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• Letters to the Editor 1/25

  Letters to the Editor 1/25

  Public locked out

  Last year the Atascadero City Council and the city staff stopped taking questions during the Community Forum portion of the City Council meetings. Now the only way to ask a question of a council member or city staff is to submit the question to the city clerk, and she will answer the question at City Hall. This is all done well out of the public purview.

  The policy has now been taken to a new level in that neither the City Council nor city staff comments on any of the issues raised during the Community Forum. This stonewalling of the citizen has been going on in Atascadero for a while. Now it is overt and total.

• High costs keeps two measures off Grover Beach ballot this June

  High costs keeps two measures off Grover Beach ballot this June

  The Grover Beach City Council has decided not to place two measures on the June ballot because of the estimated $29,000 cost to do so.

  Councilman Bill Nicolls had requested the council ask voters whether they want to rescind term limits for the directly elected mayor. The council discussed his request at its Tuesday meeting.

  Council members and the mayor may serve for two consecutive terms per position. Council members are elected for four-year terms. The mayor is elected for a two-year term.

• Letters to the Editor 12/12

  Letters to the Editor 12/12

  A uniform solution

  I read with delight the Nov. 3 letter from Ken Koenen that listed simple steps to fix schools that cost no money.

  The one that stuck out in my mind the most was that all students wear uniforms. If you have not driven by any of the schools, you should. The high schools are the worst. The way students are allowed to dress is outrageous and parents are most at fault for allowing their children to walk out the door dressed in that manner. Schools also are at fault for allowing students to enter school dressed the way they do.

• Letters to the Editor 1/11

  Letters to the Editor 1/11

  Vote yes to ban bags

  The Integrated Waste Management Authority should vote to support the single-use bag ordinance today. This ordinance has been thoughtfully crafted with significant public and business input to maximize environmental and economic benefits. It has the support of the California Grocers Association and the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce for a simple reason: It will save businesses money. (Or “job creators,” in election season speak.)

  By passing this ordinance, we will stop sending more than $5 million per year out of our county’s economy that we spend on single-use plastic and paper bags and keep it locally. While six months ago, all IWMA board members were in agreement on this issue, some have chosen to cave to the demands of the American Chemistry Council and their “Keep Bags Free SLO” campaign. A robo call here, a misleading ad there, and interestingly enough the mindsets of some of our local elected officials switch from pragmatic problem-solving to re-election strategy.

• SLO City Council faces monumental choice

  SLO City Council faces monumental choice

  A plan to put signs directing the public to key destinations downtown and a monument welcoming drivers to the city at its northern edge will go before the San Luis Obispo City Council tonight.

  The so-called “wayfinding” program is intended to point people toward locations such as Mission Plaza, the courthouse, downtown and highway access.

  It has been a goal of the city’s Promotional Coordinating Committee — a seven-member advisory body focused on promoting the city — for more than a decade, according Brigitte Elke, principal administrative analyst for the city.