d the board should contemplate whether Larger a zone parcels could be viewed differently than the smaller parcels which Are more sensitive in nature generally because they're open space and they're closer to The special use and residential act. Yeah, I'd be interested in getting more information about that. Okay I'm not ready to provide any recommendations the the question about uh, I think we call it canopy limits um Can it be limits in the yeah in the indoor for ca that differentiation? Yeah that the about um That already the impacted soils and and Using structures that may already be there or remodeling. Yes. Um, but not disturbing any additional land and not providing um And placing some restrictions on whether something else could be built to replace that um, that also seems to makes and I think it goes along with With what some of our efforts have been through planning, which is how do we get Old structures to be rehabilitated um, and sometimes trying to find a way to to make that happen through regulatory Changes or changes of use It's something that that we've looked at in a number of different ways For housing and commercial spaces. So that seems to me to make uh, um To make sense and by placing those limits. It doesn't it doesn't open a A big flood door The processing uh license option seems like we should have a processing license option That seems pretty straightforward. The advertising piece also seems fairly straightforward and Changing the use permit review also seems to make a lot of sense to me. I think that um A given the the the number of applications that are coming through There will be plenty of eyes on these still And I can't think of any other industry where we're we're trying to make it harder for someone to get a permit Um, and I think that our policy goal should be to to create an environment where someone could be legal and be in the system And playing by the rules and not creating enough hurdles that someone can't be In the system Um, and then causes them to think about other choices which don't help any any of us out So I would support that Supervisor friend Thank you. I do I do have a number of questions I actually think what's being proposed Will have significant impacts environmental and otherwise Um disproportionately actually in my district and supervisor cap its district And while I I do agree with the fact that the board has has asked for updates and revisions I think that the way this is being presented is actually a pretty major change to sort of coming as an update And so I the process of that i'm not fully on board with but i'll i'll ask some questions Maybe you could help me out with since you know, we've all only had a couple days to digest it, but on the canopy definition Could you speak to how it would affect the overall square footage limits that have been previously set by the board Recognizing by the way, we had multi-year discussions on a number of these items and a lot of these I thought Were settled And so some of these are just sort of coming up as not as settled So how would it affect the overall square footage limits that the board has previously said? It would would not affect the overall square footage limits The limits are for the c4 and m zones where the staff is required to provide the board updates when we We reach 100 000 square feet and we feel that this recommendation would actually alleviate some of the stress on the c4 and m zone Because currently what we're seeing what we're being told from from industry and In discussions is when c4 and m zone parcels are coming up Commercial cannabis companies are trying to obtain those leases very rapidly and it's push It's putting pressure on those zones for other industries and we don't believe it was the board's intention to push Industries out of the c4 and m zone. So opening up the ca for indoor structures and doing the Revitalization or rebuilding Should hopefully alleviate some of the pressure on the c4 and m zone Which staff believes was Part of the board's initial intention in in pursuing the limit of 100 000 square feet for instance Okay, I think that's uh I don't read it the same way as of what the board's intention was specifically in regards to the c4 and m zone I do agree that there had been pretty extensive discussions about that currently disturbed commercial activities within the ca zone Was an ideal location we had underused greenhouse space within those facilities But it was never vis-a-vis other locations throughout the county specific to c4 and m but I think that that's Reading into discussions. I don't recollect over the last four years specifically But in moving to the eligibility restrictions Do you have any idea how many new applicants this would bring in or how many new parcels this would actually open up for cultivation? Um with regard to the eligibility restrictions staff doesn't have Data they feel comfortable that that's you know, we can make assumptions on it Would be just that assumptions um So that I mean Is it I mean it's true that one of the reasons we're trying to beat the july 1st date is because the sequo exemption I mean is there a concern them with staff that some of these would have unavoidable and mitigatable environmental impacts Then if we didn't do it by july 1st some of what's being proposed if you can't say how many new applicants it'll bring in Or how many new parcels wouldn't that potentially have significant environmental impacts in some areas in the county? I I think the um reducing the eligibility restrictions would be most applicable to Honing in actually just on the ca zone as that was Staff's understanding of the board's original intentions is to get people out of the mountains and into the ca zone so I think if we could decrease eligibility restrictions for people who want to pursue commercial cannabis cultivation in the ca zone it'd be an appropriate path forward and staff understands that the Current situation has driven many of our local operators outside of the county and One of the burdens the county faces is vehicle miles traveled I mean it is a huge aspect of living in santa criss county the traffic that people driving over the hill or driving to monoray And specifically driving to monoray to pursue commercial cannabis activities And if we can reduce that burden I think it aligns with The county's strategic plan and the board's goals of pushing people into the ca zone from who want to cultivate cannabis Well, if we're trying to push into the ca zone, why would we even consider large a zones? Which your own map shows the disproportionately in rural and mountainous areas in the county? Why would we even open that up as possibility? Well staff didn't want to provide any recommendation of that because it's very sensitive and But it was brought up. I mean let's be honest. I mean to be fair there might not be a recommendation But it's being presented and that creates an expectation within the community that this is something It's being seriously considered. I mean to me. That's a de facto recommendation The board had a pretty significant discussion about whether a would be considered To be fair a lot before your time sam. I mean, yes So this isn't on you specifically But but I think that the a zone component is a pretty major shift that if we're really We need we should be consistent if the board as you're saying wanted ca then we should get rid of these other elements that Are such as a that are being proposed or being considered so I consider that kind of Incongruent actually I would argue that it's against a zoning in general Which the difference between ca and a is that it doesn't allow commercial activity and by default this is actually commercial zoning So I don't even honestly know why this is before us for consideration There's two elements on on here that it speaks about bringing in new licenses as well as fiscal sustainability If we're going to argue fiscal solvency or sustainability, maybe the cao would have a comment on this Do we have any sense of how many new applications would be necessary for that to actually be the case and would this actually do it? It's stated as a goal specifically in the staff report Melody sereno deputy ceo Um originally when we did the budget projections for this current fiscal year. We anticipated 150 Licenses being licensed to support the operations for this fiscal year so I would say anywhere depending again on how how the program establishes itself at least 150 licenses are necessary To make the program fiscally Solid without any general fund support and we're unsure whether this would do that We are not we aren't not sure that this will do that okay all right, so I'll just move down the list is originally supervisor kundry You actually wanted us to do but on the differentiation of canopy limits We had pretty extensive discussion regarding coastal zone development and no new development. So we just banned it out And while I recognize that this would be conversion of existing structures or on you wouldn't allow To be take ag land of production and so it'd be on disturbed land in theory you could turn An ancillary ag use which is disturbed lands pretty generally and pretty broad actually was defined in our ag code as as ancillary use And build new structures, correct you mean not just rehab a structure But build a new structure say on a parking lot for example One of the things that the industry has said repeatedly is that Because of the regulations on this market They would anticipate that a lot of players will fall out over a sort amount of time as new competition occurs Not just throughout the state, but throughout the country One of the things that we had with nafta and kafta was the collapse of the flower market Therefore we have all these empty greenhouses. I mean I would be concerned about allowing new construction even on outside of the coastal zone at all if What the industry is saying is true Then therefore I should also assume that we'd have a lot of empty buildings that would be associated with this at all so Um, why would we be encouraging? New construction versus just say the remodeling of existing structures, which was something we'd encourage in the coastal zone Well, we would not staff's not recommending These additional this redevelopment recommendation inside the coastal zone are the cz plus one be the ca zone outside of that, right? right and The costs associated with the redevelopment the time the level of professionalism are very significant for instance a small building approximately 5,000 square feet average industry cost to Rehab an existing building for cultivation Is about one million dollars. So if people have the money and are willing to take the risk we feel staff feels it's appropriate to Allow those people to develop on areas where there's no additional takes of land And we don't feel that this will be a large influx, but we have received projections From companies who are looking to redevelop our ca zone lands one of which Is a A registrant who wanted to develop an existing mushroom farm the registrant owns the property it's small less than 10 acres i'll say and the Projections from the registrant were very conservative. They assumed an average market rate of 1200 per pound of indoor cultivated cannabis and their projected tax revenues from that one operation Were 2.5 million dollars To to the fund and those types of economic benefits I believe are within the county strategic plan goals to provide jobs like that and to have those economic benefits I don't see how the It's a goal of the county to dissuade people to not impact soils, but to redevelop existing infrastructure Just to take a step back It was never the county's stated goal on cannabis production as as economics as our primary. It was environment neighborhood Protections and then initially on the medical side is to prefer to provide access now is to provide a bright line in clarity on this so This new fascination on the economic side. I recognize and respect that's the ceo's thing that that was never actually the board's directed goal So Irrespective of the strategic plan is a sort of apparent thing when we're specific to this issue. I think it's important that And I think actually the the electorate would care more about the environment and neighborhood impacts Before they would care about the economic benefits of something individually They've been showing that on every other thing every other industry that we have but I just want to state that I'm a little concerned that it's it sounds like the language is shifting about what the goals The board's primary goals were and I don't I didn't think that that was actually a primary goal But so I've expressed a lot of a lot of concern. I don't have any concerns on the advertising by the way But but I have concerns about these other issues and and and I appreciate the answers It sounds like there's still though that's a lot unknown and so you're asking I mean, you're not asking but you're providing to the board the opportunity to Consider a lot of changes where we don't actually know what the end result will continue to be and I think that that's concerning On a lot of elements for my district In regard to your concerns associated with the redevelopment and neighborhood concerns I believe that those concerns would be mitigated through the use permit process as any of these developments will require A use permit will go through the public process. There'll be over 2000 square feet of development Which will trigger a level five use permit full zoning administrator hearing and provide notification to The people surrounding it. Additionally, you won't have impacts to agricultural vistas or things like that as our planning department will make sure We'll ensure to mitigate those Development associated risks. Thanks. I appreciate it All right, so my turn and then I look forward to hearing public comment. So I guess I'd say Um from a big picture point of view, I expected at this point that we would have moved More than a hundred rows out of the mountains and into the CA zone. So the fact that that hasn't happened is a problem Uh, and I would expect I would I was expecting millions of dollars in tax revenue And as I said time and time again, I'm not interested in having the tax revenue in order to fund Cannabis licensing office or an enforcement program. My interest was in having Revenue to fund early childhood programs and other programs that are desperate parks Other things that are needed in this community. So I'm interested in figuring out how we get back to where we thought We'd be I let me just say for myself. I thought I was fully supportive of a nurse the nursery and canopy Uh and processing elements At the time had they been brought forward, but Staff made a compelling case at the time that it was they'd be too difficult to implement So now I appreciate that we've now had a year experience and We should look at making those changes similarly We've looked at advertising And so that leaves Which I think is fine and then I think so what that leaves is the eligibility piece and the a-zone piece Like others. I need more time to understand the impacts of the a-zone proposal From the eligibility piece. We actually talked about having a second round And my question for you is I I believe in the motion of the time We said in a second round we would have a preference for underrepresented communities Minority and women-owned business and so if we are expanding eligibility with those Would we have a process by which we would have a preference? For minority and women-owned businesses I believe that preference would be achieved through 7.136 the equity program piece which staff has previously committed to bringing back to you on May 14th. We've Deferred on that item because the state is changing what it means to be an equity program So I believe that we could incorporate that Preference within 7.136 Okay, my only concern is that with that We're relying on the state program that may or may not change or may or not be applicable applicable to our county and so if we're having if we're to supervisor leopold's point if we have a queue Maybe in that queue we give preference to to minority and women-owned businesses To have their to have their determined nations made First or early within the purview within the limits of of law, but I think Certainly in federal contracting and other processes There are these preferences and so I'd be interested and since that was a direction of the board for a second round I think that that would be We should look at it and so overall I appreciate what you're trying to do and I think I think many of these We should be moving this direction because we should be farther down the road than we are today And I'm interested in making it simpler for people to comply by rules With that I'm going to ask members of public to speak to us there I noticed there are some members of public who spoke to us during public comment about this item So I ask you not to speak again, but if you're here, uh, anyone like to comment, please come forward Good afternoon And thank you for your service as always Much appreciated and sam I thought His delivery notwithstanding. I think that the report was pretty comprehensive And well thought through I'm jim coffers from ben lomond for the record and As far as the recommend as the The Points that he made that could result in some potential changes to the ordinance Green trade supports all of them We we we believe that anything that the county can do to align more closely with the state Makes it a lot easier for everybody in the in the long run and so Um, most of those recommendations regarding canopy and nursery license in particular have been things that we've Advocated for quite a while There's a few quick things that I'd like to ask about Supervisor friend I'm glad to hear you say that it's never been a stated goal that economic development was a piece of the puzzle And I think that that explains the dilemma that we're in now because we've always looked at this as a Public safety and law enforcement issue and never as an economic driver And as a consequence, we are sitting here A year and a half after state legalization five years after first discussing this and we still have yet to license a single Cultivator or manufacturer in the county? so You know the basic math is three to two And I think that there's been two supporters on this board supervisor leopold and supervisor McPherson Who have understood the economic impact and the importance it is for the community. Thank you Mr. Coffes just as you as a representative of the green trade organization if Is there would there be any Concerned that you would know about this question of registrants and then opening it up to new people And whether there would be perceived that they jumped ahead even though the other people have been waiting Well less than 10 of your original registrants have Even begun the process so You know, I think that more registrants would be That'd be something we support opening it up to everyone particularly given that ca Properties which we assumed were going to be the place where people Would be able to cultivate in the county. There hasn't been much interest there So yeah more written. Okay. Thank you. I appreciate it Afternoon supervisors. My name is try McNair. I'm a commercial ag parcel owner and currently have a license In lola as a co-location agreement going on right now I just wanted to say I do support all of the Proposals that were brought today for the most part I think that We need to move forward with some of these changes so that some more people who are working hard to be Models for cannabis cultivation manufacturing and processing in the county can move forward with little less impact and Keep us from you know being pushed into the illicit market so to speak which seems to be the case still so I just wanted to say I hope you do consider them. Thank you Thank you. Thank you Hi pat malo executive director green trade Formed on former member of the c4, etc, etc So I'm going to start by saying when I go to other places People say oh you're from Santa Cruz. It must be going great And I don't burst their bubble because I think that sometime we're going to get there And you know, I think that sam Had to read fast because there's a lot of stuff in there that we honestly should have gotten right the first time And that honestly, you know need to happen right away One issue that I think that is Essential and that we've already touched on is, you know, this question of registrants You know, this room was packed to the brim with Registrants hearing that their registration would no longer be valid unless they did some got the first steps in Application in with cannabis licensing by June 7th So we need to find some solution to this And whether it's going to be offer the same, you know extension that we've offered to, you know, the owners of commercial ag properties That they don't have to have registrations to the owners of any as eligible parcel or extend the current Registrations as well as open it up. But I think the real crisis is we're going to have Hundreds and hundreds of folks whose registrations won't be valid anymore And then this question of who's a registrant and who's not is over So we need to solve that problem You know today and I think that people are looking at their clocks, you know I know there's a lot of appointments coming in But I think that they're looking at their calendar and say we don't have enough time left to do this And so there's a bunch of big structural issues why we've only we've had more warrants than licenses After legalization, um, you know every day I try to be proud But you know a lot of these moments I'm really ashamed of my piece of the part of this puzzle because we've put out of business the biggest industry in town So Thank you Hi Darren story commercial agricultural operator in south county We support most of staff's recommendations in particular streamlining the use permitting process There's already considerable burdens Regulatory at the local and state level that we have to abide by and put considerable investment into And streamlining this process will not only allow us to start meeting these compliance and Regulatory restrictions, but also be able to start co-locating and bringing in other operators So we will see more movement and we'll see more licensing and we'll see people Hopefully coming back from Monterey county and doing it right in Santa Cruz. Thank you Thank you My name is Robert kidyama. We're with kidyama brothers were greenhouse growers in south county And I did want to thank the supervisors because last summer we were told about the co-location Ability for large greenhouses to be able to use to expand past the 22,000 square feet So immediately from I believe last july We started the process of the co-location And we've been greenhouse growers in this county for 50 years and we've never Seen any process that took as much effort as this has I mean I respect our Partners, but I have now a land use consultant. I have cannabis lawyers. I have engineers. I have architects We need odor mitigation I believe the reason why there are only seven applicants is because the hoops and the cost are out of the range of Applicants beyond large customers like ours. We are fortunate We have heard now that and we are we are moving this we are flower goers where every day I spend more time on cannabis than I do on cut flowers And we have now been told that probably the process will take us till September November and I believe we are the ones moving the fastest in the county. So if you if Plus that then we also have to get into the process where we will lease to Good tenants and then their process of trying to get a cultivation license Don't know how long that's going to take them that might take them's three six eight months. So We want to move this industry. We want to be a good corporate citizen We have been I think we've been good land stewards. We will continue to be good land stewards in south county But I just encourage we have a lot of competitors in the flower business who are now growing in Monterey Santa Barbara other counties who were Moving much faster than we are I we lost a good tenant proposal a big dutch company They went to San Mateo, which which kills me Anyway, so thank you. Mr. Kiriyama Mr. Kiriyama Could you just you mentioned that that you're moving as quickly as possible? But you're not you may not get something till september or later than that. What's the reasoning? So There's a lot of work that that goes into this we again, we've had to Do lots of work as far as with the planning departments, you know, we've submitted once they sent us back Issues that we have to address There's issues such as odor mitigation that there really is not a lot of technology out there And so we've had to do a lot of research on that there was a huge issue around fire sprinklers that took quite a while to address that issue And then now we've resubmitted and we hear that this hearing process because it's a level five Might take one two three four five months So that's the one that I believe if we can move to a level three To move this along and there are a lot of eyes on us And we do want to be a good example for The county for the state we welcome anyone to come in at any time to view what we're doing But but if we can move that along that would be that would be a great advantage For us moving forward. Thank you. Thank you Hello supervisors. Hello supervisors. My name is j. R. Richardson. I'm coastal nursery commercial ag owner And I just wanted to express my gratitude to you guys and I wanted to extend my support to sam I think he's really done a good job of uh Explaining a lot of the issues that are going on with us operators that's been pretty burdensome process but again, we are very appreciative to Actually be one of the seven applicants that are moving forward with this process. I think that um Moving it from a five to a three would help um issues that you brought up Ryan that are you know Based at you know addressing bringing those hundreds of people out of the mountains that we've kind of originally We're looking at doing and uh, I think that the burdensome process that we're having is Like drawing that process out Sorry a little nervous public speaking, but thank you. You're going to will Good afternoon. My name is robin bolster grant former county employee um And I also applaud the work that that sam has done And the whole team and coming up with some ideas that will help Move things along. I know From personal experience how challenging that is I I particularly support The efforts to reduce the the level of review for ca. Um, that's certainly a sticking point I also Agree that eliminating the the registration requirement Is is time. I think the registration process served its purpose Of the 400 some odd folks that are still in the system I suspect a very small fraction of those folks will end up actually Coming in and completing the the process The fact that we're nearing the one-year point after adoption of the non retail Licensing program with zero licenses to show for it Indicates that there are some fundamental problems getting folks across the finish line We currently have five paid county staff working on enforcement We have one staff member dedicated to processing Pre-applications we have no dedicated planners in the planning department. I know the budget issues are are Serious, I know that the licensing office Is is underwater But I think that that represents a fundamental disproportion in in an approach and in how we're dealing with this I would respectfully ask that that consideration be given to filling the vacant planner position in the licensing office and Ideally providing a dedicated planner in the planning department. Um, I would also encourage More frequent policy meetings. I know sam and I have talked. I think currently they Sam meets with the planners. I believe once a month or twice a month. I'm sorry I would encourage more collaboration. I think the policy issues that come up are keeping people from moving forward. Thank you so much Thank you Good morning supervisors staff Jonathan Kolodinsky and I just wanted to take a moment and express my gratitude To you and your service to our county And it's with the utmost commitment and respect to environmentalism and Community concerns that I'm here today And I trust in the wisdom and guidance in the domain of your authority and the authority of the cannabis licensing office That's worked really hard to make this program work It's interesting to be having this conversation 10 years later, and I'm excited to still be here with everyone I agree with the coo and super leopold's recommendations to streamline the process and reduce To a level three on the ca zone lands if I heard it correctly. I think that that makes sense Um, and I agree that the coo is working hard to make things happen And as one of the few operators in good standing, I agree with his suggestions Let's have faith in the abilities of the county staff that's been delegated the task at hand to Take on this difficult task And as a south county resident, I'm looking forward to the tax revenue that these businesses will provide On my drive to drop the kids off at school today I lost count of the potholes after I hit 100 and at two points along the way the road is completely washed out Beyond the yellow line in the middle And so it's apparent to me that Our county infrastructure needs attention, especially in the south county where I think As you mentioned, there's somewhat of a disproportionate Shift of the cannabis businesses and i'm looking forward to seeing some more economics Coming out of the south county to support all of the rural infrastructure that's needed For myself and the rest of the south county residents You know the good operators have proven themselves and I believe that our county tax could really use this revenue Thank you for your consideration public service and wisdom. Have a wonderful day. Thank you. Good afternoon Ken Hart. I'm also a former county employee. I'm land use consultant of late I represent four of the seven applicants that are in the process All on ca land totaling about 1.3 million acres of An acre square feet of Of cultivation I do support the reduction of the processing level from a five to a three I think though maybe more importantly is As an end user, I see how the process is working how the comments are being generated I do think that this strongly Cries out for a more coordinated review process For instance having all the the reviewers they're not that many Projects in the in the pipeline right now to have everyone get together in the same place in the same room And go over comments because I've I've seen There are a lot of different interpretive Matters that come up for each and every Department that's reviewing and to have to then chase those down and resolve them individually is a very time consuming process There are also sometimes Requirements from one Department that then generate requirements from another department that would have would not have been required If the the first department hadn't Hadn't had a recommendation or a requirement. So I think a more coordinated processing Model for these types of applications would be probably save more time than the three or so months from I'm eliminating the the public hearing on the on the on the projects Thank you. Thank you All right, so that concludes public comment and I'll bring it back to the board for action Supervisor Leopold, uh, thank you chair. Thank you for the testimony today I uh, I have a lot of respect for the views of my Colleague and I know we have spent hours on on discussing the issue of cannabis Sometimes from a position of Little knowledge sometimes from a position of intense scrutiny Sometimes in a situation where we didn't actually know what the state rules would be I appreciate the work that mr. Laforte is doing because I think he brings A very good perspective About how do we work to protect the environment? And also acknowledge that there's an economic benefit to this and why While at the start of this process many years ago, we didn't talk about that very much at you know, we did do a Draft environmental impact report that showed that this could be a jobs creator We've seen that the kind of jobs that that this business Generates we can be supportive of that without going against anything that we previously talked about And and as my other colleague mentioned, we could be generating taxes That could help out with a lot of critical needs in our community I don't think that these recommended changes Have the same impact that my colleague does Because they're on commercially ag zone land they're with the exception of This canopy limits And using already disturbed soil To build something new most of these things don't actually Increase the size of that impact. They're already in zones that are designed for growing plants We should we should support the growing of plants in those we should make it I do believe that our Our policy goal was to try to make it Easier on places like commercial ag To grow this plant because that would have the least amount of impacts environmentally neighborhood, etc And so as now that we have a year's worth of experience And we have a better understanding of the of the regulatory environment at the state level and our own Challenges about moving things through the system here either through staffing or As the last speaker meant just not talking to each other enough I think it's worthwhile for us to take a look at these changes Mr. Laforte if I understand correctly If we were to ask you to to draft something up about these recommendations that would come back to us on may 14th Um that that after that if we decided we'd like them they would go to the planning commission And then they would come back to us again by june 11th Yes, um 13 10 proposed changes would not be presented to the board They would be presented directly to the planning commission only 7.128 changes would be presented to the board. Okay so, um I I think that gives plenty of time for us to become better aware and for The community become better aware and for the industry to become better aware To know what this looked like when we actually write it down, right? And and instead of just having a rapid fire release of that information So I'd like to to move that we Direct our staff To come up with recommendations to bring back to our may 14th meeting On the issue of the nursery Uh license canopy definition eligibility um Canopy limits processing license advertising and use permit review um, and then, uh We could see then whether we it's something we want to uh push forward with the planning commission So I'll second that um I'd also I'd like to add in their additional direction of I'd like a plan from the CLO and the planning department of how we're at 75 licenses by this time next year So let's let's like And so Um with the idea, um, I mean, I think it's It's just sort of for any small business. It's unacceptable to have more than a year of Permit processing and then Um, and especially when we're talking about CA where we thought it was going to be relatively turnkey Um, so I'd like to plan for whether it's the coordination or resources for how we how we move this forward as part of a front-line I'm comfortable with that. Okay. Supervisor Caput I want to thank you for the time and effort you put in Studying all this and being able to you know answer questions uh, one last question is The fees a license fee depending on size they range from what 2,000 to 4,000 dollars for a license. Am I in the ballpark? Our license fees are currently 2,800 dollars For a cannabis business license the the differentiation of fees Is very large at the state level The state license fees range from 1200 dollars to 77 thousand dollars so the county license fees are are set and We're looking at potentially changing those fees slightly going forward to incorporate some of the compliance costs associated with administering the program, but that that is for a later date Okay, when you say changing them, uh, would that be lowering them or raising them? It would be an increase to cover staff's time associated with the compliance program. Okay. Thank you Okay, any other comments? See you guys are friends. I don't mind Voting to have this come back. I think it's pretty clear. I'm not I find it very unlikely I'll be supporting most of the recommendations that do come back. I think some of them are okay I think some of them are actually larger Uh components would sense what this is today is just moving to have additional information come back I can support that motion, but I I do I do find it unlikely. I'll be supportive of some of these things moving forward All right I'm just not exactly sure what we're voting on here right now. We're voting a supervisor leopold's motion was to basically have the staff develop proposals and Perhaps flush out some of these ideas a little bit more and then return to us Uh, I should go through a planning commission and then return to us with recommendations And that includes all signage and all the other stuff that you mentioned, right? Yeah The the uh, the summit some of the elements may be uh, mr. Laforte or or mr. Heath would say which pieces would come back to us and which wouldn't well Jason Heath for kind of council's office All of the recommendations would come back to you and we would ask for your board's general direction on whether those issues both 7.128 is within your boards Totally within your board's discretion 13 10 changes need to go to the planning commission But before we took them to the planning commission We would want to have an indication of whether your board was interested in having those discussions had at all by the planning commission You don't give them direction on what to what to do But we would know whether it was worthwhile to take them to the planning commission So bottom line is all the recommendations that uh staff has would be brought to you on may 14th If your board gives us direction to take 13 10 recommendations to the planning commission We would do that and then the whole package would come back for your board to review on june 11th And when we get the recommendations, uh back, you'll you'll make that distinction So we know which one's going to the planning commission and which one's staying with us. Yes Okay, so we have a motion and we have a second all those in favor. Please say I I oppose that passes unanimously All right, we're moving on to item number nine Which is to consider uh an ordinance for peeling the santa cruz county code chapter 9.56 Abandoned and wrecked vehicles on private and public property excluding streets and highways And schedule final adoption for the next available agenda is outlined in the memorandum of the deputy cio director of public works Thank you and good afternoon chairman supervisors. Uh, this will be relatively brief So the item before you is consideration to approve and concept a repealing of ordinance 9.56 Chapter 9.56 of the county code allows for the removal of abandoned or wrecked vehicles from public or private property Although the county has an ongoing and successful program for abating abandoned vehicles On public highways and rights of way. There is no current program for doing such On other public or private property And nor is one contemplated and so we bring this recommendation to you and i'm here to answer any questions you may have Any questions Yes, yeah, uh, we're changing uh We're talking about private property then We're we're talking about private and public property that are not part of the public right of way So both private and public property as well. So if it's public, uh, we would not remove it So if it were public what we would do is we would look at the department that's responsible for maintenance of that property And address the concern of that vehicle, whatever that situation is Okay, and now private property Would come under they could be cited if it's a health issue rats and uh leaking oil out of the car Even though it's on private property right or if someone were living in it or something like that Then we would address it in those appropriate ways or if they were stolen It could be a criminal investigation a lot of other opportunities to consider if they're on private property I think we've all had issues where it comes up and a couple in my area were um It came down to whether or not it looks like the car can actually move If it doesn't have wheels on it or the The car is there and then the the hood is up and you can see part of the engine missing Is that a citation or So you're going to get beyond my expertise here really fast But I do know that county code does have revisions for uh vehicles on private property that are not in Use or stationary for too long especially in say and in uh parking lots and things of that nature So a lot of that could fall under code enforcement Okay, I just want I really respect private property, but at the same time If there's a neighbor that's ruining the whole neighborhood We're still able to cite them yeah This this wouldn't change that and this is really very specific to um abandoned and wrecked vehicles And so a lot of what you're talking about would be uh negligence in other ways Not truly just abandoned vehicles. We still have uh recourse. That's correct Okay. Thank you. All right. Is there any public comment? I just had a question sure The this question I understand private property. We we we tend not to do things on private property I've uh, I had to tell constituents to drag the deer to the public right away so they could take it away, but Um, the public piece. Is this happened very often?  It's it's quite rare Uh, I checked in with our staff in public works and we don't have recollection or documentation of any in the past So I think it's fairly rare Yeah Um, it makes sense to me. I don't understand what's driving this but I uh, um, I'll go along with it Yeah, I it's happened in my area probably about four times. Yeah me too All right, so we got a uh, we're cool. Okay. We closed public comment We got a motion by friend second second by mcpherson. All those in favor I oppose that passes unanimously. Thank you. I number 10 is consider final appointment in nannette mickowitz to the santa cruz county Monterey merced managed care commission as an at-large hospital representative for term to expire April 1st 2020 Motion and a second all those in favor. Please say aye. Aye That passes unanimously Moving on to item number Uh, 11 to consider final appointment of nicholas, uh, lorick roach to the hazardous materials advisory commission as an at-large community representative for a term to expire on april First 2021 move approval proof or second either way. All right. We got a motion by cap it a second by leopold All those in favor, please say aye. Aye Opposed passes unanimously consider final appointment of uh, richard schmalley to the housing Authority board of commissioners as an at-large tenant representative Over 62 years of age for a term to expire may 12th 2021 All right, look at that right off the block Supervisor cap it motion second by leopold all those in favor. Please say aye. Aye. Hi Opposed passes unanimously finer Consider final appointment of katlyn brun to the community health centers co-applicant commission as an at-large community representative for a term to expire December 11th 2022 Move approval second got a motion by leopold a second by mcpherson all those in favor. Please say aye. Aye. That passes unanimously Okay, it is 1240 i'm going to ask us to come back at 115 for a closed session agenda A closed session discussion And i'm going to ask the county council. There's anything going to be anything reportable. No, okay. Thank you No, it's uh 115 Oh


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Marshal, last Saturday, two United States Army soldiers were murdered while driving a supply wagon from here to Fort Dodge. The government payroll was stolen, and you seem to have taken no interest whatsoever in the matter. Now, Major, protecting the Army isn't exactly my job. The Army can protect itself, Marshal. Then how come there were only two soldiers carrying your payroll? Where was the rest of your Army? On maneuvers. On maneuvers. In my command, troops remain in garrison as little as possible. And you were asking for trouble, Major, knowing there was a payroll coming in? Marshal, the arrival of the payroll was secret. Even the two men carrying it didn't know what it was. Somebody knew? Yes, they did. Marshal, I regard this crime as a demonstration of your inability to control these Dodge City Ruffians. What? If no arrests are made in the matter, I'll give these bad men of yours a taste of Marshal Law. We'll see how they like that. Now, wait a minute, Major. This town will be patrolled 24 hours a day. Look, Major, you don't know these men. You run the Army in here and they'll fight. They'll be troubled. Bad trouble. They brought it on themselves. No. You made a mistake and you got to find somebody to blame it on. I want whoever committed those murders. And I want that money, Marshal, within a week. And if any more crimes are committed against the Army meantime, we'll take this town over at once. Good day, gentlemen. This is Jenny Lane. Ah, how do you do, Jenny? Pleased to meet you, Marshal. Sit down, that's... Ah. You're new in Dodge, aren't you, Jenny? Oh, I've been here most of the months now. Oh, she's only been working at the long branch of about a week, Matt. Ah, how do you like it? Fine, but I'm kind of worried now. Oh? It's this Army business everybody's talking about. Will it be bad, Marshal? Yeah, it could be. You think it'll happen? Might, especially if there's any more trouble. Say, Jenny, has your corporal been in? He was earlier. Well, how do the soldiers feel about all this? Well, he says they sure aren't anxious to mix it with all these gunmen and buffalo hunters and the like. But he's not my corporal, kiddie. He's just a lonely kid. He's not so lonely. He spends more time here than he does at the court. How does he manage it, anyway? Well, they made him a clerk, a sort of a bookkeeper. This time's pretty much his own. Well, he's lucky. Good, safe job, too. Yeah, I suppose it is. Well, I better get busy. I'm glad to have met you, Marshal. Glad to have met you, Jenny. I'll see you again. Sure. Nice girl. Mm-hmm. Where's she from, kiddie? Hey, city last. Ah. What's the name of this corporal who's been sniffing around? Stark. Corporal Stark's all I ever heard.  Oh, she doesn't talk much about herself, Matt. Well, uh, maybe you can get her to, huh? All right. I'll try. Meantime, I'm going to wire the sheriff in a city. He might know something. 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I never heard of no Nate Brand. No, neither have I. What's he doing, hiding him somewhere? Matt. Yeah, what is it, Doc? Trouble. Oh, what kind of trouble? A shooting. Out behind the Texas Trail. What? It's bad, Matt. It's real bad. Well, a shooting's always bad, Doc. Yes, but this one's going to lead to a lot more shooting. Somebody just killed a soldier. I come as no crowd around and said... No. Who told you about this, Doc? The bartender. He said he heard a shot and went out back and found him. He's dead. Is that all the bartender had to say? That's about all. Except that when he went back into the saloon and tooled everybody there about it, they didn't move a hair. I guess maybe they was thinking about the army taking over Dodge. Why didn't the bartender come to me first? Well, I don't know, Matt, but I've got the feeling that maybe nobody knows whether you're going to be on their side or all the armies. Yeah, they never do trust me, do they? Chester. Yes, sir? Give Doc a hand here. I'm right not to foot Dodge. A soldier? Uh-huh. Who? I don't know. Some private. Dodge City, of course. That's right. Have you arrested the murderer? Probably so it happened, Major. I see. Do you leave me no choice? Wait a minute, Major. I didn't write out here just to bring you the news. I want something from you. From me? I want you to keep all the soldiers out of Dodge for the next 48 hours. Put it off limits. That's not exactly what I had in mind. Lesson, Major, Dodge City's an armed camp. It's full of men who fought Indians, who fought the war between the states, who fought each other ever since they could spit. They'll fight you next. They'll make you hate it. They can't fight the army. Yeah, they will. A lot of men will die on both sides. But I'll make you a deal, Major. A deal?  You better take it, because it'll get you out of a lot of trouble. All right. But I want the criminals delivered here. To me? Sure. But I might have to kill them to get them here. I've been waiting for you to get back. Oh, anything more happened? Not yet. I found a letter on that soldier. His name was Ravitch. Anything else? Yes. I dug the bullet out of him, Matt. And you know something? I haven't seen lead like that since I musted out in 65. What do you mean, Doctor? That soldier was shot with a cavalry pistol. He was. I'd swear to it. Thanks, Doc. I'll see you later. Well, now, where are you going? Into the long branch. I want to talk to a friend of mine. How are you, Matt? How have you, Kitty? Just he was in a while ago. He told me about that telegram from Hays City. Look, Kitty, I've got to work fast. There's going to be a war around here soon. I found out a couple of interesting things, Matt. One is, Jenny's been seen riding horseback at night towards the Arkansas, down by Brandy Bend. It might have something to do with that man she left Hays City with, Nate Brand. Yeah. I think he's hiding out down near Brandy Bend. Any idea of why? Corporal Stark and Jenny went for a ride one night. When was that? The night before that army payroll was robbed. Where's Jenny now, Kitty? Well, but Delmonico is having supper. Kitty. What? I'm the only one who can ever thank you for it, but... I think you just saved an awful lot of lives. Evening, Jenny. Well, hello, Marshal. Won't you sit down? You sure Corporal Stark won't mind? Don't be silly. Besides, he's out at the Ford. How would you see him last? Oh, about noon, I guess. Uh-huh. Anybody with him? Private Ravage. Corporal Stark didn't shoot him, Marshal. They were good friends. They worked together in the bookkeeping office. I see. That's a pretty good job, isn't it? Allen expenses, figuring out the payroll, things like that. I don't know. He never talked about it much. Also, he'd be in a good spot to know when to expect payroll money in, wouldn't he? Even when it was kept secret? You'd have to ask him, Marshal. But this isn't why you found me here, is it? No, of course not, Jenny. I'm sorry. You look real pretty tonight. Thank you, Marshal. You really mean that. Sure. Sure I mean it. Marshal, I have to work late tonight, but I can get off tomorrow. I know it's bold on me, but couldn't we, maybe take a ride together? There'll be a moon. Where would we ride to, Jenny? I don't know. Anywhere. Maybe down along the Arkansas. I know. Let's ride down toward Brandy Bend. All right, Jenny. We'll ride down toward Brandy Bend. Make today your big red letter day. Your L and M red letter day. Superior taste and filter. It's the miracle tip. Make today your big red letter day. Change to L and M today. L and M's got everything. Superior taste and superior filter. Get L and M today. This is it. L and M, superior taste and filter. Superior taste from tobaccos, especially selected for filter smoking. Tobaccos that are richer, tastier, light and mild. And L and M's superior filter is white. Pure white. 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That's beautiful. You're not even looking at it. Is I'm on your mind, Jenny? No. I should there be. Why, you tell me. That's nothing, Marshal. Let me ask you something, Jenny. Do you ever see a man killed? What? What'd you say that? What, did you? Yeah, once in a saloon. Tell me, did he have a fair chance? Of course. He even drew first. Then you never saw a man shot in the back or ambushed, huh? What are you driving at, Marshal? Oh, I'm just thinking about people, Jenny, like sometimes a person isn't really bad. He just falls into bad company. What's that got to do with me? Well, I think it sort of goes against your grain, the idea of a man being killed without a fair chance. Why'd you come with me, Marshal? Somebody had to. I suppose you know about everything. I think Private Ravage got killed by Corporal Stark because he found out about the payroll deal between you and Stark and Nate Brand. Well, what are you gonna do now? Gonna ride to Brandy Bend with you. But why? Because I'm gambling that you're still decent enough inside to let me have that fair chance I was talking about. That's quite a gamble, Marshal. Yeah, but we'll ride slow. And you'll have a little time to think about it. Yeah, I'd make a nice camp down here. Plenty of wood, get your water right out of the river there. It's real nice, don't you think, Jenny? Man could hide out real easy down here. Marshal. I could be safe here even while the army was trying to move into dodge and a lot of men were being killed over it. Yeah, it's real peaceful down here. Marshal, I can't do it. All right, tell me, Jenny. That big cotton would up ahead on the left. Okay, now keep moving. When we get close, I'm gonna ride ahead fast.  All right. Yeah, sure is pretty down here, Jenny.  This river's full of catfish. You'll eat a real catfish dinner. It can be mighty good if we're small on the... All right, stay back, Jenny. He killed your horse. I'll show you where he hid his and the payroll money. 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Hey guys it's Liana and I'm here today to talk about The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. This is a book that I have read four times. Why have I read it four times? I'm so glad you asked. Well the fourth time I read it because I wanted to film a review which I hadn't done before. You would think I would have for a book that I've read prior to that, three times. But I hadn't. So here we are. And I just want to shout it out because I'm realizing that the camera, it's not in frame but I have a bloody nine t-shirt on. And since I wore it I wanted to get credit for it. And I can, this is not an affiliate link or a sponsor or anything but I can leave in the description the link. So this is from Redbubble so I can leave the link in the description to this if you want one. Anyhoosies. The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. I am going to take you through the journey of the multiple times I've read it briefly and then we'll talk about why I read it so many times, what's good and bad about it, what I get out of it, and why I think you possibly should read it depending on what you're like as a writer. So if you don't know anything about this book at all, this is the first book in The World of the First Law. The First Law trilogy begins with the blade itself, is followed by Before They Are Hanged and concludes with The Last Argument of Kings, and then The World of the First Law continues on in a series of stand-along and short stories and now a brand new trilogy called The Age of Madness but it still takes place within the world of The First Law. So I first read The Blade Itself when I was, when I was a wheeler and I had been predominantly reading very like heroic, more traditional types of fantasy, sort of truth type of stuff. The Blade Itself, I didn't know anything about it, I hadn't heard of it, it was just like recommended to me by the algorithm on Amazon or wherever I was shopping for books and it was just you know, obviously a fantasy book. I actually had a different edition of it that I unhauled, even though hauling books wasn't a thing for me at the time, but I got rid of it because I read it and was like eh. And then regretted that and then actually I think I have the same edition again because I bought it again because now I've become you know a collector and obsessive Abercrombie fans I must have every edition. But that being said, the original cover that I had was quite similar to this one's Karchman D got some like runish, shulking things on it like it's clearly a fantasy book. But I was like alright cool, it's a fantasy book, let's do it. And I, if you've read it or if you've heard about it, then you know that if you're going into this expecting something akin to the Wheel of Time or the sort of truth or things like that, that is not what this is. And that is the very reason that I love this book so much now, but at the time I was like everything here is horrible. And in it is horrible. Why would I want to read this? Like I didn't think it was badly written. I mean if never at any point in my life thought that it was badly written. I just didn't understand why anyone would want to spend time in this world or with these characters because they're horrible. And I was like I read fantasy for uplifting escapism where the good guy has the magic sword and he saves the day and the last man is against all odds yay. And certainly that type of fantasy has great appeal and I absolutely know why I used to read more of it and why I still do sometimes read it because there is something to be said for you know the escapism, safety and security of knowing that like the good guy will do the good thing and despite the odds being stacked against him unreasonably he will prevail because he has the power of goodness or whatever like I there's undeniably something magical and escapism about that. But again the blade itself and basically any book by Joe Abercrombie does not do that, not even a little bit. In fact Joe Abercrombie himself has said that this trilogy, the project of it was basically him taking a bit traditional fantasy story arc of a wizard and a hero's quest and that and basically flipping out its head and shitting it all over it. So knowing that when you go into it you can identify okay well here's the like chosen one-ish one, here's your wise wizard, here is like you know you can recognize those pieces in it and like here's your quest, here's your MacGuffin and yet when you see them here it is like the bizarro funhouse mirror it's like having just read Nosferatu by Joe Hill it's like Christmas land like Christmas land is recognizably Christmassy and it is horrifying and it is bad it is not magical or fun or escapist but it is recognizable nonetheless. So one of the main complaints that I've heard and I felt this way of it myself at the point when I read it I mean in addition to feeling like this is miserable why would anyone subject themselves willingly and intentionally to something so miserable I also did find myself going where is any of this even going like okay it's miserable but also like what what is the point of any of that so I mean back then when the first time I read it I did not go on to read the next books and it was only years later that because a lot of people with quite similar reading tastes to mine the way that my reading tastes had where my reading tastes had shifted to over time people with similar tastes to what mine had become kept allotting Joe Abercrombie and his books kept coming up and people kept saying you know these books are so great and I'll be honest one of the one of the reasons that I did end up going you know what I'm going to give another go was the shallowest reason of all and that was that the gallant special edition like anniversary editions that they did at first they only did like four books they did the lives of La Clemora which I love and purchased immediately um the final empire by uh Brandon Sanderson another book by an author that I don't remember the name of and it's not one that I've read it's like Stormcaller or something I don't know but that one was like I don't know what that is and The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie and the that edition of The Blade Itself I was like oh man that's a pretty book but I was like but I read The Blade Itself I remember I didn't really like it but I want that pretty book and my friends are like well you didn't like the book so don't get it and I'm like what it's so pretty so I was like okay I will read it again and if I still don't like it then I won't get the pretty one and here we are so you know my shallowness in in cover decision like cover buys sometimes pays off so I reread it and was like oh oh this is my shit I am into this I still want to give it four stars uh and then the third time I read it I gave it five stars and now the fourth time I read it I gave it five stars again and I think that is valid and I want to say that I think that this is the kind of book that if you like it you will like it more if you read it again and you will like it even more if you read it again again this is the type of story that unlike uh thrillers and mysteries or things that have like an intense twist uh at the end or that like something like that where like the thing that keeps you going is they're like but what is happening where is this going to go how will this be resolved if it's the type of story where that is the appeal of it is you wondering those things and asking those questions then that's not to say that that kind of book cannot be enjoyable on a reread and that's not to say that there can't be things you'll pick up on the second time and blah blah blah like that's absolutely true but the blade itself and the first law trilogy and the first law books they are not those types of stories they don't have this like tight mysterious very like structured plot where you're like this is all leading to this main thing that will be revealed and then we will know the answer to the question like it's just not like that and for that reason i think i like it more i also feel like it feels more real like the world and the people in it feel more lived in because life is rarely that structured that planned that neatly building up to a climax the fact of the magic in this world while it is pieces of it are explained and as you read more books in the world of the first law they become more clear and you get more pieces of information but there's never a sense that this book event like these books eventually will give you the answer because much like in the real world you know we still have physicists and geologists and like those people aren't just historians they're not just studying what we've already learned and know we are still learning today about our own world and our own universe and similarly in the world of the first law there are pieces of it that are known there are individuals within this universe that clearly know more about it than your average joe who you are following and it's just some of it is also just unknowable even the people who are experts in it don't have all the answers and that feels so much more realistic to me than something where at the end you're like here's the answer to all the magic here's how it works neatly laid out for you again i do understand the appeal of that type of magic in a book there is something that the fact that the world isn't actually like that there is something that is satisfying about a fantasy world where you get all those answers that the real world never gives you i get that but i like that this world it feels more real because it doesn't give you those answers because it's not like and here's what it all meant that said like because when you reread it and when you reread it and when you reread it you know what type of story you're getting into you know that the story itself is really not the point there is a plot people who say it's plotless it's not plotless there is a plot but that's not the point the thing that's driving it onward the thing that you're here for is not the plot the plot is interesting it's laden with battle in politics and intrigue and backstabbing and twists and turns that's not to say that that doesn't that it's just like a bunch of people navel gazing stuff happens but it's not a plot driven story it is a character driven story and so we are watching these characters like navigate their own horrendous world and that is what we were here for is to spend time with them as they figure out how to survive in this harrowing world now it's very it's it's impossible for me to review this book as though i would had only just read the blade itself and had never read any books that come later it's not possible for me to review it as like hey like this is your first entry into it and you don't know what comes next and here's how you feel about it because one the first time that i read it i was a very different person and if i had reviewed it then i would have been like uh like he i guess he can write like it's apparent that you know the prose is good and it's you know it seems like it's pretty well coupled together but just like why why would you want to read this and then by the time that i reread it i already i hadn't i didn't know where the story was gonna go next but i knew what i was getting into the second time i read it and then the third time i read it it was having read all the books that come after it so it's just i've i'm not able to review it as though it's my first time into it and what it will be like for you the first time you go into it what i can say is that it is a rewarding read if what you are looking for is a character-driven story if what you're looking for is something grim dark and cynical and at times nihilistic darkly humorous and just the best word that i can constantly which i've said multiple times in this video is real it feels real and not because like this historically could have really happened because there's magic but obviously it's not real but these feel like real flawed layered human beings who are navigating an intensely flawed and corrupt and violent world and and yet another grim dark i've read not all can go overboard on that and just be only darkness only horror only depression only misery and that's not to say there isn't a great deal of horror misery and violence in these books but the world no matter how dark it is is never just darkness and so it's reminiscent to me of some of my other favorite books like i really loved angela's ashes for a long time i mean i still do but it was like my official favorite book for a long time you weren't expecting here about angela's ashes in a review about the blade itself for you but if you've read angela's ashes it's the harrowing memoir of an irish man's childhood growing up in like absolutely abject poverty in ireland um and it's but it's told through the eyes of a child and so there is there is undoubtable humor there is absolute comedy in what he is experienced in what he is told as a child the way that a child like the the sense and the logic that a child applies to the world that they're confronted with so in an abracame book i feel similarly like there's plenty of gallows humor but there's also genuine just humor and i don't want to say that it's all just violence and jokes because it's not there are heartfelt moments there are heart breaking moments there are tragic moments there are violent and horrifying moments there are comedic moments that is why it feels real because life is not as pretty as a heroic fantasy would make it out to be but it's not as a bleak as plenty of grim dark makes it out to be the world that we inhabit and that the these characters inhabit is similar in that unfortunately there is a great deal of corruption a great deal of abuse of power a great deal of bullying a great deal of injustice and that is all reflected here but for every injustice there is also a person with hope for every malevolent individual there is a hopeful and kind and loving one and yet humans are also never that simple an evil person is not evil 24-7 they're not evil when they wake up they're not evil when they're eating porridge they're not evil when they go to sleep they probably have people they care about they probably have things to keep them up at night they probably have things they think that they have done well similarly people who regard themselves as noble and try to do the right thing definitely aren't perfect and definitely have dark thoughts and are capable of dark things possibly more so sometimes if life makes them the pendulum swing the other way so to speak the main takeaway from Abercrombie and this is an incredible introduction I mean this is a review of the blade itself but I mean I can't talk about it without the greater world of the first law what you get in the blade itself is this multiple perspective introduction to a world where there is no such thing as the good guy and there is no such thing as the bad guy and you just got to get used to it you just got to get used to the fact that everyone you're following here is a person in this world and that's really all that can be said about them you cannot label them as the good guys or the bad guys you cannot put them in boxes you cannot neatly call them a hero an anti-hero an anti-villain a villain they defy definition because human beings in the real world defy definition and that when you pick up the blade itself the first time is unusual and a little rough to get used to because especially fantasy tends to not be that structuralist but when you read it and reread it and reread it I just become spoiled for every other kind of book because few other authors capture the messy layered often grim truth that is humanity that is institutions of power that is the war that is everything really so should you read the blade itself absolutely will you give it five stars the first time you read it I don't I don't think I don't necessarily feel like it deserves five stars the first time that you read it I don't know that it's possible to appreciate it to the full extent the first time that you read it but because even though I've said that the plot doesn't really isn't really the point of these books there is a plot and by the end of the trilogy there are answers to questions that are posed in the first book and despite it not being that type of book where everything is a puzzle box with a macguffin and an answer and a twist reveal it's not that kind of story and yet and yet much like how actual you know an actual criminal investigation or mystery is not as neat as you know an Agatha Christie like first we suspect of this guy but that's a red herring and then we find the telltale thing and then they confess and then we have our meet-up like it's not that neat and yet you begin to see the hints and the seeds of the truth in the beginning and so the more times that you read it the more you realize how despite feeling directionless there are so many seeds planted for what is to come so that without you realizing it it's not the kind of book where you're sitting there going well that's going to be important later let me write that down well that seems to be foreshadowing something I'm gonna write that down life isn't really that way so you just kind of things are happening and you're like stuff's happening people are doing stuff and by the time the end rolls around the end feels earned the end feels like yeah that yeah that fits that didn't come out of nowhere you clearly didn't decide this at the last minute because you needed an ending because when I go back to reread it I'm like oh my god you just snuck in there all these little hints and all these truths that would have to be there for the end to be the way that it is and when you reread it you're like that is genius for you to have just put all this in without us realizing you were foreshadowing anything but it makes the payoff that much better and I don't want to oversell the payoff of the end of the trilogy because the end of the trilogy is just as much of a haha shit on fantasy expectations as the rest of it is it's not a satisfying neat answer and yet the ending is conclusive and does it is the is what everything has been building towards even if it didn't seem that way and even if it's not in the way that you would typically expect and so I find immense joy reading and rereading and rereading and rereading and rereading the blade itself because the characters even from page one of this debut novel are so fully fleshed out and fully realized and fully fleshed in blood human beings that have distinct personalities that you don't even have to see the dialogue tag of who is speaking to know who is speaking because this patterns of their speech their idiomatic expressions their world view is so clear and that doesn't mean it's simple it just means it's recognizably them that from book one you're like yeah these are characters that I know and when I go back to read the first book it's not like all this is early day it's like I know them and I love hanging out with them even though this world is grim af so yeah basically I'm saying if you're cool with what I just described you should read the blade itself and you should take it for what it's worth the first time you read it but I do encourage you to reread it once you've read the later books because it's a rewarding reread I love it more every time that I read it and I I can't recommend it enough and yet that I don't want people going into the first book expecting to be wowed by the first book because while I was the second time that I read it I was into it with the first book I was still like but also where is any of this going like all right like this is definitely up my alley more than it was the first time I read it but also like kind of low key what was the point of any of that and then the third time I read it I was like I think I need to give this five stars because like there is a point to this stuff and like I see what you did and now the fourth time reading it it's just me curling up with that comfort bowl of mac and cheese or I'm like yep I know these characters I know this story let's do this thing it is perfect and I wouldn't change anything about it even though the first time it doesn't hit the same I wouldn't change a thing about it as a piriri it's perfect so let me know in the comments down below if you have in fact read the blade itself if you agree with me having read it on my assessment of it if I have now inspired you to pick it up if you read it and you hated it feel free to let me know that as well because I was there 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Max Mann is here with head coach Dave Gage. We've got two wins from Marywood today. Just talk us through how we've got to do this. I'm really proud of our guys. I thought we swung it extremely well. What I was really proud about in the second game was they got on the board early. That's something that we've actually done throughout the beginning parts of the season and we've responded right back. So I'm really proud of our team. Both starters today, Sam and Matt, had great performances. Gone in a couple of buckles at some point in time for some good strikeouts at the end. Just talking about their performances today. Awesome performances by those two grad students. That's what we know we're pretty lucky and we know the sky's the limit with those two on the mound. Matt and Sam did a great job today. Matt bounced back after the first inning had a phenomenal start and Sam phenomenal start as well. You guys have had about 16 hits over the last, I mean 60 runs over the last four years. Talk about their batting and how their manager brings up the runs. Same thing, you have an experienced lineup so those guys have a great approach. Coach Copis has done a phenomenal job with those guys and made sure that they executed the approach. Hey, I love this field. We score a lot of runs here so hopefully we keep it going. Absolutely. We open up Matt Commonwealth play next weekend. Give us a little teaser of that and perhaps some wideners. Yeah, wideners are a good team. The whole conference is super competitive so we have to keep this thing going and stay with our approach and then keep limiting free 90s on the defensive side of the ball and that's what we did for the most part today as we limited free 90s and offensively, like I said, sticking with our approach will lead to success. Thanks Coach. Thank you.


St. Lucia has joined the Americas in celebrating the 19th Vaccination Week during the week of the 24th to the 30th of April 2021. This week's observance is being held another theme, vaccines bring us closer, get VACs, bringing it to focus how vaccines can bring people closer by keeping them healthy and ensuring that diseases remain at bay. This is especially important as the hemisphere combats COVID-19. St. Lejabatis is the Assistant Principal Nursing Officer and National Immunization Manager. The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the Caribbean region and the rest of the world, affecting us from all dimensions and causing us to interact in unimaginable ways. As the Department of Health and Wellness reflects, it is noted that we have come a long way from where we were at this time last year. Although we are still in the pandemic, significant steps have been made towards achieving the normalcy which was stripped away from us as a result of COVID-19. Several clinical trials were underway towards a vaccine of vaccines that could protect us from COVID-19 and its complications. St. Lucia has administered over 24,000 first doses and over 1,000 second doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine to date. As the ministry continues to roll out the campaign, everyone is encouraged to get vaccinated. The gains achieved with the elimination of measles, rubella, polio and tetanus through vaccinations leaves no doubt that the same can be achieved with the COVID-19 vaccines. However, Jean-Baptiste notes that a greater amount of the population needs to be vaccinated to achieve this. Therefore, we plead to you, the citizenry, to get vaccinated against COVID-19. By doing so, you reduce the burden of severe disease, virus transmission, hospitalizations and death. At this moment, I take this opportunity to recognize the hard work and dedication of our health team, our physicians, nurses, health aides, attendants and other health care partners who continue to sustain the national immunization program, especially during the pandemic. The gains of the national immunization program would not be possible without your efforts. You continue to advocate for vaccines and delivering quality service to the people of St. Lucia. It has not been easy having to re-strategize considering the COVID-19 protocols which have been put in place. Additionally, your commitment and dedication took St. Lucia through a successful introduction and rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. While the focus is on COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines in the battle against this pandemic and aiming for population immunity, the ministry reminds the public about the importance of the regular vaccination program.


Who are you? Speak louder! You say what? Why do you hate me? Why do you hate me? What have you done to this lady? What have you done to her career? You destroyed everything. What have you done to her marriage? Come here you wicked demon! You have no place in her body! Why? She does not talk to you. You know who I am? Who are you? Lucifer! I'm Satan himself! What? I'm Satan! I'm Lucifer! How do you praise? I'm Lucifer, me and you. Me and you! So what have you done to this lady? I disobey her. She's a nobody. She cried every day. That's all she do.  Come here you Lucifer! I command you! I came here for you! Especially for you! You came here for me!  Who do you think you are?  You cast me out every day! You annoy me! Are you angry? Yes!  Get out of here! You don't want to be here? You're burning to me! You destroyed my kingdom! You're burning to me! For how long I've been living in her? For how long I've been living in her? Since she was a baby. Since she was a baby. What have they even done to her? I destroyed her. She squeaked over in her hand. All her body burned up.  I asked her to kill herself. And she did. So you are the cause? You are the one behind all this? My name is Sekibus.  You get on my nerve!   Are you hit prayer?   So ask me a question! Get out of here! But why did you choose to Destroy her? Why did you choose to destroy this lady? You know why? Because she got a mission for that guy. She got a mission. I know what she wants to do, but I'm going to stop her with everything I got. Is that why you choose to destroy her?   Everything she got. She want to help those people back in Haiti. Those children. You know, I'm going to set them on fire.     Why do you hate us? I'm freaking praying. Didn't you know that she was coming here? Yes, she was coming to see you. And I let her come and see you.  How do you want to destroy me? Oh, you want to punch me? Okay, live there. Come on, come, come. In the name of Jesus Christ. Listen, listen, listen. Are you ready? Are you ready? Are you ready? In the name of Jesus Christ. In the name of Jesus Christ. In the name of Jesus Christ. In the name of Jesus Christ. Live there, live there. Live there, live there. In the name of Jesus Christ. Clear it. Okay, let's fight. In the name of Jesus Christ. Holy God's Fire. Holy God's Fire. In the name of Jesus Christ. Holy God's Fire. Out! Out! Big guys out. Береги Яцару БАБА Во всем Яцаре Под названием Яцарь Минувirstyка СREAMe Спасибоổ đ świat text Можно я вас познакомить? И я вам познакомлю. Ни с чем? Моя имя я Рома Уна и я из Бостона, Массетрусия. Так что вы не сейтен? Если вы хотите сделать это сито, то кто это? Нет, точно не. Ой, милый, милый, что чудесное. Что Бог может сделать в жизни? Это действительно чудесно. Позвольте начать с... Какое удачное это место? Какие какие проблемы и проблемы, которые вы получили в жизни? Я хочу Бога за интервенцию в моей жизни. Все есть фондация. Я из Little Island, называется Хэйди. 85% популяции практикали рычага и руду. Моя родственница была руду-произ. Моя мама и папа практикали руду. Так что я grew up practicing it, thinking it was a good thing. Я не знала, что я называла деменом на себя. Они сделали мне сито. Я grew up worshipping Satan. This is a culture in Haiti. Worshipping Satan is a culture. I didn't know any better. I didn't believe in God. I didn't know you as well. But I thought the devil was my God. Wow. Tell us what are some things in your life, in your personal life that you were facing, that begins to see those traits of Satan to fear in your life and defeating it and stealing it from your life? I've been married for 13 years with a wonderful man. He loves me very much. But I've done a lot of wrong to him. I couldn't love him back the way that he loves me. I couldn't feel the same love that he had for me. There's always trouble in our marriage. I'm always causing trouble. I'm always angry, always snapping at him, snapping at my two children.  Everyone around me hates me. I can hold on to a job. I'm a teacher. I teach at the public school. I've been to several positions. I can stay at one place. No one can stand me. I can stand everybody else. It was just chaos for me everywhere. Money comes in all the time. Money goes out the window all the time. Chaos in my family. No relationship. I don't talk to my mother. I don't talk to my brother. I'm just a lonely person. I've just been miserable. I've just been in a cage. I've been tortured in my sleep every night.  Can you talk about that? And that's those dreams. How did that affect your affection towards your husband? I think that's where the problems come from. It's a husband spirit. So I got married to that husband spirit. I literally got married to a spirit. They work by peers. It's named Sacabus and Incabus.  So that made it the result of that. So I wouldn't have any affection towards my husband. Wow. And can you tell us how that affected your health?  It set you on fire. Can you explain a little bit more about that? It did kill me.  It did kill me.   And I got secondary burn all over my body. Until this day, I'm weak in my right arm. And I do believe one day God will heal me.  Yes. And I did just that. Wow. Ну, что ж, джанчи, begin to pray for people who, all of a sudden, we see this angry woman begin to want to fight the apostle. Describe what is happening to us at that moment. Well, as I was sitting in the fifth row over there, I just couldn't wait for him to call upon me. I just felt so upset at him. All I wanted to do, I heard a voice telling me, as soon you get up there, make sure you slap him. Make sure you give him a good punch. That's all I wanted to do. I mean, I felt anger towards him. So there was something inside of that was telling you to punch him. Even you said some things that were, like, very hard to understand. You were cursing at him and you were saying all these things. And we know that that wasn't you. No, that wasn't me. Definitely not. And what did you experience as the apostle began to pray for you and began to cast that demon out? And when you were on the floor, you finally got up and you begin to cry and you begin to hug the apostle. What changed from being this angry woman into loving person? I felt love towards him. I felt compassion. I mean, I came here because I knew God was going to work through him to deliver me.  Do you believe that? I definitely believe that. I cried out to God to bring me here. I said, this is it. I said, the way I come, I am not going back to Massachusetts the same way.  Don't leave it. Wow, what a wonderful, wonderful testimony. And you came here all the way from where? Massachusetts. Wow, all the way from Massachusetts to be at this race to deliver conference. What is your advice to some people that are sitting in this place? Maybe they are facing the same thing.  What can you give them advice? Who is the author of all this pain and sickness?   Because prayer only is not going to do anything for you. You have to be delivered. Come on, let us put our hands together for Jesus. Thank you so much for this wonderful testimony.