Barney’s Weekend Picks
The long holiday weekend is over, the turkey’s been picked clean, and the visitors are gone. Now it’s time to get out of the house for some fresh air. How about a drive through the gorgeous Santa Ynez Valley?
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Levy Bankrupt: Bill Levy’s timeshare commercial project at the foot of State Street was something few wanted except for Levy, his investors, and the City Council (after Levy, his friends, and his family made big donations to some councilmembers).
Fence Be Gone!
As we expected, the City of Santa Barbara did not approve of the News-Press‘ brand new green fence, which was fully erected last Friday. In a letter to the newspaper on Monday afternoon, City Hall said, essentially, “Take it down or be fined.”
Coming Un-Tyed
Ty Warner unloads the Miramar; Jimmy’s gets enshrined; NP under fire again; Jerry Roberts hospitalized; and Barney takes on the fashion front.
The Wrong Fence
Clearly confused about what sort of wall that everyone on the planet is calling for, the N-P‘s top brass decide to erect a fence further separating the newspaper from its increasingly alienated audience. We wanted a wall between the newsroom and the editorials/advertisers, silly rabbits, not between the paper and the public!
The Other Article
The other AJR article about A Local Daily that you may have missed. This one even includes more references to the Local Freebie.
Ty Warner Selling The Miramar
“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.
The Latest N-P News
BusinessWeek gets in on the News-Press mess; Editor & Publisher produces another report; Travis takes aim at Indy columnists; Barry Capello gets hired to scare away the Teamsters lawyer; and we wait for an NLRB hearing.
Timothy McGovern 1965-2006
Tim McGovern was the director of the language program for the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UCSB. An expert in 19th-century Spanish literature, he focused on Benito Perez Gald³s in his dissertation and in one of his first books. Tim was also an integral part of the intercampus focus group UC Mexicanistas, led in part by our own renowned professor Sara Poot-Herrera, whose eulogy to Tim follows.
On the Beat
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.