Goleta Valley Voice Roundup - 5/18

Front Page:
On tap: Costco gas station
The long-awaited Costco gasoline station may finally become a reality, as the city prepares to hold a public meeting on its draft environmental impact report Monday.

News Briefs:
UCSB hunger strikers take case to regents
Hunger striking UCSB students went to the UC Regents meeting in San Francisco on Thursday to protest the UC system’s involvement in nuclear weapons labs.

In Brief

• 'Click It or Ticket' campaign stepped up
• Bike Team Challenge
• Fire season opens

Sheriff's Blotter

• Mystery at the ranch
• Guess again
• Unsecured load
• The dog did it?
• Busted

Water board delays hearing until July 9
A public hearing on proposed changes in water meter charges in water meter charges by the Goleta Water District is scheduled for Tuesday, and earlier this week a continuation of that hearing was scheduled for July 9, said Chuck Evans, president of the agency's board of directors.

New planners get look at work ahead
Member of the city’s newly-minted planning commission got to know each other Monday as they sat down to get up to speed on Goleta’s many upcoming projects.

Viewpoint:
Mayor's Report: Back in the saddle
Back at last! I’m on two legs once again and able to drive — after seven months it really seems strange but wonderful. I certainly want to sincerely thank all those wonderful friends, neighbors and co-workers who drove me to appointments all that time. (I fell on my steep, wet and slippery driveway last October and suffered a triple compound fracture on my right leg, just in case you didn’t know what happened to me.)

Editorial: Playing with your money
The flare-up at this week’s Board of Supervisors meeting gave a peek into the loose ways that county staff members propose to spend your dollars. It might as well be Monopoly money.

Community:
Thirst for Knowledge: Buried treasure, unearthed
There’s an excellent chance you’ve never seen the Ba’k Do’r, much less been inside.

Goleta Scrapbook: From doctor to señor, one lucky Irishman
An unfortunate turn of events for Nicholas Den’s family might have cut short the would-be doctor’s medical career, but it didn’t stop the young Irishman from making his fortune in the Good Land.

Business:
Strictly Local: It takes drive to park cars
Not too long ago, Jonathan Strashoon was couch-surfing and parking cars for a living. With energy and perseverance, not to mention an impressive set of contacts, today he’s still in the car parking service, but now he runs it as his own business as well as a limo service. No longer the couch-surfer, he also owns his own home here in the Good Land.

Other articles at at the Goleta Valley Voice website.