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  • "Glad they are investigating. Petitions, when submitted, are checked with the voter roll to make sure they vote in the relevant jurisdiction and the signatures are also checked, so there is very little chance of fraud slipping through. Disappointing that the final sentence disparages citizen ballot measure petitions because there have been many local petitions that are exercising direct democracy legitimately. The bad guys are the signer and circulator who may have been paid for signatures, well over $5 per signature."

    analyticone commented in:
    State investigating apparent voter petition fraud tied to SLO County on 2026-03-15 12:43:06
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  • "So tired of the city enabling this $hit. Two days we had to listen to horrible techno music that started at 4am and went to around 8. And the partying began before that. We live in the vicinity of CP and we pay tax dollars and own our home, yet we have to suffer at the hands of a bunch of drunk toddlers?! Because the city thinks these students bring in the revenue?! Let’s be clear…THEY don’t, their parents do!! And I’m sure if their parents were witness to this BS they wouldn’t like it either. Bunch of hypocrisy rules this town"

    slogirl commented in:
    Arrests, violations and medical issues amid St. Fratty’s Day in SLO, photos on 2026-03-15 12:18:08
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  • "I agree with Clausen. If I were opposed to whatever ballot measure this is, what better way to discredit proponents than to submit obviously forged petition signatures in support of that measure. The signatures will clearly not be counted, and will implicate proponents in fraud. A serious investigation should certainly look at opponents of the measure as the likely perps in this fraud."

    Astute Observer commented in:
    State investigating apparent voter petition fraud tied to SLO County on 2026-03-15 09:38:27
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  • "Cal Poly will never rein in the students, it's all about the money.And as far as the city doing anything about the students that's not going to happen either, when you have the mayor and her counsel that are all associated with Cal Poly one way or another, they're taking care of each other. Just maybe if the mayor and her council lived next door to a satellite fraternity house or in a neighborhood filled with student housing and let them live there for 6 months and see how they like it. Maybe they might change their mind about helping the residents with the out of control parties and noise. I'm with Caroljane on this one,before anyone says well you get what you voted for, you have to realize that there's a big transient population that shifts every year and they all vote, so it's a real uphill battle for the residents to see any change voted in."

    goblow commented in:
    Arrests, violations and medical issues amid St. Fratty’s Day in SLO, photos on 2026-03-15 07:06:46
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  • "So I get a post card in the mail this week with my name and address on it saying I will receive a absentee ballot in”my” name at this address. If I no longer live here please send the post card back to the county. So, this is the method of verifying a legal “mail in ballot” “person and address”? It says if it is “me” and this is the “correct address”, I do not have to do anything but wait and receive the mail in ballot, fill it out and mail it back to county before election day. WHAT????"

    Boomer5 commented in:
    State investigating apparent voter petition fraud tied to SLO County on 2026-03-14 20:28:30
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  • "The amount of tax dollars spent on this event and policing is absolutely ridiculous! Why do students need this event? They party every weekend in the neighborhoods with fraternity houses operating illegally in residential neighborhoods hosting events with DJ's, live bands, and putting on car washes, water slide parties, etc. Enough is enough!! Cal Poly is promoting the party culture which is the ruination of many once wonderful family neighborhoods. Residents have been forced to move out of their long-time homes because their neighborhood is no longer livable for them. They don't have peace and don't feel safe. The high number of students in many of their neighborhood houses making noise from parties and drunken partiers roaming the streets late at night yelling and screaming, urinating and vomiting in their yards, along with having to endure loss of parking, high volume traffic, blight from furniture and debris in front yards, etc. have driven them out of their homes. City code enforcement is overwhelmed by what has happened. Cal Poly is not cooperating with the city to reign in the fraternity houses in illegal zones which is causing a lot of the problems, so nothing is going to change and will even continue to spread as Cal Poly increases enrollment year over year and approves more fraternities. Before anyone responds that residents should just leave or students have a right to party because it's their "college experience," I say phooey--enough enough??!!"

    Caroljane commented in:
    Arrests, violations and medical issues amid St. Fratty’s Day in SLO, photos on 2026-03-14 18:47:55
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  • "Was my original comment taken down? In any case, I’m curious about why you would post a screenshot with potentially identifiable voter data. Also, I think it’s important to point out that signatures are verified at the county elections offices. In other words, while the video appears (if authentic, not staged) to show people forging voter signatures, there are mechanisms in place to protect against any forged signature actually being used to qualify a petition."

    Erin Clausen commented in:
    State investigating apparent voter petition fraud tied to SLO County on 2026-03-14 15:49:50
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  • "I am very glad they were turned in and it is being investigated. However, it is unfair to peg all petitions now to be in question. Part of the process is that voter names are checked against voter registrations to validate whether they are registered within the correct jurisdiction and then the signatures are checked to ensure they match the original signature on the voter registration. If not they are excluded. There's very little room for successful fraud, although if it was a paid gatherer, he is probably being paid more than $5 per signature. It is the gatherer who is in question and of course, the individual who signed fraudulently."

    analyticone commented in:
    Lawsuit questions legality of San Luis Obispo’s inclusionary housing fee on 2026-03-14 15:29:01
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  • "First, I wouldn't have a president who is compromised like trump is. Epstein files in the hands of Israel and Russia make an already demented person do crazy things. I also wouldn't have backed out of the agreement that Iran was part of. No proof that Iran had Nuclear weapons. Sounds like when Bush lied about Iraq. Truth is nobody gives two shits about what Iran does to there people. Trump is the only president Isreal was able to blackmail to do their bidding."

    Flipside commented in:
    Gov. Newsom’s wife collected $3.7 million from gender nonprofit on 2026-03-14 10:43:12
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  • "Follow the money right to ' The Tech Bros." The petitioners are funded by "Building a Better California, an advocacy group with an associated political action committee (PAC) founded with $35 million in funding from Google co-founder Sergey Brin, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and numerous other billionaires." The 'tech bros' are backing anti-tax GOP candidates, bigly outspending the few Dem billionaires ! "The "Californians for a More Transparent and Effective Government" is funded by 'Building a Better California' <it has> has received multimillion-dollar contributions from Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt, and Patrick Collison. The move comes as new data show 300 billionaires spent $3 billion on the 2024 federal elections, underscoring their growing political muscle." We owe people like San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder Elaina Cano a lot of thanks for reporting this fraud by billionaires. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/billionaire-mailers-target-california-tax-proposal/gm-GMBD09FF97"

    ccnrock commented in:
    State investigating apparent voter petition fraud tied to SLO County on 2026-03-14 08:02:42
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  • "Jorge, I applaud and admire your acumen and dedication as a trustee. I have a couple of comments on "high prices usually means owner occupied housing." Grover Beach is now being preyed upon by the same 'affordable-by-design' former SLO planning staffer and builder involved in the 'affordable-by-design' SLO Ranch fiasco (multiple fires, no water in hydrants, site violations, mold, material design faults & lawsuits, neglected inspections). In the case of Grover Beach, high prices don't mean owner-occupied housing. High prices mean a significant decline in population, even as the building craze continues, housing primarily 2nd-home owners. You could argue that they are owner-occupied. You can never argue that they are meeting the stated purpose of creating housing. You can never argue that $1.4 million for a Grover townhome with no yard is affordable by any design. You can never argue this is meeting the needs of Grover citizens because if it were, the population wouldn't be declining substantially as the housing stock grows substantially."

    analyticone commented in:
    Lawsuit questions legality of San Luis Obispo’s inclusionary housing fee on 2026-03-13 18:07:28
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  • "The democratic party that's votes democratic simply to vote democratic with ill disregard to policy is by far more of a cult than any "Kool-aid" drinking so-to-say republican base that voted for DJT!!! Those who vote republican vote for common sense policy!!! Those who voted democratic vote to simply oppose DJT!!!!"

    SLOCAL ONE commented in:
    Why I voted to rein in Trump’s war powers on 2026-03-13 16:20:56
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