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Survival of the Fittest
As San Luis Obispo grows and changes, it’s important to remember that while things aren’t what they used to be, they’ve never been better. To capture the spirit of business in SLO, past, present and future, New Times tracked down the hardworking owners of five of the city’s oldest and most well-established independent businesses, and…
Feds want to allow offshore oil lease testing
Last week the federal government announced a plan that would allow oil companies to perform tests in oil leases along the coasts of San Luis Obispo and northern Santa Barbara counties. The plan would not allow drilling, just studies of geology and marine life. Companies could then use that information to help plan future oil…
Holiday, celebrate
Thanksgiving is almost here, unless you’re reading this after Thanksgiving, in which case, Thanksgiving is already over, and, if you let this issue sit around a long time under some other papers on your coffee table, the busiest shopping day of the year drained your wallet and filled your closet with useless crap, Christmas is…
It’s never too late to get involved
Nov. 2, 2004 was a bleak day for liberals and progressives. Just about everything we rooted for went down to defeat. Rumors of ballot-tampering aside, it seems that this time we weren’t even robbed; we got beat. Their expensive machinery for disinforming the voters outdid our expensive machinery for disinforming the voters. So we are…
Letters
How not to run a restaurant We look forward to reading Kathy Hardesty’s articles in the New Times. After reading her restaurant review of Shawn’s on Main (“Simple dedication,â€? Nov. 11-18) we gave it a try and came away disappointed. I let Kathy know of our bad experience. I also left a message with Shawn.…
Cancer foundation raffles hotrod Beemer
How would you like to help out in the fight against breast cancer and walk away with a brand new BMW Mini Cooper? Red sports cars and goodwill toward womankind — if that doesn’t capture the holiday spirit, I don’t know what does. Enhancement Inc., a nonprofit organization of volunteers working to improve the quality…
