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A long list of undesirables – elected, blind and otherwise

Written on 30 Jul, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 21 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL Do you remember in the 1977 film “Star Wars” when Obi-Wan Kenobi described the infamous saloon as a “wretched hive of scum and villainy”? Is that not an apt description of the former convicts arrested at... (Continue reading)

Are San Luis Obispo officials plans for fire safety going too far?

Written on 22 Jul, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 10 comments

OPINION by ALLAN COOPER As you probably know, there are now more parts of San Luis Obispo that fall within moderate, high and very high Fire Hazard Severity Zones. The SLO City Council is planning to hold a public study... (Continue reading)

Local politicians ignore the marijuana industry’s ugly underbelly

Written on 21 Jul, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL As the saying goes, our elected officials are entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts. Pretty much every single south Santa Barbara County politico including supervisors Roy Lee, Joan Hartman and Laura Capps,... (Continue reading)

Putting lipstick on a pig in Avila Beach

Written on 19 Jul, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 14 comments

OPINION by MANDY DAVIS Now don’t misunderstand me, I love piggies (especially the little baby oinkers) as much as anyone, but you have to admit, the phrase “you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig” is... (Continue reading)

SLO County Board of Supervisors barred speakers regarding cannabis project

Written on 17 Jul, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 18 comments

OPINION by MURRAY POWELL San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisor’s Chair Dawn Ortiz-Legg on Tuesday barred multiple members of the Templeton community from speaking against a proposed cannabis cultivation project in Templeton, a project she supported. The board then... (Continue reading)

County officials enable child trafficking, Carbajal takes their money

Written on 14 Jul, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 14 comments

OPINION by BOB SMITH It’s time to speak the truth about what occurred in Carpinteria and Camarillo this past week. There’s a reason trust in local media is collapsing as they refuse to report the truth. While headlines talk about... (Continue reading)

Election integrity or political partisanship?

Written on 13 Jul, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments

OPINION By ALLAN COOPER Regarding the San Luis Obispo County clerk-recorder being accused of violating the Public Records Act: Shiloh Marx, the plaintiff and founder and director of the so-called California Election Integrity Initiative, was quoted recently saying, “Gavin Newsom... (Continue reading)

Immigration extremes, demography, and the Inability to change

Written on 12 Jul, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 20 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL The left in America has always frustrated any attempt to reform our immigration system by way of their demands for amnesty, read that full citizenship rights, for all illegal aliens. They would want us to believe... (Continue reading)

Hopeful leadership changes in San Luis Obispo County

Written on 5 Jul, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 10 comments

OPINION by JULIE TACKER Leadership around San Luis Obispo County is changing. Morro Bay just let its city manager go. In May, San Simeon swapped out its Interim General Manager for Geoff English to lead the charge towards dissolution and... (Continue reading)

California’s doom loop versus original no kings movement

Written on 4 Jul, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 11 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL I have written previously about California’s war on energy which is destroying our economy. Yet, the war on energy is but one facet of the war on our liberties and freedoms. I sat in on a... (Continue reading)