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Gearhart appraiser loses license over land fraud

Written on 5 Jan, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 61 comments

An Atascadero-based appraiser whose inflated appraisals helped North County Developer Kelly Gearhart defraud investors out of more than $100 million has lost his license. The California Attorney General’s office ordered Terry Pippin to surrender his license in December. Pippin made false... (Continue reading)

Governor Brown fires anti-oil regulators

Written on 5 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Oil industry representatives voiced their approval of California Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision to fire two state regulators who they said played a role in a slowdown in permitting for new drilling projects. [Bloomberg] “The governor made the right decision,” said... (Continue reading)

We need a commonsense guest worker program

Written on 29 Oct, 2011 in Featured, Opinion | 49 comments

OPINION By JOHN SALISBURY A report on our Citizen wine grape picking crew. After a “Call to Arms” for local unemployed citizens to pick grapes that started in our monthly column in the Avila Community News and our blog inthevines.com,... (Continue reading)

Time to eliminate the federal corporate tax

Written on 25 Oct, 2011 in Featured, Opinion | 78 comments

OPINION By GORDON MULLIN The unemployment rate remains stuck around 10 percent; higher for youth and minorities. Incomes are stagnant and the greatest wealth creation machine in history, the U.S. economy, is jammed in neutral.  You can hear the gears... (Continue reading)

CMC begins issuing layoff notices

Written on 22 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

State officials sent 117 employees of the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo County layoff notices on Friday as part of a plan to reduce prison overcrowding by transferring inmates to county jails. As part of the plan, 26,000... (Continue reading)

‘Boomerang’ youth returning home

Written on 16 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Parents: Don’t see enough of your adult children? Be patient; a national trend suggests they soon may be asking to move back home. [SanFranciscoChronicle] During a three-year period ending in 2010, the numbers of American adult children living with their... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly knew, ignored coach’s transgressions

Written on 15 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

Cal Poly officials have known for years that serious, repetitive allegations against women’s volleyball coach Jon Stevenson were credible, but ignored the ample evidence and refused to act until prodded by imminent newspaper exposure. [NewTimes] Stevenson started this season as... (Continue reading)

Early vacation for double-dipping general

Written on 24 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A former adjutant general in the California National Guard has been “transferred to the retired list, effective immediately,” for financial improprieties. [SacramentoBee] General William H. Wade II, the Guard’s boss from 2005 until being relieved of that duty early last... (Continue reading)

Peter Douglas steps down from Coastal Commission

Written on 11 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

After 26 years as executive director of the California Coastal Commission, Peter Douglas, an outspoken opponent of coastal development who helped write the state’s landmark Coastal Act, announced his retirement Wednesday. [Los Angeles Times] Douglas, 68, has been fighting lung... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande hospital head resigns

Written on 22 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs | 23 comments

The president and chief executive officer of Arroyo Grande Community Hospital has resigned. Rick Castro, who served both roles at the Arroyo Grande medical center, gave the hospital his notice in June, to be effective July 31. No replacement has been announced.... (Continue reading)