Unfinished sagas

“It’s not going to disturb the neighbors or anything,” Kamci said.

The Planning Commission voted 6-1 to approve the move, but City Councilwoman Nancy Gardner appealed the decision due to residents’ concerns. In November, the City Council granted Panini’s owners a 60-day continuance to revise their plans for valet parking and other issues.

7Chriss Street

It’s been a tumultuous year for Chriss Street, the embattled county treasurer who has dodged efforts to strip him of his investment powers in 2007.

Whether facing a $7-million lawsuit alleging mismanagement of a Delaware truck trailer manufacturer, allegedly circumventing the bidding safeguards while carrying out $750,000 worth of office renovations, or surprising the supervisors with predictions of fiscal woe, Chriss Street managed to make several headlines this year.

Street’s one-time ally, County Supervisor John Moorlach, can’t scrounge up enough votes to strip Street of his investment authority, but the treasurer still faces local and federal investigations related to issues before he was elected.