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San Luis Obispo residents facing tax fatigue

Written on 18 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 34 comments

OPINION By SLO COUNCILMAN DAN CARPENTER On Nov. 4, San Luis Obispo voters will be voting on three local tax/bond measures. A new ½ percent city sales tax (Measure G), a $177 million San Luis Coastal Unified School District bond,... (Continue reading)

Climate change revisited

Written on 17 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 56 comments

OPINION By DR. RAY WEYMANN In January 2010 I wrote an essay for CalCoastNews entitled “The Climate Change Challenge.” It is interesting but sobering to see in what ways the picture has and has not changed since then. A good... (Continue reading)

Clearing up misinformation about Cambria’s water supply

Written on 16 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 47 comments

OPINION By AMANDA RICE I am a regular reader of Cal Coast News, a Cambrian and a current elected board member of Cambria CSD. And I respect the role of journalism as the fourth branch of government. A strong, free... (Continue reading)

Cambria’s $15 million toilet to tap emergency water project

Written on 15 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 22 comments

OPINION By EUGENE BLANCK Did you ever wonder why your due process rights were usurped by the Cambria CSD (CCSD) when you were not asked whether you preferred “toilet-to-tap” water for $15 million or 300 acre-feet of fresh well water... (Continue reading)

SLO’s Measure G deserves a yes

Written on 11 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 64 comments

OPINION By CLINT PEARCE, ANDREA PEASE and PIERRE RADEMAKER As the co-chairs of SLO Citizens for Measure G, we firmly believe that Measure G will benefit all San Luis Obispo residents and therefore deserves the community’s support. As a reminder,... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande City Council lied to the public

Written on 10 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 40 comments

OPINION By OTIS PAGE In the Arroyo Grande City Council meeting of Aug. 26 the Council unanimously agreed to a hold special session regarding the Steve Adams/Teresa McClish affair. The video of the Aug. 26 meeting confirms that fact. It... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande councilmember ignores conflict of interest

Written on 9 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 22 comments

OPINION By TORY RAND Recently, on August 29th, the Arroyo Grande City Council voted 5-0 to approve a $70,000 a year, five-year contract with San Luis Obispo based Verdin Marketing to perform Water Conservation Education within the Arroyo Grande Community.... (Continue reading)

SLO economic agency does not support local business

Written on 5 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 26 comments

OPINION BY JOHN EWAN Last fall, in three months’ time, the Economic Vitality Corporation of San Luis Obispo (EVC), raised over $100,000.00 in fees from SLO county residents installing photovoltaic systems. The EVC gave ¾ of this money, $78,000.00, to... (Continue reading)

Should Los Osos be managed by the county?

Written on 4 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 16 comments

OPINION By TOM SALMON The Los Osos Community Services District (LOCSD) has proven to be a failed experiment. Formed in 1998 under the guise of obtaining “local control” the LOCSD has been whittled down to a shell of its former... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande investigation is not a waste of time

Written on 31 Aug, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 24 comments

OPINION By OTIS PAGE Regarding the Tribunes editorial, “Why is Arroyo Grande wasting time on inquiry into ‘incident’ involving two staff members?” on Aug. 29, it appears the Tribune’s editor and respected correspondent Cynthia Lambert may have the impression that... (Continue reading)