A former Coastal Commissioner and ex-senior attorney in the Santa Barbara County Counsel's office asks tough questions about the kid glove treatment given oil company's bid to restart failed pipeline
HOORAY for Jana Zimmer - ! For telling it like it is. Many of us without the long history such as she has have been befuddled by the actions of County Planning, County Supervisors, which have seemed more and more to go against the public at large. That one supervisor was recused from the Sable vote was fatal to this issue (time for this supervisor to change addresses, i.e. move?) It's a sad fact that Santa Barbara County residents are getting used to the idea that the Supervisors will vote in anything that will bring in money: Cannabis, TOT (Hotels, no matter where they want to build them); and now Oil. In my short career at this, I've never seen anything like it - money buying politics. Makes me miss Naomi Schwartz, Gail Marshall, Susan Rose, etc...
So, are the powers that be being reminded of all of this? Are they each being sent a copy of this? So bizaare how the years of careful planning , & any input from the taxpayers are ignored & plowed over by these so called law makers, or shots callers for our world renowned community! It’s got to be stopped begird it’s too late!
Someone needs to look into what went on with the Sentinel oil tankeriing permitting. County staff signed this away with little or no public review. SBCAN appealed and got the votes needed but then the item is removed from the agenda? Huh? What is going on, indeed!!!!
HOORAY for Jana Zimmer - ! For telling it like it is. Many of us without the long history such as she has have been befuddled by the actions of County Planning, County Supervisors, which have seemed more and more to go against the public at large. That one supervisor was recused from the Sable vote was fatal to this issue (time for this supervisor to change addresses, i.e. move?) It's a sad fact that Santa Barbara County residents are getting used to the idea that the Supervisors will vote in anything that will bring in money: Cannabis, TOT (Hotels, no matter where they want to build them); and now Oil. In my short career at this, I've never seen anything like it - money buying politics. Makes me miss Naomi Schwartz, Gail Marshall, Susan Rose, etc...
I'm even older: I miss Tom, Bill Toru, Gloria, David Yager- total integrity, Republican or Dem
So, are the powers that be being reminded of all of this? Are they each being sent a copy of this? So bizaare how the years of careful planning , & any input from the taxpayers are ignored & plowed over by these so called law makers, or shots callers for our world renowned community! It’s got to be stopped begird it’s too late!
Someone needs to look into what went on with the Sentinel oil tankeriing permitting. County staff signed this away with little or no public review. SBCAN appealed and got the votes needed but then the item is removed from the agenda? Huh? What is going on, indeed!!!!