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• "Pay attention to who is on the ballot in ‘24. Real change only occurs with a change in leadership. -Elections have consequences- B. Obama"

  
  derasmus commented in:
  Killer who dumped body in Nipomo guilty of murder on 2023-12-04 20:17:07

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• "Just came back from Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia. 87 octane was $2.97-$3.15 a gallon. Hmmmm…I guess the “greedy” oil companies are only “ greedy “ in California?"

  
  derasmus commented in:
  SLO County gas prices continue dropping, find lowest prices on 2023-12-04 20:10:51

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• "Well, I recall, according to a state government output years ago ( 2008), between 4-6 billion dollars."

  
  derasmus commented in:
  California facing a $58 billion revenue shortfall over 2 years on 2023-12-04 20:04:49

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• "Well, I hope you are correct with respect to interest rates and real estate."

  
  derasmus commented in:
  California facing a $58 billion revenue shortfall over 2 years on 2023-12-04 20:02:16

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• "Mark my words (I hope I eat crow on this assertion), all part of the plan to repeal or greatly modify proposition 13. If that happens, the exodus from California thus far will pale compared to what is to come. Again, I hope I am wrong."

  
  derasmus commented in:
  California facing a $58 billion revenue shortfall over 2 years on 2023-12-04 20:00:05

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• "Sure hope it wasn't a high school kid."

  
  JThomas commented in:
  Bicyclist hit and injured on street in Arroyo Grande on 2023-12-04 19:48:36

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• "You're gonna need more than one because this seems to run in the family."

  
  BelshersTesla commented in:
  Nipomo man arrested for allegedly sexually abusing teen girls on 2023-12-04 18:43:17

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• "it doesn’t say it, but he is."

  
  BelshersTesla commented in:
  Nipomo man arrested for allegedly sexually abusing teen girls on 2023-12-04 18:10:16

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• "revenue implies the money is earned."

  
  copperhead commented in:
  California facing a $58 billion revenue shortfall over 2 years on 2023-12-04 17:18:19

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• "Any fines involved? I hope after all this he still didn’t come out $$$$ ahead."

  
  copperhead commented in:
  Santa Barbara County man sentenced to prison after YouTube stunt on 2023-12-04 17:16:12

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• "You just know some Sacramento nimrod is ginning up a bill to tax U-Hauls leaving the state!"

  
  RalphKane commented in:
  California facing a $58 billion revenue shortfall over 2 years on 2023-12-04 17:14:17

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• "Oh, and while they allow water to rush into the ocean rather than reserve it, no one can get a water permit. But they have water to build a new public restroom which will use lots of water."

  
  adustum commented in:
  California facing a $58 billion revenue shortfall over 2 years on 2023-12-04 16:38:56

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• "Crime families can steal more when they work together."

  
  AvilaBeachBum commented in:
  Pacific Western bank and Banc of California complete merger on 2023-12-04 16:33:59

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• "Most government agencies spend money like it grows on trees. The Cambria CSD is spending money on a new swimming pool in a floodway, a worthless water system and much more. And these elected people say they are fiscal conservatives."

  
  adustum commented in:
  California facing a $58 billion revenue shortfall over 2 years on 2023-12-04 16:31:36

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• "Where does it say repeat offender? How many thousands of dollars does it cost to keep criminals in the County Jail? How much in the State & Federal prisons?"

  
  JThomas commented in:
  Nipomo man arrested for allegedly sexually abusing teen girls on 2023-12-04 15:55:43

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• "The state has faced worse deficits. When the last Republican governor left office California was $91 billion in the red. Mortgage and lending people tell me that interest rates should be dropping in the new year which will revive the housing market. In other words, this too shall pass. But, eat it up conservatives. I expect 2024 to be a really bad year for your ilk."

  
  Adam Trask commented in:
  California facing a $58 billion revenue shortfall over 2 years on 2023-12-04 15:51:28

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• "I think, there is something in the Lompoc water that makes so many people there do some crazy, stupid, and illegal things."

  
  Messkit commented in:
  Santa Barbara County man sentenced to prison after YouTube stunt on 2023-12-04 15:02:49

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• "From 20 years to 6 months must of used the same lawyer as the briber."

  
  sbjcl commented in:
  Santa Barbara County man sentenced to prison after YouTube stunt on 2023-12-04 13:52:01

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• "Since this guy is a repeat offender, lock him up and throw away the key."

  
  NorthCountyGuy commented in:
  Nipomo man arrested for allegedly sexually abusing teen girls on 2023-12-04 13:33:45

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• "There is no doubt that we know where this is headed.....the state will go after the few remaining money earners who haven't yet left the state behind. Best picture to explain this is a shriveled raisin that is getting deflated so that momentarily it will implode. In submarine terminology we are reaching our "crush depth"."

  
  Shocked in MB commented in:
  California facing a $58 billion revenue shortfall over 2 years on 2023-12-04 13:15:29

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• "How much money does the state give to people who are here illegally ?"

  
  JThomas commented in:
  California facing a $58 billion revenue shortfall over 2 years on 2023-12-04 13:14:58

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• "That’s 10%. That doesn’t sounds nearly as sensational as $58 BILLION!!!"

  
  SLOpoked commented in:
  California facing a $58 billion revenue shortfall over 2 years on 2023-12-04 13:05:47

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• "Wow he got one less month in prison than Helios. I guess crime does pay after all"

  
  the situation commented in:
  Santa Barbara County man sentenced to prison after YouTube stunt on 2023-12-04 12:14:21

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• "Oh come on! Interest rates are hardly the only thing to stagnate the California economy! How about the "green investments," the onorous regulations that stifle business opportunities (read: lost tax revenue), lack of support for petroleum which has made gas prices skyrocket, just to name a few. Furthermore, the structure of the tax system in the state is based on volitile personal income taxes instead of sales and user taxes. When incomes are high (due to investments doing well) then there is often a surplus, but when the market slides, so does the income. It's impossible to plan properly. It's the dark side of soak the rich mentality."

  
  esil53 commented in:
  California facing a $58 billion revenue shortfall over 2 years on 2023-12-04 09:24:54

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• "There is due process in our country. Petitit is already locked up."

  
  copperhead commented in:
  SLO County developer facing money laundering and fraud charges on 2023-12-04 06:58:10

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• "They are just showing the 10 lowest prices in the county. Although I paid $4.89 in A.G. yesterday, they are showing Morro Bay etc because that is where the lowest was at the time of the report."

  
  saywhat commented in:
  SLO County gas prices continue dropping, find lowest prices on 2023-12-04 06:46:48

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• "Creating a budget on projected revenues is always going to leave them in a never ending cycle of shortfalls and surpluses. Why not run the state based upon % of revenues already collected? Schools get 25%, roads get 25%, etc... Then, let managers and directors have 'bank accounts' that let them store surplus $$ for a rainy day to smooth out the rough spots or respond to urgent necessities? If they based the above on 100% of revenue, there could never be deficit spending and subsequently no debt to service....or better yet, base it on 90% and put 10% into savings every year. Eventually, the interest rate on that 10% saved would completely fund the state's operations..."

  
  choprzrul commented in:
  California facing a $58 billion revenue shortfall over 2 years on 2023-12-04 05:48:38

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• "Bot comment. He was fired and protected by ADMIN not the union."

  
  BelshersTesla commented in:
  Its time to hold SLO High School officials accountable on 2023-12-03 20:14:08

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• "Thank you! In 2016 when Prater was given the 2% interest loan, no money down, to buy a house somewhere (not even necessarily within the SLCUSD boundaries), I was outraged. This is a gift of public funds to a guy making $5000 a WEEK who claimed he couldn't afford to buy a house. The school district is not a bank for its bureaucrats. haven't voted for a school bond ever since and probably never will."

  
  womanwhohasbeenthere commented in:
  Its time to hold SLO High School officials accountable on 2023-12-03 16:57:31

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• "Why no prices for South County ??????????"

  
  JThomas commented in:
  SLO County gas prices continue dropping, find lowest prices on 2023-12-03 16:09:42

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• "

  This is no conspiracy, it is an idiot who used his county credit card to purchase something(s) not related to his position or other county-related business.

  
  

  His/her parents failed to teach their child that "stealing" is wrong, that is all, and whoever it is will face the consequences for their actions as an adult too

  
  

  This is sadly called (for them and their family) "Learning the Hard Way", period!

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  Truthsayer commented in:
  SLO County information technology employee suspected of theft on 2023-12-03 13:39:23

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• "Unfortunately, misconduct by teachers like Jeffry Bradow and his ilk are protected by the teachers unions."

  
  NorthCountyGuy commented in:
  Its time to hold SLO High School officials accountable on 2023-12-03 13:21:44

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• "Hitler and his Nazis justified their atrocities by imagining that they were victims."

  
  NorthCountyGuy commented in:
  Killer who dumped body in Nipomo guilty of murder on 2023-12-03 12:53:55

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• "Follow the money trail."

  
  NorthCountyGuy commented in:
  SLO County developer facing money laundering and fraud charges on 2023-12-03 12:48:42

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• "I still remember when the School Board gave Superintendent Eric Prater a $950,000 loan (December 2016) at 2 % interest so he could buy a nice house in Avila Beach. He complained he couldn't find suitable housing in SLO when he lost his rental in the Arbors because his landlord decided to sell. The School Board didn't want to lose him so gave him the money to guarantee he would stay until 2021. Phoning from home at the beach sounds pretty cushy."

  
  Murse commented in:
  Its time to hold SLO High School officials accountable on 2023-12-03 12:07:31

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