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READER’S EDITORIAL: “GREAT DEAL OF NOTIFICATION” TO PUBLIC ON SAN MIGUEL FIRE DISTRICT BOARD PLANS TO WEIGH STAND-ALONG CONTRACT FOR FIRE SERVICES
Board member responds to Robert Perry’s editorial: Discussion and possible vote July 6 Photo: Large crowd at a prior SMF meeting on financial issues prior to the contract with

READER’S EDITORIAL: SAN MIGUEL FIRE TO VOTE JULY 6 ON SPLITTING WITH CAL FIRE: PUBLIC INPUT NEEDED
Update: San Miguel Fire Protection District board member Theresa McKenna has responded to Robert Perry’s editorial to detail how much notice and discussion has been held on this

READER’S EDITORIAL: BORDER FIRE SURVIVOR ASKS SUPERVISOR JACOB AND AGENCIES TO HOLD TOWN HALL MEETING ON FIRE ISSUES IN THE AREAS THAT BURNED
By Jan Hedlun Potrero Resident and Wildfire Survivor June 28, 2016 (Potrero) –I have heard that local and government agencies involved in the Border Fire are already patting themselves

READER’S EDITORIAL: THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND DONALD TRUMP
By Daniel J. Smiechowski June 23, 2016 (San Diego) — There are approximately 78 million Catholics in America. Fifty percent of them voted for President Obama in 2012. Donald

READER’S EDITORIAL: STAND TOGETHER #WITHREFUGEES ON #WORLDREFUGEEDAY
By Elizabeth Lou June 20, 2016 (San Diego) — With all the cataclysmic incidences happening around the world, the refugee crisis is one of chief concerns in recent history.

READER’S EDITORIAL: 2ND AMENDMENT MISINTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION IS CAUSE FOR PROLIFERATION OF GUN VIOLENCE
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. –2nd Amendment

READER’S EDITORIAL: HARVESTING EAGLES – PART TWO
How agencies charged with protecting our wildlife continue to betray our trust By Jim Wiegand June 13, 2016 (San Diego) – It is difficult to read that word “harvest”

READER’S EDITORIAL: HARVESTING EAGLES – PART ONE
By Jim Wiegand “…FWS (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) announced a plan on 5/6/2016 that would allow wind energy companies to legally kill or injure up to 4200 bald

READER’S EDITORIAL: YOUR NAME IS MUHAMMED ALI
By Dr. Arif Ahmad Reprinted with permission from The Moderate Voice, a San Diego Online News Association member What’s my name? What’s my name? Most of us are fine

READER’S EDITORIAL: THE MUNICIPAL BOND MARKET IS A MASSIVE CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE — GET OUT NOW OR PAY LATER
By Richard Lawless June 2, 2016 (San Diego) — Senior citizens and savers throughout the fifty states and Puerto Rico have taken tens of billions in municipal bond losses.
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READER’S EDITORIAL: “GREAT DEAL OF NOTIFICATION” TO PUBLIC ON SAN MIGUEL FIRE DISTRICT BOARD PLANS TO WEIGH STAND-ALONG CONTRACT FOR FIRE SERVICES
Board member responds to Robert Perry’s editorial: Discussion and possible vote July 6 Photo: Large crowd at a prior SMF meeting on financial issues prior to the contract with

READER’S EDITORIAL: SAN MIGUEL FIRE TO VOTE JULY 6 ON SPLITTING WITH CAL FIRE: PUBLIC INPUT NEEDED
Update: San Miguel Fire Protection District board member Theresa McKenna has responded to Robert Perry’s editorial to detail how much notice and discussion has been held on this

READER’S EDITORIAL: BORDER FIRE SURVIVOR ASKS SUPERVISOR JACOB AND AGENCIES TO HOLD TOWN HALL MEETING ON FIRE ISSUES IN THE AREAS THAT BURNED
By Jan Hedlun Potrero Resident and Wildfire Survivor June 28, 2016 (Potrero) –I have heard that local and government agencies involved in the Border Fire are already patting themselves

READER’S EDITORIAL: THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND DONALD TRUMP
By Daniel J. Smiechowski June 23, 2016 (San Diego) — There are approximately 78 million Catholics in America. Fifty percent of them voted for President Obama in 2012. Donald

READER’S EDITORIAL: STAND TOGETHER #WITHREFUGEES ON #WORLDREFUGEEDAY
By Elizabeth Lou June 20, 2016 (San Diego) — With all the cataclysmic incidences happening around the world, the refugee crisis is one of chief concerns in recent history.

READER’S EDITORIAL: 2ND AMENDMENT MISINTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION IS CAUSE FOR PROLIFERATION OF GUN VIOLENCE
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. –2nd Amendment

READER’S EDITORIAL: HARVESTING EAGLES – PART TWO
How agencies charged with protecting our wildlife continue to betray our trust By Jim Wiegand June 13, 2016 (San Diego) – It is difficult to read that word “harvest”

READER’S EDITORIAL: HARVESTING EAGLES – PART ONE
By Jim Wiegand “…FWS (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) announced a plan on 5/6/2016 that would allow wind energy companies to legally kill or injure up to 4200 bald

READER’S EDITORIAL: YOUR NAME IS MUHAMMED ALI
By Dr. Arif Ahmad Reprinted with permission from The Moderate Voice, a San Diego Online News Association member What’s my name? What’s my name? Most of us are fine

READER’S EDITORIAL: THE MUNICIPAL BOND MARKET IS A MASSIVE CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE — GET OUT NOW OR PAY LATER
By Richard Lawless June 2, 2016 (San Diego) — Senior citizens and savers throughout the fifty states and Puerto Rico have taken tens of billions in municipal bond losses.