday, August 6, 2-5 pm. The program:

2 pm,

Sitar Power concert (Ashwin Batish and family)

3 pm

Brief talks and discussions with contributors…
      (Ralph Abraham, Rick Gladstone, Fred McPherson et al ).    

4 pm

1960s slide show (Jacob Aman) and songs (Eric Levin)
      book signing (Ralph and Holly Harman)

CLASSICAL DeCINZO. Scribner’s statue ripe for assault….see below.

EAGAN’S DEEP COVER. Tim Eagan bursts balloons…scroll lower.

LISA JENSEN LINKS. Lisa writes: “Head over to Cabrillo Stage for a vivid production of Fiddler On The Roof (starring one of the best Tevyes ever!) this week at Lisa Jensen Online Express (http://lio-express.blogspot.com). Also grab a glass of Champers and find out how the dysfunctional duo from Ab Fab fares on the big screen!” Lisa has been writing film reviews and columns for Good Times since 1975.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer, (live only or archived for two weeks… (See next paragraph) and go to WWW.KZSC.ORG. On July 26 Michael G. Sullivan from The San Francisco Mime Troupe tells us about this year’s production happening at UCSC’s Porter College Aug. 6 & 7  Then Michael Warren and Aimee Zygmonski discuss this year’s Santa Cruz Shakespeare season which runs through August 28th at De LaVeaga park. On August 2 Dr.Neil Sawhney (cardiologist) talks about heart health. Then Kathy McClure discusses the secrets of self publishing. Rick Gladstone opens on August 9th discussing Santa Cruz political history in the 1960’s. Carol Panofsky talks about Munching with Mozart and other music on August 23. Do remember, any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome… so tune in, and keep listening. Email me always and only at bratton@cruzio.com   

NEW UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVE FEATURE. Stuff changes at KZSC a lot. If you missed either of the last two weeks of Universal Grapevine broadcasts go here… http://www.radiofreeamerica.com/dj/bruce-bratton You have to listen to about 4 minutes of that week’s KPFA news first, then Grapevine happens.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVES. In case you missed some of the great people I’ve interviewed in the last 9 years here’s a chronological list of some past broadcasts.  Such a wide range of folks such as  Nikki Silva, Michael Warren, Tom Noddy, UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal, Anita Monga, Mark Wainer, Judy Johnson, Wendy Mayer-Lochtefeld, Rachel Goodman, George Newell, Tubten Pende, Gina Marie Hayes, Rebecca Ronay-Hazleton, Miriam Ellis, Deb Mc Arthur, The Great Morgani on Street performing, and Paul Whitworth on Krapps Last Tape. Jodi McGraw on Sandhills, Bruce Daniels on area water problems. Mike Pappas on the Olive Connection, Sandy Lydon on County History. Paul Johnston on political organizing, Rick Longinotti on De-Sal. Dan Haifley on Monterey Bay Sanctuary, Dan Harder on Santa Cruz City Museum. Sara Wilbourne on Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Brian Spencer on SEE Theatre Co. Paula Kenyon and Karen Massaro on MAH and Big Creek Pottery. Carolyn Burke on Edith Piaf. Peggy Dolgenos on Cruzio. Julie James on Jewel Theatre Company. Then there’s Pat Matejcek on environment, Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack on the Universe plus Nina Simon from MAH, Rob Slawinski, Gary Bascou, Judge Paul Burdick, John Brown Childs, Ellen Kimmel, Don Williams, Kinan Valdez, Ellen Murtha, John Leopold, Karen Kefauver, Chip Lord, Judy Bouley, Rob Sean Wilson, Ann Simonton, Lori Rivera, Sayaka Yabuki, Chris Kinney, Celia and Peter Scott, Chris Krohn, David Swanger, Chelsea Juarez…and that’s just since January 2011.

QUOTES.

“August, the summer’s last messenger of misery, is a hollow actor”, Henry Rollins
“Having personally watched the Voting Rights Act being signed into law that August day, I can’t begin to imagine how we could have all been so wrong in believing that more Americans would vote once they were all truly free to do so”,  Andrew Young
“I bet deep down you still wish your mom would take you clothes shopping every August for the new school year”, Bridget Willard.