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Grover Beach proposes water rate increase

Written on 19 Mar, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Grover Beach officials are proposing a 10 percent water rate increase to make up for a budget shortfall partially caused by a loan defaulted on by the city’s now defunct redevelopment agency. [Tribune] In an attempt to close an estimated... (Continue reading)

LAFCO denies Pismo Beach project

Written on 15 Mar, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 66 comments

The San Luis Obispo Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) denied a request to annex a 182-acre proposed development, known as Los Robles Del Mar, into Pismo Beach on Thursday primary because of an alleged lack of water to support the... (Continue reading)

Congress makes move on state water

Written on 1 Mar, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A partisan majority in the U.S. Congress Wednesday approved a wide-reaching California water bill providing a gift-basket of benefits to farmers and striking down existing state law. [SacramentoBee] The bill, by Republican Congressman Devin Nunes of Visalia, stretches out and... (Continue reading)

Blindly support Paso Robles or else

Written on 24 Feb, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 10 comments

OPINION By WALTER HEER The indicant in the news between the  Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce and Gary Nemeth caught my attention. I don’t know what really happened, but can tell my experience. First of all, I’m not inclined to... (Continue reading)

A little something on the side

Written on 21 Feb, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 58 comments

Ask Bob Nicholson and he can point out how households and businesses are wasting water and money. He tells people how to save. Whether Nicholson’s advice is going to cost you anything depends on which hat he’s wearing that day. Nicholson makes... (Continue reading)

Mesa Community Alliance to NCSD: Fess up

Written on 14 Feb, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 10 comments

OPINION By MESA COMMUNITY ALLIANCE In mid-March, Nipomo Mesa customers of the four water companies – Nipomo community Service District (NCSD), Golden State, Woodlands Mutual and Rural Water – will be sent ballots to vote on whether to increase their... (Continue reading)

Oceano seawater intrusion deemed a scam

Written on 13 Feb, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 108 comments

San Luis Obispo County government agencies have been using data known to be phony to secure state and federal grants. Following a 2009 report of seawater intrusion contaminating the unincorporated community of Oceano’s groundwater supply, numerous local agencies used the information... (Continue reading)

SLO managers accused of intercepting council mail

Written on 9 Feb, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 69 comments

By SYDNEY RAY A San Luis Obispo property owner spoke out on Tuesday about an incident involving mail sent to the City Council members being intercepted, the originals shredded and the correspondence withheld from the city’s elected officials for several... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles water plan is just not working

Written on 31 Jan, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

OPINION By KAREN REED I was shocked when not much was said about the huge increases in water rates needed to fund the water system projects discussed at the Nov. 15 Paso Robles City Council meeting. After years of hard... (Continue reading)

Lawmakers won’t decide canal plan

Written on 16 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

One of the state’s most enduringly controversial public works projects, the Peripheral Canal, took a subtle step forward last week after rejection of a proposal to put its future in the hands of the legislature. An Assembly committee killed a... (Continue reading)