Goleta Valley Voice Roundup - 7/6

Front Page:
A question of cash flow
A hearing Monday will be the last chance for members of the public to have their say about propsed rate increases in the Goleta Water District and to deliver written protests.

News Briefs:
Gas Co. looks deep for storage
Southern California Gas Co., in search of storage space for natural gas, has been in our neighborhood, and they’ve been shaking things up.

Sheriff's Blotter

• It all adds up
• The water fairies did it
• 'Blood in, blood out'
• Nice try, dude
• Their luck runneth out
• A compassionate landlord
• For mega-margaritas?
• Things that go bump in the night
• Well, duh
• The pride of UCSB

In Brief:

• Total burning ban in place
• Wanted: cell phone photos
• New class graduates from Firefighter Academy
• Low-cost insurance info

Viewpoint:
Schools of Thought: Water safety is as important as ever
Our county’s beautiful beaches allow families to enjoy boating, swimming, fishing, water-skiing and many other forms of water recreation. Summertime usually involves even higher levels of water recreation, and can be a source of great family fun.

Letter to the editor: A Goleta tea party
At a community meeting on May 22, rate-payers vigorously responded to the Goleta Water District’s recently proposed plan to change its rates. Speaker after speaker demanded that the board rescind its new idea. From across the political spectrum, all were opposed to the concept. An ex-member of the district’s Board of Directors eloquently informed the members that they’d failed to act as proper stewards of the public’s resource. It was a beautiful example of the power of democracy!

An unforgivable act
One day in 1975 my father took me to lunch at the old Pancho Villa on Calle Real and made a painful confession.

Community:
A fine 4th
The Good Land celebrated Independence Day with a bang Wednesday, starting with the annual Old Fashioned Fourth of July at Stow House.

‘King John’ More, no prince among men
The man who was known as “the Monarch of More Mesa” was different things to different people. Unpopular with his neighbors, but adored by the local kids, John Finley More arrived in the Good Land shortly after his brother T. Wallace’s gruesome murder in 1877.

Other articles at at the Goleta Valley Voice website.