By Aaron Ochs, on January 25th, 2012%
 Is Adam Hill a communist or a Marx brother? UPDATE (11:00 PM PST): A tipster forwarded to Razor Online an e-mail Mr. Hill sent to his supporters last Friday at 11:45 PM PST. The e-mail, which called the outrage over the impersonation call to Mrs. Blake “silly season,” is available here.
District 3 Supervisor Adam Hill apparently doesn’t make apologies. He offered none during the January 24 Board of Supervisors meeting in San Luis Obispo, even when publicly sought by a concerned fellow supervisor.
Mr. Hill would have preferred to stay silent and dismiss his critics with icy stares and nasal-toned grunts, but District 1 Supervisor Frank Mecham – and many of Mr. Hill’s critics — weren’t going to let it go. Mr. Hill slumped in his chair behind the dais, looking genuinely baffled as his colleague on the board insisted on escalating board discussion pertaining to a bizarre phone call Mr. Hill made to Sheila Blake, a friend of Mr. Hill, who wrote a letter in The Tribune on January 6.
Continue reading Adam Hill: Profile of a Tyrant →
By Aaron Ochs, on February 22nd, 2011%
 This is where revolutions start. UPDATE (3:16 PM PST): Sources have stated that there were three policemen at the meeting: one deputy, the undersheriff, and the sheriff himself (Ian Parkinson).
UPDATE (2/22 at 1:25 PM PST): Even more Sheriff’s deputies were in the back of the room during public comment at Tuesday’s SLO County Board of Supervisors meeting.
For nearly 10 years, law enforcement has been dispatched to meetings that addressed — or had public comment speakers that addressed — issues pertaining to the Los Osos wastewater project. Typically, it’s been presumed that the police were summoned to deal with the allegedly unruly Los Osos residents, most of whom maintain a reasonable, measured tone without elevating the vitriol beyond “We’re getting screwed.”
Continue reading The Cop in the Back of the Room →
By Aaron, on November 12th, 2010%
 Mecham and Slovik On Wednesday, November 10, I wrote to SLO County Board of Supervisors Chairman Frank Mecham regarding comments he made at the BOS meeting on Tuesday. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to those who are involved in the Los Osos wastewater project that Mecham has a certain level of disdain for those who approach the podium regularly. Sure, there’s a lot of repetition from people who reasonably believe that they will lose their homes and find themselves financially underwater because of the extraneous costs and burden that this current project presents. But Mecham has heard all of that “bickering” before — and so I tried something different.
Continue reading Mecham the Deserter →
By Aaron, on August 17th, 2010%
The County of San Luis Obispo has no public relations or communication skills. The dire lack of effort on the County’s end to actively provide updates and respond to misconceptions has led some in the community to operate in disarray and confusion.
Continue reading SLO County’s Tragic Failure to Communicate →
By Aaron, on March 3rd, 2010%
Pull the curtains. Draw the shades. The issue of transparency is no longer playing a part in the Los Osos wastewater project. Why? Is the $165 million sewer, to be paid for by only 4,500 homeowners, not an issue that beckons the need for San Luis Obispo County government to be open, honest and forthcoming with this selected group of homeowners? November 2009 was the last month that included a project update that was publicly considered by your board. December 15th was the last time County Public Works wrote something about the wastewater project on their blog. It would seem like the project has vanished into thin air — as if the issue is over and done with, as least as far as Board of Supervisors Chairman Frank Mecham and his crew are concerned. How is that even possible? By what brand of logic?
Continue reading County Revokes Transparency →
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