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Twisted road to the Paso Robles water basin vote

Written on 11 Mar, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 30 comments

By KAREN VELIE Following their failed bid to form a Paso Robles water district, San Luis Obispo County supervisors Adam Hill and Bruce Gibson are wanting the state to take over management of the basin claiming county funds should not... (Continue reading)

DA writes personal check to pay SLO County legal bill

Written on 28 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow wrote a personal check to pay a highly contested $2,874 county legal bill. Dow used his own money to pay the bill after the county board of supervisors refused to let him... (Continue reading)

Who are the highest paid SLO County employees?

Written on 21 Jan, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 45 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County employees averaged slightly more than $100,000 a year in total compensation for 2014, an examination of county employee pay shows. The county’s top earner was M. Daisy Ilano-Ramos, the medical director of County Mental Health.... (Continue reading)

DA spars with Supervisor Bruce Gibson

Written on 7 Jan, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 95 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A dispute over a small legal bill morphed into a public spectacle Tuesday as a months-long feud between San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow and several top county officials reignited at a board of supervisors... (Continue reading)

Gibson, Hill, Tribune got it wrong

Written on 5 Nov, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 61 comments

OPINION By DAN CARPENTER After observing most of the public hearing including staff presentation, public comment, and deliberation by the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors, I believe the majority made the right decision in upholding the appeal of... (Continue reading)

State employee demoted after crossing Gibson

Written on 26 Sep, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 21 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Succumbing to pressure from San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Bruce Gibson, the California Geological Survey has demoted a state geologist who is critical of the science behind a contested local air pollution regulation. The demotion has prompted feuding... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles property owners win water rights battle

Written on 3 Sep, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 26 comments

By KAREN VELIE A group of Paso Robles property owners won a major court battle in their war against several water purveyors who contend they have notoriously taken water from the Paso Robles Basin for at least five years and now... (Continue reading)

Public speaks on water issue, despite Gibson’s objection

Written on 31 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

A week after County Supervisor Bruce Gibson said the public had already spoken on the issue of Paso Robles groundwater basin restrictions, the San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission held a seven-hour meeting, largely dealing with that controversy. Gibson is... (Continue reading)

Gibson’s attack on geologist creates dust up

Written on 14 Jul, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 50 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Bruce Gibson has used his sway to possibly jeopardize the job of a state geologist who is critical of the Oceano Dunes dust rule, a move that has drawn rebuke from three... (Continue reading)

APCD board split over Oceano dunes dust rule

Written on 28 May, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 23 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN and KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District is attempting to rehabilitate its Oceano Dunes dust rule, but in the aftermath of an appellate court ruling against the regulation, some members of the... (Continue reading)