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Division, disenfranchisement, potential dissolution in San Simeon

Written on 5 Aug, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 4 comments

OPINION by HANK KRZCIUK Last year, the San Simeon Community Services District, under strong recommendations of District Counsel Jeffery Minnery, who said, or implied, the district was under the imminent threat of litigation, was divided into five voting areas to... (Continue reading)

Time for a new perspective on the Oceano Dunes

Written on 3 Aug, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

OPINION by ADAM VERDIN For years, the public discussion regarding the Oceano Dunes and vehicle access has been binary: four wheelers versus environmentalists. But it’s not as simple as one would think. Not every person who accesses and recreates on... (Continue reading)

Time to cast away stones

Written on 13 Jul, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 20 comments

OPINION by RICHARD SADOWSKI These words are the title of Stephen Kaltenbach’s fountain sculpture outside the Sacramento Convention Center where the Pacific Wind Farm Summit was held in May 2023. Carved in the water fountain stones are these three questions; What... (Continue reading)

Franklin’s Hot Springs, a Paso Robles treasure

Written on 8 Jul, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

OPINION by GLEN O’HAGAN Franklin’s Hot Springs in Paso Robles has been a local staple for over 60 years. It all began with an oil company, the discovery of the springs and an old man named Franklin who had an... (Continue reading)

Will Morro Bay wind farms be the demise of Port San Luis?

Written on 25 Jun, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 49 comments

OPINION by ROBERT SIDENBERG I heard about the proposed Morro Bay Offshore Wind Farm awhile back but didn’t really think too much about it. It would supposedly be out of sight and didn’t seem to have any affect on my... (Continue reading)

You can’t hide an elephant in a mousehole

Written on 20 Jun, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 11 comments

OPINION by JEFF EDWARDS On June 15, the San Luis Obispo Superior Court heard two and one-half hours of arguments in connection with closing the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area (ODSVRA) in Oceano to off-highway vehicles. The Friends of... (Continue reading)

Please help a Syrian refugee reunite with her dog

Written on 18 Jun, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

OPINION by DAVE CONGALTON Nour is a young 19-year-old woman who has been forced to grow up far too quickly due to the ongoing war in Syria. She and her family had to flee earlier this year, leaving most of... (Continue reading)

Local radio show focuses on public policy and the law

Written on 13 Jun, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | One comment

OPINION by STEW JENKINS In March 2023, the K-NEWS FM 98.5 asked me to start broadcasting a local radio talk show focused on law and public policy – a local show called SLO County Public Policy & The Law. It... (Continue reading)

All that’s green isn’t gold

Written on 11 Jun, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

OPINION by GEORGE HANSEN Everybody is talking about renewable energy these days, but so often, the subject is conflated with issues of social justice. Renewable energy might be better accepted if proponents concentrated on energy by itself. Better still, they... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles school board’s cautionary tale

Written on 7 Jun, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | One comment

OPINION by JIM PAHLER On June 13 at 6 p.m., the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District Board will consider its options on how to proceed in light of recent developments discovered during the geologic hazard report for the 36th... (Continue reading)