My latest guest is George Miller, publisher and co-founded of Citizen’s Journal, Ventura County’s Real News.
“People blame Ronald Reagan for the closure of mental hospitals—both as Governor and as President—but it was a set of circumstances that was all about finances.” Evelyn Taylor
“Camarillo State Hospital had its own farmland for its patients—and where is a better place to have a farm than the Oxnard Plain, which grows more crops per acre than any place on earth?” David Reel
The old Oxnard Press-Courier was such a fun newspaper to read. It had a touch of yellow journalism—which gave it spice—and although we couldn’t get away with using that language today, it’s still part of our history and that’s important.
“Roy Campanella won three MVPs, won a World Series and made the Hall of Fame despite losing his prime years in the Big Leagues because he was black.” Josh McDonald
“Walter Johnson was measured at a munitions laboratory in 1916 and his fastest pitch was only 91.36 MPH.” Josh McDonald
The Camarillo Ranch Foundation has lost over $500,000 the last few years. And we spent $350,000 on seven parking spots at the ranch. That’s $50,000 per parking spot. The City Council approved this—are there any grown ups on the City Council? Jeff McVicker
“The young Air Force Private hanged himself—he was so ashamed for stealing a quarter from his bunkmates he literally got a rope and quietly dragged a chair across the room.”
“There are very few State governors in the United States who make a higher annual salary than the City Manager of Camarillo—who along with benefits—makes well over $300,000 a year.” Jeff McVicker
‘“The Bad Boy Down the Street” is a short story set in present-day Camarillo, California, and it tells how a gossipy tongue can carry seeds of distrust and prejudices toward a minority community in an otherwise peaceful, pleasant town.”