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EDITORIAL: AT A CROSSROADS
By Assemblyman Joel Anderson March 2, 2010 (Sacramento)–The RGP Prosthetic Research Center, a San Diego company that provides artificial limbs for California Children’s Services, is in danger of
EDITORIAL: VALUE LIVES, NOT PROFITS!
By Kathy Rallings Chair, Health Care for All-San Diego Chapter Recently, Anthem Blue Cross made the case for the California Universal Health Care Act (SB 810) by raising its
EDITORIAL: CONGRESSMAN BILBRAY SIDE STEPS INVESTIGATION INTO THOUSANDS OF HEALTH CARE-RELATED DEATHS
As Congress holds its hearing about Toyota recalls, and Rep. Brian Bilbray recently toured a Toyota dealership in Carlsbad, we need to ask a simple question. Why has Congress sat
EDITORIAL: GRIDLOCK IN SACRAMENTO
By Emma Turner February 17, 2010 (La Mesa)– My name is Emma Turner and I am a Republican candidate for the office of the 78th State Assembly. I
EDITORIAL: THE SLIPPERY “SOAP” THEORY OF REP. HUNTER
By Joseph Rocha February 16, 2010 (San Diego) –On the first day of college, many new students across the country make the fatal error of trying to defend
EDITORIAL: MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH BIODIESEL
"The year in which we were supposed to send U.S. and Russian astronauts to Jupiter began with two death blows to the biodiesel industry."–Tyson Gustus, broken-hearted Jezebel admirer/owner
EDITORIAL: THE WIND INDUSTRY AND THE INCIDENTAL TAKE PERMIT
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service should investigate bird deaths at wind farms By Jim Wiegand, Wildlife Biologist February 12, 2010 (San Diego)–Every day at wind farms across America threatened
EDITORIAL: MAIN STREET NEEDS A HAND
By Tracy Emblem February 11, 2010 (San Diego) — Government is and should be in the business of stimulating the economy to help its citizens achieve national goals like
EDITORIAL: LAKESIDE FIRE CHIEF MARK BAKER, YOU ARE GOING TO BE MISSED
FIRE BOARD AXES ITS CHIEF By Dennis Richardson January 16, 2010 (Lakeside) — The Lakeside Fire Board fired our Chief for doing his job far above the
EDITORIAL: CHARGING VICTIMS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE
By Miriam Raftery, Editor January 18, 2009 (San Diego’s East County) – San Miguel Consolidated Fire Protection Board wants to charge drivers who cause accidents for costs of emergency
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EDITORIAL: AT A CROSSROADS
By Assemblyman Joel Anderson March 2, 2010 (Sacramento)–The RGP Prosthetic Research Center, a San Diego company that provides artificial limbs for California Children’s Services, is in danger of
EDITORIAL: VALUE LIVES, NOT PROFITS!
By Kathy Rallings Chair, Health Care for All-San Diego Chapter Recently, Anthem Blue Cross made the case for the California Universal Health Care Act (SB 810) by raising its
EDITORIAL: CONGRESSMAN BILBRAY SIDE STEPS INVESTIGATION INTO THOUSANDS OF HEALTH CARE-RELATED DEATHS
As Congress holds its hearing about Toyota recalls, and Rep. Brian Bilbray recently toured a Toyota dealership in Carlsbad, we need to ask a simple question. Why has Congress sat
EDITORIAL: GRIDLOCK IN SACRAMENTO
By Emma Turner February 17, 2010 (La Mesa)– My name is Emma Turner and I am a Republican candidate for the office of the 78th State Assembly. I
EDITORIAL: THE SLIPPERY “SOAP” THEORY OF REP. HUNTER
By Joseph Rocha February 16, 2010 (San Diego) –On the first day of college, many new students across the country make the fatal error of trying to defend
EDITORIAL: MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH BIODIESEL
"The year in which we were supposed to send U.S. and Russian astronauts to Jupiter began with two death blows to the biodiesel industry."–Tyson Gustus, broken-hearted Jezebel admirer/owner
EDITORIAL: THE WIND INDUSTRY AND THE INCIDENTAL TAKE PERMIT
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service should investigate bird deaths at wind farms By Jim Wiegand, Wildlife Biologist February 12, 2010 (San Diego)–Every day at wind farms across America threatened
EDITORIAL: MAIN STREET NEEDS A HAND
By Tracy Emblem February 11, 2010 (San Diego) — Government is and should be in the business of stimulating the economy to help its citizens achieve national goals like
EDITORIAL: LAKESIDE FIRE CHIEF MARK BAKER, YOU ARE GOING TO BE MISSED
FIRE BOARD AXES ITS CHIEF By Dennis Richardson January 16, 2010 (Lakeside) — The Lakeside Fire Board fired our Chief for doing his job far above the
EDITORIAL: CHARGING VICTIMS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE
By Miriam Raftery, Editor January 18, 2009 (San Diego’s East County) – San Miguel Consolidated Fire Protection Board wants to charge drivers who cause accidents for costs of emergency