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A very Happy Birthday to legendary comedy genius Mel Brooks! Thank you for a century of hilarity, wit and creative genius! It’s Good to be The King! 🤴🏼 #MelBrooks @the.official.mel.brooks 💯 #blazingsaddles #youngfrankenstein #theproducers #itsgoodtobetheking

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Posted On: June 28th 2026, 08:43 am

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A very Happy Birthday to legendary comedy genius Mel Brooks! Thank you for a century of hilarity, wit and creative genius! It’s Good to be The King! 🤴🏼 #MelBrooks @the.official.mel.brooks 💯 #blazingsaddles #youngfrankenstein #theproducers #itsgoodtobetheking

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The campaign to bring cars back to State Street through a voter referendum reached the minimum 5,400 signatures needed to potentially place the issue on the ballot during a future election.⁠
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The Committee to Reopen State Street — backed by SIMA Corporation President Jim Knell — announced that the initiative gathered 6,000 signatures in just over three weeks, and the petition was submitted to the city clerk on Wednesday, October 14.⁠
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For the past several weeks, paid signature gatherers were spotted outside grocery stores and shopping centers in the city, asking city residents to join in the referendum.⁠
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The city clerk will now verify the signatures, and the City Council would then decide whether to repeal the ordinance or put the matter before voters during a future election. This is one of two potential referendums on City Council decisions; another petition against the city’s recently passed rent stabilization ordinance is currently gathering signatures citywide.⁠
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📸: Elaine Sanders (@elaine_sanders) / Santa Barbara Independent

“STOP COMPARING YOUR BEST TO OUR WORST!” 🔥

Dave Anderson challenges the way Black Americans are sometimes compared to African and Caribbean immigrants.

He argues that when people point to immigrant educational and economic success while repeating negative stereotypes about Black Americans, they’re ignoring a major part of the conversation.

**WHO IS ACTUALLY BEING COMPARED TO WHO?**

Dave raises questions about immigration selection, the size of the Black American middle class, and the historical experiences that shaped different communities.

Then he delivers one of the most powerful lines from the interview:

**“If you can’t talk about how your ancestors fled, you don’t get to talk about how my ancestors bled.”**

Is comparing successful immigrant populations to stereotypes about Black Americans an unfair comparison?

And can we acknowledge different historical experiences without turning the conversation into a competition?

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التحدي العاشر تمممم😍♥️ بقالي بسس 9 محافظات اكتبولي تحديات صعبه بالمحافظه الي تريدون اروحلها واني اختار التحدي من التعليقات🇮🇶

family weekend 😆