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READER’S COMMENTARY: DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S CLAIMS IN SAN DIEGO FINANCE SCANDAL ARE ABSURD
By Craig E. Kleffman April 5, 2014 (San Diego County) – San Diego’s chief law enforcement officer is District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis. In 2012 she ran for Mayor. Her
READER’S EDITORIAL: GET THE POLITICS OUT OF WIND ENERGY!
Originally Published in the ECOreport by Roy L Hales Stanford University has just published a glowing report about how Wind Farms “can provide a surplus of reliable clean energy
READER’S EDITORIAL: END OF DEBATE, LOCAL CLEAN ENERGY WILL KEEP THE LIGHTS ON
By Kathleen Connell March 8, 2014 (San Diego’s East County) – The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will soon make a decision on how to replace the power from
READER’S EDITORIAL: WIND 2050-A DYSTOPIAN SOCIETY?
By Mark Duchamp, World Council For Nature March 1, 2014 (Denmark)–The World Council for Nature (WCFN) has been informed that Danish taxpayers’ money is being spent to the tune
READER’S EDITORIAL: WE MUST REFORM OUR LAWS TO REVIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM, ECONOMY AND MIDDLE-CLASS
“The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.”– Aristotle (384 BCE – 322 BCE) By Pat Zaharopoulos
READER’S EDITORIAL: TIME FOR SAN DIEGO DEMOCRATS TO BROADEN THE BASE
By E.A. Barrera February 28, 2014 (San Diego)–I was proud to support David Alvarez and his campaign for Mayor. His life is an inspiration and his future is the
READER’S EDITORIAL: DEEMED APPROVED ORDINANCE FEE IN EL CAJON
By Mary Wang February 17, 2014 (San Diego’s East County) – Last fall, the City of El Cajon passed a Deemed Approved Ordinance (DAO) in an attempt to resolve
READER’S EDITORIAL: A BACKCOUNTRY REBELLION IS BREWING
Photo: Proposed Chaparral County, shown in green By Libby Belle Why rural East County communities should secede from San Diego County February 14, 2014 (San Diego’s East County) –
LOCAL CLINIC DISPUTES EDITORIAL ON “FAKE” ABORTION CLINICS
February 9, 2014 (San Diego’s East County) – On January 24, ECM published two reader’s editorials – one pro-life and one pro-choice in view, related to the anniversary
READER’s EDITORIAL: A FLETCHER DEMOCRAT FOR ALVAREZ
By E. A. Barrera I was not an early supporter. I backed Nathan Fletcher in the primary and was not initially happy with Alvarez’ victory. I felt
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READER’S COMMENTARY: DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S CLAIMS IN SAN DIEGO FINANCE SCANDAL ARE ABSURD
By Craig E. Kleffman April 5, 2014 (San Diego County) – San Diego’s chief law enforcement officer is District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis. In 2012 she ran for Mayor. Her
READER’S EDITORIAL: GET THE POLITICS OUT OF WIND ENERGY!
Originally Published in the ECOreport by Roy L Hales Stanford University has just published a glowing report about how Wind Farms “can provide a surplus of reliable clean energy
READER’S EDITORIAL: END OF DEBATE, LOCAL CLEAN ENERGY WILL KEEP THE LIGHTS ON
By Kathleen Connell March 8, 2014 (San Diego’s East County) – The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will soon make a decision on how to replace the power from
READER’S EDITORIAL: WIND 2050-A DYSTOPIAN SOCIETY?
By Mark Duchamp, World Council For Nature March 1, 2014 (Denmark)–The World Council for Nature (WCFN) has been informed that Danish taxpayers’ money is being spent to the tune
READER’S EDITORIAL: WE MUST REFORM OUR LAWS TO REVIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM, ECONOMY AND MIDDLE-CLASS
“The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.”– Aristotle (384 BCE – 322 BCE) By Pat Zaharopoulos
READER’S EDITORIAL: TIME FOR SAN DIEGO DEMOCRATS TO BROADEN THE BASE
By E.A. Barrera February 28, 2014 (San Diego)–I was proud to support David Alvarez and his campaign for Mayor. His life is an inspiration and his future is the
READER’S EDITORIAL: DEEMED APPROVED ORDINANCE FEE IN EL CAJON
By Mary Wang February 17, 2014 (San Diego’s East County) – Last fall, the City of El Cajon passed a Deemed Approved Ordinance (DAO) in an attempt to resolve
READER’S EDITORIAL: A BACKCOUNTRY REBELLION IS BREWING
Photo: Proposed Chaparral County, shown in green By Libby Belle Why rural East County communities should secede from San Diego County February 14, 2014 (San Diego’s East County) –
LOCAL CLINIC DISPUTES EDITORIAL ON “FAKE” ABORTION CLINICS
February 9, 2014 (San Diego’s East County) – On January 24, ECM published two reader’s editorials – one pro-life and one pro-choice in view, related to the anniversary
READER’s EDITORIAL: A FLETCHER DEMOCRAT FOR ALVAREZ
By E. A. Barrera I was not an early supporter. I backed Nathan Fletcher in the primary and was not initially happy with Alvarez’ victory. I felt