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What have we on the Central Coast wrought?

Written on 26 May, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments

OPINION by MANDY DAVIS There are times in our lives that the universe stares us straight in the face and delivers a powerful message, one that if recognized, has the power to elicit a personal existential crisis: a crisis so demanding that everything... (Continue reading)

The difficult decision to increase SLO parking rates

Written on 25 May, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 54 comments

Opinion by SLO City Councilwoman Andy Pease You’re probably going to be mad about this. Or maybe, like me, you’ll go through stages of disbelief, frustration then acceptance: Parking rates in San Luis Obispo are going up. It was one... (Continue reading)

Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater, protect our coast

Written on 16 May, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 4 comments

Opinion by Mandy Davis We’ve all heard that expression, “Don’t throw out the baby with the bath water!” There is nowhere this might better be applied than to the issue of the designation of a marine sanctuary off our Central... (Continue reading)

Reparations insult California’s native Americans

Written on 13 May, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 27 comments

OPINION by JAMES R. HENRY California has not yet acknowledged tribes that have applied for state and federal recognition. So reparations? Hahaha, I doubt it. Hearst Castle, Camp Roberts and Fort Hunter Liggett all sit on Salinan Tribe land. One... (Continue reading)

Protect accountability, keep the Board of Equalization

Written on 11 May, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

Opinion by Tom Bordonaro, San Luis Obispo County Assessor Accountability is an ideal that is severely missing in our country today. People need to be accountable for their actions especially when it’s about the responsibility of government to serve the... (Continue reading)

Hype springs eternal in San Luis Obispo

Written on 9 May, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 26 comments

OPINION by RICHARD SCHMIDT The news e-blast from San Luis Obispo city‘s department of propaganda announced the “long-awaited” 396-space downtown parking garage at Nipomo and Palm streets is about to start taking shape. “Starting this week, the City . .... (Continue reading)

Stop the San Luis Obispo bike lane insanity

Written on 4 May, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 26 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

By T. KEITH GURNEE After approving the Anholm Greenway with its “protected” bike lanes at a staggering cost of $6.3 million—nearly six times the original estimate—one would think the city might pause to reflect on how much money it’s been... (Continue reading)

Offshore wind projects bring gale-force concerns

Written on 24 Apr, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 24 comments

OPINION by JULIE TACKER If you’ve lived on the Central Coast for a length of time, you’ll remember the seismic testing project proposed in 2012 for PG&E’s Diablo Canyon license extension. Just as the project was winding its way through... (Continue reading)

The battle between green and fossil fuel energy

Written on 23 Apr, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments

OPINION by LARRY BITNER To understand how politics drive decision-making rather than science and solid economic decisions pursued by business, we need to take a step backward to comprehend where ideas originate. Since the invention of the printing press more... (Continue reading)

Holocaust Remembrance Day, lest we forget

Written on 17 Apr, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 11 comments

OPINION by GORDON MULLIN The first time I met a holocaust survivor was in 1979. I was working in a kitchen cabinet factory in Richmond, British Columbia and Marija was working there with her son. One day I noted that... (Continue reading)