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Chick-Fil-A battle reaches Cal Poly

Written on 1 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 213 comments

In support of GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s proclamation that today is Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, several church groups plan to bus parishioners to Cal Poly to support the restaurant’s anti-gay marriage stance by purchasing meals at Chick-fil-A. The fast food... (Continue reading)

Supervisors reject anti-free speech ordinance

Written on 24 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors Tuesday rejected a proposed ordinance that would have limited free speech and a person’s right to assemble after more than an hour of public speakers objecting to what they called... (Continue reading)

Supervisors consider ordinance to jail their opponents

Written on 23 Jul, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 25 comments

OPINION By STEW JENKINS Besides the obvious lack of wisdom inherent in criminalizing someone performing an emergency landing of their airplane or hot air balloon on county owned vacant land, if enacted the ordinance being considered by the Board of... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County accused of attempting to restrict free speech

Written on 23 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 51 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors are set to consider a draft ordinance on Tuesday that both conservative and liberal groups have dubbed an unconstitutional attempt by the county to squelch free speech and limit a... (Continue reading)

Speak out, be shredded

Written on 5 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 81 comments

Several familiar CalCoastNews readers were singled out for verbal assault in Thursday’s edition of New Times’ vapid version of what now passes for the “Shredder,” rejuvenating and intensifying the saga of Lisa Solomon-Chitty, Paso Robles’ erstwhile chief of police. The... (Continue reading)

Oceano board squelches public comment

Written on 2 Jul, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 57 comments

By KAREN VELIE The public comment period during last week’s Oceano Community Services District Board meeting was squelched after the board inaccurately determined rules barring elected officials from speaking about personnel issues also extended to members of the public. Public... (Continue reading)

Rally to save Atascadero tree mural

Written on 29 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

Friends of the Tree Mural, a group of people supporting a mural on the ARTery in Atascadero, are planning a rally on Friday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at 5890 Traffic Way. Atascadero’s Design Review Committee has asked the... (Continue reading)

Oceano attempting to muffle public comment

Written on 26 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

Oceano Community Services District Board members will vote Wednesday on whether to  limit public speaker comments to six minutes per meeting in what has been labeled an attempt to create orderly meetings. District attorney Molly Thurmond is also suggesting that... (Continue reading)

Conservatives’ faith in local government is misplaced

Written on 16 May, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 26 comments

OPINION By PETER SCHEER The closer government is to the people, the more government is controlled by special interests. In America today, conservatism’s one clear fault line, cutting across cultural and socioeconomic schisms, aligns conservatives based on their views about... (Continue reading)

Adam Hill is not sorry, and blames the media

Written on 19 Apr, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 116 comments

Controversial San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill moans about media coverage of his personal life and public outbursts during board meetings in Thursday’s New Times’ cover story. Hill starts his interview  by lamenting the negative coverage he has received... (Continue reading)