GOLETA, Calif. (KEYT) An Nextdoor.com thread about Goodland Guns moving from Old Town Goleta to a new location next the Here We Grow Early Learning Center on Hollister Ave. led to a community meeting in a park near Ellwood Elementary.
Dr. Daniel Mizrahi said parents feel blindsided.
“I am encouraged by the amount of people that came out, the conversation that we had that was very civil, the conversation needs to continue but I think our councilmembers specifically James Kyriaco said it pretty plainly that these are two incompatible uses next to one another, a day care next to a gun store so we need to find a solution that is viable but this isn’t about gun rights, it is about both businesses being able to exist successfully but maybe not next to each other” said Mizrahi,” and the city needs to step up and revise their rules and take accountability for their lack of action and also get involved with helping relocate the Goodland Guns store to an acceptable space.”…