Julie & Jeff's Sewer Credit Hanky Panky

Well, so much for warm, fuzzy stories to start off the new year! 

An excellent cold, jagged story just broke today on the business principles of Los Osos' most infamous couple, Julie Tacker and Jeff Edwards. Please have a look at SLO Truth's article posted here:

https://www.slotruth.org/2017/01/26/julie-tacker-and-jeff-edwards-activists-or-con-artists/

If convicted, and if still on committees of the Los Osos Community Services District, I would like to them removed from those committees, which are Emergency Services Committee for Julie, and the Finance Advisory Committee for Jeff.

Julie Tacker And Money

Let the facts speak for themselves. The sewer money FACTS. Read about a current candidate for the LOCSD. You may judge for yourself if you are happy to pay back your tax monies that were used to pay off attorneys to defend bad decisions requiring a legal defense. In any case, it is all over now - for good - if Julie Tacker is NOT re-elected.

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Sewer Politics Redux

Sewer politics has been with this town ever since the idea of a sewer was floated back in the 1970s. Battles were fought for and against. Our sewer is now built thanks to the County, and we are hooking up, but a whiff of sulphur still lingers locally, this time in the candidacy of someone for the Los Osos Community Services District board. This time the political football is not the sewer, but the very existence of the LOCSD. The LOCSD was created to have local control of the sewer; we lost that, but now its existence is challenged, which means having any control over our water supply is now challenged..

An opponent to any sewer at all, later revised to "just not THAT sewer," whose latest bid for destruction is the dissolution of the LOCSD under the ruse of "just letting the people decide" is a bad choice for Los Osos. Giving that person a platform for disseminating her message, beyond the three minute limit at public comment, is toxic. I believe her position on the board before, gave her a platform to lead the community into accepting the illegal Measure B. Her name is Julie Tacker.

More recently, Facebook has been her present tool in the current election. Not only are her opinions going out in pixel-world, but paid ads for her have been appearing on timelines. One crossed mine this afternoon that was paid for at CalCoastNews. It was "liked" by someone I am friends with, so it then appeared in my feed. I was now able to comment on said post and lo-and-behold, it appeared on the "Julie Tacker for Los Osos Community Services District" Facebook page! We shall see how long it lasts there before it is blocked. Ms. Tacker has blocked me from viewing her personal page, but I'm sure she will block me from this one too after this.

My comment:

Thank you Mr. X for "liking" this article so it wound up in my feed. I am banned from posting on CalCoastNews because I have opposing ideas from Ms. Tacker and they don't allow free speech over there, even if politely written. So now I have a chance to say something.

Sorry, but have an entirely different opinion from you on her. She wanted to move the sewer out of town, but did so in such a boneheaded way, poking a stick in the eye of the Water Board, that the LOCSD board she was on LOST the low interest loan, lost the sewer project, plunged the town into bankruptcy - which we have FINALLY climbed out of - and now wants to be back on the board - to dissolve it! Yes, DISSOLVE it. No thanks.

Our sewer is now $29 million more out of town, the only local control we have now over our water basin, the big important thing we have left—is by having a seat on the board that controls the water basin— the Basin Management Committee. Dissolve, and all control goes to the County and the two remaining water purveyors one of which, Golden State, would probably jump on owning it. Bad idea.

Please DO NOT vote for Julie Tacker. I do NOT trust her to have anything but her own interests at heart. Electing her to the Board would give her a powerful platform to push her idea of dissolution, which is a bad idea for this town. She has promoted many ideas to help her developer boyfriend in the past, you have to ask - what is her motive to push away our local control?

LOCSD Candidate's Forum 2016 Sewer Reference

Thursday night at the only LOCSD candidate's forum of this election season, a former director is running to be on the board again. While introducing herself, she reiterated her unsubstantiated LOCSD bankruptcy story—that it was not at all her fault. It is unclear as to why she even went to this topic, as maybe five people read this blog where I write about it. This is the only place that I know where this is even being mentioned these days, so is this opinion more widely held than I thought, that she needed to defend her version at the forum? I do post comments on the Tribune though......Have a look at the Nick Wilson article about the forum:
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics-government/election/article109796382.html

Well, anyway, time to move ahead with eyes firmly on the rearview mirror. Julie Tacker appears to want us to follow that unsettling path toward dissolution and we need to watch what she is up to. We have been down this gritty road before, I was there, so I know how hard attempting dissolution can be. We were not successful, despite the many weeks of work and lots and lots of money. Ms. Tacker is sowing the seeds for another attempt however, and it is yet another means of wrenching apart the community just as it was coming together after the 30-year sewer war. She wants dissolution to be on the next ballot. That is just SO WRONG.

Ms. Tacker came on the scene in 2002 and was one of the founders to initiated a campaign to reject the sewer project that we had then, which included filing lawsuits and appeals to state commissions and boards. She managed to get herself elected to the LOCSD in 2004 (she ran in 2002 and didn't win). Below is an image off of the "Concerned Citizens of Los Osos" website. She says she stepped down from being its President when elected. 

What she didn't step down from was the path to bankruptcy. I will post a chart below that shows how the cost for a sewer was upped year after year due to legitimate claims and then obstruction. The chart ends at mid-2005, before the recall election and the illegal Measure B. Note CCLO, Ms. Tacker's cause on the chart.

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What happened to change public opinion was the slow dripping of anti-sewer opinions, each by itself meaning nothing, but over time, the tiny drips worked up to a concretion of resistance that froze the Mid-Town project in 2005. The bankruptcy soon followed. This dissolution idea has now begun its own drip. Do we sit here and watch it or do we stop it? This forum and the reporting of it is the first time the idea has landed in a very visible place: it only had a mention at a LOCSD meeting, and on Facebook, and that online crackpot rag, CalCoastNews. It has now has the legitimacy of The Tribune.

Ms. Tacker, the hypocrisy of running for a seat on a board that you wish to destroy is pretty amazing. It is getting a seat on that same board you nearly demolished in 2006. I guess if it wasn't killed off the first time, you try again, is that it? I can't help but think you have motives to do this beyond your claim of "saving money." That didn't work so well the last time, did it?

Julie's Revisionist History......Again.

I am stepping into the sewer on my sewer blog to correct the misstatements of a certain retread political candidate for the LOCSD. Once again Julie Tacker is making, no, faking history to put herself in a more favorable light. This image is off her campaign Facebook page - click to see a larger image and to read the text:

Misstatement #1 - "...which District 2 County Supervisor wouldn't move the sewer in 2003 when the permits were before them?"

Nooooo. That is NOT what was before them. YOU, Ms. Tacker, were before them—on the topic of the Coastal Development Permit; you were stating that the EIR was faulty. There was no "moving the sewer" mentioned. If "moving it" was the intent, it would take an incredible amount of work to do so, actually YEARS of work, not just a meeting in front of the Board. Never mind the additional cost.

Here is a copy-and-paste right off of the minutes of the October 21, 2003 Board of Supervisor's meeting (and BTW, the EIR was certified on March 1, 2001, so as the objections and lawsuits mounted, we can already see how this was upping the cost of the project: 2001 - $81.6 million; 2003 - $93 million):

This is the time set for hearing to consider an appeal by Julie Tacker for Concerned Citizens of Los Osos and Al Barrow for Citizens for Affordable and Safe Environment of the Planning Commission’s approval of the Planning Commission’s approval of the Los Osos wastewater project, a request by the Los Osos Community Services District to construct and operate a community wastewater project to include a collection system, treatment facility plant, effluent disposal system, harvest well system and all related infrastructure, located in the community of Los Osos; 2nd District. 

Ms. Nancy Orton: Project Manager for the County, presents the staff report; outlines the location of the project; addresses the issues of the appeal; comments on drawings of the proposed sewer site; corrects Conditions #73 and #74, the beginning of the paragraph, to read: “Prior to Approving Sewer Hookups for New Construction.”; recommends adoption of the resolution upholding the Planning Commission’s recommendation and deny both appeals.

Ms. Julie Tacker: Appellant (Concerned Citizens of Los Osos), states she is representing 108 concerned citizens; believes the EIR is not complete for the proposal before the Board; urges the Board to delay or deny this request until this EIR has been completed; gives a video tape presentation of her appeal which outlines her concerns to the Tri-W site; no study being done on the impacts to the downtown businesses; concerns regarding sludge, septage, water, hydrology, drainage, ESHA (Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Areas), SSMP (Septic System Management Plan), economics, assessment and the conditions of approval.

Chairperson Ryan: speaks to his history with the project and in support of the LOCSD. Matter is fully discussed and thereafter, on motion of Supervisor Bianchi, secondedby Supervisor Pinard and on the following roll call vote: 

AYES: Supervisors Bianchi, Pinard, Achadjian, Chairperson Ryan  

NOES: None

ABSENT: Supervisor Ovitt 

the Board denies both appeals, Conditions #73 and #74 are amended to change the first sentence to read: “Prior to Approving Sewer Hookups for New Construction.” and RESOLUTION NO. 2003-366, resolution affirming the decision of the Planning Commission and conditionally approving the application of Los Osos Community Services District for Development Plan/Coastal Development Permit D020283D, adopted as amended.

EVERY ONE PRESENT VOTED AGAINST YOU! You are picking on Bianchi because she called it like it is: "If I lived in Los Osos, I would vote for almost anyone but Julie Tacker. She was, is, and probably always will be, a political disaster." (I'm sure she is tough enough to take the taunts from a, pardon the expression, lightweight like you.)

Misstatement #2 - "...had Bianchi and that board voted to deny the Tri-W  permits the sewer would have been out of town, contracts wouldn't have been let and a nasty bankruptcy wouldn't have ensued."

Well, let's just pick that one apart! You readers all know by now that Measure B, which stopped the sewer until it was proven in court to be invalid, was won by a slender 19 votes in 2005. What evidence was there to show there were enough votes to pass it in 2003 (not that it had been even DRAFTED then), and how else would the "community will" to move it be demonstrated if not by a vote? Look how many years it took to get to the point of selecting a location with the County's project behind the cemetery? You just assumed some magic wand could provide the location, the EIR, and the permits I guess.

You know Julie, that your board wouldn't even ALLOW a 218 vote in 2005 which would have demonstrated the community's will, you were so afraid that it would not pass, and that the sewer would then continue at Tri-W. It was put to your board by the State Water Board and you refused to do it. Don't claim it was the cost of holding a vote - how do you think there would be ANY money for ANY sewer without a VOTE? A vote this time that would involve property owners ONLY - not a "Measure-B-anyone-can-vote" type of vote?

The contracts had to be let for the project that was going to be built - you know, that one with the $134 million dollar SRF loan tied to it that your board threw away. The Water Board was serious with their threats of fines in 2003. They were serious in 2005 as you finally found out. Remember those CDOs that we can thank YOU for?

(And remember the $20 million bonds sold in 2002 to buy the property, design the project, and to pay for the permits. Those were flipped off by your board too - but not flipped off of our tax bills - they are still right on there every year.)

Setting all of that aside, let's get right on to the bankruptcy. First point, you poked a stick in the eye of the Water Board for not ASKING PERMISSION to stop the project. That was in the contract for the SRF $134 million loan. That lack of understanding ensured that your board would NOT get anymore payments from the state. Then you all went right off budget in October as soon as you were in office by hiring a new attorney, and new general manager ($450,000/year)—while you were paying the old GM and the old attorney to do nothing—AND you paid $75,000 to get rid of the public information officer. But that is small potatoes when you hired another attorney for $1.5 million! 

Where did you think the money would come from to pay for all of that? Well, we know where you found it - you took our tax money that we had paid for our bond payments, forcing the bond reserves to be spent that were to have been the last payment. Naturally, the lender raised a big stink about that, and we are STILL paying that money back! Our fire tax money had been spent too, so the CSD reserves were spent to cover us to keep our fire service.

So where did our $450,000 water reserves go? MIA. That was never paid back.  It was written off by General Manager Kivley in 2015. No wonder you went after her with a vengeance - she knew what your board did!

Anyway, your rewriting of history is always rather amazing to read. Thanks for the opportunity to set the record straight—again.

Nextdoor Sewer Fatigue

Some people around town that write on the Nextdoor website want to discuss the sewer issue and others do not. I believe it has only come up because of the upcoming election where someone who was a director before and after the Great Sewer Crash is running again to be on the LOCSD board, namely, Ms. Julie Tacker.

There is so much mis-information out there in support of this candidate that it is painful. It is impossible to know where to start to correct the misconceptions, or if anyone with their mind made up wants to learn anything different anyway. One thing is for certain, we are almost done getting our sewer and it is $29 million more than the one started in 2005.

There are some documents that need to see the light of day once again. I will insert some of them in the timeline in 2005 between the sewer work being stopped and the Water Board's reactions:

September 27, 2005 the recall election and Measure B took place and THAT caught the Water Board's attention. October 6, 2005 this letter arrived in the LOCSD offices:
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralcoast/board_info/agendas/2005/dec/item3/item3_attachment3.pdf

Within the document in the link above is this excerpt:

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How did then-director Julie Tacker say publically that the old project's money could be used for the new project that she and the other four directors of the board wanted to build?

Then Ms. Tacker thought that the District could sell its assets to build a sewer! Really? How do you replace that much money, even if you thought you could build a cheaper sewer? Will you sell the fire truck (new, it was not more than $500,000; better hope no one is careless with a cigarette, with no fire truck), or the water company (Golden State Water Company in San Dimas was given an estimated value of $55 million for 11,000 customers - the CSD has 2750 customers, do the math)? Not enough money to even buy every house a Reclamator!

The State Revolving Fund money, necessary to build a sewer, any sewer, was at last permanently cut off. See pages 4-5:
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/board_info/minutes/2005/min111605.pdf

(The press release: http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press_room/press_releases/2005/05_025.pdf)

Then December 9, 2005 the agenda for the State Water Board had this item for their consideration:
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/board_info/agendas/2005/december/1209-01.pdf

Read off the link below page 254, lines 8-14 - Interim General Manager Dan Bleskey's testimony on stopping the project:
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralcoast/board_info/minutes/2005/12_05_los_osos_hearing_transcript_1_of_2.pdf

8 MS. OKUN: Well, that wasn't my 

9 question. My question was did anybody at the  

10 State Board ever say that it wasn't a violation of  

11 the loan agreement to stop the construction  

12 progress for a timeout?  

13 MR. BLESKEY: To say that it was a  

14 violation of the contract?  

15 MS. OKUN: Did they say that it was not  

16 a violation of the State Board --  

17 MR. BLESKEY: No, they said that it was.  

18 But it is a contractual remedy plain as day, in  

19 language written by them. 

We know how well that rationale of Mr. Bleskey's turned out.

That's all I can stand of this stuff. I supect that not everyone reading here has made it to the bottom of this page as noxious as these facts are. And I don't know if I would have written this at all if there wasn't an alarming candidate running for Los Osos CSD in November.

Snowball Ride To Bankruptcy

I was doing some summer cleaning yesterday afternoon and came upon a copy of a letter I forgot that I had. It was from the State Water Resources Control Board to then Interim General Manager Dan Bleskey of the Los Osos Community Services District. It is dated October 18, 2005. It explains how the State Revolving Fund loan monies were being withheld. Go ahead, have a look - click on the image to see a larger size.

I suspect that unless you at least arrived here in Los Osos during the years 2004-2010, this letter may not mean much to you. But it you live in the water service area served by the LOCSD, have heard of an upcoming election for the LOCSD, and have read the above letter, you might wonder if there is more to this story, like say, a bankruptcy? 

If you live in the Prohibition Zone, you might have noticed that on your tax bill you are paying for two sewer fees. The smaller amount is for the sewer that did not happen in town because that sewer project was stopped, and the larger amount is for the sewer we did get, out of town, behind the cemetery. 

The two old directors and the three new directors to the LOCSD after the recall election, foolishly stopped work on the sewer project that was already under construction without the permission required that was part of the agreement, so **NO SURPRISE** the funds to pay for THAT sewer - were cut off! Financial mayhem ensued. It is very troubling that the two directors that were already on the LOCSD board BEFORE the recall election Julie Tacker and Lisa Schicker, did not understand the facts of the sewer construction contract for the SRF money which was keeping the LOCSD afloat. Every cent possible LOCSD cent was poured into sewer construction because the Regional Water Quality Control Board was after them to build the sewer - pronto. Foot dragging had gone on for too many years, this was the third attempt at remediating the sewage problems of Los Osos. When the SRF money vanished and the multiple lawsuits sprung to life, the LOCSD was doomed.

What happened after 2005 could fill a book, and in fact it did fill part of a book, Small Town, Perfect Storm by Barbara Wolcott.

As I uncover more interesting historical documents, I will post them.

The Gang That Couldn't Poop Straight

Well, you knew THAT title was going to appear here someday, didn't you!?

Defining "straight" in this case refers to being honest, being forthright, being open. "Poop" refers to work product, or in this case, the deflection thereof.

Much has been made over many months from the usual and long-standing sewer detractors about our sewer facilitators NOT being "transparent," and of our sewer project having "NO oversight!" Paavo Ogren, our soon-to-depart Director of Public Works (he is going to work in Oceano and will wear many hats there) has been accused of subterfuge, and our newly re-elected-by-a-landslide District 2 Supervisor Bruce Gibson has been hammered with accusations of mistruths as well. These are untrue accusations of course, but when you believe something strongly as these people do, you don't let facts get in the way.

I have been inspired by two things to write this column, the word "transparency" (thanks sewer detractors!), AND what Los Osos' new General Manager Kathy Kivley has been doing lately, that is, going through all of the old journal entries in the books and wading into the long misunderstood finances (by the public) to get a true accounting of what the District has, what it owes, and even what it owes to itself. So I have been doing a little financial sleuthing of my own, because as far as transparency goes, a nasty net of sludge covered what was going on with the District's finances starting on September 27, 2005. Nasty enough to get the SLO County Grand Jury involved back in 2006.

In fact, you really should read what was said in the Grand Jury Report about Los Osos. Start on page 77 of the report on Los Osos:
http://slocourts.net/downloads/grand_jury/reports/2005/final-2005-2006.pdf

Basically, the Grand Jury wanted to investigate if public funds, namely LOCSD funds, were used by the post-Recall LOCSD Board members* to pay off a law firm hired by a citizen's group, CCLO (Concerned Citizens of Los Osos) and Al Barrow (CASE - Citizens for an Affordable and Safe Environment) that had sued the LOCSD and the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board and crafted Measure B (which stopped the sewer—but was later found to be invalid). All five post-Recall sitting directors had been heavily involved with the group suing the LOCSD and the Water Board, and in crafting and defending Measure B. This law firm (Burke, Williams and Sorenson, or BWS) was then hired by the LOCSD after the payoff. The settlement amount of the five cases was $488,617.

The Grand Jury wanted to see detailed time logs and billing records of the law firm and requested these documents through the SLO County Counsel's office—twice. What they got back was nothing the first time and the second time the documents were so heavily redacted it was impossible to determine anything. Billable tasks were left blank. Why? one would ask if you had nothing to hide?

These settlement negotiations were conducted in the Board's closed session meetings. They were handled between an attorney representing the LOCSD and an attorney from BWS.The post-Recall Board was given a single-settlement dollar amount. They were "...not offered, nor did they request any detailed information on the breakdown as to what activities were billed and included in the settlement amounts." Also, a Board member said to the Grand Jury that they wanted to settle the cases so that they could retain BWS for future work.

The Grand Jury felt that since public funds were used to settle the lawsuits, the public has a right to know just what legal services were rendered when.

Why wouldn't the Board want to see what they were being asked to settle? What public input or oversight was there? Where was the transparency in what they were doing?

Those questions still remain, along with an icky feeling of being had, either by stupidity or just plain dirty dealings. The Citizen's groups, CCLO and CASE could well have gotten nothing. The Grand Jury was stymied and never got us the answers we deserved.

In fact, CASE and BWS were stiffed later. They were among the 20 largest claims in the Bankruptcy and got pennies on the dollar:

So then a question remains.....where did all the money go that the LOCSD borrowed from reserves as GM Kivley has found, and "borrowed" from our tax monies for the CDF Fire tax payment and the Bond payment to Bank of New York?



If you are interested in reading the LOCSD's finely crafted response to the Grand Jury (by BWS's Julie Biggs, no doubt), it is on pages 29-33:
http://slocourts.net/downloads/grand_jury/reports/2005/responses-2005-2006.pdf

* The LOCSD Board was: Lisa Schicker, Julie Tacker, Chuck Cesena, John Fouche, Steve Senet.

Julie's Speculations: Tried in Truth Court, Fails (Miserably)

Julie Tacker wrote an opinion piece on CalCoastNews which, sadly for her, drops her credibility even lower due to many the misstatements and just plain untruths.

Let's go through them one by one:

Ogren likely chose to skip his stint as the LOCSD manager because in a sworn statement Buel admits Ogren directed Buel to back-date a contract that ultimately landed the district in court and was integral to the district ultimately filing for Chapter 9 bankruptcy.

Firstly, none of us has seen Mr. Ogren's resume. We must presume it was either a handout at the Wednesday meeting that you Julie must have attended, or you got it quickly through a public records request. OK, for this purpose of refutation, we believe that the LOCSD stint as IGM was not mentioned. You then make a wild assumption that this omission must be due to the back dating of a contract Ogren directed causing the bankruptcy!

NOT TRUE! Your board's stopping the project caused the bankruptcy! All the time, money and effort you and Lisa put in to trying to make the backdated contract a lawsuit was for absolutely NOTHING, it was and still is a non-issue! Spending money on speculative will-it-stick-on-the-wall issues like this is what caused the bankruptcy in Los Osos!

I won't even go into your silly speculations on a county official influencing a CSD director.

The only way to afford his exorbitant salary is to raise rates and/or sell Oceano’s most valuable asset – its water.

NOT TRUE! You really have no idea what monies he can save in crafting an actual budget, something so screwed up in Oceano, it hasn't managed a timely audit in years. For instance, the vacant accountant position will be his and the car allowance won't. Our new GM in Los Osos is still trying to unscramble the mess your board made of the money, so you are in NO position to opine on finances.

The OCSD last met in closed session on April 23rd and there was “no reportable action” taken. Somehow direction was given to legal counsel to negotiate and draft a contract.

Now Julie, you know how that works, remember the PZLDF contract with attorney Shaunna Sullivan that YOUR board wrote with no public knowledge at all, enraging even your supporters?

A tremendous amount of work went into finagling the formula in which to pay this kind of salary. How was this direction given by a majority of the board if there was no reportable action on the 23rd? The result smells of the all-to-often Brown Act violating practices that OCSD board members believe they are immune from. 

Yes, we in Los Osos would like to know how the reserves vanished under YOUR watch in 2006. Brown Act violations? Finagling? When did your board direct the GM to withdraw monies held in RESERVE for fire department and water department improvements because you had somehow spent those reserves AND had no funds left to pay the bond payment either! There is no public record on how or where that money went at all! Now that smells even to this day as we are still paying the money back! Your board did not have a clue as to the meaning of the word "transparency."

Ogren will likely be out of touch with its citizens.

Why? He certainly is very well acquainted with many Los Osos citizens in all income brackets.

 Los Osos Waste Water Project is mid-way through construction; already $10 million over budget and $15 to $20 million in lawsuits and claims for damages are lining up.

NOT TRUE! The project is NOT over budget, the extra costs for the treatment plant are WITHIN the budget. The lawsuit is Paavo's fault? NOT TRUE. And you don't even consider the County's counter suit as having any validity in this? You just assume ARB is correct? 

In Oceano, Ogren’s work as public works director at the county has been unsuccessful at getting a Habitat Conservation Plan in place for the Arroyo Grande Creek.

NOT TRUE!  it is listed in the Special Districts Budget for 2013/14. Page 5 reads: "The 2013/14 budget was endorsed by the Flood Control Zone 3 Advisory Committee on March 21, 2013. Ongoing efforts include the Arroyo Grande Creek Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP)…"
http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/Assets/AD/2013-14+Special+Districts+Budget.pdf

Perhaps Ms. Tacker is not aware of how long these things actually take. The one for Los Osos was stopped in 2005 due to the recall board stopping the sewer project. Since the county took over and began actual sewer project work, our plan is finally in the works again and with years ahead of it too.

Ogren is as a former employee of the Wallace Group.

So.....? What does that have to do with anything?

It did not go unnoticed that the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District, under the leadership of John Wallace, failed to hold the county responsible for flood-waters rising and pouring off the county owned airport contributing to the cause of the massive sewage spill.

Oh, so Mr. Ogren worked for the Wallace group, and the Wallace Group didn't ding the County on the spill.....because Mr. Ogren once worked for them? No. You are off-the-wall conflating responsibilities and events in an untrue and illogical manner.
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/09/07/2216530/south-county-sanitation-district.html

The spill was on December 19 and 20. However, the County had already gone for a permit from the Water Board, called an Emergency Coastal Development permit, issued December 16. They were working on the upcoming problem. It was bad news for everyone that the spill happened, but it wasn't the County's fault, so John Wallace did not hold them accountable for a reason.
http://documents.coastal.ca.gov/reports/2011/1/F6-1-2011.pdf

Ogren’s departure from the county is welcomed.

No, it isn't. You speak only for yourself and the weekly anti-County ranting crew.

His arrival in Oceano will likely bankrupt the community services district and he needs just four years to do it.

It took your board less than a year to do in Los Osos. I guess you don't want to speculate that even someone you despise could do a "better" job at bankrupting a community than you did! Pitiful, really.