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Worrell on leave, IWMA fraud investigation continues

Written on 10 Aug, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 27 comments

By Cal Coast Times staff The San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Authority Board voted unanimously on Wednesday to place the agency’s manager on paid administrative leave because of criminal allegations of misuse of public funds. [Cal Coast Times]... (Continue reading)

Is the IWMA’s proposed Styrofoam ban ordinance illegal?

Written on 8 Aug, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE While arguments rage over a proposed countywide ordinance to ban Styrofoam food containers, a retired San Luis Obispo County deputy county counsel contends the Integrated Waste Management Authority (IWMA) does not have authority to pass ordinances. [Cal... (Continue reading)

IWMA credit card used for personal costs, audit shows

Written on 7 Aug, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 24 comments

By Cal Coast Times staff The San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Authority spends thousands of dollars of taxpayer money every month on a US Bank credit card “for what appear to be personal uses,” reported Carl Knudson, an... (Continue reading)

Old Mission School accused of concealing child abuse

Written on 2 Aug, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 31 comments

By KAREN VELIE A former guidance counselor at Old Mission School in San Luis Obispo has accused administrators of concealing child abuse, retaliation against a whistleblower and wrongful termination in a lawsuit filed Monday. [Cal Coast Times] Jannelle Craig-Difronzo alleges... (Continue reading)

Investigator uncovers false testimony in CalCoastNews libel case

Written on 31 Jul, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 14 comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third in a multi-part series of articles about San Luis Obispo County’s waste disposal agency. The first reported on the agency’s free-spending use of a public credit card and the lack of credit card documentation... (Continue reading)

Mayor Heidi Harmon blows a gasket at candidate forum

Written on 30 Jul, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 23 comments

San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon threw her microphone on a table, yelled she was done, and stomped out of a mayoral candidates forum on Thursday evening. The event was hosted by the SLO Progressives, a group she helped form.... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach marijuana dealer accused of fraud, labor violations

Written on 28 Jul, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE A former employee of House of Holistics is suing the marijuana company and several affiliated cannabis growers for allegedly failing to pay him for his work, and for multiple labor violations. [Cal Coast Times] In the past,... (Continue reading)

SLO IWMA Board calls for special meeting to discuss criminal investigation

Written on 25 Jul, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 9 comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a multi-part series of articles about San Luis Obispo County’s waste disposal agency. The first reported on the agency’s free-spending use of a public credit card and the lack of credit card documentation... (Continue reading)

Did SLO History Center staffers fabricate a homophobic tale?

Written on 24 Jul, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By Cal Coast Times Staff The History Center of San Luis Obispo is facing allegations of mismanagement and political partisanship. Allegations the Tribune blames on anti-gay sentiment but others say was concocted to cover up existing problems. [Cal Coast Times]... (Continue reading)

Did squabble over family trust lead to arson in Oceano?

Written on 15 Jul, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 3 comments

By Cal Coast Times Staff An Oceano man involved in a squabble over a family trust allegedly used a blowtorch to set fire to a home his mother, Oceano Community Services District Director Lori Angello, owns in Oceano. [Cal Coast... (Continue reading)