Inside The County Sewer ‘Game’

By Aaron Ochs, on November 7th, 2011%

The evil engineers of division

Razor Online has an exclusive report, detailing a large-scale operation by County officials to discredit Los Osos wastewater project dissent in never-before-seen detail.

When San Luis Obispo County Public Works Director Paavo Ogren attended a town hall meeting on June 19, 2007, he was asked by a resident about working with Dana Ripley of Ripley Pacific Company and the STEP/STEG collection system. He calmly told the resident, “Personally, I’m not a fan of that technology. Besides, [Ripley] and his project is more or less absurd. I don’t want to work with him, and… so what’s the point in complaining, right? We just follow the process. I just do what I’m told.

“It’s part of the game.”

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The Tribune: Worst Newspaper in America

By Aaron Ochs, on March 15th, 2011%

The Tribune

The Tribune is the worst newspaper in America.

The Tribune is known for many things, but journalism is not one of them.

In an opinion column titled, “It’s your right to be contentious, just don’t get violent,” Tribune’s Bob Cuddy, on Tuesday, again aimed his crosshairs at Los Osos residents who often speak at San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors meetings. The article itself was published on the very same day when residents talked about an item on the agenda: a resolution officially declaring the County’s intention to proceed with implementation of the Los Osos wastewater project.

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UPDATE: Transparency is Easy

By Aaron, on April 8th, 2010%

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

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Another Brick in the Wall

By Aaron, on March 4th, 2010%

The Tribune’s Bob Cuddy has not stepped into Los Osos deeply enough to gauge public opinion regarding the wastewater project. In his article on March 2, Cuddy reported that Chairman Mecham is no longer allowing a “special speaking time” for Los Osos since it detracts from other board business. Where’s the comments from the sewer critics? Take that, journalism! Since Cuddy wouldn’t elaborate on the finer details, we’ll discuss them here.

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The Tribune Should Call Off Its Fatwa Against Los Osos

By Aaron, on September 27th, 2009%

The Tribune published their poisoned tongue-and-cheek editorial “Bouquets and Brickbats” with the first five paragraphs dedicated to Lisa Schicker’s complaint.

The editorial compares the accusation against San Luis Obispo Public Works Director Paavo Ogren with a drowsy attempt at being funny. The Tribune compares the complaint to some obsession over the Kardashian family. For those who didn’t recognize the pop culture reference or it went over their head, click here.

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