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Joe Tarica is the presentation editor for The Tribune. He writes the weekly Joetopia column on current events and life in SLO County. You may not always want to live in Joetopia, but you can still stop by, say "hi," and join the conversation. Reach him at jtarica@thetribunenews.com .
Partake in summer fun — cautiously
It’s not difficult for me to imagine the accident last week that took the life of Christine Allen, the 19-year-old from San Luis Obispo who was camping with her family in Utah when she was killed by a freak rockslide. It’s similarly easy and unpleasant to imagine the accident that killed a Minnesota...
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Poly's quarter system doesn't need to be changed
The vast majority of the Cal State University’s campuses are on semesters, leaving Cal Poly as one of only six out of 23 operating on quarters. And two others are in the process of changing over.
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Why polish a diamond when it shines already
While I appreciate the Downtown Association’s intentions to further polish this local gem to an even brighter sheen, this problem-solving exercise is much ado about nothing — or at least very little.
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Fiscalini Ranch Preserve shows what could have been at Wild Cherry Canyon
It was an odd coincidence last week that the day after our visit to the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve came the news of the failed efforts to protect Wild Cherry Canyon near Avila Beach.
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How Atascadero can beef up its downtown
Give Atascadero credit. It’s trying. Last week, the City Council approved creation of a business improvement district that will add a 2 percent assessment to hotel charges specifically to raise money for tourism promotion. Now I could be cynical and say they’re going to have a far...
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Call me crazy, but I hate phones
I’m having a hate-hate relationship with the phone these days.
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Sheriff's letter to vice president on gun control takes the wrong tack
If letters to the editor are any indication, Sheriff Ian Parkinson’s missive to Vice President Joe Biden on the issue of gun control is well beyond its deserving moment in the spotlight. We’re now past four weeks since the news broke, and the two sides are still going back and forth...
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The time for Indian images in sports is long gone
As a baseball fan and card-carrying member of the Choctaw Nation, I am annoyed by the North County Indians’ grinning Chief Wahoo logo, which recently became a topic of local discussion. Like Chumash administrator Fred Collins, I have Native American blood in my veins, which makes me uniquely...
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So what if the county's only nude beach goes mainstream
Pirate’s Cove is one of the prettiest spots on San Luis Obispo County’s southern coast, but by virtue of its alternate use as a nude beach, it’s always been a quiet, undeveloped spot passed over by the masses who head to Avila and Pismo. That may all change in the next couple...
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San Luis Coastal can learn from Teach experience
I can’t believe this Teach school drama. You can take that both ways, as in, I find many of the San Luis Coastal district’s methods hard to fathom and I’m not sure I trust all that they say.
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Joetopia is now on Twitter
It’s a brave new world this week in Joetopia. Not here in print, but online, where I’m broadening the potential for snarkiness into the untamed and unlimited realm of Twitter.
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