When we recently got our mail-in ballots for the March 3
election, a neighbor asked me if we should vote in the 3rd District County
Supervisor's race, even though we live in the City of Goleta. The answer is yes,
and here’s why.
The County Supervisors will be voting on the issues that
seriously affect us: our beautiful coast and beaches and oil. Goleta Beach and
the Gaviota Coast are outside the city limits, so decisions about these areas
are made by the county, not the city of Goleta. It's up to the supervisors to
protect these special areas.
As for oil, county supervisors weigh in on oil drilling,
processing, and transportation along our coast. They recently opposed trucking
oil through our community. And they have actively supported a stop to drilling
in our ocean and oil processing at Haskell's Beach in Ellwood.