Editorials
East County Magazine

READER’S EDITORIAL: HARVESTING EAGLES – PART TWO
How agencies charged with protecting our wildlife continue to betray our trust By Jim Wiegand June 13, 2016 (San Diego) – It is difficult to read that word “harvest”

READER’S EDITORIAL: HARVESTING EAGLES – PART ONE
By Jim Wiegand “…FWS (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) announced a plan on 5/6/2016 that would allow wind energy companies to legally kill or injure up to 4200 bald

READER’S EDITORIAL: YOUR NAME IS MUHAMMED ALI
By Dr. Arif Ahmad Reprinted with permission from The Moderate Voice, a San Diego Online News Association member What’s my name? What’s my name? Most of us are fine

READER’S EDITORIAL: THE MUNICIPAL BOND MARKET IS A MASSIVE CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE — GET OUT NOW OR PAY LATER
By Richard Lawless June 2, 2016 (San Diego) — Senior citizens and savers throughout the fifty states and Puerto Rico have taken tens of billions in municipal bond losses.

READER’S EDITORIAL: DENYING PATIENTS ACCESS TO EMERGENCY MEDICATIONS
By Ryan Roper, San Diego May 7, 2016 (San Diego) — The triage, treatment and transport emergency medical service practitioners provide can often be the difference between life and

READER’S EDITORIAL: ASHES OF HATE WILL REIGN ON AMERICA
By Daniel J. Smiechowski May 2, 2016 (San Diego) — The Treaty of Versailles was signed with almost no German participation on June 28, 1919. The Great War had

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

READER’S EDITORIAL: OFF-ROADING GLORY
By Jim Rue April 24, 2016 (San Diego’s East County) — There are many ignorant riders who think they’re driving and in control of their off-road vehicles. But each

READER’S EDITORIAL: TAXPAYER WATCHDOG: “I WON’T SIGN THE CHARGERS’ MEASURE BECAUSE IT IS NOT A GOOD DEAL FOR TAXPAYERS”
By April Boling April 24, 2016 (San Diego’s East County) – Voters asked to help qualify the Chargers proposal for the November election should know a few things before

READER’S EDITORIAL: AN OPEN LETTER TO GILLESPIE FIELD NEIGHBORS REGARDING SENATOR ANDERSON’S DISRESPECT OVER OUR CONCERNS
By Sue Strom, ASAP Steering Committee April 24, 2016 (El Cajon) – A number of residents recently attended a community coffee for State Senator Joel Anderson. It was hosted