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Waller’s mayoral candidacy versus Mayor Hill

Written on 8 Sep, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 41 comments

OPINION by OTIS PAGE Retired school teacher Richard Waller is from a well known Arroyo Grande family with deep roots. His mother, now deceased, was active in the South County Historical Society and was a prominent voice in establishing the... (Continue reading)

Reduce global warming, plant a tree

Written on 4 Sep, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 29 comments

OPINION by ALLAN COOPER In urban “heat islands,” vast stretches of asphalt magnify and reflect sun, sending CO2 directly skyward and creating “dead zones” below. Adding street trees can actually lower summer temperatures through evaporative cooling. A tree forms an oasis... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach needs new leadership

Written on 1 Sep, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

OPINION by ELIZABETH DOUKAS Last week, the California Fair Political Practices Commission levied fines against Grover Beach Mayor John Shoals because of campaign violations that could have swayed the voting public. Mayor Shoals responded in the Tribune saying, “I paid... (Continue reading)

Supervisor Adam Hill’s conduct is unacceptable

Written on 29 Aug, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments

OPINION by CURTIS REINHARDT Unfortunately, our elected San Luis Obispo County District 3 Supervisor Adam Hill has once again used his position in a late-night tirade to pressure and intimidate local citizens to financially support his campaign for reelection. Two... (Continue reading)

Warde remembers New Times’ Steve Moss

Written on 28 Aug, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 6 comments

Opinion by Stacey Warde, publisher of the Rogue Voice I worked at New Times as managing editor at the turn of the century, not long after 9/11, when the alternative weekly wasn’t yet 20 years old. Recently, I received an... (Continue reading)

Fight the drought with desalination

Written on 23 Aug, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 37 comments

By JORDAN CUNNINGHAM Despite last winter’s modest rainfall, California remains mired in its fifth year of drought. Sixty percent of the state has been categorized by the State Water Resources Control Board as being in “severe” or “extreme” drought. Hardest hit is the Central Coast and Central Valley,... (Continue reading)

Los Osos needs a change in leadership

Written on 22 Aug, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments

OPINION by JULIE TACKER Here we go again; Los Osos Community Services District is looking for a new General Manager.  With 16 or so, under its collective 16 year-old belt, the district is asking for proposals from qualified individuals to... (Continue reading)

Don’t like Trump or Clinton? Here is an option

Written on 22 Aug, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 48 comments

OPINION by GORDON MULLIN Its election season and most folk assume that they have only one of three choices for president: vote for Trump, Clinton or stay home. But I suggest there is another alternative. First, a little background. For... (Continue reading)

Are Morro Bay officials attempting to chip away at Measure D?

Written on 20 Aug, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 34 comments

OPINION by LINDA STEDJEE A Morro Bay law popularly known as “Measure D” is once again under serious assault by city government. Measure D can be modified or removed from the municipal code only by a vote of the people.... (Continue reading)

Tribune’s criticism of France is overreaching

Written on 20 Aug, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 16 comments

OPINION by OTIS PAGE The San Luis Obispo Tribune joined Obama and the Democrat’s Islamic appeasement tactic in its editorial “The burkini bigotry in France has gone too far” and in a commentary by Cathleen Parker titled “Burkinis are not... (Continue reading)