Category Archives: commentary/editorial

More hours means more harm to our community

Please read and TAKE ACTION to stop Leno’s 4am Bar Bill Senator Mark Leno has introduced SB 635 to extend drinking hours in California from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. California already suffers $38.4 billion in alcohol-related harm every year, with 10,000 lives lost and hundreds of thousands of additional injuries. Two more hours of [...]

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Listen to what your kids are listening to

Julie Fontes tries to trick children into thinking. She is having opinions in Ventura, CA and on stupeh.com. I am a thirty-year-old former partying teenager and believer in the potential for good and must write to you about how I strongly dislike Katy Perry and other similar creatures. This isn’t a case of the playa’ [...]

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From the 2011 Leadership Summit – “You’re Not Alone”

In March 2011, teens in Ventura, CA gathered for a Leadership Summit to explore social issues and discuss their ideas for possible solutions for reducing underage and binge drinking and impaired driving in their community. Activities included improv games and social change theatre exploration, videomaking, writing, and discussion. Here is a speech presented during the [...]

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From the 2011 Leadership Summit – “Positive Influence”

In March 2011, teens in Ventura, CA gathered for a Leadership Summit to explore social issues and discuss their ideas for possible solutions for reducing underage and binge drinking and impaired driving in their community. Activities included improv games and social change theatre exploration, videomaking, writing, and discussion. Here is a speech presented during the [...]

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Do you really know where your teenagers are?

It’s Wednesday night and I am getting ready to go out with my friends to a club in West Hollywood. I am the designated driver and 23 years old. The destination is to an 18-and-over club that I have never been to before. Walking in is an amazing experience. The music is so loud and [...]

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“Ghost bikes” honor fallen cyclists

2 bicyclists have been killed on Ventura County roadways this year, according to the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office — both by alleged drunken drivers. Around the globe, all-white bikes are being chained to street signs near the sites of fatal accidents involving cyclists. They are called ghost bikes — somber reminders of tragedy and [...]

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From the Community – comments on Circle K license revocation

Community activist Suz Montgomery stated her support for a recent action by the City of Ventura in her editorial in the Ventura County Star, Ventura revokes permit, sending a clear message. The City recently revoked the alcohol permit for the Mills Road Circle K, due to violations surrounding sales to minors. Montgomery stated: While local [...]

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From the 2011 Leadership Summit – “Footsteps”

In March 2011, teens in Ventura, CA gathered for a Leadership Summit to explore social issues and discuss their ideas for possible solutions for reducing underage and binge drinking and impaired driving in their community. Activities included improv games and social change theatre exploration, videomaking, writing, and discussion. Here is a speech presented during the [...]

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From CheckYourself.com – My XTreme Life

In the Section of the CheckYourself.com website, real teens share their stories, talking candidly about their drug and alcohol use and how they’ve ultimately gained awareness and made changes in their lives. What a Rush! Everyone told me that I should try it – that I would love it and it would give me such [...]

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From the 2011 Leadership Summit – “Generation by Generation”

In March 2011, teens in Ventura, CA gathered for a Leadership Summit to explore social issues and discuss their ideas for possible solutions for reducing underage and binge drinking and impaired driving in their community. Activities included improv games and social change theatre exploration, videomaking, writing, and discussion. Here is a speech presented during the [...]

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