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Mainstream media absent on plans to gerrymander California
OPINION by GREG HASKIN An enormously important issue is before California voters and will be decided in just two months, yet it is unlikely that you will read or hear much about it, or at least any significant details about... (Continue reading)
California’s offshore wind plans are terminally ill
OPINION by MANDY DAVIS The Department of Transportation’s Aug. 29 crucial decision and action will have more than significant impacts on the future of offshore wind in California. You could say that the minimally heralded action not only threw a... (Continue reading)
Is Oceano Community Services District acting recklessly?
By JULIE TACKER Oceano is designated as a disadvantaged community. And while the Oceano Community Services District recently increases its sewer rates by 274% and its water rates by 50% over the next five years to tackle millions of dollars... (Continue reading)
Gone with the offshore wind farms
OPINION by BOB SMITH As I sat with my wife’s family for my birthday dinner this past weekend at Goleta Beach, everyone marveled at the view of the ocean from our table. I couldn’t help but say, “Now imagine it... (Continue reading)
California’s crime spree and Gov. Gavin Newsom
OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL While Gov. Gavin Newsom is closing one prison after another in California, criminal activity has not abated in our state for a myriad of reasons. In the City of Santa Barbara, at their recent annual Old... (Continue reading)
Is the United States becoming more like Russia under Trump?
OPINION by ALLAN COOPER I and others here in the United States are looking into a future where the similarities between our country and Russia are becoming more and more resoundingly clear. The following are a dozen ways that the United... (Continue reading)
A long list of undesirables – elected, blind and otherwise
OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL Do you remember in the 1977 film “Star Wars” when Obi-Wan Kenobi described the infamous saloon as a “wretched hive of scum and villainy”? Is that not an apt description of the former convicts arrested at... (Continue reading)
Are San Luis Obispo officials plans for fire safety going too far?
OPINION by ALLAN COOPER As you probably know, there are now more parts of San Luis Obispo that fall within moderate, high and very high Fire Hazard Severity Zones. The SLO City Council is planning to hold a public study... (Continue reading)
Local politicians ignore the marijuana industry’s ugly underbelly
OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL As the saying goes, our elected officials are entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts. Pretty much every single south Santa Barbara County politico including supervisors Roy Lee, Joan Hartman and Laura Capps,... (Continue reading)
Putting lipstick on a pig in Avila Beach
OPINION by MANDY DAVIS Now don’t misunderstand me, I love piggies (especially the little baby oinkers) as much as anyone, but you have to admit, the phrase “you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig” is... (Continue reading)
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