Thank you for your article discussing issues at the Lompoc City Council (“A house divided,” Sept. 14). Other background that might have helped readers is that when the budget was first introduced, both City Manager Patrick Wiemiller and Mayor Bob Lingl said that the budget needed to include three proposed tax increases to avoid city […]
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Here’s what Lompoc’s got going for it
Some thoughts on a new year from the former mayor
As 2015 begins, Lompoc has many new businesses and recreational projects in the planning process that will open in 2015 and 2016. These new businesses follow a number of small and large businesses that opened in 2012, 2013, and 2014, which brought expanded shopping choices and more than 1,200 new jobs to Lompoc. The new […]
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Lompoc is moving forward
Take five and count a few ways the city is getting better every day
Beginning in 2011, the Lompoc City Council established five priorities to improve the city. First and foremost is economic development and jobs. Over many years, the Lompoc Valley has become a bedroom community for Santa Barbara County and was particularly hard hit by unemployment in the 2008 downturn. To create a more business-friendly city, the […]