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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)

San Simeon needs an independent general manager

Written on 2 Jun, 2021 in Featured, Opinion | 4 comments

OPINION by MICHAEL DONAHUE It is time for the San Simeon Community Services District to have an independent general manager. The transformation of San Simeon to a normal district with an independent general manager that actively manages the budget and... (Continue reading)

San Simeon CSD versus Hearst, the games begin

Written on 2 May, 2021 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

OPINION by HENRY KRZCIUK San Simeon Community Services District General Manager Charles Grace and district legal counsel Jeff Minnery, with coaching from Chair Gwen Kellas, a prominent business owner in San Simeon and an unknown developer, are formally challenging Hearst’s... (Continue reading)

People held hostage in SLO were the victims, not the protesters

Written on 25 Feb, 2021 in Featured, Opinion | 32 comments

OPINION by GORDON MULLIN Regarding the Feb. 19 Tribune editorial, “Video shows irate driver hitting SLO protesters,” but is it the driver who’s the victim?” The Tribune’s editorial is about the events of last July when a group of Black... (Continue reading)

Stacy Korsgaden on the fallout from the rally in Washington DC

Written on 3 Feb, 2021 in Featured, Opinion | 70 comments

OPINION by STACY KORSGADEN In the early 90s, I shocked my mother by confiding that I had fallen in love with a woman named Jodi. Mom immediately declared that no one would like me or do business with me, and... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande’s Brisco Road project is ballooning in price

Written on 23 Jan, 2021 in Featured, Opinion | 16 comments

OPINION by JULIE TACKER The Arroyo Grande City Council will consider its next steps on the construction of the Brisco Road interchange on Tuesday, after determining the cost has jumped 25% in the past two years. The project has not... (Continue reading)

It’s time for San Luis Obispo officials to commit to slow growth

Written on 15 Jan, 2021 in Featured, Opinion | 17 comments

OPINION by ALLAN COOPER As I’m writing this, the San Luis Obispo City Council will be conducting a virtual community forum to help “shape cohesive priorities for San Luis Obispo’s future”. Though many of the permanent residents of SLO will... (Continue reading)