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Will financial troubles at the SLO County waste agency ever end?

Written on 21 Jan, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

OPINION by JULIE TACKER As a long-time county-wide watchdog, I have spent the last year watching the embattled San Luis Obispo County waste agency with great interest as it deals with allegations of financial failures. In July, I shared with... (Continue reading)

No anti-ICE zones, Paso Robles mayor agrees

Written on 20 Jan, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

Opinion by Paso Robles Mayor John Hamon As mayor of Paso Robles, I want to reaffirm my support for the constitutional rights of all individuals to peacefully assemble, speak freely, and express their views. Peaceful civic engagement is a vital... (Continue reading)

San Simeon saga continues, the end is coming

Written on 20 Jan, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 2 comments

OPINION By HANK KRZCIUK Our small, disadvantaged community’s reorganization is plodding along through the required, elaborate studies and reviews.  Time and money are running out while the San Simeon community is being kept in the dark. San Simeon Community Services... (Continue reading)

Congressman Salud Carbajal and the Monroe Doctrine

Written on 16 Jan, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 10 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL Even MSN will confirm that Trump is not the first president who did not get congressional consent to carry out military actions in another country: “In 1950, President Harry Truman used his authority to send U.S.... (Continue reading)

No anti-ICE zones for San Luis Obispo County

Written on 15 Jan, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 32 comments

Statement from the SLO County District Attorney’s Office The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office recognizes and respects the long-standing constitutional right of individuals to peacefully protest, petition the government, and exercise free speech in public forums. These rights... (Continue reading)

Hysteria abounds following fatal ICE shooting

Written on 12 Jan, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 63 comments

OPINION by JODY LANGFORD A lot of factual details are being ignored amongst all the hysteria and gas lighting from the left. First, Renee Good was not innocent – she was fleeing arrest. Of course we don’t shoot people fleeing... (Continue reading)

Minnesota’s Tim Walz and the Somalians are rank amateurs

Written on 7 Jan, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 21 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL A few observations and predictions having to do with the fact that no state in America is governed by, as it has been said before, “a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.” As Katy Grimes... (Continue reading)

Congressman Salud Carbajal condemns Trump’s Venezuela raid

Written on 5 Jan, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 50 comments

OPINION by CONGRESSMAN SALUD CARBAJAL The Trump administration’s decision to attack Venezuela was a reckless and deeply destabilizing action. Launching unilateral military strikes and seizing Maduro without a clear plan for what comes next risks creating a dangerous power vacuum... (Continue reading)

The steep price of tolerance

Written on 31 Dec, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 27 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL I truly feel sorry that Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered in cold blood by their own son. It doesn’t matter to me that I did not agree with Reiner’s politics. Besides being a severe... (Continue reading)

Could Los Angeles style politics invade San Luis Obispo County?

Written on 24 Dec, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 21 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE Apparently, according to San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Bruce Gibson, it can’t happen soon enough. Gibson’s recent endorsement of Los Angeles denizen Jim Dantona to take his seat on the SLO County Board of Supervisors... (Continue reading)