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We will get Maestro Nowak back

Written on 23 May, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments

OPINION By NANCY DAHL Is the San Luis Obispo Symphony Board so out of touch with the musical world that they learned nothing from the situation in Minnesota over the last three years? The Minnesota Orchestra Board would not settle a... (Continue reading)

Open letter to the SLO Symphony director

Written on 19 May, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 22 comments

OPINION By DIANE BLAKESLEE BROCATO Mr. Feingold, Although you’ve now had the job of executive director of the San Luis Obispo Symphony for approximately a year, to my recollection you and I have never met. My late husband, Dr. Earle... (Continue reading)

SLO County Supervisors should vote based on facts, not politics

Written on 16 May, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 6 comments

Open letter to the San Luis Obispo Board of Supervisors by Butch Pope Regarding the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors meeting on the Las Pilitas Quarry, it was good to see that some of our supervisors actually read... (Continue reading)

Diablo Canyon nuclear plant must be shut down

Written on 15 May, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 45 comments

OPINION By FRIENDS OF THE EARTH Despite repeated assertions by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. that the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant is safe from earthquakes, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ordered PG&E to provide more proof. Friends of the... (Continue reading)

Should the Five Cities Fire Authority be abolished?

Written on 14 May, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 37 comments

OPINION By OTIS PAGE There is a sense of smoke in the air in Arroyo Grande. The smoke suggests that there may be a fire burning at the Board of the Five Cities Fire Authority (FCFA) that meets on Friday,... (Continue reading)

Between a rock and a hard place

Written on 10 May, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 19 comments

OPINION By ROBERT WINSLOW, PE I am astounded by the number of intelligent, educated people who have abandoned all sense of rationality when it comes to the Las Pilitas Quarry project. I challenge anyone with a background in engineering or... (Continue reading)

Excess enforcement costs taxpayers

Written on 7 May, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 29 comments

OPINION By CHAS SMIT So after a long day of work late, I am driving home on Los Osos Valley Road when a large (New York City style) fire truck shows up immediately followed by a smaller fire truck, four... (Continue reading)

Elected officials need civil discourse

Written on 30 Apr, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 23 comments

OPINION By DEBBIE PETERSON Disrespect between elected representatives and the public has been a trend statewide. As a planning commissioner, city council member and the first directly-elected female mayor of Grover Beach, and now as a candidate for District 3... (Continue reading)

Here’s the best motive to love or hate a new water district

Written on 22 Apr, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

OPINION by DANIEL BLACKBURN Advocates of a proposed Paso Robles basin water district trooped to the microphone Tuesday like dutiful crusaders, all to inform San Luis Obispo County supervisors of the many reasons for their support. Here’s a really good... (Continue reading)

Stop the Laetitia development

Written on 22 Apr, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 39 comments

Opinion By TIM TOOMEY The Laetitia proposed ag cluster project, which has been pending since 2004, intends to build 102 estate homes on minimum one acre sites located between Nipomo and Arroyo Grande. It is scheduled for Planning Commission review... (Continue reading)