Naming Names
City Council Committee Recommends Publicizing Identities of Campaign Donors
The prospect of publicizing the identities of campaign donors in Santa Barbara city elections dominated conversation at Tuesday’s meeting of the City Council’s Ordinance committee. While the previous week’s meeting had the committee addressing the implications of changing the city’s election calendar to align with the even-year polls used by most other jurisdictions, this week committee members focused on the virtues of having candidates for public office submit their contribution records to a Web site that would allow voters access to up-to-date evidence of who might be influencing a given campaign.
The best of this weekend, according to Barney, includes everything from the special “third weekend” of the Santa Barbara International Film Festical to meaty eats at places like the Cities BBQ and Woody’s Bodacious BBQ.
