Julie Tacker
Julie Tacker is a 3 decade resident of Los Osos and a former member of the Los Osos Community Services District.
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The gory details of Diablo’s seismic testing
OPINION By JULIE TACKER Reading the Environmental Impact Report for the seismic testing proposed off our beautiful, so-called ‘protected’ coast, I do so with a box of tissues at my side and the tune of “Twelve Days of Christmas” dancing in my mind. Not necessarily because the testing will take place at holiday time, but […]... (Continue Reading)
OCSD misses election deadline
OPINION By JULIE TACKER In January 2011, five Oceano residents, concerned about the Oceano Community Services District Board’s consideration of selling water to local developers or other cities, crafted an initiative petition. In less than a week they gathered 577 signatures for a proposed ballot measure. Verified signatures set the wheel in motion and the […]... (Continue Reading)
Water conservation; an important part of life in California
By JULIE TACKER In Los Osos, water conservation has now become tangled with the sewer saga and, like the project itself, the proposed $5 million water conservation plan as proposed would result in enormous costs, glaring inequities and generally a waste of money. The Los Osos water conservation plan is a flawed, cut and paste […]... (Continue Reading)
Oceano managers pay questioned
OPINION By JULIE TACKER Oceano Community Services District (OCSD) will be “celebrating” the first anniversary of the hiring of its General Manager Tom Geaslen later this month. Geaslen worked for over eight months as “interim general manager” without a written agreement or contract, a risky move for both Geaslen and the district. Geaslen was required, […]... (Continue Reading)
Oceano’s missing audits cost to the community
OPINION By JULIE TACKER Audits are important for a number of reasons, but most importantly for the Oceano Community Services District; they are required to borrow money. The most recent missed opportunity involved the refinance of the debt associated with the seismic-retrofit of the Lopez Dam. Historically low interest rates provided an opportunity to save […]... (Continue Reading)
Oceano violates the Brown Act again
OPINION By JULIE TACKER At the Wednesday, March 14 Oceano Community Services District Board began their evening in what appears to have been a Brown Act violating St. Patrick’s Day dinner held in the board chambers for only staff and Board members. It was determined a quorum of the bboard was in attendance. During the […]... (Continue Reading)
Oceano troubles persist
OPINION By JULIE TACKER Oceano residents and District Board members of the Community Services District seem enamored with Interim General Manager, Tom Geaslen, so much so that they rushed to hire him last June. Admittedly the district was in need of new management after a tumultuous relationship with the previous General Manger, Rafeale Montemurro. Mr. […]... (Continue Reading)
Opportunity to save Los Osos so much money
OPINION By JULIE TACKER It’s funny that Monday’s story about the California Public Records Act graced the pages of the Tribune just as I was writing my response to a December 1 Tribune article, “Los Osos sewer project may get a little cheaper,” using information obtained in a California Pubic Records request to SLO County […]... (Continue Reading)
Sewer nut shreds the Shredder
OPINION By JULIE TACKER Shredder: Dear Shredder, I think I’m having a problem communicating. Every week I go to the Board of Supervisors and say the exact same thing and nobody seems to listen. Also, my application to lynch Paavo Ogren and Maria Kelly was rejected, again. What am I doing wrong? Los Osos Sewer […]... (Continue Reading)
It’s time to talk about Tri-W
By JULIE TACKER “Tri-W,” “Mid-Town,” “Sewer Park”, whatever you call it, currently belongs to the wastewater Prohibition Zone of Los Osos, paid for by the 2001 $24 million sewer assessment. The $3,010,025 purchase was made by the 2003 Los Osos Community Services District Board (LOCSD) from Tri-W Enterprise, Inc., the three Williams brothers of local […]... (Continue Reading)
