YOUR COMMUNITY IN YOUR HANDS
Volume 9
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Issue 22
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April 20 - May 3, 2017
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For the first time the Poly Royal Rodeo was moved to the Alex G. Spanos Stadium for their 77th Annual event April 7. Organizers felt the occasion called for some enhanced drama as the rodeo was concluded with motocross jumps and pyrotechnics. Photo by Camas Frank. Rodeo pictures on page 37.
Sunny Day Egg Hunt Page 6
Open House at Nasreen Page 9
SLO City Manager, Fire Chief Fined
40 Years of Victims Rights
By Camas Frank
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Story and Photos by Camas Frank
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he San Luis Obispo City Council went into a closed-door meeting the morning of April 10, to discuss, among other things, a Public Employee Performance Evaluation of City Manager Katie Lichtig and “Public Employee Discipline/ Dismissal/Release Pursuant to Government Code § 54957(b) (1).” Also on the proverbial chopping block was SLO City Fire Chief Garret Olson, although a hearing regarding his future with the City were carried out separately with Public Works Director Daryl Grigsby, as the Acting Appointing Authority for similar disciplinary proceedings. At issue were formal complaints filed against the pair by members of the SLO City Fire Department alleging violations of the City’s policies against sexual harassment policy and conduct unbecoming officials of their station.
n 2013, Layne Davis’ husband culminated 12 years of isolation, mental and physical abuse, by trying to kill her. On the first anniversary of the finalization of her divorce, Davis described that last attack to an audience that included San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow, Sheriff Ian Parkinson and staff that have been involved with the local Victim and Witness Assistance Center over the last 40 years. Davis’ husband savagely beat her and slashed her with a samurai sword that, despite a marathon surgery to save her hand at French Hospital, left her with permanent injuries. He eventually threatened her with a loaded handgun before she was able to escape. Davis, who went by her first name April 12 at the rally near the steps of the San Luis Obispo Superior Court Annex, described better than anyone else could the resilience the crowd was there to celebrate.
See Manager, page 8
See Victims Rights, page 12
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