Our fault? Whose fault? It (“Our own fault,” April 8) became PG&E’s fault when their initial substandard geological survey allowed the placement of their facility in an area of bedrock riddled with a chaotic network of interconnected seismic faults. One question today is who should be monetarily responsible for PG&E’s faulted initial assertion of seismic […]
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Don’t let civil servants reward civil servants
Lompoc
The problem with county civil service benefits (“Mind the gap,” April 8) is that they are way beyond what the private sector gets and can afford, yet it is the private sector that pays the taxes for the county benefits. The basic problem is due to two factors: the civil service unions who support and […]
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What do you hate more than taxes?
Hector Ramirez student “Hypocrites, because at least taxes do something, but hypocrites just stab you in the back.” Mike Schmidt medical assistant “Long lines. I just hate waiting in lines.” Leah Payne barista “I can’t think of anything that I hate more than taxes since I’m poor, and they still take my money.” John Breidenstein […]
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Let’s hope the council has courage
Santa Maria
Your article in the recent issue of the Sun concerning E-Verify (“Santa Maria leaders consider E-Verify,” April 1) was enlightening, and it is time this issue was aired in the open. You quoted Richard Quandt, president of the local Grower-Shipper Vegetable Association, as saying, “The issue of the adequacy of employment verification should be addressed […]
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Katcho will make an excellent representative
Lucia Mar Unified School District board of trustees
I have known Katcho Achadjian for more than 35 years. Katcho attended Cuesta Community College and Cal Poly. He graduated from Cal Poly with a business degree. As our county supervisor for the last 11—and soon to be 12—years, he has done so much for our youth and public education. Katcho’s accomplishments include providing Oceano […]
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The Dunes: like an asylum with sand
San Simeon
Oceano Dunes is a state park gone bad. Given current global opinion about the negative impacts of the combustion engine, the use of off-road vehicles in the pursuit of frivolity is nothing short of a crime. To speak of 3-foot fences, barrier trees, or other mitigation is to dance in the wake of continued pollution. […]
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What was the best prank you pulled on someone?
Cheyenne Larson student “My cousin is a heavy sleeper, so a bunch of my strong friends carried him while he was asleep out to a field.” Caleb Wallace entrepreneur “Putting red Kool-Aid powder in someone’s shoes. Then, when they are walking around and their feet get all sweaty, they get red all over their feet.” […]
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Do you remember?
Arroyo Grande
Remember when Cecil B. DeMille filmed the movie in the dunes in the ’30s and nobody complained? There have been vehicle activities in the dunes ever since. Remember in the ’70s during vacations, big three- and four-day holidays, and spring breaks when all the motorhomes pulling their sand vehicles with all their families and friends […]
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Goodbye, American Dream
Santa Maria
In one sweeping move, the Supreme Court stripped away the Bill of Rights the American people had been guaranteed in the Constitution. When Justices Alito, Kennedy, Scalia, Thomas, and Roberts stamped their approval against citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission, they single-handedly destroyed our party system forever and created a new one called the Corporate […]
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Let’s fix what needs fixing
Nipomo
I wish to thank our Congresswoman, Lois Capps, for supporting health care revision in this country. We all knew the system was broken, and finally we have a good start for a fix. The USA was the only country where health care was left to the devices of profit-making entities: the insurance industry. I bet […]
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Corruption is all around
Santa Maria
I agree with much of the commentary posted by our friend from Vandenberg Village (“Think of the country, not the party,” March 11). 1. As long as we have seen men in power, even from the first few centuries after the year of our Lord, it has been about corruption. Power corrupts absolutely; we know […]
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How do you celebrate your birthday?
Grant Wolter bum “Cake with trick candles, Boomers, party hats, and Bollywood music. The usual.” Mark Adams jester “I stay home and read my favorite magazines, and then, for dinner, I go to Costco and eat their samples.” Brianna Everett student “I like to go sing some karaoke, and then order sashimi.” Kathy Lambert library […]
