Nipomo News

The Santa Maria Times has reported that the damage to the Nipomo Recreation Center from the suspected arson fire is approximately $1 million: Read More…

Photo by Camille MacClain–Nipomo High School Junior

More after photos at the end of this post.

The abandoned Nipomo Recreation Center caught fire this evening, 5/7/08.  MSNBC Local San Luis Obispo County news carried the story: Read More…

On Wednesday of last week, 2/27/08, The Nipomo  Community Services District (NCSD) had an opportunity to move the business and commercial community forward by granting an intent to serve letter to a 71 room hotel.  The directors punted, and delayed any decision until June.  That was the wrong decision.  The Tribune, has now weighed in with an editorial entitled Proposed Nipomo Hotel Deserves Water Service.  The Tribune agreed with the NCSD decision, but cautioned that the board should recognize the need for a hotel in Nipomo.  I agree with the Tribune that we do need a hotel in Nipomo; however, I disagree with the decision to delay, which I will explain below the jump. Read More…

One wonders, after reading the most recent public “press release” under Ms. Whitlow’s name, apparently released with the authority and blessing of the NCSD Board.  Ms. Whitlow is listed on the NCSD website as a Conservation and Public Outreach Specialist, and is apparently a full time, salaried employee of the NCSD.  Why the NCSD actually needs such a person, at rate payer expense, is the subject of an entirely different post. Read More…

On Friday, 8/31/07 our own local Nipomo Mid-State Bank got Rabo’d–Rabobank that is. The sign putter uppers arrived early in the morning before the bank even opened, and began the official change over. But the curious thing is that they put up the new Rabobank signs and then immediately covered them up with the old Mid-State Bank banner signs. I’m guessing that there’s an official unvailing at some future time. But, we all know what is under those mysterious Mid-State Bank banners! More photos after the jump Read More…

One of the popular pastimes these days in the local Nipomo water debate is discussing the health of the Nipomo Aquifer. One of the most common scare tactics used by those who argue that Nipomo is in the midst of a water crisis is to claim that the Nipomo aquifer is over drafted and is in imminent danger of sea water intrusion. Fortunately we can look at objective empirical data to help us answer the question about whether the Nipomo aquifer is over drafted and if it has experienced seawater intrusion, or whether we are in danger of seawater intrusion in the future. Read More…

During the course of the lengthy Santa Maria Basin complex water litigation, our locally elected Nipomo Community Services District retained, in conjunction with other water purveyors, an expert witness to testify at trial. The expert the NCSD retained was Robert G. Beeby, P.E. of the consulting company, SAIC. You can see Mr. Beeby’s qualifications here: Beeby CV . You can read about SAIC’s qualifications here. On their website they describe their company: Read More…

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I received the following email from SLO County Planning Department, as I signed up for their email list. It includes information on the upcoming August 9, 2007 Planning Commission Hearings. I hope I uploaded the correct names to the pdf files. If not, I will try and correct the names later; but, they should at least all be there for anyone who wants to review them: Read More…

NIPOMO COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT
THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2007 1:00 P. M.
SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE & AGENDA

You can read the board packets for this meeting here.

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