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.
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Recent Stories
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.
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.
Cole Connelly
Stanford student Cole Connelly recently wrapped up his summer internship with The Santa Barbara Independent.
International Peace Day, Anyone?
This nation seems to be as polarized as I have ever seen it.
Hannah-Beth Jackson Awarded
Hannah-Beth Jackson, who worked in the Santa Barbara DA’s Office and later went on to serve three terms in the State Assembly, was honored on 9/15 by California Women Lawyers with the prestigious Fay Stender Award.
I Don’t Know How She Does It
Sarah Jessica Parker stars in this television-brained comedy about a banking exec trying to balance work and family life.
