So where is Arroyo Grande on medical cannabis?
Opinion by Mayor Jim Hill Medical marijuana – cannabis – has been legal under California law since Proposition 215 was passed by voters in 1996. Well over a year ago, facing Read More …
Category: Opinion
Arroyo Grande Mayor Hill’s state of the city
The state of the City of Arroyo Grande is good. We have a highly dedicated staff working diligently for the betterment of our city.
Financially, Arroyo Grande is better off than the vast majority of California cities with regard to the challenge of unfunded liability Read More …
Sheriff Ian Parkinson needs to come clean with the voters
The Holland Family Alliance today issued the following open letter to SLO County Sheriff Ian Parkinson:
On Saturday, May 25, we scattered Andrew’s ashes at sea on what would have been his 38th birthday. It has been nearly a year and a half since Andrew died in the jail you command, yet we are lacking basic answers to extremely troubling questions about what actually happened to Andrew. Read More …
Ilan Funke-Bilu is the most qualified candidate for judge
OPINION by WILLIAM AUSMAN
I am writing to you to let you know that one of our own is not only serving our community well but wants to serve all of the people of San Luis Obispo County. I read the Tribune’s poorly thought out and one-sided editorial recommendation. Read More …
Who is spreading lies in San Luis Obispo County?
OPINION by KEITH GURNEE Former Tribune reporter Dave Wilcox and Supervisor Adam Hill recently posted on Facebook that I was “lying” about taking credit for the smoking ban adopted by the Read More …
DA Dan Dow fails to promote justice, supports buddies in blue
OPINION by RICK HOLIDAY They say a picture is worth a thousand words, then how much is smoking gun video evidence worth proving San Luis Obispo’s District Attorney Dan Dow’s gross Read More …
Jimmy Paulding stop throwing mud and do some research
OPINION by JULIE TACKER
District 4 Supervisorial candidate Jimmy Paulding has Oceano residents up in arms over having been “the county’s stepchild;” as evidenced by there not being sidewalks in the community. Read More …
Gurnee announces his run for mayor
On May 11, I filed a notice of intent to run for Mayor of the City of San Luis Obispo. Why in the world would I consider running against an incumbent mayor?
Just a few short years ago, we were considered “The happiest place in north America.” Read More …
Grief should not be the determining factor in county races
By CLAIRE MAMAKOS
As a community our hearts go out to the family of Andrew Holland, the young man who died a year and a half ago in the San Luis Obispo County Jail. Shortly after the details of Andrew’s death became public, the Holland family voiced plans to promote changes in the way the mentally ill are treated in our county. Read More …
Bruce Gibson is out of touch with Los Osos
OPINION by JULIE TACKER
At the April 20, candidates forum for the District 2 Supervisor race, I was struck by the misstatements made by sitting Supervisor Bruce Gibson about the Los Osos Wastewater Project. A project he holds himself out as a champion of. Read More …