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Diablo Canyon used bad data for safety equipment for 30 years

Written on 9 Mar, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 40 comments

OPINION by Friends of the Earth Pacific Gas & Electric Co. used incorrect earthquake and accident data when building crucial safety equipment for the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, according to information released by Senator Barbara Boxer. Friends of the... (Continue reading)

Letter to the editor: Is it time to dissolve Los Osos?

Written on 4 Mar, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 24 comments

OPINION By TOM SALMON Just when you thought the Los Osos Community Services District (LOCSD) could do nothing more stupid than allowing 150 million gallons – equivalent to six months’ of their district’s supply – of fresh water to be... (Continue reading)

Illegal groundwater ordinance proposed

Written on 4 Mar, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

OPINION By ALLEN DUCKWORTH The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors passed an urgency ordinance in Aug. 2013 to protect the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin from further depletion, however loopholes in that ordinance allowed for even greater vineyard planting... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay needs to follow its own ordinances

Written on 1 Mar, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 55 comments

OPINION By LINDA STEDJEE Recently, the Morro Bay Harbor Department allowed berthing of two commercial fishing boats at a marina south of Tidelands Park. That is not permitted under the Morro Bay Local Coastal Program (LCP) and related municipal code.... (Continue reading)

Proposed groundwater regulations will affect all residents

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

OPINION By LARRY and SUSAN MCGOURTY If you live in a city in San Luis Obispo County or live in the rural county and grow fruits and vegetables for family and friends and think the permanent water offsets and groundwater... (Continue reading)

Just say no to crude by rail

Written on 21 Feb, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 21 comments

OPINION BY THE MESA REFINERY WATCH GROUP Tuesday, the San Luis Obispo City Council officially joined a rapidly expanding list of towns, cities and counties. They’re the ones specifically opposed to Phillips 66 imposing its self-proclaimed “crude-by-rail strategy” on California... (Continue reading)

Appeals board does not favor assessor’s office

Written on 20 Feb, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 4 comments

OPINION By TOM BORDONARO I read with interest Noel Foerst’s editorial that concluded that the appeals board is biased towards the San Luis Obispo County Assessor’s Office and would like to offer some facts for consideration. The California State Board... (Continue reading)

Quarry proposals is a tale of two cities

Written on 19 Feb, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

OPINION By BILL LLOYD County planning staffs review of two quarry proposals is a tale of two cities: Las Pilitas Resources, a small locally-owned quarry proposal that’s been heavily scrutinized by county staff, and the Hanson Quarry expansion, a larger,... (Continue reading)

Sanitation staff fails to follow board direction

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

OPINION By JULIE TACKER Tonight the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District (SSLOCSD) will be considering the audit that has been asked for repeatedly since December, when Arroyo Grande Mayor Jim Hill suggested that it be agendized. Once agendized,... (Continue reading)

Appeals board is biased towards assessor’s office

Written on 17 Feb, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 14 comments

OPINION By NOEL FOERST Most people are unaware of the property Tax Appeals Board of San Luis Obispo County hearing procedures until they question their property’s assessed taxes. Their next step is to challenge the Assessor’s office of Tom Bordonaro... (Continue reading)