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Category: Opinion

I cannot support pay-to-play by council members

Posted onFebruary 19, 2019

OPINION by DEBBIE PETERSON

After much soul-searching I have decided to submit my resignation, effective this evening because I can no longer in good conscience associate myself with this council. Read More …

CategoriesFeatured, Opinion

A ‘Green New Deal’ represents a future without consumer choice

Posted onFebruary 10, 2019

Democratic lawmakers in Congress have unveiled the outline of a number of policies they’ve dubbed as the “Green New Deal”. The Green New Deal is a series of legislative proposals that will focus on massively transforming society in hopes of achieving a future with “net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.” Read More …

CategoriesFeatured, Opinion

Tommy Gong rebuts Tribune voter suppression allegation

Posted onFebruary 9, 2019

In response to Tom Fulks’ Feb. 1 Viewpoint — “Why is SLO County Elections Office making it harder for people to vote?” — I want to make some clarifications and educate the public about SB450, which has the potential to dramatically change the way elections are conducted. Read More …

CategoriesFeatured, Opinion

SLO City Council’s bad planning continues

Posted onJanuary 18, 2019

OPINION by ALLAN COOPER

Let’s get real. The City of San Luis Obispo is giving away the farm. Our pro-development, pro-growth and so-called “progressive” City Council is conspiring with a certain developer to over build (even by State standards) Read More …

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SLO City Council puts profits above habitat

Posted onJanuary 11, 2019

OPINION by RICHARD SCHMIDT

Terracide. Land killing. Earth murder. Only the most oblivious would deny that’s the crime we’re committing. Read More …

CategoriesFeatured, Opinion

South SLO County sanitation board appears to change its view

Posted onJanuary 2, 2019

OPINION by JULIE TACKER

In September of 2017, South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District Board member alternates, Karen White from Oceano and Barbara Nichols from Grover Beach, voted to censure Arroyo Grande Mayor Jim Hill. Read More …

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SLO County needs a building moratorium

Posted onDecember 10, 2018

OPINION by JEFF HORTON

Is it just me, or are things starting to look too “city” around here? At this time, I am beginning to lose the idea that it is just me because I hear the same complaints everywhere I go. These factors that have lowered our quality of life can be reduced or even removed. Read More …

CategoriesFeatured, Opinion

Mayor Harmon, please keep your promise

Posted onNovember 22, 2018

Now that the dust has settled on our local elections (with the notable exception of the Los Osos Community Services District), It’s time to put those results in perspective. Read More …

CategoriesFeatured, Opinion

A failed attempt to kill CalCoastNews

Posted onNovember 14, 2018

Six years ago today, an article was published on CalCoastNews that would forever reshape the lives of its authors and their families — and ultimately those of the article’s subjects. Read More …

CategoriesFeatured, Opinion

It is time to stop wasting our votes

Posted onNovember 13, 2018

OPINION by RICHARD SCHMIDT

My votes for San Luis Obispo City Council just got wasted again. Just like in 2016. Just like before that. Election after election, my votes play no role in electing anyone to a council that then contains nobody sympathetic to my views or demographic. Read More …

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