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East County Magazine
READER’S EDITORIAL: OPEN LETTER TO BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT: DO YOUR JOB TO PROTECT OUR PUBLIC LANDS FROM PRIVATE INTERESTS
After a takeover of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon by armed militia members, local wildlife biologist Renée Owens has sent an open letter to Bureau of Land Management
READER’S EDITORIAL: NOW IS THE TIME TO WELCOME REFUGEES, NOT SHUT THEM OUT
By Rebecca Paida December 13, 2015 (San Diego)–Now is the time to welcome refugees, not shut them out. Given the recent controversy over refugees, I am compelled to write
READER’S EDITORIAL: INNOCENT LIVES LOST DUE TO POLITICS OF HATE
By Madge Will Photos: Murdered victims of massacre at Planned Parenthood in Colorado include young mother, Iraq War veteran, and police officer December 1, 2015 (San Diego)—Victims
READER’S EDITORIAL: CHARGERS AND RAIDERS TOSS HAIL MARY
By Tony Manolatos November 11, 2015 (San Diego)–With Mayor Kevin Faulconer in New York speaking to NFL owners about the City & County’s stadium plan in Mission Valley, and
READER’S EDITORIAL: NEW HOUSE SPEAKER PAUL RYAN GOES AFTER POOR PEOPLE’S MONEY
By Tommy Tidrow November 8, 2015 (Washington D. C.) – New House Speaker Paul Ryan and his friends in Congress (most of whom have signed the Republican operative Grover
READER’S EDITORIAL: THE STORY OF A FLORIDA COMPANY TAKEOVER OF JACUMBA’S WATER
By Howard W Cook, former chair, Jacumba Sponsor Group Photo: Lake Jacumba November 1, 2015 (Jacumba Hot Springs)–A massive project poses an unprecedented risk to Jacumba Hot Springs’
READER’S EDITORIAL: BLACK JURORS NEED NOT APPLY
By Roderick T. Long, Creative Commons license October 27, 2015 (San Diego’s East County) – If you’re black, you may have trouble getting on to a jury. The way
READER’S EDITORIAL: WHEN THE SERVANTS BECOME THE MASTERS
By Sylvia Sullivan October 22, 2015 (La Mesa) — Anger and frustration filled the overflowing room of irate ratepayers at the recent Helix Water District meeting. The meeting started
READER’S EDITORIAL: LAST NIGHT’S BOARD MEETING ON HELIX WATER DISTRICT WATER RATES 5-YEAR PLAN
By Kathleen Coates-Hedberg, Helix Water District board member October 10, 2015 (La Mesa)–I got to the Board Room at 4:30p.m. and the parking lot was filling up and I
READER’S EDITORIAL: SHOULD AN ELECTED OFFICIAL’S RELIGION TRUMP THE CONSTITUTION?
by Joel A. Harrison, PhD, MPH Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof (1st Amendment, US Constitution) September 8, 2015
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