Appliance Electrification: The Coming Public Policy
By Thomas Elias Thomas Elias is an independent opinion columnist for The Atascadero News and Paso Ro…
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Prescribe Aspirin for 2024
When a new year presents itself each January we’re usually optimistic that our hopes will become reality and problems be resolved to the benefit of all. Unfortunately, 2024 will likely be a year of increased economic turmoil, political and social division and military danger. Al Fonzi is an indep…
By Al Fonzi·
Opinion: When Facts Don’t Matter
In May, I warned of the dangers of political complacency and the threat to freedom in America. Those…
Al Fonzi ·
North County is Alive and Potato Salad
Don’t you feel like things are getting back to normal? Here in North County, we got our live concert…
Barbie Butz ·
Nimbys Getting a Bad Rap
By Thomas D. Elias Rarely has a major group of Californians suffered a less deserved rash of insults and attacks than the myriad homeowners …
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Life Intelligence: One Percent
By Valentina Petrova You start from New York City, flying to Los Angeles. The plane veers off course by a 1 to 3-degree smudge. No one notic…
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New Year’s Resolutions, By Daniel Rich
Realistically, there is no compelling reason to make resolutions or be only introspective at the beginning of the year. On the one hand, the…
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Opinion: 1772-2022: Getting to Know Mission San Luis Obispo at the Courtyard Outdoor 250th Celebration February 20
How many times have you traveled down Highway 101 and noticed the ‘State Historical Landmark Mission San Luis Obispo’ sign near Broad Street…
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Opinion: Gasping for Air in the Wake of the Woke By Connie Pillsbury
Connie Pillsbury is an independent opinion columnist for The Atascadero News and Paso Robles Press; you can email her at conniepillsbury22@g…
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Opinion: A Season for Reflection and Change by Al Fonzi
Al Fonzi is an independent opinion columnist for The Atascadero News and Paso Robles Press; you can email him at atascaderocolumnist@gmail.c…
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Opinion: “Recalls Will Soon Get Harder to Pull Off” By Thomas Elias
California’s almost exclusively Democratic state legislators got a good look last summer at just how precarious their positions now are, and…
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Opinion: Good and Honorable, Lawful and Urgent: The Pilgrims
Connie Pillsbury is an independent opinion columnist for The Atascadero News and Paso Robles Press; you can email her at conniepillsbury22@g…
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Opinion: Craft Distilleries Should Have the Right to Ship
Aaron Bergh is an independent opinion columnist for The Atascadero News and Paso Robles Press; you can email him at aaobergh@gmail.com. by A…
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Opinion: “Ethnic Studies: Why Did AB 101 Become Law With Few Complaints?”
By Thomas Elias There was little public complaining early this fall when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 101, making a semester of ethnic studie…
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Opinion: The Good, Right and True By Connie Pillsbury
By Connie Pillsbury, Opinion Columnist Fall brings a sense of calm, of cooler, shorter, days and locally, events centered on our history—Col…
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Opinion: The Domino Effect of the Government-created Labor Crisis By Aaron Bergh
By Aaron Bergh, Opinion Columnist Aaron Bergh is an independent opinion columnist for The Atascadero News and Paso Robles Press; you can ema…
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Opinion: Vote 'Yes' to Recall Governor Newsom, by Aaron Bergh
Why SLO County Residents (Especially) Should Vote “Yes” to Recall Governor Newsom By Aaron Bergh, Opinion Columnist Aaron Bergh is an indepe…
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"Neither Clean Nor Green"
We are endlessly hectored by greenie leftists to change our sinful ways and adopt the harshest solutions to an imagined climate crisis regar…
Al Fonzi ·
‘Newsom Gets His Way: Will it Work?’
By Thomas Elias In almost every aspect of the Sept. 14 recall election that is now mere weeks away, Gov. Gavin Newsom has had it his way. Hi…
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Is Paso Robles and Atascadero’s Total Ban on Fireworks Really Necessary?
By Aaron Bergh Rivaling Christmas, Independence Day may be my favorite holiday. It’s a celebration of our founding countrymen’s refusal to c…
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