Columnists
Rachelle Rickard would be a good choice for Atascadero
I have always believed that when a vacancy exists at the top, you fill it with someone from within the organization. Over the past 40 years, I have found myself urging various city councils to replace a police chief, fire chief and other department...
Columnists
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SUZANNE DAVIS
Barking up a new set of standards
When my husband, Mick, and I got off the employment road at the retirement exit, we were confident that we could everafter live by the mantra of the petulant 2-year-old, “You’re not the boss of me!”
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PHIL DIRKX
Memories of Pop
Ads for almost everything continually remind us that Sunday is Father’s Day. On that day dads will enjoy an exemption usually reserved for the dead: We won’t speak ill of them. We might even exaggerate their virtues.
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BILL MOREM
Documentary project explores local residents' passion and purpose
It’s an old chestnut dealing with the legal profession: Question: What do you call 400 lawyers at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean? Answer: A great start.
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LON ALLAN
Atascadero has plenty of job openings these days
I see that Atascadero and its sister cities here on the Central Coast are collectively helping to move our economy to the “forefront of growth,” according to the 2013 Central Coast Economic Forecast Mid-Year Update. Do you ever wonder why, when everyone else is going under, jobs are...
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JOETOPIA
The answer to my prayers: a new county diorama in Sacramento
After last Sunday’s take on the sad state of our county’s display at the state Capitol, several people emailed to let me know that last year’s Leadership SLO class had taken up this very cause as its Legacy Project.
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PHIL DIRKX
Confessions of an accidental bully
I read Emma Holt’s letter to the editor in Wednesday’s Tribune. She’s a sixth-grader at Shell Beach Elementary School. She said, “Everyone needs to play a part in stopping bullies.”
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LON ALLAN
Stop screaming and enjoy the show
When I was about 7 or 8 years old, I would sometimes find myself at a children’s party of some kind that had a clown or magician. I knew then as I do now that they were there to entertain us.
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JOETOPIA
SLO County's diorama in Sacramento needs a facelift
Last weekend, the 4-H responsibilities of Little Miss Seventh-Grader and Mr. Big Fourth-Grader prevented me spending the holiday break how I might have preferred, namely sitting around for three days doing absolutely nothing.
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PHIL DIRKX
PG&E should pay for San Bruno blast
The 2010 gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno killed eight people, injured dozens more and destroyed 38 homes. We mustn’t allow PG&E stockholders to evade paying the fine for it.
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SANDRA DUERR
Election letters not balanced?
In Sunday’s paper you published a Letter to the Editor in support of (San Luis Obispo City Council candidate) Carlyn Christianson yet no letter in support of (SLO City Council candidate) Paul Brown appeared. I’m confident it was not due to a lack of Brown letters to publish, ...


