Back when Nick Welsh wrote a column urging downtown businesses to buy in to the proposed Santa Barbara Community Benefit Improvement District (CBID), he clearly did not give much thought to its implications for the homeowners in the area.  As noncommercial property owners, we have little or nothing to gain from the “services” that are proposed, which are largely geared toward businesses and other commercial interests. (Our condominium already pays to have our streets cleaned each morning.)   Read the article…………………………….