Morro Bay Issues

This Site was established by a group of Morro Bay residents to provide resources for citizens who want to investigate and understand more about some of the issues facing our town. We will always try to document major viewpoints on all of the issues, identify the sources of those viewpoints, and give references so that you can check out the information for yourself.

Our major sources of information are:

The Morro Bay City Web site
Responses to information requests submitted to City officials and staff
Public Information Web sites
Newspaper articles (Tribune, Sun Bulletin, Bay News, New Times, The Rock)
Documents produced and distributed by Morro Bay residents
Web sites created and maintained by residents

We also encourage all concerned Morro Bay citizens to do their own research and check the facts for themselves.

We all have agendas, whether postive or negative, selfish, or unselfish. Those agendas tend to be pushed much harder during an election year, and before major decisions by the City Council and Planning Commission.

Aside from doing independent research on the issues, here are some questions we have found it useful to ask ourselves to help sort out fact from fiction and determine the person's real obectives.

Does the person making a claim or statement have a potential for significant financial gain if her/his agenda prevails?
Do associates or family members of the person have a potential for significant financial gain?
Who are this person's supporters? Are most of them average citizens, or members of special interest groups?
Does the person provide verfiable sources for any "facts" and figures presented (for example, "if this law is passed, your property values will be reduced by 25%" or "This will be good for the people of Morro Bay")?

	Morro Bay Issues Information Resources for Concerned Citizens
	Information on Local Issues Many of the documents referenced in the discussions previously published here cannot be found in the new Morro Bay City Web site. Bacause of the lack of backup documentation, the Issues information has been temporarily removed. Watch this site for new information on the latest Morro Bay issues, beginning in early 2010.	This Site was established by a group of Morro Bay residents to provide resources for citizens who want to investigate and understand more about some of the issues facing our town. We will always try to document major viewpoints on all of the issues, identify the sources of those viewpoints, and give references so that you can check out the information for yourself. Our major sources of information are: The Morro Bay City Web site Responses to information requests submitted to City officials and staff Public Information Web sites Newspaper articles (Tribune, Sun Bulletin, Bay News, New Times, The Rock) Documents produced and distributed by Morro Bay residents Web sites created and maintained by residents We also encourage all concerned Morro Bay citizens to do their own research and check the facts for themselves. We all have agendas, whether postive or negative, selfish, or unselfish. Those agendas tend to be pushed much harder during an election year, and before major decisions by the City Council and Planning Commission. Aside from doing independent research on the issues, here are some questions we have found it useful to ask ourselves to help sort out fact from fiction and determine the person's real obectives. Does the person making a claim or statement have a potential for significant financial gain if her/his agenda prevails? Do associates or family members of the person have a potential for significant financial gain? Who are this person's supporters? Are most of them average citizens, or members of special interest groups? Does the person provide verfiable sources for any "facts" and figures presented (for example, "if this law is passed, your property values will be reduced by 25%" or "This will be good for the people of Morro Bay")?
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