Bishop Ranch: The Battle Ahead
In this Sunday's Santa Barbara News-Press, Travis Armstrong (editorial page editor) has an opinion column on the Bishop Ranch, which is the largest vacant property in the entire City of Goleta (250 acres).
Travis goes on to give some background about the San Fernando Valley developer who wants to build there, and has been working through the process starting with the County of SB, and now with the City of Goleta, for a total of eight years.
Travis highlights comments made at the City Council meeting last week, including the developer stating that the County thought that 1,200 homes might not be enough for that property.
Does the developer have the 'trump card' to play? Travis seems to think so, with the possibility of the company threatening to sell the land to the UC system for UCSB to construct buildings and residences. This would take decisions about land use out of local control, since it would be owned by a state agency.
"Johnny-Come-Lately"?
Travis goes on to slam Councilwoman Jonny Wallis and her hypocrisy in regards to the General Plan and the fact that voters tossed out all three of her allies on the Council in 2006.
An interesting read... is Jonny Wallis doing an about face now? Jonny managed to win re-election in 2004 by a 107-vote margin over a challenger who virtually had no name recognition.
2 comments:
Just another rant without substance or intellectual honesty from Travis. His first item, about Bishop Ranch, was pointless and insipid. Seemed more like an advertisement for his lame radio show.
His diatribe against Jonny Wallis was classic Travis: rail and duck. As was noted at the meeting, the previous council held scores of meetings about the plan; charging that it ignored the public is an outright lie. And while he feels free to take cheap shots at Jonny, he doesn't have the decency or courage to run any letters or commentaries in her defense. Gutless jerk.
Finally, his dishonesty is manifest. He rips the SB council for being the pawns of developers, then sings the praises of the new Goleta council, which was elected with money from developers who have projects or lawsuits pending with the city. Dishonest, gutless jerk.
Who is Travis Armstrong?
Is he someone we are supposed to care about?
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