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Something smells in Los Osos

Written on 14 Jul, 2011 in Opinion | 18 comments

OPINION By PIPER REILLY Recent allegations about an inappropriate relationship between Paavo Ogren and Maria Kelly are old news to those of us who have been actively involved with the Los Osos waste water project. We have been complaining about... (Continue reading)

Maria and Paavo: Divorce papers allege long-term affair, drug use

Written on 11 Jul, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 131 comments

The For Sale sign, vacant driveway, and unkempt yard at the Los Osos house of Maria Kelly says a great deal about her current living situation. The recent divorce filing of Kelly, a Los Osos Community Service District board member who... (Continue reading)

Sex and the Los Osos sewer

Written on 17 Jun, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 144 comments

A vehicle crash into a San Luis Obispo creek has revealed the extent of a personal relationship between a top county official and a Los Osos Community Services District board member—raising allegations of a possible conflict of interest. Accusations that Paavo... (Continue reading)

County approves Los Osos sewer project

Written on 16 Mar, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

After decades of discussion, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to build a $189 million sewer project in Los Osos. State mandates require a sewer system because septic tanks are polluting the groundwater. Arguments over the... (Continue reading)

Looking for transparency in Los Osos

Written on 26 Mar, 2010 in Opinion | 8 comments

By PIPER REILLYOn Friday, March 26th, the Tribune ran a front page article entitled “Potential Sewer Firm Under Fire,”  in which County Public Works director Paavo Ogren, in charge of the Los Osos Wastewater Project, stated that he was aware... (Continue reading)

Bruce vs. Marshall vs. Pandora?

Written on 17 Mar, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 29 comments

The last-minute entry of Marshall Ochylski into the District 2 county supervisor race against incumbent Bruce Gibson has tongues wagging around Los Osos. Sources tell CalCoastNews that the upcoming June election battle is actually a contest between Gibson, seeking his... (Continue reading)

Firm angling for Los Osos project fails the smell test in New Orleans

Written on 14 Mar, 2010 in Uncovered SLO | 35 comments

The engineering firm on track to be San Luis Obispo County’s choice to oversee the multi-million-dollar Los Osos wastewater project is the subject of a new scathing report by the inspector general of New Orleans. [Times-Picayune] The 28-page report claims... (Continue reading)

Something smells in Los Osos

Written on 21 Jan, 2010 in Opinion | 49 comments

BY PIPER REILLY Los Osos, California, population 14,500, is about to lose it’s drinking water source due to local government mis-management and agency irresponsibility. Current well tests show the average nitrate levels are one half milligram over drinking water standards... (Continue reading)

Reclamator inventor sues water resources establishment

Written on 31 Oct, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN Tom Murphy is not a patient man, but he is immensely optimistic. Murphy scoffed brusquely at questions about whether his sewage-treatment invention, the Reclamator, really works, and suggested the machine’s capability is a foregone conclusion. And he’ll be putting... (Continue reading)