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SLO accused of unlawful bargaining in arbitration vote

Written on 30 Apr, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

A state agency assigned with administrating union bargaining laws has filed an unfair practices complaint against San Luis Obispo because of city officials alleged failure to meet and confer with members of the police union over binding arbitration. [Tribune] In... (Continue reading)

Date a student, lose pension?

Written on 27 Mar, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Teachers who get involved in relationships with high school students, even those 18 and over, would be stripped of their retirement benefits if a bill introduced by a Modesto lawmaker succeeds. [SacramentoBee] Republican Assemblywoman Kristen Olsen introduced the legislation after... (Continue reading)

Salinas school counselor accused of creating child porn

Written on 21 Mar, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Police arrested a Salinas High School drug and alcohol counselor suspected of creating child porn in his office at the high school on Monday. [MercuryNews] Salinas police first arrested Gilbert Olivares, 34, last week after a student’s relatives told police... (Continue reading)

Will Paso Robles police chief be canned tonight?

Written on 20 Mar, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 47 comments

Lisa Solomon told her officers she plans to remain the Paso Robles chief of police, a claim that appears to be up to city leaders who are slated to discuss disciplining or dismissing her at tonight’s city council meeting. Listed... (Continue reading)

Atascadero and Paso Robles violating personnel rules

Written on 2 Mar, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

Atascadero and Paso Robles employees are breaking rules that limit the amount of vacation accrual leaving Atascadero with $887,320 and Paso Robles with $1,646,575 in unfunded liability, according to Grand Jury report (pdf) released Thursday. In Paso Robles and Atascadero,... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles locker room play? Or lock her away?

Written on 14 Feb, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 143 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN Was it just naughty fun? A little good-natured grope here and there? Or were crimes committed? Paso Robles Police Chief Lisa Solomon is being accused of sexual misconduct by a growing group of former and current Paso... (Continue reading)

Cuesta College employees sue over alleged sexual harassment

Written on 9 Feb, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Four women filed suit in December against a Cuesta College faculty chair, the college and several campus officials claiming ongoing sexual harassment and the college’s failure to respond to complaints. [Tribune] Three claimants contend Don Norton, Cuesta’s division chair of... (Continue reading)

School chief’s wife defends contracts with district

Written on 23 Dec, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 152 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN Rancorous relations among factions in the Coast Unified School District (CUSD) fester after the wife of district Superintendent Chris Adams angrily and publicly derided “lies and accusations about our family that pervade our district and community and... (Continue reading)

Postal Service needs flexibility to achieve financial stability

Written on 23 Dec, 2011 in Featured, Opinion | 26 comments

OPINION By KERRY WOLNY As Congress considers legislation to reform the business model of the Postal Service, it must confront a basic choice: to permit the Postal Service to function more as a business does, or constrain it from doing... (Continue reading)

Fuzzy math should not obscure real progress by SLO City

Written on 14 Dec, 2011 in Featured, Opinion | 29 comments

OPINION By JOHN B. ASHBAUGH, San Luis Obispo City Councilman Here’s a riddle for you: When is a “0” not a zero? Answer: When it’s being deployed by a political activist with an axe to grind. I refer, of course,... (Continue reading)