Category: Opinion

Meteorologist or Religion In regards to Scott Presnal’s letter (Vol.4, Issue 17) in the most recent issue of Estero Bay News: Mr. Presnal, please briefly explain the relationship between your claim to be a meteorologist, which...

Politics should be taken out of the science of what was known as global warming, now climate change, without scarring people with fear.  I say this because of how the subject has been handled in our past and present from the...

When I first moved to Morro Bay in 1999 the Harbor Dept. was financially very well off.   Now they are saying they are broke and need money badly for repairs.  Where did all that money go?   Why weren’t they repairing...

The Aug. 23 Morro Bay City Council meeting, my public comment was interrupted by Mayor John Headding. Ironically, my public comment spoke to the City’s lack of transparency in their public process. Had I not been interrupted or...

How much poor behavior can one Morro Bay City Council meeting produce (8/24/22)? Let me single out one item: an appeal of a super-small, 2-story house on a substandard bluff top lot. The Planning Commission denied the permit...

Let me be the first to congratulate you for bringing to light just how fast the traffic has become in our neighborhoods (Vol. 4, Issue 15). I’m the grumpy old man on Main Street in Morro Bay. I’ll be very specific. Main...

In the August 11 (Vol. 4, Issue 15) edition of the Estero Bay News, on page 18, one will find interesting comments regarding a voter approved initiative authored by Ed Ewing and Joe Giannini, and passed by a vote of Morro Bay...

I can only image that this message is falling on deaf ears. Small street, no curbs, not the greatest parking and some people feel the need to speed. I’m like the grumpy old man yelling “get off my lawn,” but it’s getting out of...

Morro Bay gets significant income from tourism. The visitors are drawn to the Bay, the Rock, and the Harbor. The Harbor Department helps the visitors and is responsible to maintain the infrastructure. However, the facilities are...

If you believe that local leadership of Morro Bay is important, then now is a great time to run for office. Three seats will be up for election in November: The mayor’s and two council seats.  The filing period for these three...

Publishing the name and photo of a minor, sex trafficking victim, Alilianna Trujillo, is in poor taste, serving no redeeming value (VOL. 4, Issue 13). It is counter to journalism ethics of minimizing harm with no long-term...

Would someone from the Morro Bay City Council explain why our mayor just gave himself a raise and now is the second highest paid mayor in SLO Country, just below the mayor of SLO (a much bigger town).   Please list the...