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RVs for veterans program reaches milestone

Written on 9 Nov, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 4 comments

OPINION By BECKY JORGESON We donated our 30th RV to a homeless veteran here on the Central Coast on Saturday. Many thanks to all donors who opened your hearts to our veterans who can’t be helped through other avenues. Because... (Continue reading)

Painting the town neon yellow

Written on 6 Nov, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 17 comments

OPINION by COLLEEN MARTIN I have worked on local campaigns for twenty years. I have never experienced anything like the Arroyo Grande write-in Jim Hill campaign. The write-in campaign brought together campaigners from all walks of life. None of the... (Continue reading)

Basin adjudication does not solve our groundwater problems

Written on 3 Nov, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 14 comments

OPINION By ROBERT BROWN Laurie Gage’s fact-based analysis which exposed the fallacy that adjudicated basins are better managed obviously struck a nerve with the litigants who have filed the quiet title lawsuit. While they are oblivious to the fact that... (Continue reading)

Keep Cuesta strong, vote yes on Measure L

Written on 3 Nov, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 25 comments

OPINION By H. HUNTER PERRY In August of 2014, the Classified Union of Cuesta College, aka CCCUE, ratified our 2014-15 contract and overwhelmingly endorsed Measure L; the $275,000,000 bond measure that will be appearing on the November ballot to upgrade... (Continue reading)

Did Ferrara throw Adams under the bus

Written on 3 Nov, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 50 comments

OPINION By OTIS PAGE To protect his reputation, did Arroyo Grande Mayor Tony Ferrara throw City Manager Steve Adams under the bus? The Adams indiscretion occurred on July 3. A record of the event was prepared by five police officers... (Continue reading)

Keep taxpayers’ monies at home

Written on 3 Nov, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

OPINION By JIM GRIFFIN We are constantly told we don’t have enough money as a society to pay for various social programs, fix the roads, fund schools, rebuild infrastructure, etc. And yet when it comes to a new war or... (Continue reading)

Does character matter Lois Capps?

Written on 1 Nov, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 44 comments

OPINION By MATT DIES If it is true that a crisis does not build character and only reveals it, the accident that took the life of my daughter, Mallory, revealed an appalling lack of character on the part of congressional... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande needs new leadership

Written on 1 Nov, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 55 comments

OPINION By JIM HILL Economic development Arroyo Grande has focused its economic attention on the Village, to the exclusion of most of the city. Arroyo Grande residents are proud of the Village, and economic development there is a good thing,... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande needs a financial audit

Written on 31 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 57 comments

OPINION By OTIS PAGE Considering the managerial dynamics imposed by the Arroyo Grande City manager’s “scheduled” resignation, there should be an audit of the finances and financial practices of the city. Accentuating this question is the persistent statement by the... (Continue reading)

Say no to Measure L

Written on 31 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 44 comments

OPINION By MATT KOKKONEN Just about everyone in San Luis Obispo County likes Cuesta College and that is why the trustees ask for your vote to pass the $275 million bond Measure L. This bond is in addition to all... (Continue reading)