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ARE YOU HAVING SEWER PROBLEMS???
You are not alone. You are just the latest victim of the State Water Board’s “Scam of the Century.” Read about the test case of tortured Los Osos and how other small towns up and down the coast are suffering from septic shock, as rogue Regional Water Boards statewide cry pollution without proof so they can replace working septic tanks with spill-prone, unnecessary and excessively expensive central sewers -- and force a select group of homeowners to pay for it. Don’t be fooled. Open your eyes and learn the facts before you find yourself paying $500 a month to fix a “problem” that never really existed in the first place -- or has been falsely and conveniently attributed to all septics. The whole story of the “Sewer Scam,” how it works and what’s happening today is so incredible that unless you start reading The ROCK right now it will be far, far too late to do anything about it in time.
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Written by Admin On 27.11.09
COASTAL COMMISSION HAS MORE ‘SUBSTANTIAL ...
The California Coastal Commission has more than a few questions to ask the County at the as-yet-unscheduled de novo hearing on a number of “substantial issues” hanging over the Los Osos Wastewater Project. In the meantime, however, there may need to be a hearing even before the de novo hearing just to determine how many “substantial issues” will be on the Commission’s agenda for the de novo, because there seems to be a basic difference in understanding between the Commission and the County as to how many and exactly what the issues actually are. “We have at least seven specific issues discussed by our Commission… as opposed to the four you have listed,” wrote the Coastal Commission’s Dan Carl to County Public Works’ Mark Hutchinson. Any further delay in the County’s project timeline “will be dependent on timely materials assistance from the County. … Even optimistically, it seems likely that we are looking at a hearing at least several months away, and potentially longer.” These are not just "minor concerns" as Gibson and Ogren minimized them to the Tribune.
Written by Ed Ochs On 09.02.10
'Reclamator' Man Sues Everybody
Rebuffed by Los Osos and the courts of San Luis Obispo County, urban wastewater cowboy Tom Murphy, proprietor of “The Reclamator” onsite system, is back pawing familiar ground and has turned himself into a perpetual suit-filing machine. His target for the new year: Everybody. Holed up in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, Murphy has been firing off rounds of lawyerless suits in federal courts against the federal government, the EPA, the State of California, and Lake Havasu City. Filing suits is nothing new for Murphy – it’s always been his calling card -- but he may have already played all his cards and used up his suit quota for 2010 just in January and February alone.
Written by Ed Ochs On 10.02.10
The Freestyle Magic of Tokyo Joe’s Sush...
Good news travels fast in Morro Bay. Since opening early summer, Tokyo Joe’s Sushi, the brainfood child of entrepreneur Joe Yukich and Chef Hiroki Ohata, has rapidly gained a following for its high quality sushi, its small, cozy, relaxed café atmosphere, and friendly, attentive staff. But that’s only where Tokyo Joe’s begins, or takes off...
Written by Ed Ochs On 05.08.09
‘PROHIBITION ZONE’ FEVER GRIPS MALIBU...
If you have lived in Los Osos for at least the past five years, the following account may echo with a darkly familiar ring: “Hundreds attended Thursday’s 10-hour hearing, which included passionate testimonies for or against the septic ban from environmental group leaders, surfers, Los Angeles County officials, local developers and wastewater experts, among others." This from a Nov. 11 Malibu Times article under the headline: “Water board bans septics in Malibu.” According to the article, the RWQCB’s Malibu prohibition means “an end to future permitting of septic systems in the commercial areas as well as the residential areas...” Malibuites will soon discover more than they ever wanted to know about Los Osos, as the posh, pastoral city by the sea takes sides. Sure, it’s a different town, but the same story line. It’s called “The Sewer Scam!”
Written by Rock News Wire On 15.11.09
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