In the bitter, backwards world of American politics today, where right is wrong and wrong is right, there was no clearer illustration of what’s wrong with the country today than what took place on the steps of the government center in downtown San Luis Obispo County last Friday, September 3.
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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 → Corporations have been sued for product disparagement before, but the San Luis Obispo County government may be the first governing body to be held liable for such an act if they’re proven to be wrong about their facts in dismissing the STEP collection system. Continue reading STEP vs. SLO County: The Case for Product Disparagement → During ex parte comments by commissioners at the June 11 Coastal Commission hearing in Marina del Rey — which resulted in a Coastal Development Permit unanimously granted to the Los Osos Wastewater Project — Commissioner Mary Shallenberger disclosed that the day before the hearing she had met with San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Gibson, County Counsels Jensen and McNulty, and County Public Works Director Ogren. She said in part: Click here to view the unofficial election results. 9:30 AM – The County-Clerk Recorder reports that Bruce Gibson is now keeping his seat as 2nd District Supervisor. With 100% of the precincts reporting, Gibson won 69.65% over Ochylski with 30.13%. This is a landslide victory. June 9 (12:00 AM) – As I’ve reported on Razor Online, there has . . . → Read More: June 8, 2010 San Luis Obispo County Election Results 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 . . . → Read More: The ROCK: Gibson Under-Estimating Sewer Bills to Win Los Osos Votes 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 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. |
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