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  • "So I get a post card in the mail this week with my name and address on it saying I will receive a absentee ballot in”my” name at this address. If I no longer live here please send the post card back to the county. So, this is the method of verifying a legal “mail in ballot” “person and address”? It says if it is “me” and this is the “correct address”, I do not have to do anything but wait and receive the mail in ballot, fill it out and mail it back to county before election day. WHAT????"

    Boomer5 commented in:
    State investigating apparent voter petition fraud tied to SLO County on 2026-03-14 20:28:30
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  • "The amount of tax dollars spent on this event and policing is absolutely ridiculous! Why do students need this event? They party every weekend in the neighborhoods with fraternity houses operating illegally in residential neighborhoods hosting events with DJ's, live bands, and putting on car washes, water slide parties, etc. Enough is enough!! Cal Poly is promoting the party culture which is the ruination of many once wonderful family neighborhoods. Residents have been forced to move out of their long-time homes because their neighborhood is no longer livable for them. They don't have peace and don't feel safe. The high number of students in many of their neighborhood houses making noise from parties and drunken partiers roaming the streets late at night yelling and screaming, urinating and vomiting in their yards, along with having to endure loss of parking, high volume traffic, blight from furniture and debris in front yards, etc. have driven them out of their homes. City code enforcement is overwhelmed by what has happened. Cal Poly is not cooperating with the city to reign in the fraternity houses in illegal zones which is causing a lot of the problems, so nothing is going to change and will even continue to spread as Cal Poly increases enrollment year over year and approves more fraternities. Before anyone responds that residents should just leave or students have a right to party because it's their "college experience," I say phooey--enough enough??!!"

    Caroljane commented in:
    Arrests, violations and medical issues amid St. Fratty’s Day in SLO, photos on 2026-03-14 18:47:55
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  • "Was my original comment taken down? In any case, I’m curious about why you would post a screenshot with potentially identifiable voter data. Also, I think it’s important to point out that signatures are verified at the county elections offices. In other words, while the video appears (if authentic, not staged) to show people forging voter signatures, there are mechanisms in place to protect against any forged signature actually being used to qualify a petition."

    Erin Clausen commented in:
    State investigating apparent voter petition fraud tied to SLO County on 2026-03-14 15:49:50
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  • "I am very glad they were turned in and it is being investigated. However, it is unfair to peg all petitions now to be in question. Part of the process is that voter names are checked against voter registrations to validate whether they are registered within the correct jurisdiction and then the signatures are checked to ensure they match the original signature on the voter registration. If not they are excluded. There's very little room for successful fraud, although if it was a paid gatherer, he is probably being paid more than $5 per signature. It is the gatherer who is in question and of course, the individual who signed fraudulently."

    analyticone commented in:
    Lawsuit questions legality of San Luis Obispo’s inclusionary housing fee on 2026-03-14 15:29:01
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  • "First, I wouldn't have a president who is compromised like trump is. Epstein files in the hands of Israel and Russia make an already demented person do crazy things. I also wouldn't have backed out of the agreement that Iran was part of. No proof that Iran had Nuclear weapons. Sounds like when Bush lied about Iraq. Truth is nobody gives two shits about what Iran does to there people. Trump is the only president Isreal was able to blackmail to do their bidding."

    Flipside commented in:
    Gov. Newsom’s wife collected $3.7 million from gender nonprofit on 2026-03-14 10:43:12
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  • "Follow the money right to ' The Tech Bros." The petitioners are funded by "Building a Better California, an advocacy group with an associated political action committee (PAC) founded with $35 million in funding from Google co-founder Sergey Brin, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and numerous other billionaires." The 'tech bros' are backing anti-tax GOP candidates, bigly outspending the few Dem billionaires ! "The "Californians for a More Transparent and Effective Government" is funded by 'Building a Better California' <it has> has received multimillion-dollar contributions from Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt, and Patrick Collison. The move comes as new data show 300 billionaires spent $3 billion on the 2024 federal elections, underscoring their growing political muscle." We owe people like San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder Elaina Cano a lot of thanks for reporting this fraud by billionaires. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/billionaire-mailers-target-california-tax-proposal/gm-GMBD09FF97"

    ccnrock commented in:
    State investigating apparent voter petition fraud tied to SLO County on 2026-03-14 08:02:42
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  • "Jorge, I applaud and admire your acumen and dedication as a trustee. I have a couple of comments on "high prices usually means owner occupied housing." Grover Beach is now being preyed upon by the same 'affordable-by-design' former SLO planning staffer and builder involved in the 'affordable-by-design' SLO Ranch fiasco (multiple fires, no water in hydrants, site violations, mold, material design faults & lawsuits, neglected inspections). In the case of Grover Beach, high prices don't mean owner-occupied housing. High prices mean a significant decline in population, even as the building craze continues, housing primarily 2nd-home owners. You could argue that they are owner-occupied. You can never argue that they are meeting the stated purpose of creating housing. You can never argue that $1.4 million for a Grover townhome with no yard is affordable by any design. You can never argue this is meeting the needs of Grover citizens because if it were, the population wouldn't be declining substantially as the housing stock grows substantially."

    analyticone commented in:
    Lawsuit questions legality of San Luis Obispo’s inclusionary housing fee on 2026-03-13 18:07:28
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  • "The democratic party that's votes democratic simply to vote democratic with ill disregard to policy is by far more of a cult than any "Kool-aid" drinking so-to-say republican base that voted for DJT!!! Those who vote republican vote for common sense policy!!! Those who voted democratic vote to simply oppose DJT!!!!"

    SLOCAL ONE commented in:
    Why I voted to rein in Trump’s war powers on 2026-03-13 16:20:56
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  • "I'm very serious. The Coroner's report called it accidental. Someone had to make an affirmative act to disconnect the CO detector. Since you reference the CA state law, the reasoning behind the disconnect, and who did it, is vitally important when the inevitable civil suit is initiated. The disconnected CO detector is the sine qua non in this unfortunate couple's demise. Total accord with your last sentence."

    mcrcr commented in:
    Goleta couple died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Cambria on 2026-03-13 14:41:24
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