Per a June 10 New Times article (“Arroyo Grande opts out of Central Coast Blue, barring new agreement“): “The city of Pismo Beach is incredibly disappointed in the action of the Arroyo Grande City Council to not move forward with Central Coast Blue,” Mayor Waage’s statement read. “Our request for a public meeting of all three city councils to work through issues in a transparent manner was denied. As partner agencies, we worked in good faith and expended funds to the benefit of our collective communities … .”
I believe Mayor Waage and Pismo Beach’s staff should take responsibility for placing Arroyo Grande (AG) City Council in a difficult position. I and others have warned Pismo Beach City Council and staff regarding upcoming potential difficulties because Pismo did not place a higher priority on a governance agreement between the Central Coast Blue partners. AG has a good point: Why should the city spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a project that does not provide a legally binding governance agreement? Mayor Waage might be “incredibly disappointed” now. But, Mayor Waage has represented Pismo Beach for many years, and part of the reason for his longevity is his ability to research projects and sometimes ask hard questions, which is exactly what AG is doing.
The Five Cities area is on the cusp of building a vitally important and sustainable source of freshwater which will serve our communities for generations. Instead of Mayor Waage telling us how disappointed he is, maybe he should tell us why Pismo Beach won’t immediately agree to “a governance structure that includes equal decision-making by all member agencies in order to preserve their fiduciary oversight responsibilities to their respective ratepayers.”
Why wouldn’t Pismo Beach agree to that? We shouldn’t need a public meeting before hearing Pismo’s answer.
Brad Snook
Arroyo Grande
This article appears in Jun 17-27, 2021.
Well Said Mr. Snook-
I live in AG and appreciate that our elected officials are fiscally responsible. In fact, I am really glad that they didnt just act on “blind faith” that it will all work out. The AG City Council did what any responsible elected representative should do- and express their intent and desire to continue the search for a sustainable water source- but to not be signing a “blank check” and give up the logical and responsible shared operating agreement and the publicly transparent management committee that are the only sensible ways to proceed.
I took issue with the Shredder’s perspective on the request by the AG CIty Council to work out the details for a multi-year, multi million dollar experiment ahead of time- before signing on the dotted line. Mayor Waage can posture and politicize this, but as a tax payer living in Arroyo Grande, I would have been disappointed in our CIty Council if they didnt due their due diligence before taking on such a financial obligation. Water is prescious- but so is fiscal responsibility.
Bruce B.- AG
I DISAGREE with Mr. Brad Snook!
Despite the grandstanding and scapegoating, the Arroyo Grande City Council’s decision to opt out of Central Coast Blue will have long-term detrimental effects to their community. This stunt was led by hyper-partisan activist mayor Caren Ray Rossum and an overly ambitious Councilman Jimmy Paulding. Both of these alt left liberals have shown a lack of an ability to work with moderates and conservatives to serve our communities.
History will show that Central Coast Blue and Pismo Mayor Ed Waage are on the right track with this effort, too bad for Arroyo Grande residents that their politicians couldn’t see over the partisan deck to improve the broader community.
Support Central Coast Blue
This issue shows exactly why Jimmy Paulding is one of the best, most prepared and competent politicians on the Central Coast, A man of integrity who considers the best interest of Republicans, Democrats and independents. There is plenty of reason that he has such widespread support throughout his district.
Jimmy Paulding for governor!
Jimmy Paulding for Prison!
Jimmy Paulding is a phony progressive politician, and his lack of leadership is causing problems for working families on the Central Coast. Paulding has been involved in many scandals, and he and Caren Ray Rossum have disappointed the citizens of Arroyo Grande with their poor partisan leadership.
Recently, they voted against Central Coast Blue, which would have provided water security on the Central Coast. Why? Jimmy Paulding and Caren Ray Rossum were willing to quit the consortium unless ONLY union labor was used on all the projects. This requirement would increase project cost, delay its development, and cost rate-payers millions of dollars.
Jimmy Paulding and Caren Ray Rossum have failed the test of leadership, and voters would be wise to remove them from public office. Such public corruption is criminal, and their cronyism ought to be investigated.
Speak truth to power.
Big Jim Paulding has been doing a remarkable job representing the interest of Republicans, Democrats and independents. He is clearly a person who truly cares about the well-being of everyone in our community and has the experience and skills to do the job far better than most candidates.
Anyone who doubts this should do the research and ignore the propaganda by the violence promoting white supremacist propagandist who goes by the name of Steve Edwards. I am disappointed but not entirely surprised that Lynn Compton has not denounced or disavowed any connection with the person or persons who are trying to divide our community and create chaos and racial-based animosity under the name Steve Edwards.
If we want peace harmony and prosperity in the central coast we need to align ourselves with those who Communicate optimism and cooperation and respect for others.
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The Sheriff must have emptied the drunk tank because now our alt left troll ‘friends’ are spouting their idiocy, but I guess I should thank them for the free rent in their head, lol.
Our community deserves to know that people like Caren Ray Rossum, Jim Paulding and Heidi Harmon are hard core liberal narcissist who are willing to punish our community just to advance their political career, it’s selfish.
Jim Paulding and Caren Ray Rossum pulled Arroyo Grande out of Central Coast Blue simply because they wanted to require that this entire project be built and staffed ONLY with union workers. Remember that the trade unions have bought and paid for politicians like Ray Rossum and Paulding, and they control how these corrupt politicians vote. In this case, they want to dictate to ratepayers that they will have to use union labor, adding millions to the cost of the project.
Do working families on the Central Coast want overly-partisan politicians dictating rate increases to taxpayers simply so they can line their pockets with political campaign donations? NO!
Those who defend corrupt politicians are as corrupt as the politicians themselves, and they ought to be ashamed of themselves. They come on these blogs to try to confuse the issues, and they are dishonest and untrustworthy.
We are in the middle of a draught, and creepy local politicians should not be playing politics with our water supply.
Build Central Coast Blue NOW
Reject Caren Ray Rossum and Jim Paulding: Corrupt Politicians
Stop Liberal Nonsense
Support Taxpayer Rights
Demand Regional Cooperation
Reject Alt Left ‘Progressive’ Trolls
Water Is Essential
If we want peace harmony and prosperity in the central coast we need to align ourselves with those who Communicate optimism and cooperation and respect for others. Let us disregard the perverse and heartless few who spread perverse lies and preach hatred, violence and racial bigotry.
Let us all thank Brad Snook for his years of selfless service on the central coast. Hes a humble and widely respected man of wisdom and compassion who has worked hard for the benefit of us all. He studies the issues and makes decisions based on facts and common sense. Do the research: Brad Snook is a good man who is making the central coast a better place for all.
I DISAGREE with Mr. Brad Snook!
Recall Caren Ray Rossum and James Paulding, they are engaging in partisan alt left politics, and the result will be higher and higher watergates for ratepayers in Arroyo Grande. The local trade unions have funded their political careers, and now these two corrupt politicians want to pay them back by insisting that AG will not join Central Coast Blue unless and until everyone agrees that ONLY union labor can be used in building and operating the infrastructure.
Get it? Paulding and Ray Rossum are doing the bidding of the corrupt unions and they do not care that their politics will result in millions of dollars leaving the pockets of working families on the Central Coast. If these politicians will not do the right thing by the people who pay their salaries, how can we trust them?
If we can’t trust them, let’s find new leaders who will serve the taxpaying public.
No Union-Only Corruption
No Politician-Caused Water Draught on Central Coast
No Ratepayer Hike to Fund Special Interests
No on James Paulding & Caren Ray Rossum Corrupt Scheme
Yes on Responsible, Fiscally-Conservative Government
The propagandist masquerading under the name Steve Edwards is a serial liar of the worst sort, spreading misnformation, animosity and calls for violence and tolerance for white supremacist attitudes and attacks throughout our community. There is a reward out for anyone who publicly reveals the true identity of the person or persons who are spreading perverse lies under the name of Steve Edwards.
Because the person going by the name of Steve Edwards continually uses the new times as a forum to spread perverse lies, hate and violence, the new times should at least investigate and make a point of putting his comments in proper context for the sake of reader the community as a whole.
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Get it? I enjoy free rent in the head of these trolls, and they cannot stand to see moderate and conservative viewpoints expressed to expose the fallacy of alt-left liberalism, their viewpoints are out of the mainstream and working families do not want to tolerate their nonsensical baloney any longer.
Central Coast Blue is a regional effort developed to address the critical water shortage that our region needs to address, but James Paulding and Caren Ray Rossum are putting their partisan politics and quid-pro-quo relationship with local unions over the good of the taxpaying public. FOR THIS, THEY OUGHT TO BE RECALLED FROM OFFICE.
Working families on the Central Coast deserve elected politicians who will work to support regional solutions to regional problems, and James Paulding and Caren Ray Rossum have failed the test of leadership. Selfishly, they chose their campaign donators over the local taxpayers who pay their salaries, and voters should not allow them a free pass on their nonsense.
If you want to be trusted, be honest.
Recall Caren Ray Rossum/James Paulding
Support Central Coast Blue
Ignore Libetard Trolls Listed Above
Demand Politician Accountability
Blue Lives Matter
Jimmy Paulding‘s business and technical career experience combined with his close family connection with local law enforcement gives him an ideal background To provide a balanced perspective on the most vital issues affecting residents of the central coast. There is good reason that he has support from Republicans, Democrats and independents. Paulding’s track record as a respected and extremely competent and well prepared city councilman speaks for itself.
Moderate and conservative voices are advocating the recall of James Paulding from the Arroyo Grande City Council, and his extreme, alt-left politics are coming under increased scrutiny. Unfortunately, Mr. Paulding supports out-of-the-mainstream, ultra-socialists politics, and he is an enemy of capitalism and free enterprise.
As this story points out, the rejection of Central Coast Blue was spearheaded by Paulding and fellow socialist Caren Ray Rossum, who refuse to support the project unless they can mandate that the development and operation of Central Coast Blue ONLY happen with expensive union labor. This would add an ongoing cost in the millions to ratepayers and taxpayers, and it shows the selfishness of these two socialist. Remember, labor unions have funded the political campaigns of both Paulding and Ray Rossum.
Jimmy Paulding and Caren Ray Rossum are enemies of working class families, and this issue proves that they are willing to put their campaign donators above the very people they are elected to represent.
Recall Paulding and Ray Rossum.
Those employed in local law-enforcement know and respect that Jimmy Paulding is a champion of working class families and has close and profound family ties to law-enforcement. That, combined with his business experience and his technical and engineering expertise make him an ideal candidate to appreciate and support the interest of Republicans, Democrats and independents. Paulding has a track record of selfless service in the community that can be researched and judged on its own merits.
The person masquerading as Steve Edwards has no track record of doing anything positive whatsoever for anyone or anything anywhere. He is a complete phony who has nothing positive to show or share with anyone. His resume is a big fat zero. No one knows for sure if he has ever held a job. No one knows for sure if so-called Steve Edwards lives in San Luis Obispo County. Everything about Steve Edwards adds up to zero.
If there is anything he has ever done of value to his community, no one I know has ever heard of it. There could not be a bigger contrast with local politician Jim Paulding, who has a clear and strong track record of selfless service and competent leadership in San Luis Obispo County. Ive never known anyone in local law-enforcement criticizing Jimmy Paulding ever for anything. Paulding has EARNED respect from Republicans, Democrats and independents. Nobody in their right mind or who cares about our community would seek to recall him from office. To suggest otherwise is as absurd as it is outlandish. Jimmy Paulding is one of the good guys and has the track record to prove it. The lies of Steve Edwards can never change that.
Rightword=JPaulding=Aaron=Tsankiwi=ChrisNutson=GordenFugly=SAME LIBERAL TROLL.
Believe me, local law enforcement DOES NOT respect James Paulding, and the ill-timed article he wrote covering for the BLM-inspired cop killer who assassinated brave SLO Police Officer Luca Benedetti shows that Mr. Paulding is disrespectful of our local first responders, and he ought to be ashamed of himself.
James Paulding is a dedicated so-called ‘progressive’, and I encourage all readers to see my earlier comments about the link between ‘progressives’ and communists. Along with Heidi Harmon and Caren Ray Rossum, Paulding is a leader of the local dupes and he is out of touch with working families on the Central Coast.
His predictable approach is more government bureaucracy, higher taxes and a loss of freedom for citizens. Is that really what we want from our local elected politicians? NO! Even far left liberals are starting to doubt the judgment of James Paulding.
As we see with the above troll, he has no reasonable retort for my criticisms of Paulding, Harmon, progressivism and communism, so he just engages in juvenile ad homonym attacks on me, and it’s humorous that I get all of this free rent in his head!
Reject communism, reject Jimmy Paulding. We deserve better than phony progressivism.
Steve Edwards has no track record of doing anything positive whatsoever for anyone or anything anywhere. He is a complete phony who has nothing positive to show or share with anyone. His resume is a big fat zero. No one knows if he has ever held a job. No one knows if Steve Edwards lives in San Luis Obispo County. If there is anything he has ever done of value to his community, no one I know has ever heard of it. Everything about Steve Edwards adds up to zero.
The Jimmy Paulding who is running for county supervisor and is currently a city councilman in Arroyo Grande is a common sense moderate with close family ties to law-enforcement. His business and technical career experience, combined with an open mind, and balanced attitude makes him an ideal choice for voters who are looking for a community that is happy healthy and prosperous. Anyone who knows Mr. Paulding knows that he himself is happy healthy and prosperous and is eager to share his gratitude and service with others to help uplift our community. He is exactly the kind of local politician that enjoys the support of a wide spectrum of political attitude and backgrounds. Among his active supporters there are Republicans, Democrats and independents. He builds the community up without having to tear others down. Thats exactly the kind of politician I like to support.
Progressivism=Socialism=Communism.
As a so-called ‘progressive’ politician, Jimmy Paulding has the wrong prescription for our community. Paulding is a lawyer, and his political life is consumed with self-promotion. He is a special-interest lover, and his ties to the local trade unions means that he will always side with expensive union-only government labor contracts, which cost taxpayers and ratepayers millions of additional dollars every year.
Get it? Jimmy Paulding has put his special-interest donors ahead of the taxpaying citizens. Working families on the Central Coast cannot afford Paulding’s nonsense, and we deserve better politicians than those who put their donors ahead of taxpayers.
Under Jimmy Paulding, we will have bigger government, higher taxes and less freedom.
Are those YOUR values?
Steve Edwards for Supervisor, the domestic terrorists choice!
I must thank our friend, Rightweird, for letting me live rent-free in his head!
As we reflect on local politicians, I think our local Progressive/Communists have a Bad Enough
Hall-of-Fame lineup:
1. Adam Hill: Nothing like a cocaine addict as your progressive leader! (FBI Investigated!)
2. Bruce Gibson: Do Nothing Libetard, predictable in his party-line votes!
3. Heidi Harmon: Adams Partner-in-Crime; nice all around package of Racists, Sexists, and Incompetence!
4. Caren Ray Rossum: AGs Infamous Mayor, Always chooses Libetard policies, even at cost to Taxpayers.
5. Little Jimmy Paulding: Desperate in his Ambition, Lawyer, Willing to Cover for Progressive/Socialists/Communists Turds.
Get it? Our entire Central Coast has suffered because of the progressive/socialists/communists mentality, and working families CANNOT afford their foolishness, we must work to defeat and minimize their influence on our lives.
Register & Vote for Small Government, Low Taxes and Broad Freedom.
DO NOT support Bought-and-Paid For Special-Interest Libetard Politicians.
Blue Lives Matter
Reject BLM/Antifa Criminality.
Prosecute Tianna Arrata, Edward Zamora Guillon & Alex Catlett
End Highway 101 Takeovers, No Smashing Glass onto Babys.
White supremacists agree… Steve Edwards for Supervisor!
I guess the Sheriff emptied the drunk tank, our friends are on the loose!
What will Little Jimmy Paulding and Caren Ray Rossum tell their AG constituents when the city runs out of water?
Will they admit that Central Coast Blue offered a viable way to recharge the water basin, but their special-interest handlers would not let them make a common-sense decision?
Will they admit that they prioritize the needs of their labor union masters over the needs of the community?
Paulding and Ray Rossum are unfit to lead, and they need to be replaced ASAP, taxpayers and ratepayers will pay millions of dollars more for water because these two corrupt politicians could not stand up to their special-interest donors, its sickening.
Support Central Coast Blue.
Reject Progressivism=Socialism=Communism.
Recall Paulding & Ray Rossum.
Steve Edwards for Supervisor if you enjoy the idea of destroying the environment so the rich get richer and the poor suffer.
Progressivism=Socialism=Communism. Same Loser Ideologies. Progressivism=Socialism=Communism.
Folks,
As we see with our ‘friend’, Rightweird, one man can be pretty dumb sometimes, but there’s nothing dumber than a roomful of progressives, lol. These trolls add nothing of substance, and their best thoughts are like farts, they lack substance and generally stink.
Support Central Coast Blue.
Recall Paulding & Ray Rossum.
Stop Special-Interest Politics
Demand Accountability from AG City Council.
Progressivism=Socialism=Communism. Same Loser Ideologies. Progressivism=Socialism=Communism.
If having clean water is not important to you, vote for Steve Edwards for Supervisor.