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Los Osos general manager facing performance review

Written on 12 Oct, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 10 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Days after receiving allegations that its top official has been overpaying herself, the Los Osos Community Services District Board will review the performance of CSD General Manager Kathy Kivley. The board will convene for a special meeting... (Continue reading)

What happened to ethics?

Written on 6 Oct, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 21 comments

OPINION by TOM SALMON The Los Osos Community Service District does more disservice than service to our community. Now it appears its General Manager, Kathy Kively, has been serving up more to herself than she’s contractually allowed. This is self-service,... (Continue reading)

Los Osos GM overpaying herself, payroll shows

Written on 1 Oct, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 27 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN In less than two full years on the job, Los Osos Community Services District General Manager Kathy Kivley has overpaid herself by more than $4,000, the CSD payroll shows. A recent audit of the district found Kivley... (Continue reading)

Audit of Los Osos CSD finds errors and overpayments

Written on 28 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

At least two Los Osos Community Services District employees received unearned overtime pay, and the CSD used improper accounting practices, a recent audit has revealed. [Tribune] Last month, auditing firm Moss, Levy and Hartzheim completed an audit of the Los... (Continue reading)

Los Osos scrambles to pass a budget

Written on 3 Sep, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER In order to comply with state law, on Tuesday the Los Osos Community Services District held a special meeting to adopt their final budget for 2015-16. They did so reluctantly, with the Vice President Marshall Ochylski... (Continue reading)

Dissolution of Los Osos is the only solution

Written on 18 Apr, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 44 comments

OPINION By TOM SALMON The Los Osos Community Services District was created in 1999 based on the premise of “local control.” When formed, the original board enacted latent powers that included providing the services of sewer, half the community’s water,... (Continue reading)

Los Osos officials fail to comprehend water conservation

Written on 12 Apr, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 47 comments

OPINION BY TOM SALMON The Tribune reports that the Los Osos Community Services District (LOCSD) has implemented a 50 gallon per day per person water restriction and no potable water can be used for irrigation outside. The LOCSD fails to... (Continue reading)

One Los Osos well is in danger, not the entire basin

Written on 17 Mar, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 20 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER Henny Penny (aka Chicken Little) once said, “The sky is falling; the sky is falling.” The phrase has become a common idiom indicating a hysterical or mistaken belief that disaster is imminent. The front page special... (Continue reading)

Letter to the editor: Is it time to dissolve Los Osos?

Written on 4 Mar, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 24 comments

OPINION By TOM SALMON Just when you thought the Los Osos Community Services District (LOCSD) could do nothing more stupid than allowing 150 million gallons – equivalent to six months’ of their district’s supply – of fresh water to be... (Continue reading)

Los Osos manager gets a raise

Written on 12 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

Kathy Kivley, the general manager of the Los Osos Community Services District received a $9,000 raise at a CSD board of directors meeting last week. Kivley began work as the head of the Los Osos CSD in October 2013 with... (Continue reading)