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Los Osos board members accused of misappropriation of funds

Written on 27 Dec, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE A community with some of the highest utility rates in San Luis Obispo County is embroiled in controversy after several current and former board members appear to have over-paid themselves, alleged misappropriations that for years went uncontested.... (Continue reading)

SLO County waste management agency spent thousands on luxury items

Written on 17 Dec, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 20 comments

By KAREN VELIE An agency created to help San Luis Obispo County government entities with recycling reporting requirements, has diverted funds from that mission to purchase luxury items for the benefit of staff and board members. [Cal Coast Times] Over... (Continue reading)

Strike ends, San Luis Obispo County signals fiscal troubles ahead

Written on 14 Dec, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Following the first strike in San Luis Obispo County government history, officials are not planning on any further salary negotiations for the current fiscal year. Early next year, the county will discuss increases in pay for the... (Continue reading)

Waste chief Bill Worrell, targeted in probe, splits IWMA

Written on 30 Aug, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 22 comments

San Luis Obispo County waste management agency’s board of directors met Wednesday to discuss manager Bill Worrell’s request for an early retirement, only to learn Worrell is already gone. His sudden departure leaves limited options for recovery of his county-funded... (Continue reading)

Haste makes waste: SLO County board will fix Brown Act violation

Written on 28 Aug, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 21 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Authority (IWMA) board will reconsider on Aug. 29 its recent decision to allow its embattled administrator to retire amid criminal investigations into misappropriation of public funds. [Cal Coast Times] On Aug. 8,... (Continue reading)

IWMA credit card used for personal costs, audit shows

Written on 7 Aug, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 24 comments

By Cal Coast Times staff The San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Authority spends thousands of dollars of taxpayer money every month on a US Bank credit card “for what appear to be personal uses,” reported Carl Knudson, an... (Continue reading)

Waste agency’s unchecked spending under scrutiny

Written on 14 Jun, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 12 comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a multi-part series on the unfettered spending of government funds by the county’s waste disposal agency. Carl Knudson’s report and a graph regarding credit card expenses is at the bottom of this article.... (Continue reading)

SLO council approves $2,000 bonuses for management employees

Written on 6 Apr, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 33 comments

The San Luis Obispo City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a plan to hand one-time payments of $2,000 to 93-management level employees, including City Manager Katie Lichtig and City Attorney Christine Dietrick. City human resources staff proposed the one-time payments... (Continue reading)

SLO may give $2,000 bonuses to 93 high-ranking employees

Written on 4 Apr, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 33 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Update: The San Luis Obispo City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a plan to hand one-time payments of $2,000 to 93-management level employees, including City Manager Katie Lichtig and City Attorney Christine Dietrick. Original: Although the city... (Continue reading)

San Luis Coastal to help its top exec buy a home

Written on 20 Dec, 2016 in Uncovered SLO | 59 comments

The San Luis Coastal Unified School District is giving its superintendent a $950,000 loan to buy a home. San Luis Coastal’s school board unanimously approved the loan at a meeting last week. However, some teachers and members of the public... (Continue reading)