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Before another Paso Robles school bond, taxpayers deserve answers

Written on 6 Oct, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 4 comments

OPINION by DORIAN BAKER As a retired classroom teacher and former Paso Robles school board trustee, I care deeply about our schools. I also believe that caring about schools means asking hard questions about how public money is spent. Here... (Continue reading)

Proposition 4 drives PAC money out of campaigns

Written on 6 Oct, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

OPINION by STEW JENKINS Would you pay $1 per election to blunt the political influence of Elon Musk and George Soros? Proposition 4 will end a prohibition on public campaign financing plans that can effectively drive corporation and political action... (Continue reading)

Beloved Baywood Elementary School to receive demolition permit

Written on 5 Oct, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 2 comments

OPINION by JULIE TACKER In 2022, the voters of San Luis Coastal Unified School District passed ballot measure C-22 for $349 million to improve or modernize several of its school sites, including Baywood Elementary in Los Osos. Built 50 years... (Continue reading)

Do politicians know what you want?

Written on 5 Oct, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 11 comments

OPINION by RON CUFF Americans aren’t nearly as divided as the press wants you to believe. On several of the biggest issues facing the country, voters across party lines have spoken with unusual clarity. The problem isn’t that politicians don’t... (Continue reading)

Lower housing costs, vote for change in the November election

Written on 4 Oct, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 6 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL Some people vote with their feet; others don’t vote at all. Speaking of California, more than ten million people have left in the last sixteen years. Yes, you read that right, ten million! Why did so... (Continue reading)

Settlements aren’t verdicts, name calling isn’t evidence, facts matter

Written on 2 Oct, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

OPINION by ERIK GORHAM I’ll explain this mess so you don’t have to suffer through it. The San Luis Obispo Tribune’s latest editorial tells District 2 voters Chris Bausch is “disgraced,” “reckless” and “unfit” for office. It says he put... (Continue reading)

A $6.46 million solution to an air-conditioning problem?

Written on 25 Sep, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 6 comments

OPINION by DORIAN BAKER Paso Robles Joint Unified School District says students deserve an air-conditioned gym. Yet the district says demolishing the existing high school gym and building a new one on the tennis courts may cost less than adding... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara County’s housing credibility gap

Written on 23 Sep, 2026 in Literary Corner, Opinion | One comment

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL I asked the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors a simple question: Why would you rezone 16,000 acres of ag land for solar panels, when California has an excess of the same, but you won’t rezone... (Continue reading)

Offshore wind proponents offer smoke and mirrors

Written on 21 Sep, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

OPINION by MANDY DAVIS Did you know that hype can be used as a verb or a noun? Here are a couple of definitions and examples of appropriate use. Hype as a verb – “To publicize or promote especially by... (Continue reading)

Why Paso Robles schools should adopt a one flag policy

Written on 19 Sep, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

By KENNEY ENNEY On the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11, and in the year of America’s 250th birthday, Paso Robles Joint Unified School District (PRJUSD) should do something simple and overdue: fly only the United States flag and the California... (Continue reading)