County HR Department Merges with Executive Office
The county’s Human Resources Department will be merged with the County Executive Office at a savings of $417,000 to the county, the Board of Supervisors voted on 9/20.
Year: 2011
The Busiest Building in Town
Bucking the national trend of post office shutdowns, Goleta processing center grows.
S.B. Braces for Inmate Influx
County forced to shoulder hundreds of convicts coming from state prison.
Freakish Alliance
Nick Welsh’s latest finger wagging regarding Plan Santa Barbara, “Let the Faux Fur Fly,” makes me nostalgic for the days when you could always count on progressives to oppose any development at all costs and vehemently despise and distrust developers.
The Chain Saw Wedding
All the fuss over the noisy Kardashian nuptials reminds me of a far smaller Montecito wedding a few years ago.
Fringe Festival
Scenes from California’s oddball Republican Party convention.
Flaming Dogs
Political backdraft over decision to downgrade readiness of our air-tanker base.
volume 25, number 297, September 22-29, 2011
Visual Art, Classsical, Film, Dance, Theater, and Pop, Rock & Jazz
Fall Arts Preview 2011
The Indy editors dish on their top picks for can’t-miss events this season.
The Military Industrial Complex and You
Santa Barbara county taxpayers will give $811.8 million towards the Department of Defense’s budget for 2012, according to nationalpriorities.org. That’s not counting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; for those two wars county taxpayers have given an additional $1.9 billion since 2001, money that would otherwise have stayed in the local economy.
