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April, 2008

Quiescent county Web site stirring suspicions

Written on 4 Apr, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 42 comments

By KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN A Web site maintained by San Luis Obispo County’s Clerk-Recorder’s office – which provides property deed transaction data and other public information and is routinely updated weekly -- has been dormant for 36 days. The site’s... (Continue reading)

Free speech at county animal shelter put to sleep

Written on 4 Apr, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 17 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN If you’re a volunteer at the San Luis Obispo County animal shelter, you can bark, but you might get bitten. Volunteers at the Animal Services Division (ASD) facility have been muzzled, prohibited from speaking to the media or even... (Continue reading)

Following Three Bells Winery money trail helps explain why DA, FBI are interested in Estate

Written on 3 Apr, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 40 comments

By KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN Angry investors wondering where their money went after funding Estate Financial of Paso Robles may be on the road to an eventual explanation. Whether that translates into returns for those who have put money into Estate... (Continue reading)

CAL POLY/SAUDI UPDATE: No-go plan pending

Written on 3 Apr, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | One comment

BY KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN A controversial proposal to partner Cal Poly’s College of Engineering with a Saudi Arabian university is hurtling toward resolution next week… maybe. Current plans, which have drawn nationwide attention and generated widespread campus debate, would establish... (Continue reading)

1st Choice Mortgage bites the dust

Written on 2 Apr, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 2 comments

Another San Luis Obispo-based lender, Cameron Financial Group’s 1st Choice Mortgage, has failed, and San Luis Trust Bank is hit for $1 million. Pacific Coast Business Times staff writer Stephen Nellis provides the alarming details. www.pacbiztimes.com/index.cfm... (Continue reading)

Dalido accelerates bid to develop his property

Written on 1 Apr, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE Ernie Dalidio’s legal team launched a new offensive last week to reinstate Measure J and asked a judge to reconsider a second negative ruling in the rancorous fight over development of his San Luis Obispo County acreage. Attorney Michael... (Continue reading)