Local podcast celebrities Bill Roof and Rob Sharp invited me to go on their weekly show, Random Thoughts with Bill and Rob. We had a lot of fun at Rob’s studio in his Sharp’s Hill Vineyard home. In addition to being a winemaker, he is a nationally-recognized insurance industry expert. Bill is a local hotelier….
Would you like to live to be 1,000-years-old? It is likely that someone living on Earth today will make it to that lofty number of years, according to research scientists who are pushing the envelope ever closer to the ten-century limit, News.Com.Au reports. Leading the charge to virtual immortality is Cambridge gerontologist Aubrey de Grey,…
Tonight the Paso Robles Planning Commission was expected to deal with a controversial issue. The Paso Robles Casino, a local poker card room, had asked to move into a building, currently home to Knight’s Carpet on Ramada Drive, that was purchased by the card room owners about a year ago. The move was opposed by…
On Monday, I attended my first Development Review Committee. It’s a sub-committee of the Paso Robles Planning Commission. Three commissioners meet with city planning staff to review new projects before the city. I am an alternate. The committee approved both of the items on the agenda below. I abstained on the Ayres Hotel, because they…
Paso Robles Mayor Steve Martin launched a local radio station that includes news sharing with our Paso Robles Daily News. The Tribune gave us a mention in the story. San Luis Obispo Tribune – Paso Robles Mayor Steve Martin has launched a new Internet radio station called Voice of Paso “to promote the city’s news, events…
According to the US Department of transportation, more than 30,000 Americans die every year in traffic collisions. If we knew that self-driving cars could reduce that rate by say 90-percent, would that make it worth it to give up our “right to drive”? Food for thought: MASHABLE – The days of humans driving their own…
At my second planning commission tonight, March 24, 2015, the commission voted unanimously to approve a conditional use permit to allow a homeowner to build a large garage for his motor home. The permit was required because his proposed garage is 2,000 square-feet, which is bigger than 50-percent of his home’s square-feet. He also plans…
My first Paso Robles Planning Commission meeting started with a very important topic. We heard from an ad hoc committee of three members of the commission. Here is a summary of my questions for the committee, staff and comments on the proposal. I submitted these notes to city staff in advance of the meeting and…
As a new planning commissioners, I had the opportunity to attend the California League of Cities 2015 Planning Commissioners Academy. It was held in Newport Beach, Ca from March 4-6. Here is a highlight of some of the classes I attended and a few thoughts. AB 1234 ETHICS TRAINING State law requires elected and…
I had the privilege of being sworn in as a Paso Robles Planning Commission member on Sunday night, March 1, 2015. The ceremony was at the Paso Robles Inn during the commission’s annual dinner. I was sworn in as a new member with Tom Burgett. Things are moving quickly. I was interviewed for the position…
