Susan Harvey, Author at Santa Maria Sun

It’s the environment, stupid

CEQA does need reform, but the governor’s proposed changes would dismantle the valuable law

by Susan Harvey March 6, 2013August 31, 2022

It surely came as no surprise to anyone that COLAB, in its accustomed role as handmaiden to big developers and polluting industries, recently occupied this space with a call to weaken California flagship environmental law (“Flies and fungus vs. jobs and prosperity,” Feb. 28). Also no surprise: Every major conservation and public health group in […]

Opinion

Allow me to do the job you didn’t

Paso Robles

by Susan Harvey August 10, 2010August 31, 2022

Wow. Four full columns on the state Senate candidates. (“Here we go again,” July 22). Looks impressively in-depth. But it breaks down like this: one full column on two third-party candidates who got single-digit vote totals in the primary; one and a half columns on how much the election is costing; and a column and […]