According to an article I read this morning, Gov. Jerry Brown wants our state lawmakers to “bite the bullet and enact new fees and taxes” to pay for repairs to California’s crumbling highways. Really? I don’t think there is anyone in the United States who doesn’t know that we pay more gas taxes than most […]
Terri Stricklin - Nipomo
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Supervisors get raises in a vicious circle
Why is it that our supervisors, when pushing through raises for themselves, always refer to what other counties are paying? And I’m not just talking about SLO County. This goes on everywhere. Recently in Contra Costa County, supervisors there stated “we are the lowest-paid in any urban county in the state.” Their base pay is […]
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We can’t afford Measure P
It appears there is a new “F” word in the language of Californians, especially here on the Central Coast. The proponents of Measure P have used it so much most people probably believe “fracking” has anything to do with this ballot initiative. It does not, as there is no fracking in Santa Barbara County. But […]