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Family calls for boycott of Laetitia Winery

Written on 11 May, 2019 in Featured, Opinion | 41 comments

By JAMES GRANT Our response to Laetitia Wineries suit to stop Caltrans from making the safety improvements at El Campo and other crossings. While we continue to assess our full response here is what we plan on doing: 1. Call... (Continue reading)

Is SLO County staff working to reduce public participation?

Written on 22 Apr, 2019 in Featured, Opinion | 11 comments

By JULIE TACKER As a countywide government watcher from Los Osos, I have been expecting the long-awaited Morro Bay sewer plant proposal to make its way through San Luis Obispo County’s approval process and perhaps to the California Coastal Commission.... (Continue reading)

Calling out the SLO New Times Shredder

Written on 18 Apr, 2019 in Featured, Opinion | 18 comments

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE This week, one of my friends told me that my name was in the April 11 issue of the SLO New Times and The Shredder again. Since I don’t read the New Times anymore, my... (Continue reading)

Joe Biden and male affection in the me too era

Written on 12 Apr, 2019 in Featured, Opinion | 27 comments

Opinion by Steve Brody, Ph.D. Joe Biden is a hugger. He is, to date, not a sexual predator. He didn’t have sex with an intern as Bill Clinton did or brag about grabbing women by their private parts like Donald... (Continue reading)

Are you a San Luis Obispo County New Progressive?

Written on 6 Apr, 2019 in Featured, Opinion | 29 comments

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE Well Tom Fulks is at it again. In last Sunday’s Tribune, their favorite leftist columnist called for the defeat of San Luis Obispo County supervisors Debbie Arnold and John Peschong in 2020 in his quest... (Continue reading)

Partial closure of El Campo is step one to getting an overpass

Written on 2 Apr, 2019 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

OPINION by JAMES GRANT The three caring people surrounding our son, Jordan Grant, as he died on Oct. 7, 2018 at El Campo Road and U.S. Highway 101, all knew not to use this intersection. Chad Robertson, had forbidden his... (Continue reading)

Residents reject advice to fix El Campo crossing, demand overpass

Written on 2 Apr, 2019 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments

OPINION by VICTOR LUND Highway 101 in southern San Luis Obispo County is flooded with traffic. Residents claim that San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG ) has failed to meet the obligation of pooling together the resources of San... (Continue reading)

SLO County Republican Party responds to Mueller’s report

Written on 31 Mar, 2019 in Featured, Opinion | 20 comments

Opinion by SLO County Republican Party Following the vindication of President Trump and his administration via Attorney General William Barr’s summary of Special Counsel Mueller’s Report regarding the Russia conspiracy hoax, now is the time to reach out to Democrat... (Continue reading)

SLO and Morro Bay’s murky claims about electricity provider

Written on 26 Mar, 2019 in Featured, Opinion | 16 comments

OPINION by RICHARD SCHMIDT If you live in San Luis Obispo, come next January you’ll have a new electricity provider – unless you know to take the trouble to formally reject the change. Ditto Morro Bay residents.­ This has happened... (Continue reading)

Marijuana cultivation is a bad fit for York Mountain in Templeton

Written on 26 Mar, 2019 in Featured, Opinion | 6 comments

OPINION by KATHRYN MAUNO Regarding the proposed cannabis farm on York Mountain Road in Templeton, I have spoken with several representatives, including special agents, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Migratory Bird Program, the Condor Rescue, Ecological Services of... (Continue reading)