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Keith Gurnee will advocate for SLO City residents

Written on 29 Oct, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

OPINION by ALLAN COOPER Over the past year, I have been privileged to work with a large, non-partisan, grassroots group of San Luis Obispo residents. This informal coalition of residents, dubbed “SLO Neighbor’s United,” shared a concern about the systematic destruction of... (Continue reading)

Is Caren Ray’s message inconsistent?

Written on 28 Oct, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

OPINION by KRIS VICTORINE I listened to both Mayor Jim Hill and Councilwoman Caren Ray at the Sep. 13 South County Chambers of Commerce Candidate Forum and on KVEC’s Dave Congalton Show on Oct. 10 and 11. I support Jim... (Continue reading)

Is Caren Ray bought and paid for?

Written on 26 Oct, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

OPINION by SHARLOTTE WILSON Arroyo Grande candidate for mayor Caren Ray points to her endorsement from staunch Republican, Katcho Achadjian, as a testament to her bipartisan support. Achadjian’s bread is buttered by the car washes, mini marts and gas stations... (Continue reading)

Are Measure G promoters attempting to confuse voters?

Written on 25 Oct, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

OPINION by EDIE KNIGHT An Oct. 18 Tribune article reported: “Yes on Measure G proponents have acknowledged that the language of the initiative is confusing.” I’m starting to wonder if the confusing language is on purpose because even Measure G... (Continue reading)

Follow the money on Measure G

Written on 25 Oct, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

OPINION by GREG O’SULLIVAN Measure G is a non-partisan issue, even though the Big Oil companies, and their in-county consultant Supervisor John Peschong’s Meridian Pacific (who has been paid $600,000 to run the no campaign, as well as Jordan Cunningham’s... (Continue reading)

Facts SLO City Hall cannot defend

Written on 24 Oct, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 6 comments

OPINION by RICHARD SCHMIDT It was one of those Alice in Wonderland moments observers of the San Luis Obispo City Council see so often under our current mayor’s rule. Jeffery Specht, a candidate for the council, had just begun speaking... (Continue reading)

Ignore fear mongering, vote Jim Hill for Arroyo Grande mayor

Written on 24 Oct, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

OPINION by LINDA DRUMMY The Five Cities Fire Authority union has endorsed Caren Ray, Jimmy Paulding and Keith Storton in the Arroyo Grande mayor and council races. I received a robo call that surprised me in its fear-tactic use of... (Continue reading)

Seeking truth in McClatchy reporting

Written on 23 Oct, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 29 comments

An open letter to Craig Forman, McClatchy News president and CEO OPINION by DANIEL BLACKBURN Hello, Mr. Forman: We haven’t yet chatted, but I thought you should know that you have been buffaloed… misled… fooled… or just plain lied to... (Continue reading)

Caren Ray’s rose colored view of the past

Written on 23 Oct, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments

OPINION by JULIE TACKER During a recent interview on the Dave Congalton Show, Arroyo Grande city council woman and former San Luis Obispo County supervisor, Caren Ray, who served on the Integrated Waste Management Authority board said, the IWMA “went... (Continue reading)

Could SLO’s tiny home plan derail zero net energy goal?

Written on 22 Oct, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 21 comments

OPINION by JOHN EWAN Climate change is the result of decisions and actions we make on how much of, and how we use, the world’s natural resources. San Luis Obispo’s proposed Tiny House on Wheels ordinance, created and passed at... (Continue reading)