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Dredging Laguna Lake before the rains makes sense

Written on 14 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

OPINION By JIM FOLEY An open letter to the San Luis Obispo City Council: I have been a resident of San Luis Obispo for 35 years, 18 spent living on Laguna Lake. For well over a decade, I and many... (Continue reading)

The NRC needs to consider seismic data in Diablo Canyon license renewal

Written on 14 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

OPINION By FRIENDS OF THE EARTH Friends of the Earth has filed a petition to intervene in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission proceeding that would allow Pacific Gas & Electric’s controversial Diablo Canyon nuclear reactors to run for an additional twenty... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande citizens have a right to know

Written on 12 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 69 comments

OPINION By OTIS PAGE The citizens of Arroyo Grande’s rights to know, per the Brown Act, that they may be informed, is preempted, forestalled, obstructed and blocked by California Code 54957. It provides for the exclusion of the citizens from... (Continue reading)

County should manage Paso Robles groundwater basin

Written on 10 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 32 comments

OPINION By SUE HARVEY There’s lots of talk out there but you may be wondering what’s up with the future of groundwater management in the Paso Robles water basin. On October 14 the supervisors will be deciding if they want... (Continue reading)

Speaker ejected from contentious Arroyo Grande Council meeting

Written on 8 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 149 comments

OPINION By OTIS PAGE In a very special example of hindsight, the Arroyo Grande City Council called a special meeting at 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning to take public comments, hail the Brown Act, on the plan to select an... (Continue reading)

Los Osos needs new leadership

Written on 8 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

OPINION By TOM SALMON It has been 15 years since the formation of the Los Osos Community Service. In that period nearly $50 million dollars has been spent, wasted, fined or misdirected for nothing of value, this theft must stop.... (Continue reading)

Caren Ray campaign funds and filings folly

Written on 8 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 44 comments

OPINION By KEVIN RICE Is there anything more odious than a politician who violates a law they personally voted to pass? Many of us remember 2011, when the Tribune took four of five San Luis Obispo City Council members to... (Continue reading)

This one is for you, Margay Edwards

Written on 7 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

OPINION By SAVANNAH PETERSON I envied you. You were beautiful throughout our pubescent awkwardness. Effortlessly graceful on the basketball court and at the after parties with boys. I was drawn to you. You had this enigmatic energy that captured a... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande coverup, a lie of omission

Written on 7 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments

OPINION By OTIS PAGE Why would the citizens of Arroyo Grande approve an investigation contracted by and controlled by its city council when its police, the Arroyo Grande Police Officers’Association (AGPOA) has stated certain members of this council have chosen... (Continue reading)

Atascadero took the bait, hook, line and sinker

Written on 6 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 26 comments

OPINION BY MIKE BRENNLER Recent headlines reveal that the infrastructure improvements needed to accommodate Walmart have swollen from $4.5 million to almost $12 million. This should not surprise anyone as warnings were repeatedly raised between 2008 through 2012. Many citizens... (Continue reading)