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Who ignored SLO County corruption?

Written on 10 Aug, 2021 in Featured, Opinion | 32 comments

OPINION by DANIEL BLACKBURN Who would have thought? Civic corruption in the happiest county in America? Well, dang. Let’s look first at Wade Horton, San Luis Obispo County administrator. Wade recently expressed surprise and feigned concern over recent revelations of... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay City Council’s bait-and-switch

Written on 5 Aug, 2021 in Featured, Opinion | 14 comments

OPINION by CYNTHIA HAWLEY This is a story, told in installments, about the corruption involved in Morro Bay’s water reclamation facility. It’s about lies, secrets, falsifications of laws and facts, and the misuse of public money, that is, illegally shoveling... (Continue reading)

Are SLO County officials targeting Dan DeVaul?

Written on 27 Jul, 2021 in Featured, Opinion | 19 comments

OPINION by OZZIE MILLER A little over a month ago, Dan DeVaul’s Sunny Acres property was visited by a warden and biologist from the State Department of Fish and Wildlife. They accused Dan DeVaul of filling the wetland and ordered... (Continue reading)

Proposal to end the lawlessness in Los Osos, help the homeless

Written on 22 Jul, 2021 in Featured, Opinion | 24 comments

OPINION by BECKY MCFARLAND and PAT WEST We are all aware of the fact that the homeless crisis in San Luis Obispo County is growing faster than the remedies. While we are fortunate to have created the Motel 6 Project... (Continue reading)

Homelessness in SLO County is our fault

Written on 20 Jul, 2021 in Featured, Opinion | 19 comments

By GORDON MULLIN “I got a right to be here” growled the homeless gentleman I was talking to just off the trail near our local sewage plant. I was riding my bike along the path and he hailed me down... (Continue reading)

Recall Newsom, it is best for everyone

Written on 28 Jun, 2021 in Featured, Opinion | 19 comments

By Gordon Mullin California has had a robust initiative process built into our state constitution since 1911. We take great pride in our citizen-level powers to shake up all levels of our state officials and no branch, neither executive, legislative... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande rejects water project, the right thing to do

Written on 19 Jun, 2021 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments

OPINION by JULIE TACKER Finally, someone has “spit out” the Central Coast Blue Kool-Aid that’s been served for years. It’s about time the Arroyo Grande City Council stood up to Pismo Beach on what I call, “Central Coast Boondoggle.” I... (Continue reading)

California’s war against our neighborhoods

Written on 14 Jun, 2021 in Featured, Opinion | 30 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE California’s neighborhoods and the cities that harbor them are under mounting attacks by its Legislature that’s determined to pass a spate of ill-conceived bills that will change our neighborhoods forever. If bills like SB 9,... (Continue reading)

Your SLO County neighborhood is in the state’s crosshairs

Written on 6 Jun, 2021 in Featured, Opinion | 10 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE Your neighborhood has a target on its back and your state Legislature is taking direct aim at fundamentally changing it right now. Yet too few San Luis Obispo County residents are even aware of what... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay wind farm is the new bullet train to nowhere

Written on 3 Jun, 2021 in Featured, Opinion | 62 comments

OPINION by BARRY HANSOM News outlets breathlessly reported the great news that California and the feds will build a 399 square mile floating wind farm to generate electricity. The farm will be located 17 to 40 miles offshore west and... (Continue reading)