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Gere Sibbach announces retirement

Written on 22 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

San Luis Obispo County Auditor-Controller Gere Sibbach announced Tuesday he will retire with two years left in his four-year term. Sibbach was first elected Auditor-Controller in 1990, and reelected in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010. The SLO County Board... (Continue reading)

KCBX to stop airing supervisor meetings

Written on 25 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE KCBX announced they no longer planned to air the San Luis Obispo County Boards of Supervisor meetings in a letter to the county received on Monday. In the letter, KCBX General Manager Frank Lanzone said the station... (Continue reading)

Supervisors reject anti-free speech ordinance

Written on 24 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors Tuesday rejected a proposed ordinance that would have limited free speech and a person’s right to assemble after more than an hour of public speakers objecting to what they called... (Continue reading)

Supervisors consider ordinance to jail their opponents

Written on 23 Jul, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 25 comments

OPINION By STEW JENKINS Besides the obvious lack of wisdom inherent in criminalizing someone performing an emergency landing of their airplane or hot air balloon on county owned vacant land, if enacted the ordinance being considered by the Board of... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County accused of attempting to restrict free speech

Written on 23 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 51 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors are set to consider a draft ordinance on Tuesday that both conservative and liberal groups have dubbed an unconstitutional attempt by the county to squelch free speech and limit a... (Continue reading)

SLO County supervisors pass smoking ban

Written on 18 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday to ban smoking at all parks, county parking lots and at other outdoor locations Supervisors Bruce Gibson, Adam Hill and Jim Patterson voted in favor of the ordinance that... (Continue reading)

Supervisor campaigns to shut down CalCoastNews

Written on 16 Jul, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 163 comments

By CALCOASTNEWS STAFF San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill has been using his elected position to bully advertisers and supporters of CalCoastNews (CCN) in a campaign to cripple the website. In several instances, Hill’s own emails, obtained by CCN,... (Continue reading)

Arnold, Hill, Mecham prevail

Written on 6 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 58 comments

Voters in the county’s fifth supervisor district turned their backs on incumbent Jim Patterson Tuesday, giving the nod to Debbie Arnold and creating a conservative majority on the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors. In the third district, incumbent... (Continue reading)

Adam Hill using government resources in election bid

Written on 5 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 64 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill’s use of his office in his bid for reelection appears to be a violation of Government Codes 54964 and 8314, which ban government officials from using public resources including buildings,... (Continue reading)

LAFCO consultant to testify against commission

Written on 4 Jun, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 28 comments

By KAREN VELIE A consultant hired by San Luis Obispo County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) will testify that the agency’s board disregarded expert testimony, and overstepped its authority in order to stifle a proposed development. In March, LAFCO board... (Continue reading)