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Arroyo Grande residents vote for change

Written on 5 Nov, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 96 comments

By KAREN VELIE Amid a scandal and allegations of abuse of power, the Arroyo Grande mayor and two incumbents failed to get 50 percent of the vote. With 5,041 votes counted, Mayor Tony Ferrara has 2,353 and write-in candidate Jim... (Continue reading)

Did Ferrara throw Adams under the bus

Written on 3 Nov, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 50 comments

OPINION By OTIS PAGE To protect his reputation, did Arroyo Grande Mayor Tony Ferrara throw City Manager Steve Adams under the bus? The Adams indiscretion occurred on July 3. A record of the event was prepared by five police officers... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande needs new leadership

Written on 1 Nov, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 55 comments

OPINION By JIM HILL Economic development Arroyo Grande has focused its economic attention on the Village, to the exclusion of most of the city. Arroyo Grande residents are proud of the Village, and economic development there is a good thing,... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande police track down violent assailant

Written on 1 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Arroyo Grande police arrested a known criminal street gang member on Friday for violently assaulted a 38-year-old Arroyo Grande man, who remains in critical condition, police said. On Oct. 2, Ignacio Franco Palomar, 36, allegedly struck the victim from behind... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande needs a financial audit

Written on 31 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 57 comments

OPINION By OTIS PAGE Considering the managerial dynamics imposed by the Arroyo Grande City manager’s “scheduled” resignation, there should be an audit of the finances and financial practices of the city. Accentuating this question is the persistent statement by the... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande Council attendees pick sides, the mayor or police

Written on 29 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 70 comments

By KAREN VELIE At Tuesdays Arroyo Grande City Council meeting, proponents and opponents of Mayor Tony Ferrara spoke out during public comment while three San Luis Obispo sheriff deputies and a police commander stood by in case of any altercations.... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande’s leadership cannot be trusted with a charter city

Written on 28 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 24 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER Arroyo Grande voters are facing the question of “Charter City” on Nov. 4 ballot. As they do, it is important to look at its current leadership’s questionable spending and ponder; is now the time to relax... (Continue reading)

Pro-Arroyo Grande mayor group slams police

Written on 27 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 59 comments

OPINION By OTIS PAGE The new internet site “Free the AG Council”  says the Arroyo Grande Police Officers Association has “issued a unanimous vote of no-confidence in Mayor Ferrara and City Manager Steve Adams and has focused relentlessly on a... (Continue reading)

Ferrara to oversee manager consultant pick

Written on 26 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 37 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN Two of the most ardent supporters of disgraced Arroyo Grande City Manager Steve Adams will pick a consultant to find Adams’ replacement at an estimated cost of $26,000 if the city council approves a staff proposal on... (Continue reading)

What should the mayor of Arroyo Grande stand for?

Written on 25 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 35 comments

OPINION By JIM HILL The recent article in CalCoastNews about favoritism and other abuses of power in Arroyo Grande confirms and enlarges on what several business and property owners had told me prior to my decision to run for mayor.... (Continue reading)