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Schumer shot himself in the foot

Written on 24 Jan, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 31 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE Having been a Democrat for most of my life, I can’t believe what the Democrats did to themselves last week. In orchestrating a deliberate shutdown of our federal government, Senate Minority Leader Chuck “Shutdown“ Schumer... (Continue reading)

Supervisors Hill and Gibson dismiss the public

Written on 12 Jan, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 4 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE The first San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisor’s meeting on Jan. 9 is now history. The selection of John Peschong as chairman of the board and Debbie Arnold as vice chair is now a... (Continue reading)

Adam Hill needs discipline, not the chairmanship

Written on 8 Jan, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE An open letter to the San Luis Obispo County of Board of Supervisors: As one of your District 5 constituents, I must express my profound disappointment at the apparent inability of the Board of Supervisors... (Continue reading)

Run for something, today’s the day

Written on 14 Dec, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

OPINION by STEW JENKINS The election of Democrat Doug Jones, as Alabama’s Senator, is the beginning of the middle of a national sea change. All over America, people young and old have screwed up their courage to file for local,... (Continue reading)

I’m pissed off, James Duenow says

Written on 7 Nov, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

OPINION by JAMES DUENOW In what I believe was a travesty of justice, reporters Karen Velie and Daniel Blackburn lost a libel lawsuit for $1.1 million in a trial during which most of their evidence and witnesses were barred from... (Continue reading)

Hill’s reelection, what were the voters thinking?

Written on 5 Nov, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 16 comments

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE Next Tuesday, Nov. 7, marks the one-year anniversary of a decision some San Luis Obispo County voters have come to lament. No, it wasn’t the election of President Donald Trump, although many seem to regret... (Continue reading)

SLO City’s assault on our neighborhoods

Written on 30 Oct, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 19 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE Could it be that the city of San Luis Obispo– once considered the “happiest place in America”– is now declaring war on its neighborhoods? Despite the seemingly good intentions of our council members, it would... (Continue reading)

Pretend-lefties Adam Hill and Tom Fulks attack critics

Written on 20 Oct, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments

OPINION by ALLAN COOPER When a prominent public official and a newspaper columnist, posing as Democrats, turn out to be shills of the development community, then it is the public’s First Amendment right and duty to call them out. Case... (Continue reading)

State housing bill are costly hogwash

Written on 12 Oct, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

OPINION by MIKE F. BROWN After four decades of calculated indifference, Governor Jerry Brown and the Democratic State Legislators admitted earlier this year that there is a statewide housing crisis. The underlying cause of this sudden epiphany is not clear.... (Continue reading)

Oversight needed, no to sanitation district board censure

Written on 10 Oct, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

Prior to the South San Luis Obispo Sanitation District Board voting on Oct. 4 to censure Arroyo Grande Mayor Jim Hill, attorney Stew Jenkins sent a letter rebutting an investigator’s report supporting for censure. At the Board hearing, Jenkins presented... (Continue reading)