Bob Cuddy

La-a-dies and gentlemen, in this corner we have the doyenne of the Dunes, the savior of the sands, Dr. Nel-l-l-l Langford!

The other columnist in the family put down the paper after reading about the doomed rehab center in the Carrizo Plain and noted that county planners said they didn’t want to put the shelter “in the middle of nowhere.”

When Abel Maldonado sold his vote on last year’s state budget for a stint as lieutenant governor, he also persuaded the Legislature to throw in a special goodie: a ballot measure that would turn November elections into two-candidate races.

When I first moseyed into town nearly five years ago to cover county government, one of my first stops, of course, was at the new county government center across from the courthouse.

I think I’ll double down on the lottery this week, and donate my winnings to Cal Poly to build a new center. I’ll call it the Center for the Study of Integrity in Academia (CSIA).

Someone spoke the “W” word again at last week’s meeting of the Board of Supervisors — “wage” as in “prevailing wage.”

I don’t know who is going to win the governor’s race this year, but I can tell you this: In the battle for most aggressive use of political clichés, it is going to take a lot to top GOP candidate Meg Whitman.

Here’s what I don’t get about the union local that was picketing Doc Burnstein’s last month: Why the Doc? Wasn’t Santa available?

As we roll slowly into the New Year, let us pause for a moment to mourn one of the county’s great places, which passed away quietly this month.

I have a question for the gamers pummeling their joysticks at Cal Poly and throughout the county.