Archive for the ‘1980's’ Category
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Do you recognize these guys?
They were two of the most powerful congressmen of their time. Leon Panetta was profiled last week and to the right is Republican congressman Bill Thomas from Bakersfield.
Panetta chaired the House Budget committee from 1989-1993 and later served in Bill Clinton's White House. A few years ...
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
July 22, 1983
A new era of shopping came to San Luis Obispo when Mervyn's opened over 25 years ago. The city had resisted the ample parking/big box/shopping mall trend that had evolved over the late 1960's and 1970's. The beginning of the change came when Sears moved out of downtown ...
Posted in 1980's, Advertising, Fashion, Going, Going, Gone, Popular Culture | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
With the Obama/McCain presidential campaign getting ugly and the economy uncertain, let’s take a moment to look back at a local politician who was almost as popular with Republicans as Democrats. Not many can say both Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton appointed them to their posts. Fewer can say they ...
Posted in 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Politics | 6 Comments »
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Gore Vidal looks pensive as he surveys San Luis Obispo County Airport after overcast delayed his landing.
May 25, 1982
Gore Vidal is a journalist’s dream candidate because unreserved subjects make writing a story easy. Every time you look up from the notebook they say something more provoking than the last time. ...
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
May 25, 1984
So I was wrong about Walter Mondale. He did come to San Luis Obispo.
Once.
Mondale came to town at the request of the anti-Nuclear group Mothers for Peace, the only candidate of three invited to show up.
Quoting the story by staff writer Alan Mittelstaedt:
The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant ...
Posted in 1980's, Politics, Popular Culture | 2 Comments »
