Posted on 09/24/2025 2:11:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
hen President Joe Biden visited Santa Cruz County following the 2023 winter storms, residents responded with pure fanfare. People skipped work and lined the streets with thank-you signs, and parents took their children out of school just for a chance to see the presidential motorcade speed down Highway 1. Amid the wreckage of natural disasters that reshaped swaths of the county, enthusiasm followed Biden from his steps off Air Force One at the Watsonville airport, to the Capitola wharf and back again.
In the nearly three years since, the Biden aura has shifted — dramatically. People have increasingly laid the blame for President Donald Trump’s second term at the feet of Biden and his decision to seek reelection despite his advanced age and mental decline. Books, including a recent memoir by former vice president Kamala Harris, have also criticized Biden’s inner circle, including his wife, Jill, for trying to hide the reality of his health from the American people and other political leaders.
Given all of this, I was curious to see how our community would receive Jill Biden during her scheduled appearance at Santa Cruz’s Kaiser Permanente Arena this Saturday. Resentment? Contempt? Reverence? Forgiveness?
We will never know.
“An Evening with Dr. Jill Biden” has been canceled, and the reason why remains a mystery. The Santa Cruz Warriors basketball organization, host of the appearance, billed Jill’s speaking appearance as a “historic event” and began selling tickets in July.
Rumors have swirled. One solid source told me low ticket sales were to blame; others wondered whether the abrupt cancellation had to do with increased security concerns. The event was canceled one day after the public assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
Chris Murphy, president of the Santa Cruz Warriors, denied that security concerns were to blame. He told Lookout “there were some unforeseen circumstances,” but declined to offer more detail.
“I’m not going to get into why,” Murphy said on the phone last week. “We don’t have to go into details with the public on every decision we make as an organization.”
Peggy Flynn, co-president of the Democratic Women’s Club of Santa Cruz County, said she had also reached out to Murphy after she fielded several confused calls and emails about the cancellation. Murphy told Flynn he “wasn’t sharing details at the request of the Biden relationship.”
I would pay NOT to….
Spot on.
Yeah, but foggy in the Summer....”June Swoon”...leads to the “blues”.
President Joe Biden visited Santa Cruz County following the 2023 winter storms
How bad were the storms?
Big waves and rain/flooding:
https://www.sfgate.com/weather/article/santa-cruz-flooding-esplanade-seacliff-18578344.php
https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2023/santa-cruz-flooding/
https://lookout.co/storms-2023-road-to-recovery
It’s looking like the Biden (Hunter, Joe, and Jill) no longer have anything to sell.
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