I’m not sure about the point size but they force-justified it to meet the outside margin rather than centering to allow for more natural kerning. This is what happens when you let Microsoft Word make your design decisions.
Unfortunately the music festival at the polo fields is ridiculously overpriced. GA is $400 for just one day.
I would assume it's more of a thing in the Midwest, especially during the winter when it's freezing and people don't leave the house, and hence more of a market for it there. In SB and CA there are literally zero days you don't or can't leave home due to weather unless there's a 100 year event or something. Not sure why anyone would get "REAL" (all caps) frozen pizza here, when, especially in CA towns, it's a phone call or short walk/drive away until late hours of the night to boot. The only practical frozen pizza I can think of is winery tasting rooms that offer it because they can use small electric ovens but restricted by health department rules and can't make them from scratch. Plus, there isn't a frozen pizza on the planet that beats the best pie joints in SB, LA, SD, etc.
My guess is that many who rent their homes, particularly the youthful, would want more rental opportunities, shops and vibrancy, and would be less concerned about preservation of the community as it exists today (eventually some of these for-sale homes will be rented).
Lavender festival was very enjoyable. Great vendors, wonderful location. Look forward to attending again.
What are you even talking about?
This is literally no individual's backyard but a jewel treasured by a huge majority of the community for the very reasons that make this community great. NIMBYism is real. This has nothing to do with NIMBYism. Try again.
Poor planning to book a music festival during the Avocado Festival.
There are two approved fonts for highway signs: the longtime standard "Highway Gothic" we all know, and a slimmer version called Clearview, which is designed to reduce nighttime glare. Granted, there may be something else odd going on with the YSR sign, but it does look like Clearview. Here's an article about the two fonts: https://www.jalopnik.com/no-your-eyes-aren-t-deceiving-you-there-actually-are-1851505050/
Boy you are in the 1% on this issue then.
BUILDERS REMEDY?? No! Housing density on steroids. It’s time to join hands against this. Make a special note TODAY to join a statewide ballot initiative against this via this link: OurNeighborhoodVoices.com
we need more housing. the reason we end up with bad development or no development, is because so many oppose all development. Good development happens when the extreme voices on both sides are eliminated and economic and social factors are considered. good development revitalizes a community. change is inevitable and needs to be embraced. if people want it for open space then they should buy it. what if someone liked their land and said it should be open space. open space is good so long as people are willing to pay for it. otherwise it's just stealing.
Yes, there is a Statewide ballot initiative which needs more folks to sign on and support.
OurNeighborhoodVoices.com
Check it out.
NO to development. NO to housing and NO to traffic! When is enough enough? Do you all want to destroy the beauty and spirit of where we live? You want more density, more shopping, then move to a city of your choice but leave our local towns alone! .
Yes. A statewide group known as Our Neighborhood Voices has been working on this for more than a year. Try Googling them. I don't have specific info so best to go to the source. After this week's horrendous vote on the budget and the last-minute trailers, the public needs to get very involved to save CEQA.
Brazilians pronounce a J as a soft G. It is not a Y sound. Think like Zsa zsa Gabor - zsa-caa-randa. The ca would be a hard K. You would not roll the r in randa.
I am disappointed that you never mentioned the Santa Barbara Lavender Festival. I sent the email with details that was required.
This is so great. I was the one who painted the top piano with the creatures on it with the stump. It was such a great opportunity to paint with several artists and even better to have them all out on State Street and being played.!!! I hope I can do it again sometime!!!
In my mind, a flip has always been any sale involving a quick turnaround, regardless of whether the seller is trying to make a profit. But then an agent got shirty with me about using the term "flip" for a listing that wasn't going to make money, so a reader came up with floops to describe the situation of someone trying to get out as whole as possible. In the case of 4045 Lago, the mistake-implying "oops" part of the word may be less than perfectly apt, but I think the listing still qualifies as a floops (especially in the absence of any better word, and without getting into the circumstances), albeit a sad one.
And as a general rule, I don't get into why people are selling because there's no way of knowing whether anything I'm being told is true.
On 4045 LAGO DRIVE, I'pretty sure that was wife that lost her husband shortly after they bought the house and started fixing it up. She didn't want to live there without him. Seems like a quick jump to "flop" (and I think it should really be singular when you refer to one home project) is slightly insensitive. Be better please.
This message is for BobT.
This is not the correct place for such a message to city employees. I think you should write them directly or better yet go by their office and talk to them in person .
R.
Tom wins. Again.
Does anyone know if there has been any effort--anywhere in the state--to launch a petition to put a proposition on the ballot to repeal the "Builder's Remedy"? It seems consistently used as a cudgel to force unwanted development and/or "negotiate down " ridiculously oversized and inappropriate projects. There appears to be no appetite in state government to remove it, but would the electorate at large want it gone?
You can't blame the state or builder's remedy if you helped to stop a proposal that included 20 acres of open space. Instead of only opposing the hotel, the community should have fundraised and partnered with a conservation group to preserve the land (like Wilcox/Douglas, San Marcos, etc). Find a rich person who want a park in their name. You can't just say "no" and not work towards an alternative. Even if this is stopped, the proposals will keep coming.
Totally agree - adding more permanent residents (as opposed to tourists) will help create a more dynamic and vibrant downtown that many locals would love to see.
