Run for something – today’s the day
OPINION by STEW JENKINS The election of Democrat Doug Jones, as Alabama’s Senator, is the beginning of the middle of a national sea change. All over America, people young and old Read More …
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SLO County admits Diablo closure could be financial disaster
OPINION by MIKE BROWN Last year when Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced that it wished to close the Diablo Nuclear Power Plant by 2025, the San Luis Obispo County sought Read More …
Sanitation District hampered by three member board
OPINION by JULIE TACKER In 1984, the San Luis Obispo County Grand Jury recommended the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District add members to its three member board to allow Read More …
California’s demand for equal access to justice
OPINION by STEW JENKINS Editors note: This is the third in a three-part about problem’s with Californian’s access to the federal court system. In the first and second parts of this Read More …
Due process requires equal access to justice
OPINION by STEW JENKINS Editors note: This is the second in a three-part about problem’s with Californian’s access to the federal court system. In article one of this series, the fact Read More …
California’s second class access to justice
OPINION by STEW JENKINS Editors note: This is the first in a three-part about problem’s with Californian’s access to the federal court system. Maps can tell you a lot. Where you Read More …
Will Diablo close sooner than later
On Nov. 8, Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Administrative Law Judge Peter V. Allen rendered his recommended decision with respect to the PG&E joint proposal for the closure of Diablo to the full Public Utilities Commission Board. The Commission has the final decision making authority. It may act on Dec. 14, but it is not clear if it could hear testimony, deliberate, and render a decision in one day. Read More …
Supervisor Adam Hill’s bullying and intimidation has to stop
An open letter to the to the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors: As you all know by now, I have recently been the target of a series of slanderous emails from Supervisor Adam Hill directly sent to me courtesy of San Luis Obispo County’s very own website.
Through his county emails, Mr. Hill has alleged that I am a homosexual in a smear campaign designed to harm me and my business. Read More …
Public private partnerships, who’s fooling who
OPINION by STEWART JENKINS Public private partnerships are in vogue. The notion is that private companies contribute something to provide what a government should provide, with the company profiting and the Read More …
I am pissed off, James Duenow says
In what I believe was a travesty of justice, reporters Karen Velie and Daniel Blackburn lost a libel lawsuit for $1.1 million in a trial during which most of their evidence and witnesses were barred from the jury. Also, the plaintiff appears to have repeatedly perjured himself before and during the trial, according to information discovered by private investigator Carl Knudson. Read More …