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EDITOR’S BLOG: GUHSD COMMITTEE SHOULD CHECK REAGAN RECORD ON NATIVE AMERICAN ISSUES BEFORE NAMING ALPINE HIGH SCHOOL FOR FORMER PRESIDENT
By Miriam Raftery “Your comments about American Indians indicate that your knowledge about us, and about the historical relationship between Indian governments and the United States, is lacking to the
READER’S EDITORIAL: DRILL-BABY-DRILL OFF-SHORE — A PRESCRIPTION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER
By Tracy Emblem May 4, 2010 (San Diego) — The U.S. Interior’s Mineral Management Service estimates 11 billion barrels of crude oil along the west coast, including 1 billion barrels
READER’S EDITORIAL: DOES REP. HUNTER UNDERSTAND WHAT HE SWORE TO UPHOLD AND DEFEND?
By Hugh Moore May 1, 2010 (San Diego’s East County) — At a public forum this past week Rep. Duncan Hunter suggested that children born in the US of
READER’S EDITORIAL: CONGRESS MUST ASSURE MEXICO DEALS WITH ITS ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
By Tracy Emblem Recently Arizona enacted its own immigration bill which potentially usurps the federal government’s authority to regulate immigration. California Congressman Brian Bilbray, Chair of the Immigration Reform
EDITOR’S BLOG: WHY ISN’T IT NEWS WHEN A DEAD BODY IS FOUND IN EAST COUNTY?
By Miriam Raftery, Editor April 28, 2010 (Deerhorn Valley) – Five days after a man’s dead body was found by motorists on Deerhorn Valley Road following a night of
EDITORIAL: PLEASE, NO MORE PHOTOS OF FIRE-RAVAGED HOMES
By Robert Deason, Deerhorn Valley resident April 25, 2010 (Deerhorn Valley) — On behalf of my community and all people living in fire-threatened areas, I want to point out
EDITORIAL: FINANCIAL RAPE OF POWAY TAXPAYERS/HOMEOWNERS
By Morrie Itzkowitz April 23, 2010 (Poway)–It’s un-American; it’s financial rape; it’s against State Law – the City is planning to sell the land under our homes to a Chicago
EDITORIAL: GOLDEN EAGLES FALL PREY TO WIND INDUSTRY
By Jim Wiegand, wildlife biologist April 17, 2010 (San Diego’s East County) — The controversy surrounding wind farms in America has been brewing for over 25 years. The debate
EDITORIAL: WHY DIDN’T SAN DIEGO COUNTY POST ANY INFO ABOUT THE QUAKES AT ITS “EMERGENCY” WEBSITE?
By Miriam Raftery, Editor www.EastCountyMagazine.org April 6, 2010 (San Diego’s East County) – More than 24 hours after a 7.2 earthquake jolted our region, triggering more than
EDITORIAL: MOST ALPINE RESIDENTS WANT HIGH SCHOOL NAMED FOR OUR REGION, NOT REAGAN
GUHSD TO HOLD HEARING APRIL 15 ON PROPOSAL TO NAME SCHOOL AFTER REAGAN By Bill Weaver, Chairman, Alpine High School Citizens Committee April 8, 2010 (Alpine) — There
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EDITOR’S BLOG: GUHSD COMMITTEE SHOULD CHECK REAGAN RECORD ON NATIVE AMERICAN ISSUES BEFORE NAMING ALPINE HIGH SCHOOL FOR FORMER PRESIDENT
By Miriam Raftery “Your comments about American Indians indicate that your knowledge about us, and about the historical relationship between Indian governments and the United States, is lacking to the
READER’S EDITORIAL: DRILL-BABY-DRILL OFF-SHORE — A PRESCRIPTION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER
By Tracy Emblem May 4, 2010 (San Diego) — The U.S. Interior’s Mineral Management Service estimates 11 billion barrels of crude oil along the west coast, including 1 billion barrels
READER’S EDITORIAL: DOES REP. HUNTER UNDERSTAND WHAT HE SWORE TO UPHOLD AND DEFEND?
By Hugh Moore May 1, 2010 (San Diego’s East County) — At a public forum this past week Rep. Duncan Hunter suggested that children born in the US of
READER’S EDITORIAL: CONGRESS MUST ASSURE MEXICO DEALS WITH ITS ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
By Tracy Emblem Recently Arizona enacted its own immigration bill which potentially usurps the federal government’s authority to regulate immigration. California Congressman Brian Bilbray, Chair of the Immigration Reform
EDITOR’S BLOG: WHY ISN’T IT NEWS WHEN A DEAD BODY IS FOUND IN EAST COUNTY?
By Miriam Raftery, Editor April 28, 2010 (Deerhorn Valley) – Five days after a man’s dead body was found by motorists on Deerhorn Valley Road following a night of
EDITORIAL: PLEASE, NO MORE PHOTOS OF FIRE-RAVAGED HOMES
By Robert Deason, Deerhorn Valley resident April 25, 2010 (Deerhorn Valley) — On behalf of my community and all people living in fire-threatened areas, I want to point out
EDITORIAL: FINANCIAL RAPE OF POWAY TAXPAYERS/HOMEOWNERS
By Morrie Itzkowitz April 23, 2010 (Poway)–It’s un-American; it’s financial rape; it’s against State Law – the City is planning to sell the land under our homes to a Chicago
EDITORIAL: GOLDEN EAGLES FALL PREY TO WIND INDUSTRY
By Jim Wiegand, wildlife biologist April 17, 2010 (San Diego’s East County) — The controversy surrounding wind farms in America has been brewing for over 25 years. The debate
EDITORIAL: WHY DIDN’T SAN DIEGO COUNTY POST ANY INFO ABOUT THE QUAKES AT ITS “EMERGENCY” WEBSITE?
By Miriam Raftery, Editor www.EastCountyMagazine.org April 6, 2010 (San Diego’s East County) – More than 24 hours after a 7.2 earthquake jolted our region, triggering more than
EDITORIAL: MOST ALPINE RESIDENTS WANT HIGH SCHOOL NAMED FOR OUR REGION, NOT REAGAN
GUHSD TO HOLD HEARING APRIL 15 ON PROPOSAL TO NAME SCHOOL AFTER REAGAN By Bill Weaver, Chairman, Alpine High School Citizens Committee April 8, 2010 (Alpine) — There