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READER’S EDITORIAL: POLICE RESPONSE IN FERGUSON ROOTED IN SYSTEMIC VIOLENCE AND MILITARISM
By Brian J. Trautman August 25, 2014 (Ferguson, Missouri)–The police response to public protests in Ferguson, Missouri in the wake of the deadly August 9 shooting of Michael Brown,
READER’S EDITORIAL: COUNTY NEEDS TO HIRE EXPERIENCED CAREER FIREFIGHTERS TO MAN RURAL STATIONS
Editor’s note: This editorial was submitted by a rural firefighter who asked that his name be withheld due to fear of retaliation for speaking out on this issue that
READER’S EDITORIAL: WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN AT EL CAJON’S COUNCIL MEETING THIS WEEK
By Robert Clark, El Cajon July 21, 2014 (El Cajon)–There are three things that should happen (but probably will not) at the El Cajon City Council meeting on
READER’S EDITORIAL: A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LAND GRAB?
By Steve Green “…professed “FCI supporters” are not disclosing their current goals – regulations even more restrictive than the 1993 FCI, taking even more of our property rights.”—Steve Green July 6, 2014 (San
READER’S EDITORIAL: STOP THE UNFAIR SAN ONOFRE SETTLEMENT
By Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight Projects July 5, 2014 (El Cajon)– Please take a look at this video presentation I created to be presented to the CPUC. http://youtu.be/2umrwqLz_MI The
READER’S EDITORIAL: OPEN LETTER TO SUPERVIORS–ADOPT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON FOREST CONSERVATION INITIATIVE LANDS
By Lou Russo June 20, 2014 (Alpine)–I am a 10+ year resident of Alpine, an 8+ year member of the Alpine Community Planning Group (ACPG) and a 6+ year
READER’S EDITORIAL: SHOULD CALIFORNIA’S POOREST SCHOOLCHILDREN BE INTEREST FREE LENDERS TO THE STATE?
By Gloria Roma June 12, 2014 (San Diego)–Should California’s poorest schoolchildren be the interest free lenders of first resort to the state? I don’t think so, but they are.
READER’S EDITORIAL: DOES WAR HAVE A FUTURE?
By Lawrence S. Wittner June 12, 2014 (San Diego’s East County)–National officials certainly assume that war has a future. According to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research
READER’S EDITORIAL: NEW SEXUAL ASSAULT CLIMATE SURVEY RECOMMENDATION: NOT AN EXCUSE FOR MORE ADMINISTRATIVE BLOAT
By Laura Finley June 9, 2014 (San Diego)–In April 2014, the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault issued a series of recommendations for college and
READER’S EDITORIAL: BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION AT 60: NEED FOR RECOMMITMENT TO INTEGRATION & SUPPORT FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
By Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber “We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust…. We
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READER’S EDITORIAL: POLICE RESPONSE IN FERGUSON ROOTED IN SYSTEMIC VIOLENCE AND MILITARISM
By Brian J. Trautman August 25, 2014 (Ferguson, Missouri)–The police response to public protests in Ferguson, Missouri in the wake of the deadly August 9 shooting of Michael Brown,
READER’S EDITORIAL: COUNTY NEEDS TO HIRE EXPERIENCED CAREER FIREFIGHTERS TO MAN RURAL STATIONS
Editor’s note: This editorial was submitted by a rural firefighter who asked that his name be withheld due to fear of retaliation for speaking out on this issue that
READER’S EDITORIAL: WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN AT EL CAJON’S COUNCIL MEETING THIS WEEK
By Robert Clark, El Cajon July 21, 2014 (El Cajon)–There are three things that should happen (but probably will not) at the El Cajon City Council meeting on
READER’S EDITORIAL: A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LAND GRAB?
By Steve Green “…professed “FCI supporters” are not disclosing their current goals – regulations even more restrictive than the 1993 FCI, taking even more of our property rights.”—Steve Green July 6, 2014 (San
READER’S EDITORIAL: STOP THE UNFAIR SAN ONOFRE SETTLEMENT
By Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight Projects July 5, 2014 (El Cajon)– Please take a look at this video presentation I created to be presented to the CPUC. http://youtu.be/2umrwqLz_MI The
READER’S EDITORIAL: OPEN LETTER TO SUPERVIORS–ADOPT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON FOREST CONSERVATION INITIATIVE LANDS
By Lou Russo June 20, 2014 (Alpine)–I am a 10+ year resident of Alpine, an 8+ year member of the Alpine Community Planning Group (ACPG) and a 6+ year
READER’S EDITORIAL: SHOULD CALIFORNIA’S POOREST SCHOOLCHILDREN BE INTEREST FREE LENDERS TO THE STATE?
By Gloria Roma June 12, 2014 (San Diego)–Should California’s poorest schoolchildren be the interest free lenders of first resort to the state? I don’t think so, but they are.
READER’S EDITORIAL: DOES WAR HAVE A FUTURE?
By Lawrence S. Wittner June 12, 2014 (San Diego’s East County)–National officials certainly assume that war has a future. According to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research
READER’S EDITORIAL: NEW SEXUAL ASSAULT CLIMATE SURVEY RECOMMENDATION: NOT AN EXCUSE FOR MORE ADMINISTRATIVE BLOAT
By Laura Finley June 9, 2014 (San Diego)–In April 2014, the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault issued a series of recommendations for college and
READER’S EDITORIAL: BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION AT 60: NEED FOR RECOMMITMENT TO INTEGRATION & SUPPORT FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
By Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber “We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust…. We
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