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READER’S EDITORIAL: THE BIG MEDIA LIE ABOUT SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE
It won’t cost taxpayers $400 billion. We have to pay that much for health care anyway. Single-payer would save us all a lot of money. By Tim Redmond, originally
SINGLE-PAYER: JUST ANOTHER FORM OF BUREAUCRATIC CONTROL
By Dr. James Veltmeyer Dr. Veltmeyer is Chief of the Department of Family Medicine at Sharp Grossmont Hospital, La Mesa. In 2016 he was a Republican candidate in the
READER’S EDITORIAL: THE RUSSIA SCANDAL PUZZLE IS FINALLY FITTING TOGETHER; IT’S EVEN WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT
By Shaun Mullen Originally published in The Moderate Voice, a member of the San Diego Online News Association June 1, 2017 (Washington D.C.) — If you think of the
READER’S EDITORIAL: A RENEWED, REFRESHED EL CAJON – HAPPENING NOW
By Councilman Steve Goble May 27, 2017 (El Cajon) — Renewal (noun). The act of making new again or state of being renewed. It’s what is happening in El
READER’S EDITORIAL: SHARP GROSSMONT HOSPITAL’S NEW ENERGY PLANT IS EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF OUTSTANDING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
By Barry Jantz, CEO, Grossmont Healthcare District May 24, 2017 (San Diego’s East County) – Late last year, the Grossmont Healthcare District (GHD) and Sharp HealthCare celebrated a new
READER’S EDITORIAL: ON 63RD ANNIVERSARY OF BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION DECISION, A STATEMENT ON ELIMINATING EDUCATIONAL INJUSTICES
By Ryan J. Smith, Executive Director of the Education Trust-West May 17, 2017 (Washington D.C.) — Today we rightly celebrate the milestone Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court
EDITORIAL: STOP THE SANDAG POWER GRAB! EAST COUNTY LEADERS URGE OPPOSITION TO AB 805
By Jerry Jones, Council Member, Lemon Grove; Jennifer Mendoza, Council Member, Lemon Grove; Bill Baber, Council Member, La Mesa; Kristine Alessio, Council Member, La Mesa; Bill Wells,
READER’S EDITORIAL: BLM SHOULD TURN OVER DEED FOR TRANSFER OF SAN DIEGO’S LAST WILD HORSES
Editor’s note: We first wrote about Kathleen Hayden’s efforts to restore the Coyote Canyon heritage herd of wild horses locally in January 2013. Read article. But in July 2013,
READER’S EDITORIAL: HOW THE CITY OF LA MESA GAMES THE SYSTEM—PART 3
How the City of La Mesa games the system–even when it is not necessaary By Joseph Glidden April 12, 2017 (La Mesa) — Prop. 218 will make it difficult
HOW THE CITY OF LA MESA GAMES THE SYSTEM – PART 2
By Joseph Glidden How the City Games the System to Keep Its Residents Uninformed, Unengaged, and Uninspired. April 11, 2017 (La Mesa)–The Strategic Planning Workshop is arguably the city
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