Don’t be fooled by the shameful scare tactics of oil company bosses who are flooding the media with misleading claims about loss of jobs and tax revenue. The wording of Measure G spells out the truth: Local oil production and maintenance of existing wells will continue at current levels, taxes will still be collected by SLO County from oil production, and the hard-working people in the oil fields will still be paid. But not paid much, compared to the huge earnings and tax breaks of the absentee oil corporation executives and shareholders. Dirty tricks equals filthy lucre. Sad.
Jeanie Middle Class
Oceano
This article appears in Oct 25 – Nov 4, 2018.


If corporatist, Nazi sympathizer Al Fonzi opposes something, I can immediately know that whatever he is against must be a good thing. Conversely, whatever Fonzi supports I will oppose. Guys like Fonzi are helpful reverse barometers in that a decent, moral person can always do the opposite of whatever such fascists stand for & can be confident they are doing the right thing.