Publisher Michael
Vidor takes a look at community issues each
month.
In December, Michael reflects on the information
age, and how technology is moving at the
speed of light – Just
the Fax
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MISSION
ACCOMLISHED?
Five years
after the San Simeon earthquake, Mission San Miguel
Arcángel
still struggles to pick up the pieces.
December
2008
Read the report and view photos from before
and after the earthquake |
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ON
BEING GREEN
The CCM® Green
Awards
January/February
2008
In the pursuit of a healthy environment and viable future, it is often
difficult to gauge whether we are improving the situation or if hysteria
and green gimmicks give us the illusion of a greater global consciousness.
On the Central Coast, a region known for its individualists, it can be
especially hard to determine where “we” stand; but it is
precisely that individualism—that inclination to set standards
rather than follow them—that promises a bright green future...read
more.
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WATER
WATER EVERYWHERE
March
2007
“When
the well’s dry, we
know the worth of water.”
-Ben Franklin
It
is perhaps the action we
most take for granted: turn
on the faucet and draw as
much clean water as we need... read
more.
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SUSTAINABLE DESTINATION
October
2005
Where coastal development versus
environmental sustainability is concerned, we have major challenges
to face and critical questions to answer before making the right decisions... read
more. |
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SUSTAINABLE DESTINATION II
October
2006
Consumer food-buying trends are as paradoxical now as they were when mothers
of baby boomers decided to buy frozen green beans and canned tomatoes from
the corner market, apparently convinced by Madison Avenue that it was far
more convenient, but no less healthy... read
more.
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RETURN TO
FREEDOM
Saving an Icon
July/August
2006
The debate over whether American wild horses
are considered native wildlife, indigenous
to North America, or “feral,” like
weeds, is the absurd crux of a debate that
could ultimately determine the fate of the
species... read more.
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THE
SLO MAKEOVER
June
2006
Since
I decided to write this piece,
I have shamelessly “ear
hustled,” “eavesdropped,” “had
my ear in the next booth,” and
been quite the “nosy
Parker” as a starting
point from which to build
the story of the San Luis
Obispo retrofit... read
more.
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GETTING HORMONES
A Few Good Men
January/February
2006
Over the
decades, if we had a nickel for every ignorant
male reference made about women and their
hormones, we could probably put a dent in
the current federal budget deficits... read
more.
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SMART GROWTH EQUALS SMART CHOICES, PART I
Growth Patterns and
Possible Solutions to the Region
March
2005
The Central
Coast is changing. During the past two decades
the land consumed for new homes and businesses
has expanded at a startling rate. The prevailing
sprawl pattern is low density, and not pedestrian
oriented. This is the classic image of sprawl
that many thought plagued only large metro
areas... read
more.
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SMART GROWTH EQUALS SMART CHOICES, PART II
Expanding
Housing Choices,
Conserving Coastal Counties
April
2005
As coastal
counties grow, can they maintain their quality
of life? Can we imagine our towns and countryside
looking better with more development? In
last month’s issue, we reviewed a new
visioning process that involves residents
in developing future growth scenarios while
imagining better towns... read
more.
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FISHERS IN THE BELLY OF THE WHALE
October
2003
On the surface, the awesome aesthetics
and overwhelming abundance of this stretch of the California coastline
has both inspired and provided sustenance for many an explorer, sojourner,
settler and fisherman – kindred spirits all. What lies beneath
however, is a swiftly emerging condition which belies the glorious
primordial wealth we inherited... read
more. |
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THE LAST CALIFORNIA FRONTIER
September
2003
"Reasonable people adapt themselves
to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves.
All progress therefore, depends on unreasonable people.”
~ George Bernard Shaw
Like poetry in motion and perpetuity, the vast majestic Central Coast effortlessly
rambles through the midsection of the infinitely beautiful California... read
more. |
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