Editor's Note   

Ampersand Publications LLC., owner of the Santa Barbara News-Press, on December 6 wrote to AJR about the article “Santa Barbara Smackdown” in the magazine's December/January issue. An attorney for AJR responded on December 27. Here is the exchange of letters.

Letter from Ampersand Publications LLC
AJR's Response
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