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READER’S EDITORIAL: COUNTY FIRE POLICY: LET IT BURN
San Diego County will unnecessarily lose hundreds of homes to wildfires this fall: An open letter to Cities’ Councilmen, Supervisors, local State legislators, and activist groups By
READER’S EDITORIAL: CALIFORNIA TO BUSINESSES – ‘HERE’S YOUR HAT, WHAT’S YOUR HURRY?’
By Assemblyman Brian Jones August 10, 2012 (San Diego’s East County)–Have you ever sat down with friends to enjoy a meal at a restaurant, only to be handed
EDITORIAL: TELL SUPERVISORS TO JUST SAY “NO” TOMORROW TO TULE WIND & OTHER DESTRUCTIVE ENERGY PROJECTS
Contact all supervisors through the links below Supervisors’ hearing 9 am Wed., 1600 Pacific Coast Highway downtown By Miriam Raftery, Editor August 7, 2012 (San Diego’s East County)–Please join
READER’S EDITORIAL: SDG&E EXCLUDES FIRE SURVIVORS AND LOW-INCOME PEOPLE FROM FIRE MITIGATION GRANTS
Meeting August 7 in Deerhorn Valley on fire mitigation funds By Kim Hamilton, Editor, Deerhorn Valley Antler August 6, 2012 (Deerhorn Valley)–We are now well into a perilous fire season.
READER’S EDITORIAL: FLUSH THE WATER BOARD! CANDIDATES NEEDED TO CLEAN UP HELIX DISTRICT
By Kristin Kjaero August 1, 2012 (La Mesa)–The deadline to run for Helix Water District Board is August 10 and no challengers have returned papers. We need good candidates to
READER’S EDITORIAL: JOIN PETITION DRIVE FOR ALPINE HIGH SCHOOL TO BE BUILT THROUGH UNIFICATION OF AUSD
By Bill Weaver July 30, 2012 (Alpine) — An Alpine School District Unification Drive Has Begun. It is predicted that if the Grossmont Union High School District (GUHSD) itself
EDITORIAL: THE PEOPLE OUR GOVERNOR WANTS TO “CRUSH”
By Miriam Raftery, Editor July 27, 2012 (San Diego’s East County)–Standing on a former mountaintop blasted away to build the new Suncrest Substation, Governor Jerry Brown yesterday praised completion
READER’S EDITORIAL: SHOCKWAVES– MASTERS SHOULD BE FIRED IF INVESTIGATION PROVES J.P. MORGAN ENGAGED IN ENRON-STYLE POWER MARKET MANIPULATION
by Tyson Slocum, Director of Public Citizen’s Energy Program July 22, 2012 (San Diego’s East County)–J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corporation is under investigation for practices that may have
READER’S EDITORIAL: TELLING IT LIKE IT IS—A SELF-SUSTAINING FUTURE FOR OUR REGION AND OUR WORLD
A Jim Bell & Common Sense Commentary www.jimbell.com “My vision is to gracefully transform the San Diego/Tijuana Regional economy, now 98% dependent on imported energy and 90% dependent on
EDITORIAL: DON’T LET GOVERNMENT GROUPS HIDE THEIR AGENDAS
Take these steps to restore Brown Act protections at state and local levels By Miriam Raftery, Editor, East County Magazine July 18, 2012 (San Diego’s East County) – Criticism is mounting over
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READER’S EDITORIAL: COUNTY FIRE POLICY: LET IT BURN
San Diego County will unnecessarily lose hundreds of homes to wildfires this fall: An open letter to Cities’ Councilmen, Supervisors, local State legislators, and activist groups By
READER’S EDITORIAL: CALIFORNIA TO BUSINESSES – ‘HERE’S YOUR HAT, WHAT’S YOUR HURRY?’
By Assemblyman Brian Jones August 10, 2012 (San Diego’s East County)–Have you ever sat down with friends to enjoy a meal at a restaurant, only to be handed
EDITORIAL: TELL SUPERVISORS TO JUST SAY “NO” TOMORROW TO TULE WIND & OTHER DESTRUCTIVE ENERGY PROJECTS
Contact all supervisors through the links below Supervisors’ hearing 9 am Wed., 1600 Pacific Coast Highway downtown By Miriam Raftery, Editor August 7, 2012 (San Diego’s East County)–Please join
READER’S EDITORIAL: SDG&E EXCLUDES FIRE SURVIVORS AND LOW-INCOME PEOPLE FROM FIRE MITIGATION GRANTS
Meeting August 7 in Deerhorn Valley on fire mitigation funds By Kim Hamilton, Editor, Deerhorn Valley Antler August 6, 2012 (Deerhorn Valley)–We are now well into a perilous fire season.
READER’S EDITORIAL: FLUSH THE WATER BOARD! CANDIDATES NEEDED TO CLEAN UP HELIX DISTRICT
By Kristin Kjaero August 1, 2012 (La Mesa)–The deadline to run for Helix Water District Board is August 10 and no challengers have returned papers. We need good candidates to
READER’S EDITORIAL: JOIN PETITION DRIVE FOR ALPINE HIGH SCHOOL TO BE BUILT THROUGH UNIFICATION OF AUSD
By Bill Weaver July 30, 2012 (Alpine) — An Alpine School District Unification Drive Has Begun. It is predicted that if the Grossmont Union High School District (GUHSD) itself
EDITORIAL: THE PEOPLE OUR GOVERNOR WANTS TO “CRUSH”
By Miriam Raftery, Editor July 27, 2012 (San Diego’s East County)–Standing on a former mountaintop blasted away to build the new Suncrest Substation, Governor Jerry Brown yesterday praised completion
READER’S EDITORIAL: SHOCKWAVES– MASTERS SHOULD BE FIRED IF INVESTIGATION PROVES J.P. MORGAN ENGAGED IN ENRON-STYLE POWER MARKET MANIPULATION
by Tyson Slocum, Director of Public Citizen’s Energy Program July 22, 2012 (San Diego’s East County)–J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corporation is under investigation for practices that may have
READER’S EDITORIAL: TELLING IT LIKE IT IS—A SELF-SUSTAINING FUTURE FOR OUR REGION AND OUR WORLD
A Jim Bell & Common Sense Commentary www.jimbell.com “My vision is to gracefully transform the San Diego/Tijuana Regional economy, now 98% dependent on imported energy and 90% dependent on
EDITORIAL: DON’T LET GOVERNMENT GROUPS HIDE THEIR AGENDAS
Take these steps to restore Brown Act protections at state and local levels By Miriam Raftery, Editor, East County Magazine July 18, 2012 (San Diego’s East County) – Criticism is mounting over
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