Compare and contrast the candidates. Discuss. That is what Santa Barbara City voters and everyone watching will be able to do through the 5 standard questions asked of the 8 City Council candidates. The questions to each candidate (listed below) were the same, but the answers varied highly for the voters to evaluate.
These interviews played on TV-17 in 2 separate, one-hour video productions entitled Chewing on the Candidates, parts One and Two as Special Episodes of the show. Per the schedule below, these episodes will be (were) shown until Election Day on cable TV-17 and forever at this website.
Each of the 2 video productions features different questions, with all of the City Council candidates answering sequentially, starting in random order. The interviews were recorded in 3 different Santa Barbara City parks and atop Garage Lot 10, with its fantastic cityscape views and nearby examples of current City planning issues. Locations are noted in the videos, along with the candidate age, occupation, and home neighborhood.
OLPA asked the candidates the 5 hot-topic questions with up to 2:30 minutes allowed as a primary response to each question, with short follow-up questions also included in available time. We then conclude with a bit of our own political analysis and commentary about the candidates during the last 5 or so minutes of each episode. Time was highly limited, with plenty to talk about that easily could have filled up another hour just on the analysis and commentary.
Question nos. 1 and 2 are asked in the Chewing Part One episode, while Questions 3 and 4 are asked in Part Two. Question no. 5 is asked of half the candidates in each episode, to balance the time available. The 5 Questions:
- Why are you a candidate for City Council?
- What should the City do to preserve and establish more affordable rental housing?
- How should the City provide services to vulnerable populations, such as youth and the homeless?
- How should the City maintain or increase its water supply, while also improving habitat for endangered fish?
- Do you support or oppose Measure A on the upcoming City ballot, and why or why not?
Watch the Video of PART ONE here!
For a FULL SCREEN option, link on the Google label and once there be sure to select the lower right arrow icon for the Smooth Video option.
Watch the Video of PART TWO here!
SCHEDULE on cable TV-17 for
Part Two-- Wed. 17 Oct., 2300 hrs. (11 pm)
Part One-- Thu. 18 Oct., 1300 hrs. (1 pm)
Part One-- Fri. 19 Oct., 2100 hrs. (9 pm)
Part Two-- Sat. 20 Oct., 2000 hrs. (8 pm, still okay to watch TV while Lights Out)
Part One-- Sun. 21 Oct., 2100 hrs. (9 pm)
Part Two-- Sun. 21 Oct., 2200 hrs. (10 pm)
Part One-- Tue. 23 Oct., 1900 hrs. (7 pm)
Part One-- Wed. 24 Oct., 0900 hrs. (9 am)
Part Two-- Wed. 24 Oct., 1000 hrs. (10 am)
Part Two-- Wed. 24 Oct., 1900 hrs. (7 pm)
Part One-- Wed. 24 Oct., 2000 hrs. (8 pm)
Part One-- Thu. 25 Oct., 0300 hrs. (3 am, this is the late-night showing where the candidates are naked!)
Part One-- Thu. 25 Oct., 1300 hrs. (1 pm)
Part Two-- Thu. 25 Oct., 1500 hrs. (3 pm)
Part Two-- Fri. 26 Oct., 0500 hrs. (5 am)
Part One-- Fri. 26 Oct., 2100 hrs. (9 pm)
Part One-- Sat. 27 Oct., 1000 hrs. (10 am)
Part One-- Sun. 28 Oct., 2100 hrs. (9 pm, OLPA More Measure A plays an hour prior!)
Part Two-- Sun. 28 Oct., 2200 hrs. (10 pm)
Part One-- Tue. 30 Oct., 1900 hrs. (7 pm)
Part One-- Wed. 31 Oct., 0900 hrs. (9 am)
Part Two-- Wed. 31 Oct., 1000 hrs. (10 am)
Part One-- Thu. 01 Nov., 0300 hrs. (3 am, this is the late-night showing where the candidates are naked!)
Part One-- Thu. 01 Nov., 1300 hrs. (1 pm)
Part Two-- Thu. 01 Nov., 1500 hrs. (3 pm)
Part Two-- Fri. 02 Nov., 0500 hrs. (5 am)
Part One-- Fri. 02 Nov., 2100 hrs. (9 pm)
Part One-- Sun., 04 Nov., 2100 hrs. (9 pm, OLPA More Measure A plays an hour prior!)
Part Two-- Sun. 04 Nov., 2200 hrs. (10 pm)
The Regular half-hour episodes of Off-Leash Public Affairs also will be played 4 times per week in October and November during the usual timeslots on TV-17, per the schedule shown atop this website. Those would be Episode 007 (Hinge of History) playing through 21st October, and Episode 010 (More Measure A) playing from 22nd October and ending on Election Eve, 05th November 2007.
2 comments:
The current council needs to be replaced because they are moving this city in the wrong direction of high density.
The vast majority of the resifdents cherich, and want to preserve, our wonderful small beach town character.
The current council members up for election all are allowing the huge ugly 4 story monstrosities which are ruining our town. They need to be replaced!
While we are flattered that our website has attracted anonymous electioneering, the comment is a bit factually challenged.
Schneider and Williams were not even on the City Council when the "huge ugly 4 story monstrosities" were approved a lot longer than four years ago.
As our analysis and commentary in our video production notes, the single most prominent deficiency of the challenger candidates is that they have not paid their dues by serving as part of City government through some board, commission, or committee. They have a few good ideas here and there, but they would be far better informed if they first served on the inside to understand the good, bad, and ugly side of how and why City decisions are made.
We welcome specific comments about the Council election as covered specifically in our 2 OLPA episodes, but any more anonymous electioneering and spin will not persist here.
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