Vacillating Senator Short Faces Political Backlash
The article rails at Senator Alan Short for repeated retirement announcements and reversals that delay campaigns and discourage strong challengers. It recalls past similarly indecisive lawmakers like Swift Berry Begovich Brown and notes voter resentment as party candidates lose time to organize.
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Alan Short
Short
Shortwell
Senate
Swift Berry
Henry E. Dillinger
Berry
John C. Begovich
Begovich
Charles Brown
Mono
Nyo
Brown
William R. Symons, Jr
Tax reform corrective legislation urged by county official
County Administrative Officer Raymond D. Johnson told the Board of Supervisors he hopes the state legislature passes corrective measures to offset problems created by the Property Tax Reform SB 90. The aim is to finance some special districts affected by the reform.
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Raymond D. Johnson
Board of Supervisors
Senate
Johnson
Downtown Design Plan Aims To Revitalize Lompoc Core
Cal Poly researchers propose a unifying design theme to restore downtown cohesion turning streets into a cohesive public space. They select the mission motif and the Valley’s flower seed production reputation as guiding identities to attract pedestrians and visitors.
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Lompoc
Cal Poly
Mission
ITT probe reveals more Nixon links and Chile tensions
Senate investigation cites ITT memoranda detailing meetings with Secretary Rogers on Chile and government support for business. The disclosures accompany reports of high wind delays on Highway 101 and broader city planning notes in Lompoc, including a new street furniture design and a Carnation logo concept.
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Washington
UPI
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Nixon
Secretar
William P. Rogers
Spiro T. Agnew
Senate
ITT
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Rogers
Chile
Business Administration
John Guilfoyle
J. R. McNitt
Salvador Allende
County groups seek halt on major projects pending plan study
Eleven organizations in Santa Barbara County file an appeal to delay approvals of large developments while a study reviews the 1965 general plan. They urge the Planning Commission to assess land use and projected population, proposing a one year moratorium as water and sanitation shortages already constrain growth.
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Board of Supervisors
Carpinteria Valley Association
Citizens Planning Association of
Santa Barbara County
Council of American Association of University Women
Santa Ynez Valley
Citizens For General Plan
Sierra Club
Santa Maria
American Association of University Women
South Coast
Planning Commission
Guadalupe County Grants Five Year Sand Mine Permit
Gordon Sand Company wins a new conditional use permit for five years to mine up to 300000 additional tons of sand from Guadalupe Dunes near a county beach park by Guadalupe. The County planning Commission approved 60000 tons annually amid protests by Sierra Club and Scenic Shoreline Preservation.
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Gordon Sand Company
Guadalupe
City of
County Planning Commission
Kathy Jones
The
Sierra Club
Selma Rubin
Scenic Shoreline Preservation Conference
Rehabilitation Center contracts seek approval for county
The Board of Supervisors is asked to approve contracts with North Santa Barbara County Rehabilitation Center for protective and social services to mentally handicapped individuals no longer needing hospitalization. County Administrative Officer Johnson backs Mental Health Director McNamara. Contracts run March 1 to June 30 1973, total 35000 dollars, 25000 Santa Maria, 10000 Lompoc, funded by 1972-73 budget with 75 percent federal 22.5 percent state and 2.5 percent county share.
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North Santa Barbara County
Board of Supervisors
Raymond D. Johnson
Norbert McNamara
North County Area
Short-Doyle
Lanterman
Lompoc
Santa Maria
Johnson
LAFCO Denies Santa Barbara Auto Center Annexation
The Local Agency Formation Commission voted 3-1 to deny the City of Santa Barbara’s request to annex a 101 acre Auto Center site west of the city. Mayor Firestone’s annexation motion failed for lack of a second. James M. Slater seconded denial without prejudice with Frost and Wallbrandt among the affirmative voters.
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City of
Santa Barbara
Gerald Firestone
Third District
James M. Slater
Frank Frost
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