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Arroyo Grande’s outrageous limit on public comment, dangerous precedent

Written on 19 Aug, 2024 in Featured, Opinion | 18 comments

OPINION by JULIE TACKER The Arroyo Grande City Council on Aug. 18 made an unprecedented move to limit public comment for items not on the agenda to just sixty seconds, even though the agenda did not include reducing public comment.... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande council limits non-agenda public comment to one minute

Written on 16 Aug, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Arroyo Grande City Council has decided to limit public comment on items that do not appear on meeting agendas to one minute. [New Times] During its meeting on Tuesday, the Arroyo Grande council discussed the possibility... (Continue reading)

Linda Austin accused of inciting threats and aggression

Written on 18 Nov, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 24 comments

By KAREN VELIE Earlier this year, the state mounted an investigation into alleged conflicts of interest by Oceano Community Services District Director Linda Austin because of a complaint filed by activist Julie Tacker. Austin then sent information about Tacker to... (Continue reading)

Facts SLO City Hall cannot defend

Written on 24 Oct, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 6 comments

OPINION by RICHARD SCHMIDT It was one of those Alice in Wonderland moments observers of the San Luis Obispo City Council see so often under our current mayor’s rule. Jeffery Specht, a candidate for the council, had just begun speaking... (Continue reading)

Citizens seek action from the IWMA board, video

Written on 12 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Before the San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Authority Board voted unanimously on Wednesday to place the agency’s manager on paid administrative leave because of criminal allegations of misuse of public funds,members of the public asked them to take... (Continue reading)

Worrell on leave, IWMA fraud investigation continues

Written on 10 Aug, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 27 comments

By Cal Coast Times staff The San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Authority Board voted unanimously on Wednesday to place the agency’s manager on paid administrative leave because of criminal allegations of misuse of public funds. [Cal Coast Times]... (Continue reading)

Questionable spending at SLO County IWMA on the agenda

Written on 25 May, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

Editor’s note: The Wayne Hall letter requesting an audit of the San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Authority is at the bottom of this story. By Cal Coast Times staff San Luis Obispo County’s public agency responsible for waste... (Continue reading)

SLO County supervisors seek to sweeten Adam Hill

Written on 7 Feb, 2018 in Uncovered SLO | 13 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisor voted 4-0 Tuesday to bring back options for curtailing Supervisor Adam Hill’s threats and abuses against constituents. Hill was absent from the meeting. Specifically, the board is looking to develop a code... (Continue reading)

Supervisors Hill and Gibson dismiss the public

Written on 12 Jan, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 4 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE The first San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisor’s meeting on Jan. 9 is now history. The selection of John Peschong as chairman of the board and Debbie Arnold as vice chair is now a... (Continue reading)

Public lashes out at Supervisor Adam Hill, no chairmanship

Written on 10 Jan, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

San Luis Obispo County residents teed off on Supervisor Adam Hill Tuesday morning, possibly swaying the board majority to deny Hill the board chairmanship in favor of Supervisor John Peschong. [Cal Coast Times] Public speakers, 31 in all, asked the... (Continue reading)