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SLO County Supervisor Bruce Gibson’s ploys aren’t over yet

Written on 15 Dec, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 14 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Bruce Gibson’s attempt to hire both his wife and his hand-picked successor for District 2 supervisor as his county-funded office assistants isn’t over yet. After finding that a prior ruling... (Continue reading)

The affordability crisis, California style

Written on 13 Dec, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 18 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL I have to laugh at New Yorkers, among others, whose concern over the affordability crisis, prompted them to elect a socialist. The point here is that government is nearly entirely responsible for the affordability crises, and... (Continue reading)

Nepotism has no part in San Luis Obispo County government

Written on 9 Dec, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments

OPINION by MICHAEL ERIN WOODY As a resident of San Luis Obispo County, I am demanding that Supervisor Bruce Gibson resign office immediately. Gibson is morally corrupt and lacks the ethics to hold office.  Rather than face consequences for this... (Continue reading)

SLO County Bar Associations voices concerns over fairness, bias

Written on 2 Dec, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments

Statement by the San Luis Obispo County Bar Association The San Luis Obispo County Bar Association (S.L.O.C.B.A.) is committed to the mission of promoting the honor and dignity of the legal profession, fostering the highest professional standards, encouraging collegiality, educating... (Continue reading)

Our military and intelligence communities as political cannon fodder

Written on 1 Dec, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 36 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL You must have heard about the six U.S. senators who stated that the threats to our Constitution are emanating from the Trump administration and therefore both the military and intelligence community should refuse so-called “illegal orders.”... (Continue reading)

Is senseless violence unstoppable?

Written on 26 Nov, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 24 comments

By Commander Ron Cuff, U.S. Navy Retired Charlie Kirk and I grew up in the same town and attended the same schools. I met and spoke with Charlie at Turning Point USA headquarters about a year ago. He was killed... (Continue reading)

Windmills and unicorns in San Luis Obispo County

Written on 25 Nov, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 13 comments

OPINION by MANDY DAVIS We live in a place that is pristine, beautiful beyond compare and one might even say is magical. A place where rocky headlands meet the sea in turbulent majesty, where rolling golden hills become verdant and... (Continue reading)

Thanksgiving versus Democratic Socialists of America

Written on 24 Nov, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL I am encouraging you to ask everyone you know some very serious, in fact, existential threat-level questions today considering a phenomenal column written by James Hirsen in Newsmax, “Nothing ‘Democratic’ About Socialists.” In his column, Hirsen... (Continue reading)

Misinformation versus morality in Paso Robles schools

Written on 20 Nov, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 31 comments

OPINION by KENNEY ENNEY Paso Robles Joint Unified School District trustees Jim Cogan and Joel Peterson published an op-ed in the “Paso Robles Daily News” on Nov. entitled “Misinformation hurts our schools and wastes taxpayer dollars,” in which they accused... (Continue reading)

Why was Pismo Beach man who killed a friend sentenced to 8 years?

Written on 18 Nov, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

Statement from the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office We understand the community has questions regarding why the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney agreed to a plea of guilty to involuntary manslaughter and did not pursue the initially... (Continue reading)