Daily Archives: January 20, 2007

Nipomo Incorporation Meeting Update–Including Latest Sales Tax Figures

The SCAC incorporation committee met Tuesday night, 11/14/06. There will likely be offical minutes posted on the official SCAC website at some point; however, I wanted to post a couple of my own comments this evening. We had a pretty good turn out. Of course, it was our first meeting for several months, which may have accounted for some of the turn out. We even had Randi Block, from the Santa Maria Times, who may be writing a story about the meeting and incorporation generally. I would estimate we had between 15 to 18 people turn out tonight. Mike Eisner would have the exact count, as he took roll. Regardless, everyone who turned out indicated that they were interested in continuing the incorporation dialogue. Everyone also expressed willingness to be part of an upcoming incorporation workshop that will be put together some time in January 2007. The focus will be to brainstorm and come up with ideas about the future of the incorporation discussion in Nipomo, how best to involve the public, slogans, educational talking points and the like. It should be an interesting endeavor. I hope others who did not make this evening’s meeting will be able to come in January. Continue reading

Nipomo’s Incorporation

The time has come to begin builidng a significant section of this blog relating to Nipomo’s incorporation, or in other words, Nipomo’s quest to become a city. Let me preface this post by reminding readers that anything that appears under my name on this blog constitutes my opinion, and my opinion only as a private citizen and Nipomo resident. I am involved in formal organizations within the community; but, I do not speak for them in any capacity when I post an opinion here on this blog. This is true particularly regarding incorporation. I am involved with the official SCAC incorporation committee; however, posts on this blog reflect my own personal opinions and observations, not those of any organization or affiliation I may have with the SCAC or any other organization.

I will begin to build a new links section on the sidebar exclusively incorporation related, but Nipomo and state wide. I will also post some of the articles I have written in the past. In my opinion there is no greater single issue facing Nipomo today than preparing for and educating the public about the process for Nipomo to become a city in the future. I welcome ideas and input from anyone on incorporation, the process, the benefits, the burdens. This is an exciting time for Nipomo.

An Interview With NCSD Candidate Jim Harrison

Before I endorsed Jim Harrison, he and I had an email exchange in which I asked him to expound on some of the statements on his website. He was gracious enough to respond in detail. Jim has also authorized me to publish our email exchange. I hope this exchange will benefit Nipomo voters in deciding on who to send to the Nipomo Community Services District Board on November 7, 2006. The interview follows: Continue reading

Blast To The Past On Nipomo’s Incorporation Movement

Nipomo Flirts With Cityhood

WordPress is supposed to allow the upload of pdf documents. This post is a test of that capacity. It’s a scanned article from the New Times which discusses Nipomo’s Incorporation outlook crica 2003. Many things have changed since then, some for the better, others not so good. I will be posting more about incorporation as time permits and more information is available.