Jury selection commenced this week in the discrimination suit brought by former Santa Barbara gay police officer Ruben Lino against the City of Santa Barbara and the S.B. Police Department. Lino quit the force in September 2003 after three years as a sworn peace officer-and eight more as a scout and reserve officer-charging he’d been frozen out by his fellow officers after complaining about repeated homophobic remarks by a sergeant, Lino’s superior officer.
If bureaucratic studies are the stuff of dreams, the Santa Barbara City Council approved a $90,000 dream on Tuesday, paving the way for the future construction of a massive recycling facility capable of sorting out glass, scrap metal, cardboard, plastics, and other marketable recyclable materials.
Those making an effort to recall County Supervisor Brooks Firestone took their first big step forward last Friday when prominent local Democrat Brett Wagner served the 3rd District Supervisor with official papers signaling the kick-off of the recall campaign.
This very full week concludes with a Santa Barbara Music Club “Morning Concert,” at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 12, in the Faulkner Gallery of the downtown Public Library (40 E. Anapamu St.). The program and performers are as follows: tude in A-flat Major, Opus 25, No. 1, and tude in C Minor, Op. 25, No. 12, by Frederic Chopin (Linda Romillo, piano); Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Opus 8, by Edvard Grieg (David Turner, violin; Richard Berkman, piano); three of Cleopatra’s arias from Julius Caesar by G. F. Handel (Takako Wakita, soprano, Andrew Saunders, cello, and John Sonquist, piano); and Concertino by Ernest Bloch (Suzanne Duffy, flute, Tom Turner, viola, and John Sonquist, piano). The concert is free, of course, but for more information about the Music Club, call 683-0811, or visit the Web site, www.sbmusicclub.org.
POTHOLE POLITICS: Until this past weekend I’d been hoping and praying that Santa Maria Supervisor Joe Centeno would wake up one morning, dust off that Superman cape hanging in his closet, and decide to be the hero that only he can be.
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The Air Pollution Control District (APCD) announced plans to examine the feasibility of converting Santa Barbara’s trash to energy or fuel; specifically, the APCD will study trash-to-gas facilities in Arkansas, Idaho, and Ohio.
It was a long train ride back to Santa Barbara and Ann Addis had
plenty of time to think. September 11 had proved to be a
less-than-fortunate time to take a business trip to New York City.
Incumbent Sheriff Jim Anderson managed to snag the key political endorsement of the hotly contested sheriff’s race, that of the Deputy Sheriff’s Association.
