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How can San Luis Obispo serve both residents and tourists?

Written on 15 Apr, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments

Opinion by Allan Cooper and David Brodie Should our downtown serve both tourists and residents? Believe it or not, years ago, San Luis Obispo had all the necessary ingredients to make this happen. These so-called ingredients included easy pedestrian access... (Continue reading)

Rebuilding the pillars of California’s insurance system

Written on 14 Apr, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

OPINION by STACY KORSGADEN Imagine the client—the policyholder, the homeowner, the small business owner—as a structure held high upon five great columns. These columns represent the forces that uphold the insurance ecosystem: Insurance Companies, the Department of Insurance, Government at... (Continue reading)

Is San Luis Obispo waste agency managing its own trash?

Written on 12 Apr, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

OPINION by JULIE TACKER The City of San Luis Obispo’s waste and recycling managers have their eyes on the SLO County Integrated Waste Manager Authority for its own waste handling. On my nightly commute from work, using the Highway 101... (Continue reading)

Nefarious purposes and stupid ideas galore

Written on 11 Apr, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 16 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL Thanks to DOGE, we know that the Biden administration, as well as previous administrations, were spending billions via the U.S. Agency for International Development program for nefarious purposes and stupid ideas. Then, there was the  Environmental... (Continue reading)

Lake Nacimiento at risk: Group takes legal action

Written on 9 Apr, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

Opinion by Nacimiento Regional Water Management Advisory Committee The Nacimiento Regional Water Management Advisory Committee is in a critical legal battle against Monterey County’s mismanagement of Lake Nacimiento’s water levels. Excessive water releases and the controversial Interlake Tunnel Project threaten... (Continue reading)

A Molotov cocktail toast to the environment and democracy

Written on 4 Apr, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 20 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL Tesla is the only electric vehicle manufacturer that is, or was, making money on electric cars. Most all other manufacturers lose thousands if not tens of thousands, per vehicle, on their electric vehicle fleets. Moreover, despite... (Continue reading)

Cayucos district considers contract with former out-of-state manager

Written on 28 Mar, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 10 comments

OPINION by JULIE TACKER Open letter to the Cayucos Sanitary District: After months of closed sessions and special meetings, your board is at it again. Today, March 28, you have a special meeting, which was noticed just 27 hours ahead... (Continue reading)

Parasites don’t exist without a compliant host and that’s you

Written on 26 Mar, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL You probably don’t know that you got signed up, without your permission to have your electricity delivered from an energy parasite. Central Coast Community Energy, also known as 3CE, which is the largest of these local... (Continue reading)

Teachers union for Cal Poly San Luis Obispo demands Khalil’s release

Written on 25 Mar, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 20 comments

Statement from the California Faculty Association The detention and targeting of Mahmoud Khalil is an outrageous assault on free speech, due process, and the fundamental rights of immigrant communities. His detention is a deliberate act of repression—an authoritarian attempt to... (Continue reading)

Gladly poisoning the well of government largesse

Written on 20 Mar, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL Apparently, I owe an apology to Santa Barbara County 2nd District Supervisor Laura Capps and 4th District Supervisor Bob Nelson. I assumed they didn’t deserve a $56,000 raise because being a county supervisor is only a... (Continue reading)