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MyspaceIt’s official: After weeks of false starts and legal bickering, the Santa Barbara County Registrar’s office handcounted and certified the Rincon Point Homeowners vote on the controversial septic-to-sewer conversion plan on May 16. As anticipated, after legal challenges disqualified several votes for alleged voter fraud, the sanitary switch passed 73 to 67. Shortly thereafter, Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), given the green light by the vote, recorded the annexation of the Rincon, Sandyland and Padaro lane homes into the Carpinteria Sanitary District. Though the annexation officially starts the process of the switch, which is estimated to cost homeowners about $80,000 each- those residents against the conversion are expected to file a legal appeal.
Steve Bissell
Steve Bissell's "Classic Rincon" (1973).
It’s Official: Sewers for Rincon
Handcounted Vote Adds up to Enviro Win
Thursday, May 22, 2008
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The opponents give new meaning to the phrase "my s.... doesn't smell."
maven12 (anonymous profile)
May 23, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Beyond the reported issue is the issue of (1) Voter Fraud by sewer opponents or (2) Voter Disenfranchisement by sewer proponents (accusation by previous blogger.) Shouldn't the District Attorney be looking into this?
johnathansmith (anonymous profile)
May 23, 2008 at 7:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)
In the previous article discussion it was noted by a "surfer" who said that many "surfers" at the point thought it would be better to stick to tanks. He argued that there is slightly higher amounts of fecal bacteria found in tests near the pipe from the treated sewage than from the river outlet at rincon. The problem is that the pipe is piping out treated sewage from tens of thousands of homes if not more, and the river outlet is only picking up this bacteria from a few homes on the point.
loonpt (anonymous profile)
May 23, 2008 at 10:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)
If septic systems are a good idea, why has the world moved toward sewer lines? And if septic systems are a BAD idea, where could they be worse than in low-lying soil at the edge of the ocean?
Grace (anonymous profile)
May 24, 2008 at 11 a.m. (Suggest removal)