Santa BarbaraVol. II · No. 7
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Good morning, troublemaker. The Board of Supervisors held another meeting yesterday and somehow nothing happened, expensively.

In rumor news: a certain official was spotted doing a thing they swear they didn't do. We have a meme about it. You're welcome.

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