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Should Arroyo Grande judge on appearances?

Written on 7 Dec, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 14 comments

OPINION by BEATRICE SPENCER, LEANN AKINS and OTIS PAGE Following is an open letter to the Arroyo Grande City Council: Appearances: The way somebody or something looks or seems to other people. What is the city’s policy on judging appearances... (Continue reading)

To reduce violence, solve issues with people not guns

Written on 4 Dec, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 27 comments

OPINION by OTIS PAGE While President Barack Obama cites Climate Change as our nation’s greatest threat, he rationalizes the San Bernardino massacre as a gun issue initially discounting the terrorist implications. His insistent conclusion that the guns are the problem... (Continue reading)

Sanitation district should not edit the audit

Written on 2 Dec, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 13 comments

OPINION by MARK LONDON The South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District Board owes the rate payers, who are financing the audit, the right to view the entire unredacted audit. Earlier this year, the sanitation district board authorized the expenditure... (Continue reading)

Statue of Liberty is designed after a Muslim woman

Written on 1 Dec, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 28 comments

OPINION by DAVID BROADWATER Those agitated by what Bill O’Reilly of Fox News calls “The Dramatic Muslim Invasion” may find a soothing tonic in the history of the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty was modeled after a Muslim... (Continue reading)

Carpenter asks supervisors to publicly condemn Hill

Written on 25 Nov, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 29 comments

OPINION By DAN CARPENTER Open communication from San Luis Obispo Councilman Dan Carpenter to the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. Good morning madam Chair and supervisors. My name is Dan Carpenter, I’m a resident of District... (Continue reading)

Do whining college students respect free speech?

Written on 18 Nov, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 14 comments

BY PETER SCHEER There’s nothing like the massacre of 129 Parisian civilians at the hands of jihadi sociopaths, utterly convinced that their barbarism manifests the will of God, to provide some perspective on the recent whinings of students at a... (Continue reading)

Kiss your SLO views goodbye

Written on 15 Nov, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 31 comments

OPINION BY RICHARD SCHMIDT “Amenity transfer” is an awkward term you’re probably not familiar with, but there’s an old saying in politics: if you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu. If you don’t know about amenity transfer and... (Continue reading)

The slandering of John Mack

Written on 13 Nov, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 28 comments

OPINION by OTIS PAGE Why I believe Planning Commissioner John Mack was slandered — a malicious act to disgrace him in the Nov. 10 meeting of the Arroyo Grande City Council. Let me explain as follows: The three Council members... (Continue reading)

Does Salud Carbajal support farmers, the economy?

Written on 10 Nov, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 28 comments

Opinion by Santa Barbara County Supervisor Peter Adam Agriculture in Northern Santa Barbara County, or the Colonies as I refer to us, had a bad day at the Oct. 13 Board of Supervisors meeting. Along the usual 3-2 lines, I... (Continue reading)

Protect the job of Arroyo Grande’s Planning Commission

Written on 9 Nov, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 37 comments

OPINION By OTIS PAGE I am beginning to understand the issues about developer Nick Thompkins and the Arroyo Grande City Council’s consideration to dismiss Mayor Jim Hill’s appointee to the Planning Commission, John Mack. The matter is scheduled for hearing... (Continue reading)