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Offshore wind is a bad idea for San Luis Obispo County

Written on 28 Oct, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

OPINION by ELLIE RIPLEY The offshore wind proposal for San Luis Obispo County is not powerful or reliable enough to carry the load to support and sustain the electric grid. Offshore wind is an enormous and costly undertaking. Integrating the... (Continue reading)

Is the Central Coast Still Blue?

Written on 24 Oct, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 23 comments

OPINION by KIMBERLY CALDWELL On Aug. 20,the New York Times published a noteworthy report entitled “The Democratic Party Faces a Voter Registration Crisis.” The opening paragraph quickly gained attention in numerous media outlets: “Of the 30 states that track voter... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles schools need accountability, not another bond

Written on 18 Oct, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 18 comments

OPINION by DORIAN BAKER The Paso Robles Joint Unified School District is once again laying the groundwork for another bond measure — this time considering $100 million, $188.9 million, or $288 million. This push comes at a time when the... (Continue reading)

The origins of the assassination culture

Written on 16 Oct, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 20 comments

Opinion by ANDY CALDWELL I recently wrote about a phenomenon among the youth in America known as the “assassination culture.” In addition to Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old who allegedly killed Charlie Kirk, we have Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League... (Continue reading)

Frightened for my community as leaders stand behind Antifa

Written on 9 Oct, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 59 comments

OPINION by STEVE REBUCK So John Ashbaugh, Ph.D., advocates in the SLO New Times for Antifa. Asbaugh endorses bounties on ICE agents, $2,000 for kidnapping, $10,000 for murder, firebombing buildings, shooting rocks and marbles at police officers, hit and run,... (Continue reading)

Defeat Prop 50: Let’s not revisit the ribbon of shame

Written on 8 Oct, 2025 in Literary Corner, Opinion | 29 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL Please Vote No on Proposition 50 to stop Gavin Newsom from rigging elections in California for the next several years. Your ballot is being mailed to you any day now. What is this all about? Well,... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County beaches: Recognitions and threats

Written on 4 Oct, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 11 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by KEITH T. GURNEE As a resident of the Central Coast for more than 50 years, my family has loved this place. After all, what other areas have such beauty as San Luis Obispo County? With its scenic hills,... (Continue reading)

Charlie Kirk and the lost men of America

Written on 30 Sep, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 53 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL So, exactly how why did Charlie Kirk become so important to a generation of young men whose future is dim because they have been marginalized and forgotten by society? It is because he pushed back against... (Continue reading)

JFK, MLK, RFK and now CJK – Charles James Kirk

Written on 22 Sep, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 37 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL Although I was a child when President John Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated, I vividly remember my own grief for their families and our country. What I don’t remember is anyone openly... (Continue reading)

Should Californians support our heroes or the Scammers?

Written on 18 Sep, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

OPINION by ROBERT TOLAN I recently read an op-ed by Irene Dana arguing against Senate Bill 694. I was shocked. Not just by what she said, but by how deeply her piece misunderstood the battle veterans are facing every single... (Continue reading)