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The public union negotiation trap

Written on 24 Jun, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 14 comments

OPINION by MIKE BROWN The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors’ recent ratification of several expensive employee labor contracts reminds us that the process is devastating for the taxpayers and the public interest. The problem is that the contracts... (Continue reading)

The Tribune’s misguided misrepresentation campaign

Written on 23 Jun, 2017 in Opinion | 4 comments

CCN EDITORIAL A few weeks ago, The Tribune wrote that a CalCoastNews reporter appeared to be missing, in the follow-up to the $1.1 million libel judgment against CalCoastNews and two staff members, Karen Velie and Dan Blackburn. The Tribune claimed... (Continue reading)

California: Wherefore art thou?

Written on 20 Jun, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 49 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE Californians, it’s time to take stock of ourselves. Who are we? Where do we stand? Where might we be heading tomorrow? Tough questions that need incisive answers. As a native Californian, the state of my... (Continue reading)

353 trees in SLO on the chopping block

Written on 16 Jun, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 20 comments

OPINION by ALLAN COOPER Although discussion about the egregious removal of mature trees to make way for development in San Luis Obispo has recently been centered on 55 trees at 71 Palomar Avenue, it is important for the public to... (Continue reading)

Gerhardt Hubner’s new math

Written on 12 Jun, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 11 comments

OPINION by JULIE TACKER Extra! Extra! Read all about it! South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District Administrator Gerhardt Hubner has discovered a way to spend more money than the district received; but still ending up with a surplus. Hubner’s... (Continue reading)

California health plan conscripts your doctor and your care

Written on 9 Jun, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 29 comments

By MICHAEL F. BROWN The story in the 1965 dramatic movie epic Dr. Zhivago takes place a little less than 100 years ago during the time of the Bolshevik revolution. It depicts the fated destruction of an upper class Moscow... (Continue reading)

What is happening to California?

Written on 3 Jun, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 49 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE First we have the recent push by state prosecutors to charge 86-year-old Edith Knight for making a phone call at a polling place. Then John Burton, chair of the California Democratic Party, flips a double... (Continue reading)

Take control of SLO’s housing policies, vote yes on Measure B

Written on 2 Jun, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 6 comments

OPINION by STEW JENKINS On February 16, a small group of San Luis Obispo city residents turned in 1,502 pages of signature in an initiative measure asking that the city’s unconstitutional and discriminatory rental housing inspection ordinance be repealed and... (Continue reading)

Luring cities into the Gibson, Hill swamp

Written on 25 May, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments

OPINION by MICHAEL F. BROWN Second District Supervisor Bruce Gibson has launched a stinky political swamp gas attack on the three-member board majority, supervisors Arnold, Compton and Peschong. Gibson sent a letter to the mayors of the county’s seven cities... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach Council member twists public comment

Written on 19 May, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 26 comments

OPINION by RON ARNOLDSEN A member of the Grover Beach City Council had her little feelings hurt at the council meeting of May 17. She felt that I called her a whore. Actually, I asked the entire council if they... (Continue reading)