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Atascadero city manager stepping down

Written on 30 May, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 42 comments

Wade McKinney, Atascadero’s city manager, will be leaving that post soon to take a similar position with the small, opulent desert community of Indian Wells, CalCoastNews has learned. The position has been offered to McKinney, said the  Indian Wells’ human... (Continue reading)

Charlotte Alexander named SLO Film Festival director

Written on 18 May, 2013 in Discovered, Featured | 6 comments

Charlotte Alexander has been named Festival Director of the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival effective July 1. Previous Festival Director Wendy Eidson remains with the organization, moving into the role of Artistic Director. She and Alexander will work together... (Continue reading)

Robert Burton offered Paso Robles chief position

Written on 14 May, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 26 comments

By CALCOASTNEWS STAFF Capt. Robert Burton has reportedly been selected to be the next chief of the Paso Robles Police Department, according to police sources. Burton is acting chief and has been leading the department for nearly a year since... (Continue reading)

California Democrats lose supermajority

Written on 26 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

A senator’s announcement Friday that he would immediately resign his seat in the state Senate removes the Democratic supermajority in the statehouse before the party’s legislators had a chance to flex their newly won political muscles. [ABC] In his announcement, Sen.... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach council appoints Glenn Marshall

Written on 26 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The Grover Beach City Council appointed San Luis Obispo County engineer and former city planning commissioner Glenn Marshall to the council Monday to fill the seat vacated by Phyllis Molnar. The council saved approximately $30,000 by making the appointment instead... (Continue reading)

SLO councilman resigns on Facebook

Written on 23 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

In what has become the popular way to communicate with one’s constituents, San Luis Obispo City Councilman Andrew Carter announced plans to resign his council seat on his Facebook page shortly before 1 p.m. today. “I have good new and... (Continue reading)

SLOCOG turns on Hill and picks Mecham for president

Written on 9 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

County Supervisor Adam Hill overwhelmingly lost his bid to become the next president of the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments on a day he did not attend the regional board meeting. Supervisor Bruce Gibson nominated Hill for the presidency... (Continue reading)

Arnold appoints planning commissioner and aide

Written on 3 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

San Luis Obispo County Supervisor-elect Debbie Arnold has appointed her representative on the Planning Commission and her legislative aide. [Tribune] Arnold, who will be sworn in on January 7, named North County real estate broker Don Campbell to the Planning... (Continue reading)

Brown appoints new San Luis Obispo County judge

Written on 28 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Governor Jerry Brown appointed U.S. Magistrate Rita Coyne Federman a San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge Thursday. Federman, 50, has served on the U.S. District Court’s central district of California since 2004. She fills a vacancy created when Judge Teresa Estrada-Mullaney... (Continue reading)

Supervisor’s zipper costly to county taxpayers

Written on 29 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 94 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN and KAREN VELIE Supervisor Bruce Gibson’s adulterous, long-term affair with a subordinate — his legislative assistant of six years — will cost county taxpayers $68,870 in annual salary plus benefits for a parallel county position she’s been... (Continue reading)