Yes, we have no agendas

•.....CHANNEL ISLANDS. On Friday, I briefly described tiny Santa Barbara Island, among the Channel Islands off of the So. Cal coast. As it turns out (as one reader informed me), this weekend, the LA Times has a lengthy piece on the Channel Islands: The Channel Islands: Southern California's offshore Eden.
.....Here’s what it has to say about Santa Barbara (and San Miguel, pictured at left and below):

.....Caves are also a draw on tiny Santa Barbara Island, and a beautiful beach is a hallmark of San Miguel, but both are so far out that you really have to work to get there, which is why they're the least-visited in the park.
.....Island Packers schedules a few trips to each annually, mainly in the summer. But sea and weather conditions often cause these to be canceled. I finally reached Santa Barbara on a beautiful day in April, when conditions were ideal. Rough weather last winter ripped out part of the pier, so visitors have to land by skiff on a rocky ledge. It would be treacherous in anything other than totally calm sea conditions.
.....The island is only a mile square, so hiking it is a breeze. And the ocean view is spectacular. Rocky coves are filled with barking sea lions and clear blue water that's reminiscent of the sea color in the Caribbean or the South Pacific. A tiny campground sits on an unprotected bluff.
.....Sea conditions were not as ideal in late May, when I joined a group of campers headed for San Miguel, 64 miles west of the mainland. Twelve-foot seas made the four-hour journey uncomfortable for many of those on board, as the Island Packers' 64-foot power catamaran lurched up and down through huge waves. I loved it, but I kept my views to myself and cheered only inwardly, out of respect for my seasick companions.
.....Luckily, the weather was better on San Miguel. It offers good hiking and, of course, lots of solitude.

•.....RECALL ELECTION. Meanwhile, this weekend, the OC Register previews this week’s Capistrano Unified recall election. The article mentions The Education Alliance, a group to which I referred recently (some of our SOCCCD trustees have links to EA; EA has associations with Howard Ahmanson, Jr.): CUSD showdown in Tuesday's school board recall election:

.....Anti-recall leaders have focused their message on the Recall Committee's link to the Tustin-based Education Alliance, a political action committee that gave $22,000 to the recall and its candidates during the 2006 election. The self-described "back-to-basics" group opposes health clinics and bilingual education in schools, advocates for school voucher programs, and thinks teacher unions wield too much power.
.....The recall committee and the "reform" trustees say they've welcomed the Education Alliance's donations, but that their views aren't in line with the alliance's.

•.....NO AGENDA OUTLINE? Oddly, at the SOCCCD website, no agenda for Tuesday’s board meeting has yet been posted (as of 11:00 a.m.). What’s up with that? Democrats (with the small "d") should be plenty annoyed. How are we supposed to keep track of what our government representatives are up to, if we've gotta go to so much trouble just to see meeting agendas? Tell me that!

UPDATE (Monday, 8:30 p.m.): at noon today, the district still had not posted the "agenda outline" for the Tuesday board meeting. I just looked and the outline is at long last posted: here (it's a pdf file).