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Hemp fields spoiling the view and air on Los Osos Valley Road

October 25, 2019

OPINION by BEN DIFATTA

On the way to San Luis Obispo, I just drove through one or two miles of skunk like smells where the hemp fields are growing on Los Osos Valley road. We all know what skunk smells like, you know what, it’s terrible.

So, besides the terrible skunk smell and ugly 12 foot high curtains, over 15,000 people in cars every day, back and forth, have to endure these problems.

Today, while driving from SLO back to Los Osos from Foothill Boulevard, about four miles from the plants, there was this skunk smell; 90 percent of the time the wind blows east towards SLO. And more growths for sure will make SLO stink like Hell.

SLO County Board of Supervisors, with all the desert space and land around this county, away from everything and anybody, that’s where you should allow growing of hemp.

You must stop these hemp farmers from growing this product near where thousands of people live or travel.

Make new laws to cease farmer’s planting and growing more hemp plants on Los Osos Valley Road and maybe even make new rules to destroy those existing fields.


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This just into my email inbox:


I want you to know that the Hemp growers are taking down that brown ugly looking screen as we speak. Thanks to all. Ben


So it does pay to “sound off.” Go Ben go!


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One application of roundup, 2000 applications of concrete and steel. There’s a California wide housing shortage. Haven’t you heard?


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I’ll bet the smell is nothing like the sickening funky stench Firestone microbrewery on 101 south of Paso spews everyday. I couldn’t imagine working there having to breath that smell everyday. Maybe a person gets used to it.


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Devil weed! It’l be the end of us ALL!


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“The horror! The Horror!”


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Maybe the good people of Los Osos should start writing letters about the car sized potholes instead? At least they would be railing against something our government should have a role in fixing.


Micro-management of properly zoned agricultural enterprises is not a example of good governance.


First Julie, now you. 0-2.


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MrYan,

Los Osos is a county island. With all the corruption contained in that county’s system “letters” do not cut the mustard.


The SLOCO process that saddled the good people with an state of the art oxidation ditch costing $71 million when a technology costing less than $10 million was and is available is proof, of said corruption, beyond any shadow of doubt.

Don’t stop believing in the government in SLO and you’ll never get to the heart of the matter, aka the truth.


But hey, those who are paying the power bill on SLOCO’s “pick” are those who are actually damage. If you are one, yo6 have my condolences. If you are not one of them, perhaps you might work towards getting a little more information before you weigh in.


Talk is cheap, right? Actions speak louder than words.


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Oh I got information.


Do you know what the cost of the sewer would have been if you would have built it the 1970’s? That is when the fight started. Hint it would have been a ton cheaper.


You’re highlighting sewer debacle #2. Most don’t remember the origins.


The first fight? You fought the county for years saying a sewer wasn’t needed as septic tanks worked great. …Until it was proven YOU were polluting the bay.


One could argue that the citizens of Los Osos caused their own price increases, not the county. You squabbled about the sewer for 40 years.


Los Osos has always tried to have it both ways; clamoring for independence and control, but running away as fast as possible when any kind of bill comes due.


Again my form of good governance would be to pave the roads.


Your form? Rethinking every governmental decision made, zoning in this case, because you find it personally disagreeable.


You are free to form a City at any time. But that costs money too.


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I would gladly see hemp growing on LOVR. The positive things that can be done with hemp far outweigh any of the negatives complained about here.


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Its not as unsightly as those dirty dusty solar panels off to the side of Highway 1…make new laws and destroy the fields?…how nice….what a good reasonable citizen you must be Ben….

But back to the solar panels…..If the county wants to pay me I’ll go and clean those panels so they will freaking work!…..just sayin….


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Your arrogance in dictating what people cannot do with their property that is legally permitted is only outdone by your stupidity.


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I agree with sbjcl. We should deregulate everything so that I can build a homeless shelter in my backyard and fill the whole place with urine and feces. I am sure sbjcl would do the same. Only arrogant and stupid people would try to tell us they are offended or concerned by what we are doing on our properties.


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jdchem you missed the part about legally permitted. The property is zoned agriculture, the use is agriculture. You don’t like the use change the zone. Your comparison is nonsense. Roll up your window


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Huh? What the frick (since I’m not a “true American Voice” [whatever the frick that means] and recently haven’t been afforded his same freedoms of word selection here on CCN, I’ll refrain from using the word I really mean)?

Where in this conversation do the homeless come into play? How in the context of this article are the homeless even relevant?

Jeeez dude! Give it, and them, a rest, would ya? They’ve been maligned and denigrated enough, so give it a rest!


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