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MONTECITO MISCELLANY
FREE 13 – 20 Oct 2016 Vol 22 Issue 41
The Voice of the Village
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Four-legged friends: Gretchen Lieff and Davey’s Voice rescue 200 dogs in China, p. 6
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, P.8 • ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT & MOVIE GUIDE, P.39 • OPEN HOUSES, P.45
ON THE WATER FRONT
The Water Wars Continue...
by Bob Hazard
T
he biggest mystery in this village is where exactly Montecito stands on desal with the City of Santa Barbara after more than a year of negotiations. What has happened, in other words, during that time, and how close are we to a deal we can live with? . . . continued on page 54 And, boy, do we have letters, from: Tom Mosby, Blair Whitney, Ann Edmonton, Jean von Wittenburg, Joan Wells, Chip Seigel, Lee Heller, Martha Blackwell, Dr. Edo McGowan, and Carolee Krieger, among others... (Letters to the Editor begins on page 8)
Butterflies & Beautification
Montecito Association volunteers busy planning this year’s Beautification Day, dedicated to saving our Monarchs, p.12
On The Road
Hattie Beresford traverses State Highway System’s origin and digs up Route 2’s history, p.24
Creative Minds
The New Yorker’s Françoise Mouly and cartoonist Anita Kunz drawn together Monday at UCSB, p.40