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READER’S EDITORIAL: SCAPEGOATING SAN DIEGO’S TRANSPORTATION WOES
By Daniel Smiechowski January 18, 2019 (San Diego) – Having just returned from my second home in France, a city of 180,000 residents with a state of the art
READER’S EDITORIAL: SUPERVISOR JACOBS’ HYPOCRISY
By Martha Sullivan, San Diego January 9, 2019 (San Diego) — SD County Supervisor Dianne Jacobs voted No yesterday on providing emergency shelter to refugees seeking political asylum.
READER’S EDITORIAL: SHOULD WE RETHINK PRESIDENTIAL POWERS?
By Wim Laven December 22, 2018 (San Diego) – On Dec. 18th, it was agreed that Donald Trump’s charitable foundation would be dissolved. The decision was reached as a result
READER’S EDITORIAL: ALARMING NEW PAROLE OFFICE INFORMATION REVEALED
Update December 20, 2018: The State has sent a letter to La Mesa’s city manager advising that it has dropped plans for a parole office at this location, at
READER’S EDITORIAL: KEEP THE BOY IN BOY SCOUTS: AN OPINION FROM A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY
By Alan W. Cole, San Diego December 21, 2018 (San Diego) — It’s hard to have your voice heard when you’re a teenager. I’m a 14-year old boy and
READER’S EDITORIAL: FOOD FOR THOUGHT–ALPINE ELECTIONS
By Mary Harris December 11, 2018 (Alpine) — Running for a seat on the Alpine Community Planning Group taught me a lot. It was like a crash course on local politics. I’ve been attending
READER’S EDITORIAL: DEVELOPERS BUYING SANTEE CITY COUNCIL SEATS THROUGH PAC’S DARK MONEY
By Santee City Councilman Stephen Houlahan and Preserve Wild Santee Director Van Collinsworth November 1, 2018 (Santee) – A flood of developer dollars are backing incumbents/status-quo candidates (McNelis, Hall
READER’S EDITORIAL: TRUMP’S KRISTALLNACHT
By Tom H. Hastings October 29, 2018 (San Diego) – We are now moving past “mere” voter suppression and voter intimidation. We have arrived at voter assassination. It was almost exactly 80
READER’S EDITORIAL: SAVE THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
By Cheryl A. Reiff, rancher and business owner October 26, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) — I am greatly concerned by The Administration’s attempts to weaken the Endangered Species
READER’S EDITORIAL: TO SAVE THE GOP, WE MUST FIRST CLEANSE IT
By Patrick Osio, Jr., San Diego October 22, 2018 (San Diego) — Finding myself voting against Republican Party candidates in the November 2018 mid-term election is one of my
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READER’S EDITORIAL: SCAPEGOATING SAN DIEGO’S TRANSPORTATION WOES
By Daniel Smiechowski January 18, 2019 (San Diego) – Having just returned from my second home in France, a city of 180,000 residents with a state of the art
READER’S EDITORIAL: SUPERVISOR JACOBS’ HYPOCRISY
By Martha Sullivan, San Diego January 9, 2019 (San Diego) — SD County Supervisor Dianne Jacobs voted No yesterday on providing emergency shelter to refugees seeking political asylum.
READER’S EDITORIAL: SHOULD WE RETHINK PRESIDENTIAL POWERS?
By Wim Laven December 22, 2018 (San Diego) – On Dec. 18th, it was agreed that Donald Trump’s charitable foundation would be dissolved. The decision was reached as a result
READER’S EDITORIAL: ALARMING NEW PAROLE OFFICE INFORMATION REVEALED
Update December 20, 2018: The State has sent a letter to La Mesa’s city manager advising that it has dropped plans for a parole office at this location, at
READER’S EDITORIAL: KEEP THE BOY IN BOY SCOUTS: AN OPINION FROM A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY
By Alan W. Cole, San Diego December 21, 2018 (San Diego) — It’s hard to have your voice heard when you’re a teenager. I’m a 14-year old boy and
READER’S EDITORIAL: FOOD FOR THOUGHT–ALPINE ELECTIONS
By Mary Harris December 11, 2018 (Alpine) — Running for a seat on the Alpine Community Planning Group taught me a lot. It was like a crash course on local politics. I’ve been attending
READER’S EDITORIAL: DEVELOPERS BUYING SANTEE CITY COUNCIL SEATS THROUGH PAC’S DARK MONEY
By Santee City Councilman Stephen Houlahan and Preserve Wild Santee Director Van Collinsworth November 1, 2018 (Santee) – A flood of developer dollars are backing incumbents/status-quo candidates (McNelis, Hall
READER’S EDITORIAL: TRUMP’S KRISTALLNACHT
By Tom H. Hastings October 29, 2018 (San Diego) – We are now moving past “mere” voter suppression and voter intimidation. We have arrived at voter assassination. It was almost exactly 80
READER’S EDITORIAL: SAVE THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
By Cheryl A. Reiff, rancher and business owner October 26, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) — I am greatly concerned by The Administration’s attempts to weaken the Endangered Species
READER’S EDITORIAL: TO SAVE THE GOP, WE MUST FIRST CLEANSE IT
By Patrick Osio, Jr., San Diego October 22, 2018 (San Diego) — Finding myself voting against Republican Party candidates in the November 2018 mid-term election is one of my
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