Volume 28
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Issue 47
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YOUR COMMUNITY IN YOUR HANDS - YourBayNews.com
April 20 - May 3, 2017
LOS OSOS
MORRO BAY CAYUCOS
CAMBRIA
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Cleaning Up With Smudge Away Page 8
The Los Osos Kiwanis Club’s 29th Annual Easter Egg Hunt drew hundreds of youngsters to gather eggs in about 5 minutes of gleeful pandemonium. More photos on Page 6. Photo by Neil Farrell
New Police Chief Hired in Morro Bay By Neil Farrell
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orro Bay has reached into the vaunted LAPD for the 11th police chief in MBPD’s 52-year history City Manager, David Buckingham announced that he has hired former LAPD Captain and current City of Greenfield Acting Chief, Gregory Allen, to be the new, fulltime, Morro Bay Police Chief, replacing former, Chief Amy Christey, who left in July 2016 to become police chief in Pacific Grove. Christey was replaced last August by Interim Chief, Larry Todd, who was himself a veteran officer with more than 30 years experience, including being a long-time chief in Los Gatos and interim chief in several cities. Chief Allen is slated to be sworn in and start work on June 2 and Cmdr. Jody Cox will continue as acting chief until then. Cmdr. Chief Cox has led the department for the past several months after Chief Todd stepped down. Chief Allen “served a long and distinguished career in the Los Angeles Police Department before transitioning 2-years ago to continue his career in the Central Coast region,” reads a news release from the City. See Chief, page 12
Dinner And a Movie
MB Manager Seeking ‘Lifetime Dream’ Job
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By Neil Farrell
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he Morro Bay City Manager is a finalist for his “lifetime dream” job, as town manager at a world-famous Colorado ski resort town, the Bay News has learned. David Buckingham is this week in Vail, Colo., preparing for 2-days of interviews with selection committees and the Vail City Council. He was named last week by Vail’s Mayor, Dave Chapin, as one of three finalists to replace the previous manager, Stan Zemler, who earlier this year announced that he was retiring, and has in fact already left. Vail’s town clerk has been acting interim manager, according to the announcement by Mayor Chapin. The finalists — Carbondale Colo., City Manager, Jay Harrington, Michael Kovacs, city manager in Fate, Texas, and Buckingham of Morro Bay — were selected by the Vail Town Council “following an initial screening of 61 applications by the executive search firm, Strategic Government Resources, based in Keller, Texas,” Mayor Chapin’s announcement read.
See MB Manager, page 13
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