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Court provides tools to thwart a run-away city council

Written on 27 Feb, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

OPINION of STEW JENKINS The day after the San Luis Obispo City Council gave Broad and Chorro Street residents the middle finger replacing their parking and auto access with a “bicycle boulevard,” the First District Court of Appeal gave voters... (Continue reading)

The nation’s focus on gun violence is misdirected

Written on 26 Feb, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 18 comments

OPINION by RON ARNOLDSEN This opinion piece will stir the “pot” and will have some saying I am bizarre. However, I choose to think that I have vision and the rest of the country wears bifocals. I am somewhat amazed... (Continue reading)

Is SLO City Council ignoring the public and the Brown Act?

Written on 22 Feb, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 13 comments

OPINION by RICHARD SCHMIDT Just two weeks after approving a compromise bicycle plan for the Broad and Chorro corridor that sought balance between residents’ needs and bikers wants, San Luis Obispo’s City Council, in an hour-long non-agendized public hearing, threw... (Continue reading)

Depression is not an excuse for deception

Written on 21 Feb, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

OPINION by STEW JENKINS On Feb. 10, the Tribune ran San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill’s letter touting depression as his excuse for misbehavior. Depression and deception both start with the letter “D,” Mr. Hill, but depressed people are... (Continue reading)

Arming school staff could prevent tragedy

Written on 21 Feb, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 25 comments

OPINION by JODY LANGFORD Predictably, after every mass shooting, most recently the tragedy in Florida, the same anti-gun talking heads spew the same talking points. They call for “reasonable” gun laws and blame the NRA and the “gun culture” for... (Continue reading)

If Adam Hill doesn’t change, it is time for a recall

Written on 15 Feb, 2018 in Opinion | 11 comments

OPINION by MARK BURNES I wish San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill the very best, and I hope he is sincere in his admissions of aberrance and promises to seek help and regain our respect, but I remain skeptical.... (Continue reading)

SLO County Court fees give injustice free reign

Written on 14 Feb, 2018 in Opinion | One comment

OPINION by STEW JENKINS Twenty-eight of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence were lawyers. San Luis Obispo County’s Superior Court Judges have finally answered a question I’ve long pondered. Why were so many lawyers the driving force behind... (Continue reading)

It is too late for Supervisor Adam Hill

Written on 13 Feb, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE The Tribune’s coverage of San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill’s recent obscene outburst against a constituent, and Hill’s reaction that he will be getting help for depression, were both welcome news. For the Tribune—Hill’s... (Continue reading)

Does Arroyo Grande need to reevaluate spending priorities?

Written on 6 Feb, 2018 in Opinion | 8 comments

OPINION By OTIS PAGE Both the mayor and the city manager of Arroyo Grande are soliciting comments on the city’s financial status. I suggest one way to respond to their request is to suggest that citizens look at the problem... (Continue reading)

SLO City Council should put residents before the bike riding minority

Written on 31 Jan, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE Open letter to Mayor Heidi Harmon and members of the San Luis Obispo City Council: As long-time residents of what has been one of the nicest neighborhoods in our community—the Anholm neighborhood—we are beseeching you... (Continue reading)