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Diablo Canyon desalinated water distribution is dangerous

Written on 26 Sep, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 27 comments

OPINION By BRAD SNOOK Since Adam Hill has been a San Luis Obispo County supervisor, roughly 7 billion gallons of usable water has been discharged to the ocean from the Five Cities area. Yet, instead of promoting emergency measures to... (Continue reading)

SLO County planning: Wherefore art thou?

Written on 22 Sep, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION By T. KEITH GURNEE By T. Keith Gurnee Planning for the future is an essential activity of human endeavor. Whether and how we “plan” for our families, our careers, our retirement, the growth of a business, or the future... (Continue reading)

Don’t sacrifice county farmers in water crisis

Written on 5 Sep, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 24 comments

OPINION By DEBBIE PETERSON San Luis Obispo County’s billion-dollar agricultural industry – which encompasses everything from strawberries to beef cattle – vies for first place with tourism as the top economic engine of our county. More importantly, it provides our... (Continue reading)

Los Osos scrambles to pass a budget

Written on 3 Sep, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER In order to comply with state law, on Tuesday the Los Osos Community Services District held a special meeting to adopt their final budget for 2015-16. They did so reluctantly, with the Vice President Marshall Ochylski... (Continue reading)

Cambria’s unethical waste of water

Written on 30 Aug, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 18 comments

OPINION BY JULIE TACKER The Cambrian recently reported that the Cambria Community Services District has eased their rule on outdoor irrigation. Though the district claims the that relaxing the ban will help with fire suppression, it earlier stated it was... (Continue reading)

The sanitation district should finish what it started

Written on 28 Aug, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments

OPINION by MARK LONDON and PATRICIA PRICE We served on the nine member citizen committee selected by the board of the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District to select a contractor to review past management practices and develop a... (Continue reading)

Corker’s bill turns the Constitution upside down

Written on 27 Aug, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 22 comments

OPINION By MATT KOKKONEN The Constitution of the United States of America was adopted 13 years after the Declaration of Independence of 1776. It established the fundamental law of our country. Let us consider Article ll, Section 2 which defines... (Continue reading)

Why throw the book at the disabled?

Written on 25 Aug, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 19 comments

OPINION By MICHELLE CHRISTIAN I have a son, Tyler, who was born with a rare syndrome, Prader-Willi. It is a medical condition along with severe cognitive delays. He is missing part of chromosome 15. The most difficult part of PWS is... (Continue reading)

Proposed Paso Robles water district tax unjust

Written on 19 Aug, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 29 comments

OPINION By SUE HARVEY Open Letter to San Luis Obispo County LAFCO Commissioners: San Luis Obispo County Supervisors approved a funding plan for their proposed Paso Robles Groundwater District that unfairly taxes and penalizes rural residential users, vacant parcels, and... (Continue reading)

SLO City takes citizens on a wild ride

Written on 18 Aug, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments

By RICHARD SCHMIDT Usually I write about very serious San Luis Obispo City politics — water rates, tax elections, other boring stuff. Today, dear readers, we’ll talk about goofy little things our city people do, the warp and weft of... (Continue reading)