On the Record
by Nicholas Schou
Nicholas Schou is an award-winning investigative journalist and author of several books, including Orange Sunshine and Kill the Messenger. If you have tips or stories about Montecito, please email him at newseditor@montecitojournal.net
Meet the Head Honcho for 101 Freeway Widening Project
A 2021-New Year,New Strategy?
ssuming that Montecito makes it through the next few years without any major wildfires, floods, mudslides, earthquakes, or tsunamis (okay, so that last potential natural disaster seems about as likely as a meteor strike), then the biggest story that will affect everyone in town for the foreseeable Time to revisit your plan and investments Thankfully, it is time to leave 2020 in the past. A true disruptor, last future is the 101 Freeway widenyear upended our lives in fundamental ways: health, jobs, educationing project. With that in mind, the Montecito anThdam nko funlley,y.it is time to leave 2020 in the past. A true disruptor, last Journal has already begun proyear upended our lives in fundamental ways: health, jobs, education viding regular updates on ramp Praen-dCm OoVnID ey.decisions about your financial plan and portfolio need toclosures and other traffic-related issues. But to better underbe revisited and possibly revised. 2021 will also bring more change in VIDofdebcoisoiom nsinagboeum t yeoru io nceheadntgoes and stand the many complex layers thPeref-C orOm grinfignatnrceinaldpsl,anlikaenldy ptaoxrtfloalw of planning, preparation, and qubeesrteivoisnitsedovaenrd ipnotsesrieblsyt rreavtiseesd.. 2021 will also bring more change in oversight that go into this mamthe form of booming emerging trends, likely tax law changes and moth undertaking, the Journal is questions over interest rates. Contact me to consult and review or create a financial plan along also committed to interviewing wCitohntaanct im nveetsotm orotrhcereactoema ifinnganyceiaalrsp.lan along as many of the key players in the coennsut ltstarnadterg evyiefw 101 Freeway Widening Project Head Honcho Fred Luna project as possible. with an investment strategy for the coming years. For this, the inaugural installation of what will be a series of profiles of the *28 years local finance experience main characters involved in the project, we spoke with Fred Luna, director of *2C8SyBeaarlsulm ocn ali finance experience *U project delivery and construction for the Santa Barbara County Association *UCSB alumni of Governments. According to Marjie Kirn, executive director of the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments, Luna, whose nickname is “The Machine,” boasts a combination of experience and leadership capabilities that makes him an ideal Highway 101 corridor manager. ® ® “With thirty years of public and private professional experience, Fred has C h r i s t o p h e r T . G a l l o , C F P , ® ®CIMA Christopher T. Gallo, CFP , CIMA been effective at developing solutions to complex project management situaPW CPCW AA tions that involve coordination among multiple state, federal, and local govt e-aW alatnhagMeamneangt ement ViV ceicPerePsrideesnidt e-nW ltheM ernments while also balancing the needs of various construction teams and the PoPro tfrotlfioolM naa gn erager ioaM On The Record Page 344 344 80850-5 73-7 0-3304-235425 chcrh isrtiospto heprh .t.egra.tll.og@ bs@ .cu om aullo bs.com
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