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EXCLUSIVE: Tom Murphy Busted in Arizona

Posted on 09. Jun, 2010 by Aaron.

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Apparently, Tom Murphy, self-described inventor of the quirky “Reclamator” home water-reuse device, has been busy inventing new professions for himself. At least one particular profession might force him to hire an attorney — a real one — to keep him out of mounting legal troubles. The sometimes volatile Murphy was arrested Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. [...]

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The ROCK: Ogren’s MWH Gravity Bias Costing Los Osos Tens of Millions

Posted on 05. Jun, 2010 by Aaron.

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UPDATE: Orenco’s Mike Saunders replies to the Coastal Commission. On Thursday, June 10, Mike Saunders of Orenco challenged the California Coastal Commission staff’s last-minute addendum, which echoed the County’s preference for a conventional gravity system and its concerns regarding the STEP collection system. “While we have an obvious interest in this project we have a [...]

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The ROCK: Gibson Under-Estimating Sewer Bills to Win Los Osos Votes

Posted on 03. Jun, 2010 by Aaron.

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By ED OCHS If it’s Tuesday and you happen to be visiting Los Osos from out of the area, perhaps thinking about moving there, and want to know more about the future of this nature-lover’s seaside paradise, you may want to sit in on a rare Los Osos Update or weekly public comment at a [...]

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“Reclamator” Man Sues Everybody

Posted on 10. Feb, 2010 by Aaron.

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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 [...]

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Sewer Costs Will Be Unbearable

Posted on 23. Jan, 2010 by Aaron.

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New article from The ROCK Los Osos Affordability Report: Sewer Costs to Lower-Income Residents Will Be ‘Unbearable’ There is no escaping it. No topic in the far-flung Los Osos Wastewater Project universe remains on more residents’ minds than affordability. Yet the word and what it stands for – thousands of people forced to leave Los [...]

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The ROCK Takes on the Coastal Commission

Posted on 20. Jan, 2010 by Aaron.

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Here are two new articles hot off the presses! COUNTY’S SEWER PROJECT TIMELINE DELAYED MONTHS By ED OCHS As a result of the Coastal Commission’s 7-5 vote last week to hold a limited de novo hearing in April to review finite details of the Los Osos Wastewater Project, the County will have to wait at [...]

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The ROCK’s Greatest Hits and The Sentinel Goes Live

Posted on 30. Nov, 2009 by Aaron.

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LOS OSOS GROUP LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE SEEKING FEDERAL ACTION TO STOP COUNTY SEWER A group of Los Osos citizens have launched a new online publication, The Los Osos Sentinel, to stop the County’s plan to build a central sewer system in Los Osos. The new website (http://www.lososossentinel.com) is on a mission not only to better [...]

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