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Gibson strong arms public comment

Written on 29 Jul, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 25 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER We live in a country where free speech is coveted, but here in “San-Gibson-Obispo County” such freedoms are under fire. In the wake of the untimely death of Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Paul Teixeira,... (Continue reading)

Dennis & Me: Remembering Dennis Farina

Written on 24 Jul, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

OPINION By DAVID CONGALTON Actor Dennis Farina died Monday morning at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona at the age of 69. Medical reports indicate a blood clot. Genuine, well-deserved praise has splashed across the Internet in honor of this former... (Continue reading)

Wastewater project wastes water

Written on 18 Jul, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

OPINION By TOM SALMON On June 7, CalCoastNews was gracious enough to post my opinion piece explaining the engineering complications and additional overruns surrounding the dewatering for the Los Osos sewer project. Since then little has changed. Above ground infrastructure... (Continue reading)

Blame Jerry Brown for no decision on constitutionality of gay marriage

Written on 3 Jul, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 13 comments

OPINION By PETER SCHEER The Supreme Court has ducked the legal challenge to Prop 8, thereby avoiding a landmark ruling on one of the central constitutional claims of our time: the right of gays to marry, not just in California... (Continue reading)

California Public Record Act threatened by stealth amendments

Written on 15 Jun, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

REQUEST from the FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION The California Public Records Act (CPRA) is gravely threatened by stealth amendments revealed for the first time yesterday as part of a “trailer bill” to the new state budget. Instead of the relatively minor... (Continue reading)

Los Osos sewer project needs another $6 million

Written on 12 Jun, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

OPINION By TOM SALMON Less than a year into the Los Osos Wastewater Project construction we are beginning to see the change orders we expected all along. A week ago, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors began the... (Continue reading)

Gibson should not criticize open debate

Written on 11 Jun, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 14 comments

OPINION By THOMAS DAWSON ” Now for the rest of the story ” referring to the article by San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Bruce Gibson on June 5, in which he is complaining about citizens exposing a hidden agenda, and... (Continue reading)

Los Osos Waste

Written on 7 Jun, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 41 comments

OPINION By TOM SALMON The Los Osos sewer construction nears 25 percent completion, the only work that has really taken place is in the high and dry areas of the community. As complexities will begin to mount and construction becomes... (Continue reading)

SLO water rates to rise again

Written on 4 Jun, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 33 comments

OPINION By RICHARD SCHMIDT In San Luis Obispo, we know it’s June when the city council votes to increase residential water and sewer fees. This annual ritual is as dependable as the swallows’ return to San Juan Capistrano. The only... (Continue reading)

Letter to the editor: SLO’s lack of leadership

Written on 30 May, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 21 comments

By ALLAN COOPER Previous San Luis Obispo City Councils instituted a policy requiring a modicum of housing (ideally “workforce” housing) in all new major downtown developments. Of course this runs counter to the so-called (totally fictitious) “free-market economics” which some... (Continue reading)