May 2016
East County Magazine
CREW SEEKS ETHICS INVESTIGATIONS INTO REP. HUNTER CAMPAIGN EXPENSES INCLUDING TRIP TO ITALY, JEWELRY AND NORDSTROM’S CHARGES
By Miriam Raftery May 1, 2016 (San Diego) – Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has requested that the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) conduct an audit of the campaign committee for Rep. Duncan D. Hunter (R-Alpine). CREW has also asked the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate whether Hunter violated House ethics rules through thousands of
BILLS TO MAKE MEDIATION MORE CONSUMER-FRIENDLY ADVANCE IN LEGISLATURE
By Suzanne Potter, Public News Service May 1, 2016 (Sacramento) – If you have a credit card or a job, have ever seen a doctor or needed a nursing home, you’ve probably signed an arbitration agreement that requires you to give up the right to sue, and go through mediation in the event of a dispute. On Tuesday, the
PADRES CAN’T DODGE KERSHAW, LOSE 1-0 IN SERIES FINALE
By Liz Alper Photo: bird’s eye view. Courtesy @Padres on Twitter May 1, 2016 (Los Angeles) – The Padres were looking for the sweep of the LA Dodgers in the series finale in Tinseltown. Drew Pomeranz took the mound for San Diego and Clayton Kershaw for LA. The Dodgers sought to avoid that. Kersh worked some pitcher magic in
PASSAGES: A FOND FAREWELL TO “MR. EAST COUNTY” B.W. `STONEY’ STONE
East County News Service May 1, 2016 (Santee) — B. W. “Stoney” Stone, also known as “Mr. East County” of Santee, passed away peacefully in his home on Wednesday, April 20, surrounded by his family and loved ones. Born in Mesa, Arizona in 1925, his family moved to California when he was a young teen. Stoney graduated from Sweetwater
LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPORT: HOT HEARINGS THIS WEEK ON EAST COUNTY ISSUES
East County News Service May 1, 2016 (San Diego’s East County) – San Diego Supervisors, Lakeside’s Community Planning Group and the Lemon Grove Council all meet this week, with hot agenda items that include legalizing catering at wineries and breweries, building a Lakeside Equestrian Center, and putting SANDAG’s transit tax measure on the ballot. Below are details on these
READER’S EDITORIAL: WHERE HAS ALL THE CREAM GONE?
By Leon Thompson May 2, 2016 (East County) – My earliest childhood memories are of my grandfather’s dairy farm in Solway, Minnesota, where I learned to love cows. The sign on the barn read “Our Cows Are Outstanding In Their Field.” We moved to Poway in 1959 less than two blocks from the DeJong Dairy. I naturally got up
GREGORY PAGE IN CONCERT: ONE MAN SHOW MAY 29 AT MISSION TRAILS
East County News Service May 2, 2016 (Santee) – The Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation welcomes acclaimed musician Gregory Page performing his One Man Show in a free concert on Sunday, May 29, 2016: 3 to 4 p.m. at Mission Trails Regional Park (1 Father Junipero Serra Trail, San Diego). “Please join us to ‘rewind’ to a bygone era with an
SANDAG VOTES TO PUT TRANSPORTATION TAX MEASURE ON BALLOT: MOVE DRAWS OPPOSITION FROM WIDE SPECTRUM
By Miriam Raftery May 2, 2016 (San Diego) – The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) board voted last week to send a ballot measure that would fund transit, freeway and infrastructure improvements to voters in November. Next up, Supervisors must decide whether to let voters have the final say. If approved the $18.2 million plan would raise county
PASSAGES: SQUARE FOOT GARDENING CREATOR DIES AT 84: PUBLISHER TO CARRY ON LOCAL AUTHOR’S WORK TO COMBAT WORLD HUNGER
East County News Service May 2, 2016 (San Diego) — “Build a box. Fill it with Mel’s Mix. Add a grid…and start planting.” Mel Bartholomew, creator of Square Foot Gardening, has passed away at the age of 84 in La Jolla, California. His easy, innovative method of growing vegetables revolutionized the way millions grow their own food. Since his
BOULEVARD PLANNERS HAVE POWER-PACKED AGENDA: BIG ENERGY AND WATER ISSUES ON TAP THURSDAY
By Miriam Raftery May 2, 2016 (Boulevard) – Jacumba Solar, Tule Wind, a county presentation on groundwater monitoring, updates on lawsuits over big energy projects and discussion of Live Oak Springs water rate hikes are among the many important items on the Boulevard Planning Group’s agenda for its meeting Thursday, May 5 at 7 p.m. in the Boulevard Fire
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