I never thought I'd see the day when conservatives on the Santa Barbara City Council would not only praise city workers, but also take to task a non-profit organization...but that's what happened on Tuesday in the council chambers....at issue was the rate increases for sewer line rehab litigated by non-profit Channel Keeper's against the city....
after hearing from a few Channelkeeper followers including Hilary Hauser from the nonprofit Heal the Ocean, I found out that kid did a jr high science project and found the water quality at the beach "wasn't real good"..that's the basis for the lawsuit that Channelkeeper filed...
the princesses from Channelkeeper said they don't swim at East Beach because of the bad water quality..and one gal, that Redmond chick said her husband plays volleyball and the water is sometimes too icky for him!
oh really,where are the numbers and what is the source of the pollution?? do you think maybe the creek next to the ZOO or Bird Refuge has anything to do with it?? that little body of water is full of gnarly bacteria and stinks to high Heaven when the dissolved oxygen levels drop....actually, this Bird Refuge lagoon used to be salt water but someone installed a sluice gate to stop the tidal flushes....all they need to do is open that gate and allow the lagoon to be a marsh as intended....no need for "restoration"
I won't swim at the beach sometimes either but not because of "leaky sewer pipes" but because of the fifty motherfucking dogs running around crapping in the water!! and don't forget the dolphins, seals and sea lions..they pee and crap in the ocean, dearies!! do you enjoy swimming in that, precious??
anyway, I congratulate Dale Francisco for busting/exposing Channelkeeper... and Randy Rouse for praising the folks in the city who do the real work of treating the water and cleaning the grease-laden sewer lines out...while the debutantes at Chanel No 5 file their little lawsuits...this is the biggest waste of taxpayer dollars I've ever seen!
Dale says that Channelkeeper's lawsuit was unnecessary because the city was already stepping up sewer line clean-outs which reduced spill incidents to negligible levels...and that Channelkeeper REFUSED to meet with council members, instead all they requested was records (to prepare for the lawsuit)
the Channelkeeper lawyers received up to $700000 from the taxpayers in this particular case... $700000!! Francisco says that there's a little cottage industry among environmental organizations/lawyers to sue cities for money...well, yeah...in otherwords, the lawyers made out like a bandit....the fact being that the Channelkeeper lawsuit was FOR MONEY AND PUBLICITY, not for cleaner beaches....as long as people are afraid to go in the water, the more money these non-profits will make..
I would like to see Channelkeeper do a complete water quality analysis of the Bird Refuge, and ZOO creek...get off their little assays and do some real work!
in this case, Francisco and Rouse proved themselves invaluable members of the city council because they were spot on about the facts!
$700000..that will go a long way to paying for the next Channelkeeper party at the Coral Casino!
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