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NMLS #40122 2014 Bank of Manhattan, N.A INSIDE THIS ISSUE 24 On Dance 5 Editorial For children on the move at Santa Barbara’s Center Stage Theater, all the world’s a James Buckley sits down with Fourth District Supervisor Peter Adam; Fox News talk- dance stage show host Greg Gutfeld speaks out on array of topics 26 Notes from Downtown 6 Montecito Miscellany Jim Alexander spent his valuable time researching porcupine babies and Chinese Sarah Gore marries in Carpinteria; Bill Tomicki wins Upper Village naming contest; minerals, only to discover magical Porcupine Dates bestseller Empty Mansions to become a movie; Doreen Ladin joins Federation of 29 On Entertainment International Polo; students participate in Santa Barbara Sports Drive; CAMA hosts The Theatre Group at SBCC wraps up season with Ground; UCSB grad and cruise; a happy Easter for 300-plus at SB Rescue Mission’s feast; clarinetist Don underwater expert Robert Ballard resurfaces for New Adventures in Deep Sea Foster performs at Granada; Arts Fund exhibition “Drift x Fixation”; Montecito’s first Exploration; Dendy Dance Company’s Dystopian Distractions set to premiere in SB; “Coffee with a Cop” at Starbucks; author Brock Brower passes at 83 Fab Four back for more 8 Letters to the Editor 32 Home & Garden Leoncio Martins sounds off (again) on free speech; America’s downward spiral; 17th Annual Carpinteria Beautiful Home & Garden Tour takes root Saturday in placing criminals on a pedestal; what’s best for the kids; anonymous reader takes Carpinteria offense at Journal cover; “Matching funds” and State Water Project; up close and 33 Your Westmont personal with George W. Bush; Rooster Bradford laments about crazies running wild; Forbes ranks Westmont in its top ROI list; orchestra finale includesThe Lord of the SB Track Club expresses gratitude Rings April 24-25; Montecito quintet performs April 26 and May 3 10 This Week in Montecito 37 Seniority American Riviera Bank anniversary; library workshop; Italian conversation; history Montecito resident Arnette Jens Zerbe is the inspiration for Polly Bookwalter’s new lecture; SB VisionWalk; Soul Style and Feng Shui; MUS carnival; bridge party; Boys book The Keeper of Butterfly Beach & Girls Club fundraiser; Wildlife Sanctuary Awards; meditation retreat; literature at 40 Legal Advertisement Crane Country Day School; Antioch University’s Trustee Forum; Channel City Club 42 Calendar of Events presents ex-Pakistan ambassador; Jill Swaim guest speaker at library; Walk and Talk Westmont College Orchestra visits Music Academy of the West; Rick Crowder (a.k.a. tour; MUS Walk & Roll Sourdough Slim) coming to Ojai; Museum of Contemporary Art’s “drawing rally” at Tide Guide Paseo Nuevo; band The National en route to Milpas; opera The Consul at Granada; Handy chart to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach Earth Day festival on Santa Barbara Street; Quire of Voyces concert at Garden Street 12 Village Beat Academy; SB Museum of Art Women’s Board hosts Off The Wall; Philip Glass Peter Murphy remembered by Montecito Tennis Mafia; Montecito Union School Ensemble tunes up for Granada Carnival this Saturday; Easter in the Upper Village; Coffee With a Cop in Montecito; 45 93108 Open House Directory architect Lutah Riggs celebrated at Los Suenos Movie Guide 14 Seen Around the World 46 Classified Advertising In the first of a two-part series, Lynda Millner traverses Portugal and takes a look back Our very own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from at its extensive history summer rentals to estate sales 21 On Estate Planning 47 Local Business Directory David Jones tackles life insurance, mortgage protection, retirement planning, long- Smart business owners place business cards here so readers know where to look when term care, death and taxes they need what those businesses offer 4 MONTECITO JOURNAL • The Voice of the Village • 24 April – 1 May 2014 Editorial by James Buckley The Man from the 4th District ourth District Supervisor Peter Adam is a throwback in more ways than one. Firstly, he sports Fa distinctive, almost unsettling, mut- ton-chop-style mustache that spreads across the top of his upper lip and under his nose, sprawling into the middle of his cheeks but not quite con- necting with what would otherwise be sideburns. It is disconcerting. But, it does make it easy to pick him out of a crowd. Secondly, he was – up until his election to the Board of Supervisors – a working farmer whose stand- ing-water puddle-after-a-heavy-rain became classified as a wetland by the Environmental Protection Agency. He The refreshingly frank and facially hirsute 4th District Supervisor Peter Adam discusses his pri- fought that designation for a decade, orities at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf on Coast Village at first winning a multi-million-dol- Road lar judgment against Santa Barbara County until the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overruled it. Thirdly, he is a small-government man sitting alongside at least three big-gov- ernment compatriots on the board. He doesn’t get along well with them and they don’t get along well with him. But he’s okay with that. “We butt heads,” he admits, during a half-hour conversation at the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf on Coast Village Road. Making Friends Some time after the 9th Circuit decision came down against his family farm, Peter decided to fight City Hall by running for a seat on the Board of Supervisors. “I was driving to work on Highway 1,” he begins, “and Joni Gray was on Building the radio with Steve Lavagnino’s dad, who was at the time the mayor of Santa Maria. [Steve is 5th District Supervisor; his father is Larry J. Lavagnino]. They Peace of were going down the litany of all the things that were wrong in both the city Peace and the county. She said, and I quote, ‘I don’t know what we’re going to do.’ You could just see her throw her hands up in the air. She really meant it. “The thing is, I’ve got four hundred employees [at Adam Brothers Farming]. It’s not a huge company, but you can’t be the boss and not have an answer. At Mind least say, ‘I don’t have an answer, but I’m gonna get one. I’m working on it.’ “I just said to myself, if you’re not going to say what you’re going to do, then you can’t have that job. You certainly can’t have it for free, where nobody runs against you.” This was in late 2011. “I asked for support, found many receptive ears, and we beat her.” He adds that he “worked for her. I like her. I put up signs for her,” suggesting his successful challenge that removed her from office was never personal.