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Plans for reducing police violence

Written on 26 Dec, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 159 comments

OPINION By JIM GRIFFIN There is a deep seated crisis in the country, and a mounting uproar, about police violence in general and police shootings of unarmed civilians in particular. Some people excuse the behavior of police pretty much no... (Continue reading)

Letter to the editor: No excuse for torture

Written on 17 Dec, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 99 comments

OPINION By ALLAN COOPER Listening to Dick Cheney defend torture on “Meet The Press” is akin to hearing Idi Amin justify cannibalism. Imagine that you are one of the 26 innocent detainees who was confined for 29 hours in a... (Continue reading)

NRC responds to allegations of collusion

Written on 16 Dec, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 10 comments

Statement by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission The emails Friends Of the Earth reference in a press release issued today show internal efforts within NRC Public Affairs to understand the agency’s actions related to the report PG&E planned to issue the... (Continue reading)

Did the NRC and PG&E collude to hide danger?

Written on 16 Dec, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

Statement by Friends of the Earth Internal emails show that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Pacific Gas & Electric Co. may have worked together to counteract widespread news coverage. Numerous outlets reported that the former chief inspector of the... (Continue reading)

Wallace purged sanitation district documents

Written on 15 Dec, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 34 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER To audit or not to audit? That is the question at the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District (SSLOCSD). An audit may find accounting inaccuracies and/or other wrongdoing. At this point, with so many questions... (Continue reading)

Restore public trust, audit the sanitation district

Written on 9 Dec, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 43 comments

OPINION  By DEBBIE PETERSON San Luis Obispo County Grand Jury said, “Board and district exposed to financial, legal, and public trust issues.” Reason enough for an operations audit. In 2010, a major sewage spill in Oceano originated at the Arroyo... (Continue reading)

Letter to the editor: Why newspapers are folding

Written on 8 Dec, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 43 comments

OPINION By ALLAN COOPER I am one of the few people I know who actually enjoys reading a daily newspaper printed on paper and delivered to my door. However, many years have passed, and I’m not counting, when I have... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande council’s questionable political conduct

Written on 2 Dec, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments

OPINION By OTIS PAGE With the election and seating of Jim Hill as Mayor of Arroyo Grande, it is important for citizens to place in perspective that among the accomplishments of the past Tony Ferrara Council there were major failures.... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande needs to dump its city attorney

Written on 1 Dec, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 29 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER The question posed at last week’s Arroyo Grande City Council meeting by newly elected Mayor Jim Hill revealed a $32,000 expenditure for just one month’s work by legal counsel. This is a billing trend that began... (Continue reading)

Stop blaming Arroyo Grande police officers

Written on 27 Nov, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 26 comments

OPINION BY OTIS PAGE We have a potentially paralyzing issue in Arroyo Grande that may have a significant effect on Mayor-Elect Jim Hill’s future administration and work with the council. That issue is outgoing Mayor Tony Ferrara’s continued animosity directed... (Continue reading)