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Misrepresentations in the Affordable Care Act

Written on 23 Jan, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 48 comments

OPINION By MATT KOKKONEN “If you like your insurance, you can keep your insurance, period. If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor, period.” Obama was selling Obamacare to us and advocating that those insured with “grandfathered policies”... (Continue reading)

Illegals living in the United States should not practice law

Written on 15 Jan, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 58 comments

OPINION By MATT KOKKONEN California Supreme Court decided that a person living in California illegally can get a law license to practice law. This demonstrates the peak of irrationality and is pure idiocy. It flies against common sense. It is... (Continue reading)

Brickbat misses target

Written on 30 Dec, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 43 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER The Dec. 20 Tribune Brickbat levied at the newly hired Oceano Community Services District General Manager Lonnie Curtis, while completely warranted — missed the target. Plagiarizing another man’s work as one’s own for a job application is... (Continue reading)

County bullies in full revenge mode

Written on 24 Dec, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 98 comments

OPINION: By DANIEL BLACKBURN It was a casual get-together of professional women, mostly from the South County and Santa Maria, and the tone was cordial until one of the ladies happened to mention that she had read an article on... (Continue reading)

Common sense, our elected officials and you

Written on 24 Dec, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 10 comments

OPINION By LAURA MORDAUNT Our elected officials are usually ordinary people who decided to care about our county and its residents…blah, blah, blah. I think that is the way it use to be with some exceptions. Today what I see... (Continue reading)

Court-supervised groundwater management

Written on 9 Dec, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

OPINION By CINDY STEINBECK “Management” of the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin is a hot topic. Our groundwater basin will be managed. The question and struggle is about who will manage and what rules will apply. California law offers fundamentally different... (Continue reading)

Rally to free Karen Velie’s grandchildren

Written on 5 Dec, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 62 comments

OPINION by SAUNDRA MURRAY KING It’s time for the masses to gather together and protest against the subjective cruelties of San Luis Obispo County Child Welfare Services. While we do need to have a watchdog for the protection of our... (Continue reading)

Letter by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly to SLO County Social Services Director Lee Collins

Written on 4 Dec, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 73 comments

OPINION By ASSEMBLYMAN TIM DONNELLY Dear Director Collins, It has come to my attention that allegations have been made that San Luis Obispo County Child Welfare Services seized the grandchildren of Karen Velie, a respectable local publisher, in retaliation for... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles landowners need to protect their water rights

Written on 30 Nov, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 35 comments

OPINION By CINDY STEINBECK Water is California’s gold. Groundwater basins are a battle ground where landowners must protect their water rights from modern-day claim-jumpers who include well-financed entrepreneurs seeking to sell or export our water. Where does that leave landowners?... (Continue reading)

Water conservation does not work

Written on 27 Nov, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 16 comments

OPINION By GARY KIRKLAND A water company is comparable to an oil company. Both companies provide vital liquids. An oil company can and does go half way around the world, dig the petroleum out of the ground, ship it to... (Continue reading)