Citizens' panel study urges better city communication in Lompoc
An eight member panel reports city government should be more accessible and proactive in public outreach. It cites internal communications gaps, calls for a public poll system before major decisions, and notes low official participation in the survey. The council postponed actions to April 1 for potential implementation.
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al Walker
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Public polls signal high citizen demand for clearer council agendas
Cal Poly social science experts, serving as unpaid consultants, rate the council meeting rank as exceptionally high. They urge公開 access to agendas rewritten in lay terms with background, actions, and rationales. They criticize abbreviated agendas, limit on pickup sites, and stacking hearings that extend evenings. A recent lengthy hearing night is cited.
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City considers direct mayoral election amid council role concerns
Council weighs a popularly elected mayor while legality questions loom over leaving sitting council members in place if they run and lose. The direct election panel includes Elinor Lefkowitz and other members, plus community observers. The council also approves a $186000 state gas tax funding for downtown streets and a $38610 water line contract with P and L Construction Co.
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East Bush Ave
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Wahlers
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Funeral services for Alberto Gonzales and James Neish set
Funeral services for Alberto R. Gonzales 75 died last night at Lompoc District Hospital are pending at Starbuck Mortuary. James S. Neish 56 died yesterday at the hospital and services will be held Friday at Starbuck Mortuary Chapel with Rev W Murray Gibbons and Lompoc Masonic Lodge 262 officiating. Interment at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Neish born 1918 in Pennsylvania lived in Lompoc 15 years last at 3438 Constellation Rd Vandenberg Village. He worked as a control analyst at Federal Electric Corp on Vandenberg AFB and belonged to multiple Masonic and Elks orders. Survivors include wife Jessie two sons James R Neish and David B Neish two sisters and five grandchildren. Friends may call tonight 6 to 8 and tomorrow 2 to 5.
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Gas leak blamed for vehicle fire injuring driver
Officials attributed a gas leak to a fire that caused an estimated 300 dollars in damage to the car of Andrew Kuhn at 527 North G Street. The blaze confined to the engine compartment, per Lompoc Fire Department reports.
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Lompoc
Closing stock quotations from Lang and Co listings
Closing stock quotations are provided to The Record through Lang and Co of Lompoc. The company's address is 3865-F Constellation Road and contact number 733-3551 for investor updates.
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Constellation Road
Lompoc
Referendum petitions qualify to block Exxon plant plan
The County Elections Office confirmed 9,844 voter signatures validated for the defeat referendum on Exxon Corp plans for a 36 million processing plant in Las Flores Canyon. About 1,000 more signatures remain to be validated from a 22,600 count before a qualification statement to the Board of Supervisors. A separate recount of Santa Barbara Board of Education candidates Barbara Goodenow and Jeremy Kramer is near completion with Goodenow expanding a 13 vote margin as 22 precincts remain retallied.
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