Letters To The Editor

A donnybrook took place on March 13 at the county Planning Commission meeting in Santa Maria over whether to approve a large expansion of ERG oil and gas drilling in Cat Canyon. ERG Resources faced off against an army of resource and climate defenders. In the morning, the county Planning Department and ERG Inc. presented […]

Cutting through all the talk about Trump and his supporters versus the rising opposition made up of Democrats, independents, and some Republicans, what it comes down to is one-man rule versus our democratic system of government. Many Trump supporters understand this division and choice and completely accept the one-man rule that Trump is in essence […]

Since State Parks disclosed its intention to add an off-roading campground and access road by Oso Flaco Lake, people in that area have mobilized against it: the residents of Nipomo Mesa and Trilogy and the Oso Flaco friends. I don’t blame them. I have been a resident of Oceano and have suffered the consequences of […]

There is an age-old tactic employed by insecure people. Try in every way to belittle another person in order to make yourself look better, smarter, or more important. I have a warning for congressional Democrats and their media. Stop your incessant attacks on President Donald Trump. If you want to get America’s respect, then earn […]

State Parks proposed to add a campground and off-highway vehicle (OHV) staging area at the Oso Flaco Lake day use area to facilitate access to the existing Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area (SVRA). Better access points to the OHV area would be through the Railroad Avenue, Silver Spur Place, or Callender Road, locations considered […]

I would like to respond to Mark Henry’s opinion piece “Green Dreamin’” (Feb. 21) with a letter I recently sent to U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara): Dear Congressman Carbajal, I have reviewed the goals of the Green New Deal recently proposed as a congressional resolution. Although I agree with many of the overall goals of […]

Sometimes you just have to agree with the accusations that the immigration problems we face are our own fault. In fact the whole damn bunch of us should be sued for providing an “attractive nuisance.” It’s not the fault of the people who drag children to our borders with the hope of falsifying asylum claims […]

Recently a publication chose to print an opinion piece that was critical of me personally. My name was used several times in a disparaging manner. I fully support the First Amendment. In this instance, there may have been an assumption that such an ad hominem attack might dissuade others from speaking openly and forthrightly about […]

Of the three new oil projects under consideration in our county, ERG’s is the furthest along in the permitting process, creating three unwanted risks: financial loss, drinking/irrigation water contamination, and hazardous air quality. Financially, ERG is insolvent and operating under a bankruptcy reorganization that requires the sale of all California assets to partially pay a […]

With the full admission of departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services, and the seeming unwillingness of those agencies to make a fulsome attempt to reunite the thousands of children taken forcefully from their parents when they came to this country seeking asylum, one has to wonder what the future of these children’s […]

Last week, State Parks disclosed its proposed new general work plan for the management of Pismo State Beach and the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area. Good news: There are plans for a boardwalk on the foredunes to connect Grand Avenue with the Arroyo Grande Creek and a small structured campground (versus the free and […]

Vladimir Putin’s goal is to weaken the United States by using President Donald Trump. In order to propel Trump into the White House, Russian hackers infiltrated United States political organizations. The Kremlin used sensitive information to undermine Hillary Clinton. In addition, Russian hackers used American social media to influence the American electorate to vote for […]