 |
 |
cont...
 Other
contest judges through the years included County Supervisor Bill
Wallace, District Attorney Stan Roden, and Harvey Clement, director
of CETA job training programs for the County. At the time, CETA
was spending $2 million a year in I.V. on training jobs. Plus,
almost all of the candidates for the Goleta Water Board during
those years found it necessary to make an appearance as a "judge"
in this event.
We even once had a member of the Foot Patrol, in uniform as a
judge. Actually, that contest took place during his last hour
as a member of the Foot Patrol, so he didn't get into trouble.
Bob Brandts, owner of a notorious tavern in Goleta (The English
Department), was also a judge one year. However, this didn't turn
out too well. When it became obvious that he was throwing the
Most Primo Joint contest to an attractive female roller, there
were a lot of boos. He wasn't invited back.
Isla Vista Green
What did we use as filler in these joints? Parsley; we called
it "Isla Vista Green."
 While
the contests were wildly popular for many years, it became obvious
in the early 1980s that interest was waning. When only a dozen
people showed up for the "Fastest Joint Roller" contest
in 1981, I decided to discontinue the event. I think there was
an attempt to pull it off one more time in 1983, but it met a
similar response.
Since the event was a way for all of us to laugh both at ourselves
and society, when the crowds dwindled I figured it had become
passe. Times had changed.
Years later, people from the St. Athanasius Church (previously
the Evangelical Orthodox Church) complained to the Local Agency
Formation Commission (LAFCO), the organization in charge of accepting
or rejecting requests for communities to vote on cityhood, that
Isla Vistans shouldn't be allowed to vote on having an independent
city because we did things like have "joint rolling contests,'
which were both illegal and immoral.
Some people just don't have a sense of humor.
1
2
home
|
|