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Self-proclaimed Los Osos sewer expert Gail McPherson has thrown her hat into the political arena by endorsing Los Osos Community Services District President Marshall Ochylski for District 2 Supervisor over incumbent Bruce Gibson. In an e-mail sent on Memorial Day, McPherson urged residents to pass her message to “District 3″ voters (rather than Ochylski’s District 2) who care about Los Osos. “I’m coming after you, Adam Hill!” Here is the e-mail in its entirety with commentary below: This is the first Razor Online guest column. If you want to write a column for us, please send us an e-mail. We accept all viewpoints.  By Julie Tacker The recent hullabaloo around “Celebrate Los Osos,” the newly reinvented Bear Committee/Los Osos Community Organization and its search for “positive,” “visible projects” has many of us scratching our heads. Celebrating Los Osos occurs on a regular basis. It doesn’t take a marketing campaign or slick tricks to ask for and receive a helpful hand. Volunteer jobs are being done all around this great community with no fanfare, kudos, banners, websites, press releases, photo ops or slick material promoting the good works of many citizens who pitch in however and wherever they can. Whether its muscle or money, Los Ososan’s historically come to the aid of others to fundraise, lift their hammers, shovels or paint brushes to spruce up, repair or build whatever, whenever. The best example is the Annual Maxine Lewis Homeless Shelter Fundraiser (held each December at the South Bay Community Center), organized by Jerri Walsh and Richard Margetson year after year with no self promoting brouhaha. Continue reading YOUR VOICE: Celebrate Los Osos With Sincerity, Not Press Releases → UPDATE (4:36 PM): Dave Duggan posted some great quotes that give a lot of insight into what Celebrate Los Osos is all about. On May 22, Celebrate Los Osos (CLO) is sponsoring the Back Bay Music Festival, which will have BBQ, beer, wine and free music — all for supposedly a good cause. Proceeds from the event will go toward beautification projects in Los Osos and Baywood Park. Months ago, I wrote an article about this volunteer organization and how the people involved have done more harm than good for people living in the Prohibition Zone. I’ve personally asked the founders of this volunteer organization to set up a fund for residents who would be unable to afford the upcoming sewer. There was no response. However, there was a response by founder Pandora Nash-Karner, which included public relations-inspired expressions like “spirit of volunteerism” and lines like, “Volunteering is the most fundamental act of citizenship and philanthropy in our society.”  34 comments  Los Osos  Alon Perlman, Bill Garfinkel, Bob Semenson, Celebrate Los Osos, community service, Jerry Gregory, Joyce Albright, Leon Van Beurden, LOCSD, Los Osos Community Services District, Los Osos wastewater project, Lou Tornatzky, Lynette Tornatzky, Maria Kelly, Pandora Nash-Karner, Peter Starlings, Sharon Fredericks The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved their staff’s recommendations for the Los Osos wastewater project last Tuesday. Since the County provided their first wastewater project update for this year, many Los Osos residents were left bewildered about the details. One of the bigger issues that County Public Works Director Paavo Ogren talked about was the due diligence review. Here’s a breakdown of what that is. Last Sunday, The Tribune endorsed Bruce Gibson for supervisor, the incumbent for San Luis Obispo County’s 2nd District. Though it’s not surprising that Gibson was endorsed by a newspaper that has Gibson on their speed dial, the timeliness of the endorsement was. Both LOCSD President Marshall Ochylski and Gibson have yet to square off in a debate. Neither candidate has made an effort to detail their positions enough for voters to compare and look for differences. Neither candidate has unveiled their campaign strategies. By endorsing Gibson so early in the campaign, The Tribune has shown their readers and subscribers unprecedented bias as they value loyalty over competency. UPDATE (4/12, 12:19 AM PST): All the binders are now available online: Binder #1, Binder #2 and Binder #3. In the event that the information is taken down or the site is unavailable, a download mirror will be provided so that the documents will always be available. UPDATE 2 (10:47 PM PST): After “probably a couple of . . . → Read More: UPDATE: Transparency is Easy Former Los Osos Community Services District Director Richard LeGros’ stinging press release on Thursday, April 1, announcing the Taxpayers Watch settlement was peculiar. It was peculiar because LeGros misinterpreted the terms of his own settlement. Unsurprisingly, LeGros’ vitriol toward the “CSD5″ overwhelms any substance that might be found in this incomplete agreement. LeGros claimed that the settlement recovered $1,310,301.52 that had been “misappropriated” by the “CSD5,” when it doesn’t actually say that at all. Taxpayers Watch (TW) has settled its 2006 lawsuit with the Los Osos Community Services District (LOCSD), removing a key obstacle to resolving the District’s financial woes, presently knotted in bankruptcy. Continue reading Taxpayers Watch Settles Suit Against LOCSD → UPDATE (3/30/10, 11:45 PM): Comments are now enabled. You may fire when ready. For the past few days, I’ve received several e-mails from readers who asked me why CalCoastNews would do something so “heinous and catastrophic” as to disable comments on Piper Reilly’s viewpoint, “Looking for transparency in Los Osos.” I have an idea why CCN disabled comments in that article. Since the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors nixed Los Osos wastewater project updates, County Public Works worked on their response to the California Coastal Commission’s substantial issues. On Tuesday, it was revealed that the County sent 500+ pages to the Coastal Commission for review. If you want a copy, you are more than welcome to drive to Santa Cruz and pay $300 for printed copies or you can read the materials at the Public Works office. Bring your best reading glasses. They won’t let you take it home. Adding insult to injury, the County has declined to post their documents online at the LOWWP web site. According to sources who have read the documents, the County’s response to the substantial issues is nothing more than 500 pages of recycled verbage that was sent to CC staff previously. Continue reading TRANSPARENCY UPDATE: County Fails to Post Coastal Response → |
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