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Banks on thin ice after risky loans to developer

Written on 17 May, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 29 comments

By KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN Bank loans which appear inadequately secured made to a well known North County developer -- as well as an accompanying tangled web of loan transfers -- may have created significant problems for some San Luis... (Continue reading)

INSIDE EFI: Under The Microscope

Written on 4 May, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 80 comments

Part 3: The good times are gone (Editors’ note: This is the third and final article in a series examining the high-rolling, multi-million-dollar Paso Robles financial lender, EFI, and its current problems.) By DANIEL BLACKBURN One of the down sides of divorce is... (Continue reading)

INSIDE EFI: The Long Fall

Written on 3 May, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 15 comments

Part 2: Maybe money does grow on trees By DANIEL BLACKBURN (Editors' note: This is the second in a series examining the high-rolling, multi-million-dollar Paso Robles financial lender, EFI, and the fascinating reasons for its current critical condition.) When Karen Guth angrily ordered... (Continue reading)

Gearhart’s $28 million Paso project imperiled

Written on 29 Apr, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 17 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN and KAREN VELIE It’s only a few second’s drive time between the weathered plywood sign on Paso Robles' Jardine Road announcing the imminent approach of “Vista del Hombre,” and its equally unimpressive, unmarked entrance, but that brief moment... (Continue reading)

COMMENTARY: Bugs on the wall in City Hall

Written on 7 Apr, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 22 comments

By KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN There’s a tight clamp on information coming out of Atascadero City Hall, what with the FBI hanging out and all, so it’s been tough to get information out of those hallowed confines, stuff like this….... (Continue reading)

Civil rights violation will cost ASH (and you) a grand

Written on 19 Feb, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 2 comments

Two Atascadero State Hospital employees violated a patient’s Constitutional rights in 2004, a federal judge ruled in December. ... (Continue reading)

FBI launches Atascadero City Hall investigation

Written on 15 Feb, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 6 comments

2/15/2008 Federal investigators will probe activities at Atascadero City Hall, according to City Attorney Brian Pierik. Pierik issued an unusual press release late today revealing... (Continue reading)

A timeline for every agenda

Written on 11 Feb, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | One comment

Atascadero City Manager Wade McKinney will tell the city council Tuesday that federal reconstruction funds for the city’s youth center were acquired through appropriate means. ... (Continue reading)

WEEKEND BULLETIN: Secret probe eyes Atascadero cop ..discrimination..

Written on 10 Feb, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | One comment

An internal investigation has been launched by top level Atascadero officials into complaints made by male officers in the city’s police department... (Continue reading)

More underhanded tactics?

Written on 29 Jan, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 2 comments

It could get ugly. Wal-Mart opponents will try tonight to derail Atascadero City Manager Wade McKinney’s plan to retain an “unbiased” consultant with unmistakable ties to the retail giant.... (Continue reading)