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Free speech at county animal shelter put to sleep

Written on 4 Apr, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 17 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN If you’re a volunteer at the San Luis Obispo County animal shelter, you can bark, but you might get bitten. Volunteers at the Animal Services Division (ASD) facility have been muzzled, prohibited from speaking to the media or even... (Continue reading)

SLO County pension plan bleeding; is it unbowed?

Written on 25 Mar, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

SECOND IN A SERIES By DANIEL BLACKBURN County supervisors soon will learn that its hemorrhaging employee pension plan may find partial redemption by buying into in a struggling investment marketplace. But the plan’s top executive said Tuesday he worries that a declining economy... (Continue reading)

Hedges ponders appeal of Tangemans medical pot order as state high court considers deeper debate

Written on 18 Mar, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 4 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN A battle of Titans unfolds: In one corner, a gaggle of California cities, counties, and law enforcement agencies; in the other, the state Supreme Court. In the middle of the ring is a small baggie of medical marijuana... (Continue reading)

Hard money lending schemes creating fiscal chaos, devastating SLO County investors

Written on 13 Mar, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 20 comments

By KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN A number of San Luis Obispo County investment firms have allegedly participated in schemes that may have already cost local investors more than $500 million, setting the stage for a colossal fiscal collapse unrivaled in... (Continue reading)

Storm winds as environmental vigilante? County questions billboard rebuilding

Written on 21 Feb, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | One comment

By DANIEL BLACKBURN Powerful winds ripping across San Luis Obispo County in recent weeks battered, bent and broke numerous billboards along the Highway 101 and Highway 1 corridors, and now county officials are considering denying replacement of damaged signs. The county’s enforcement... (Continue reading)

Director’s policies plague Probation front-liners

Written on 15 Feb, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 10 comments

Agents and officers of the San Luis Obispo County Probation Department have been burdened by policies of the department’s director which endanger the public in general and law enforcement agencies in particular according to... (Continue reading)

Coming soon to your SLO town: The Minutemen

Written on 12 Feb, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 5 comments

She feels both a sense of excitement and apprehension about introducing into the San Luis Obispo County culture the newly-formed Central Coast Minuteman Civil Defense Corps.... (Continue reading)

One big cost that never goes down: public retirement benefits

Written on 6 Feb, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | One comment

While California’s housing market has been swirling down the drain, the state’s largest public retirement system has been enthusiastically investing hundreds of millions of dollars into a more promising real estate market… south of... (Continue reading)

Storm winds as environmental vigilante? County questions billboard rebuilding

Written on 30 Jan, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | No comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN Posted 1/30/2008 Powerful winds ripping across San Luis Obispo County in recent weeks battered, bent and broke numerous billboards along the Highway 101 and Highway 1 corridors, and now... (Continue reading)