“It was a painful decision for Ty,” spokeman Greg Rice said, “but I don’t see how we could possibly get a fair shake” from the Montecito Association, based on its renewed attack, a four-page letter sent widely to Montecito residents. It is “alarming” when a body that will ultimately consider your project “attacks you.” Rice said.
If They Weren’t There: Imagine a day without: cops, deputies, the CHP, firefighters, nurses, doctors, paramedics, FAA control tower operators, service station attendants, supermarket clerks, airline pilots and flight attendants, 411 operators, 911 dispatchers, Harbor Patrol, Coast Guard, and everyone else who does essential work on the day we stuff ourselves at the Thanksgiving table. And let’s not forget the people who deliver the papers in the wee hours before we’re up. Also on the good side: Be thankful that Congress is taking the day off. No harm, no foul.
Goleta election in the balance; behind Blogabarbara; the Oprah and the fury; partying with Sneddon; NP and the big screen; journo film fest; who gives a turkey?; Pirates spotted in Guadalupe; Fiesta poster boy; in praise of Cottage; decent docent; Thanksgiving on TV
More things to do while the great fall weather lasts. The beach, food, theater, movies, and more.
Buying the News-Press? One of the first things Sara Miller McCune plans to do if and when she buys the Santa Barbara News-Press is fire Travis Armstrong. Not that embattled owner Wendy McCaw has any intention of putting the paper on the market, as far as I know. But this is how things played out when McCune got up to accept her News-Press Lifetime Achievement Award Saturday night at the Four Seasons Biltmore: By next year’s award ceremony, “I hope to be the owner of the News-Press,” the businesswoman and philanthropist told the audience.
Barney takes on the repercussions of Measure P and what the City Council plans to do about it. Plus, more voting and musical talk.
With the weather the way it is, get yourself outside! Here are a few suggestions.
New Hotel or Maybe Dorm? Seems as though the Spearmint Rhino strip joint might give way to a 50-room budget hotel, or even a 100-unit City College dorm. At least that’s the thinking of property owner Bernie MacElhenny. When I called to check out a rumor, Bernie cheerfully claimed that he has preliminary city okay (the city denies this) to strip the Spearmint Rhino to the ground and build a hotel there on Montecito Street on the ocean side of the freeway. He’s even dubbed it Hotel Bernardo.
Don’t let Big Oil Buy the election; and the Board of Supervisors race, then and now
Here’s what Barney thinks you should do this weekend, after you’ve already made all your voting decisions for Tuesday.
