Why I Luv Lompoc?

I'm not from Lompoc but I luv it here. Why "Luv" and not "Love"? Because I reserve the word "Love" for God, family, country and maybe romance too. It's kinda like those I -red heart-NY T-shirts that were so popular in the late 1970s and had a resurgence after 9/11. With that little rebus you can convey enthusiasm for something without all the baggage that the L-word brings to any topic. Earlier this year Council Member Starbuck handed out little yellow buttons that said "I Like Lompoc". These buttons were replicas of the buttons distributed back in 1969 as part of a champaign that celebrated a Lompoc Baseball team that had made it to a national compitition. People wore the button to the game that was in another state to show that they were rooting for the Lompoc team. The use of the word "like" was more in the sense of gambling vernacular ie "who do you like in the 5th"(horse race). "I like ... fill in the blank. If memory serves Lompoc lost that championship. I know this because I volunteer at the historical society and came accross some newspaper clippings about that event. There was even a photo of the button. So the character and pride of Lompoc is lasting as evident of the survival of a 43 year old button that was saved, worn and copied. I like Lompoc and I have the button to prove it. But my enthusiasm exceeds "like" although it falls short of "love"; thus the name of this blog - "I Luv Lompoc". (I really do.)