Letters To The Editor

The fundamental flaw in the Santa Barbara County budget crisis is that the Board of Supervisors has been in denial for the past three years. They ignore their money problems that, they, themselves, have caused by allowing out-of-control spending of the public money. The board will claim they have a balanced budget as they pop […]

If you are an environmentalist, member of the Sierra Club, or liberal Democrat, you are partly responsible for the BP oil spill in the gulf. Had you allowed the oil companies to drill onshore in the lower 48 and offshore in shallow waters in California and Alaska, they would not have been forced to go […]

Off-roaders and campers on our beach and dunes do not bring to our community as much money as the off-road industry and state bureaucrats make us believe. Most tourists camping on the beach eat non-expensive food usually brought from home or bought at big local grocery stores that don’t need the off-roaders to make money […]

Let’s see if I have this straight. Vehicle traffic in the Oceano Dunes has destroyed a natural crust that keeps tiny silica particles (10 micron and smaller) from blowing into inhabited areas in large quantities. When these particles are breathed in, they remain in the lungs and cause serious problems, some leading to death. The […]

As a new, yet still part time, resident of the beautiful Central Coast, I look forward to as many farmers’ markets as I can visit, mostly on the weekends. I look forward to Saturday’s experience in Arroyo Grande, but it would be wonderful to have the Spencer’s market location in Orcutt for delectable produce. It […]

I am 83 years old and have been quite sick for years, but always voted. Well, that has ended. I am tired of being rushed to the phone to hear a recording about who I should vote for and why, each time thinking one of my five children might be phoning me for a chat. […]

O, come all ye faithful and righteous citizens of San Luis Obispo, you who are so upset by the smoke on sidewalks, the feeding of ducks, and past-bedtime partying: I beg you to rise and stand against the most repulsive polluter of them all, the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreational Area (ODSVRA). Residents in the […]

Proposition 16 is total rubbish, a disgrace to the democratic process. PG&E is sponsoring the proposition to prevent municipalities from getting into the energy business to compete with the company. It would require a two-thirds vote by municipal residents to approve funding for local public power projects, which we all know would be the kiss […]

As a longtime activist in Santa Maria, I will be voting for Alice Patino for 5th District supervisor. She is the most sensible and the most responsible candidate for the 5th District. Alice’s character is above reproach. Her connection to the local community cannot be matched! Her countless hours of involvement on committees and commissions […]

A cartoon on the opinion page of a recent edition of The Tribune said it all about the state of the news media these days: Against a backdrop of wars, fires, violence, meteor attacks, and all sorts of other disasters, the newscaster says, “But first the latest on Tiger.” The media focus so much attention […]

Thank you to Lois Capps, the SLO County Board of Supervisors, California Public Utilities Commission, California Energy Commission, Sierra Club, City of Morro Bay, Mothers for Peace, and Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility: Thank you all for speaking out for the citizens of SLO County. The sensible, reasonable, and necessary seismic studies regarding earthquake faults that […]

 It’s really starting to bug me how often I seem to hear the wealthy and successful demonized for being … well, wealthy and successful.  These comments astonish me because I think most of us aspire to such things.  Successful (wealthy) businesspeople and those who aspire to be successful (wealthy) businesspeople represent the engine of our […]