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Heidi Harmon’s pro-offshore wind energy claims fall flat

Written on 24 Feb, 2024 in Featured, Opinion | 28 comments

OPINION by BETTY WINHOLTZ On Feb. 18, former San Luis Obispo mayor Heidi Harmon wrote an op-ed in the Tribune praising the benefits of offshore wind energy. Nothing could be further from the truth. Without a long, detailed discussion about... (Continue reading)

Where is former San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon?

Written on 10 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

By KAREN VELIE Former San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon is looking for a new job, this time hoping to work as a campaign consultant, community organizer, communications specialist or strategic planning specialist. Harmon, who worked with preschool children before... (Continue reading)

Poll shows Gurnee with slight lead in SLO mayoral race

Written on 5 Oct, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 13 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

By Cal Coast Times staff The San Luis Obispo mayoral race is close, with Keith Gurnee leading incumbent Heidi Harmon by 3 percent. [Cal Coast Times] A Cal Coast Times poll of 260 registered voters conducted Oct. 3 shows Gurnee... (Continue reading)

Bicycle advocate, leader or hypocrite?

Written on 3 Sep, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 46 comments

San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon appears to want everyone to bike – except her. [Cal Coast Times] While Harmon attempts to push city residents towards a “driver-less future,” she does not regularly ride her bicycle to city meetings. On... (Continue reading)

Harmon and Christianson’s poorly made plans for SLO

Written on 1 Sep, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 11 comments

OPINION by ALLAN COOPER Mayor Heidi Harmon and Council Member Carlyn Christianson are campaigning on the premise that they have made significant strides in addressing San Luis Obispo’s “climate action plan” by adopting the Community Choice Energy program, by forcing... (Continue reading)

Gov. Jerry Brown invites Heidi Harmon to Global Climate Action Summit

Written on 29 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

California Gov. Jerry Brown has invited San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon to the Global Climate Action Summit, an event that will take place next month in San Francisco and aims to “decarbonize the world.” [Cal Coast Times] Harmon posted... (Continue reading)

SLO needs a mayor, not a diva

Written on 30 Jul, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 13 comments

Opinion by Will Powers, Ph.D Many keen local observers have noted the widespread rumblings of discontent among San Luis Obispo citizens frustrated with what they see as the misguided direction the city has taken over recent years. The frustration seems... (Continue reading)

Sheriff Parkinson blames health department for Andrew Holland’s death

Written on 20 Mar, 2018 in Daily Briefs | 14 comments

In response to an outcry triggered by the release of the video showing a mentally ill man’s gruesome death in the San Luis Obispo County Jail, Sheriff Ian Parkinson issued a statement saying the sheriff’s office did not break any... (Continue reading)

Protesters rally over torture death at the SLO County Jail

Written on 18 Mar, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

Dozens of protesters gathered Saturday afternoon outside the San Luis Obispo courthouse seeking the resignation of Sheriff Ian Parkinson and District Attorney Dan Dow. The rally follows the release of a video that confirmed earlier CalCoastNews reports regarding the death... (Continue reading)

Residents demand San Luis Obispo fix Brown Act violations

Written on 12 Mar, 2018 in Opinion | 12 comments

Opinion by Anholm Citizens for Open Government In violating the Brown Act Feb. 20, the San Luis Obispo City Council slapped our neighborhood in the face by surreptitiously undoing an Anholm Bikeway compromise it had adopted just two weeks before.... (Continue reading)