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Atascadero filched FEMA funds

Written on 2 Apr, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 69 comments

Prompted by a 2008 investigative report by CalCoastNews detailing how Atascadero city officials conspired to bilk taxpayers out of millions of dollars in disaster aid, a FEMA investigation has determined the city received $8 million illicitly. Nearly eight years after... (Continue reading)

School district illicitly garnered $13 million in FEMA funds?

Written on 27 Mar, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 46 comments

The Paso Robles School District is getting a double wave of bad financial news ― not only is the district already facing a $1.59 million budget shortfall, but the federal government may be seeking the return of more than $13... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles residents challenge chief’s rich deal

Written on 26 Mar, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 70 comments

When the Paso Robles City Council agreed last week to pay Police Chief Lisa Solomon $250,000 for the embattled 46-year-old’s early “retirement,” more questions were raised than answered. Meanwhile, additional details of the city’s first female police chief’s checkered career are... (Continue reading)

SLO homeless plan facing legal battle

Written on 22 Mar, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 41 comments

Amid allegations of illegality, San Luis Obispo City Council members voted Tuesday to unanimously approve two portions of a homeless parking plan while agreeing to revisit the plan's proposal to increase police actions against homeless who sleep in their cars. Council... (Continue reading)

Solomon out as Paso Robles chief

Written on 20 Mar, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 183 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN Lisa Solomon has stepped down as chief of police of Paso Robles following a tumultuous two months of relentless accusations by her own officers of sexual misconduct. An agreement between her and the city calls for payment... (Continue reading)

App to Solomon: Lovely Lisa Meter Maid

Written on 20 Mar, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 44 comments

Paso Robles City Manager Jim App labeled Police Chief Lisa Solomon as "Lovely Lisa Meter Maid” in one of a number of sometimes bizarre emails between top city staff, in which App also identified himself as “P.B.G. phat bald guy.” In... (Continue reading)

Paavo Ogren named in drunk driving lawsuit

Written on 19 Mar, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 62 comments

San Luis Obispo County Public Works Director Paavo Ogren is being sued for allegedly allowing his son to drive a vehicle he owned, knowing the teenager had a problem with drugs and alcohol abuse. On June 16, Kirk Ogren drove his... (Continue reading)

App mute on moles at union meetings

Written on 14 Mar, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 184 comments

Paso Robles City Manager Jim App and Police Chief Lisa Solomon allegedly used spies during negotiations last year with police officers’ union representatives and later discussed the practice in emails. Members of the Police Officers Association (PRPOA) reacted sharply to the... (Continue reading)

Grisly details of Paso Robles murder revealed

Written on 12 Mar, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 51 comments

Bizarre details of the murder of a Paso Robles motel maintenance man were described in San Luis Obispo Superior Court on Friday by investigators and a witness who depicted four people planning to kill a man they accused of kidnapping... (Continue reading)

Racial intimidation escalates in Arroyo Grande

Written on 6 Mar, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 71 comments

On Friday, the African American teen who awoke last March to find an 11-foot cross burning outside her bedroom window pulled into the Shell service station on Grand Avenue with her mother. They then discovered two racist flyers placed over... (Continue reading)