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PG&E contractor trashes garden

Written on 18 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 66 comments

OPINION By PEG PINARD A few days ago I received a call from Manuel, from Davey Tree Co., saying that they would be trimming the palm trees away from the power lines on Broad Street. This was not unusual as... (Continue reading)

Who’s really in charge in Oceano?

Written on 17 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 16 comments

OPINION By BEATRICE SPENCER It’s interesting what you learn when you begin to follow things more closely as I have the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District, and the Five Cities Fire Authority since the election. I used to... (Continue reading)

Applaud Armstrong for preserving Ag land

Written on 16 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 16 comments

OPINION By WYATT BROWN On Friday, President Jeffrey Armstrong of Cal Poly wrote to the faculty to address them at the end of the academic year and to update them on specific issues that had been at the forefront spring... (Continue reading)

Government needs to focus on infrastructure

Written on 14 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 36 comments

OPINION By JIM GRIFFIN For decades now, money for infrastructure repairs and re-building and for a wide variety of public services has been steadily slashed and eroded. The average American bridge is about 50 years old with many having already... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande mayor speaks out

Written on 8 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 26 comments

OPINION By ARROYO GRANDE MAYOR JIM HILL After a dramatic five-week write-in campaign last fall, it’s continued to be an interesting and exciting first six months as Mayor of Arroyo Grande. I believe we have contributed to many positive changes... (Continue reading)

Water and sewer sale in San Luis Obispo

Written on 7 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 13 comments

OPINION By RICHARD SCHMIDT You haven’t heard about it, though, because the city wants you to believe they’re doing the opposite, encouraging you to conserve water with appropriate “conservation pricing.” Like much at our city hall, that’s smoke and mirrors.... (Continue reading)

Is Oceano attempting to blackmail the sanitation district?

Written on 5 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 21 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER Einstein’s definition of insanity is, “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” I don’t know who is insane; the Oceano Community Services District (OCSD) for using bully tactics to get their... (Continue reading)

Criticize the mayor, get sued

Written on 3 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

OPINION By PETER SCHEER Inglewood CA doesn’t have much to commend it. To the various reasons not to live there–like high crime rates and bankrupt schools—the city government has added this threat: if you criticize the mayor or other officials,... (Continue reading)

Open letter to Tom Fulks

Written on 28 May, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 35 comments

OPINION By LESLIE RAMSEY I knew you over thirty years ago when you were a reporter for the Five Cities Times-Press-Recorder. You did a good job following local politics and wrote pretty balanced stories, even about those people with whom... (Continue reading)

How do we create a post-fossil fuel society?

Written on 23 May, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 48 comments

Opinion by Fielding Graduate University President Katrina Rogers, PhD The oil spill the occurred off 20 miles north of Santa Barbara on May 19 raises once again the specter of an increasingly polluted world. With all of us so dependent on fossil... (Continue reading)