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January, 2018

SLO Planning commissioner ousted after voicing concerns

Written on 15 Jan, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Months after casting the lone dissenting vote against the planned Avila Ranch development, a member of the San Luis Obispo Planning Commission was asked to resign by two SLO City Council members. [Cal Coast Times] Scott Mann, a project manager... (Continue reading)

Supervisors Hill and Gibson dismiss the public

Written on 12 Jan, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 4 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE The first San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisor’s meeting on Jan. 9 is now history. The selection of John Peschong as chairman of the board and Debbie Arnold as vice chair is now a... (Continue reading)

Wallace case moved to Santa Maria after Guerrero appointed judge

Written on 10 Jan, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | No comments

The felony conflict of interest case against former South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District administrator John Wallace is moving to Santa Maria following the appointment of a controversial attorney to the SLO County bench. Wallace is facing four felony... (Continue reading)

Public lashes out at Supervisor Adam Hill, no chairmanship

Written on 10 Jan, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

San Luis Obispo County residents teed off on Supervisor Adam Hill Tuesday morning, possibly swaying the board majority to deny Hill the board chairmanship in favor of Supervisor John Peschong. [Cal Coast Times] Public speakers, 31 in all, asked the... (Continue reading)

Five Cities Fire Authority seeking 70 percent budget increase

Written on 9 Jan, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 4 comments

The Five City’s Fire Authority Board recently adopted a five-year plan that could result in a 70 percent increase in the annual budget. Formed in 2010 under the auspices of saving money for the communities of Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach... (Continue reading)

Five people die in Central Coast flooding and mudslides

Written on 9 Jan, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

  Flooding and mudslides killed at least five people in the Montecito area overnight, as a storm ravaged the Santa Barbara County community days after the Thomas Fire swept through its neighborhoods. The storm trapped numerous residents in or around... (Continue reading)

Adam Hill needs discipline, not the chairmanship

Written on 8 Jan, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE An open letter to the San Luis Obispo County of Board of Supervisors: As one of your District 5 constituents, I must express my profound disappointment at the apparent inability of the Board of Supervisors... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach woman deported to Mexico

Written on 5 Jan, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

A Grover Beach mother whom liberal activists and politicians rallied to save from deportation was sent to Mexico on Thursday. [Cal Coast Times] Neofita Valerio-Silva, 47, came to the United States illegally 25 years ago. Valerio-Silva is a mother of... (Continue reading)

Supervisor Adam Hill mounts social media attack

Written on 3 Jan, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 9 comments

  With less than a week left before the San Luis Obispo County  Board of Supervisors elects a new chair,  Vice Chair Supervisor Adam Hill has mounted a social media attack on the three-member board majority. [Cal Coast Times] Hill... (Continue reading)