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READER’S EDITORIAL: WHY IS THE 12TH HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT STILL AN ISSUE IN THE GROSSMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT?
Printer-friendly versionBy Bill Weaver, candidate for the GUHSD board October 28, 2012 (Alpine) – Why is building a 12th high school for the Grossmont Union High School District in Alpine still
READER’S EDITORIAL: SDG&E BYPASSES FOREST SERVICE; PERMIT REQUEST COULD SIGNAL A CLANDESTINE EXPANSION OF SUNRISE POWERLINK
Printer-friendly versionStealth project in Cleveland National Forest could cost taxpayers $1 billion; public has just 30 days to comment By Cindy Buxton, Chair of the Forest Committee, Sierra Club San
READER’S EDITORIAL: UNION-TRIBUNE CROSSES THE LINE
Printer-friendly versionBy Joel A. Harrision, PhD, MPH October 25, 2012 (San Diego)–In June, during the Primaries, I was appalled to see on the front page of the U-T San Diego
READER’S EDITORIAL: STOP EXPANSION OF FLIGHT SCHOOLS AT GILLESPIE FIELD
Printer-friendly versionBy Sue Strohm, Advocates for Safe Airport Policies (ASAP) Steering Committee October 24, 2012 (El Cajon)–Over the next year or so (over the objection of large numbers of County
READER’S EDITORIAL: DUNCAN HUNTER BELIEVES CORPORATIONS ARE PEOPLE—WOMEN ARE NOT
Printer-friendly versionBy David Secor, candidate, 50th Congressional District October 12, 2012 (San Diego’s East County)–For women, and men who love them, their choice for Congress in District 50 could not
READER’S EDITORIAL: WHY ISN’T OUR GOVERNMENT PROTECTING US FROM DUST AT OCOTILLO WIND SITE?
Printer-friendly versionBy Jim Pelley Editor’s note: For months, ECM award-winning photographer and Ocotillo resident Jim Pelley has been documenting clouds of choking dust at Pattern Energy’s construction site for Ocotillo
READER’S EDITORIAL: IS SUPPORT FOR VETERANS A FALSE PROMISE TO VOTERS IN EXCHANGE FOR BONDS?
Printer-friendly version By Rick Alexander October 11, 2012 (San Diego’s East County)–As a vet I’m ticked. This great nation has vowed, rightfully so, to never again treat its veterans the
READER’S EDITORIAL: GUSHD BOARD’S SHORT-SIGHTED POLICIES ARE DRIVING STUDENTS OUT OF DISTRICT
Printer-friendly version“Alpine could be the first of a district-wide peel off! This GUHSD Governing Board needs a wake-up call.” — Bill Weaver By Bill Weaver, GUHSD Governor Board candidate and
READER’S EDITORIAL: THE WONDERLAND OF EL CAJON CITY CAMPAIGN POLITICS
Printer-friendly versionBy Bonnie B. Price October 2, 2012 (El Cajon)–As campaign season draws nearer to the November 6 election, contenders for the three city council seats are having a strange
READER’S EDITORIAL: FIRE CAPTAIN FLAMES RURAL FIREFIGHTERS
Printer-friendly versionBy Claudia Millebragg October 2, 2012 (San Diego’s East County) – It saddened me to read the comments of San Diego Fire Captain Frank DeClercq which followed an article
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READER’S EDITORIAL: WHY IS THE 12TH HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT STILL AN ISSUE IN THE GROSSMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT?
Printer-friendly versionBy Bill Weaver, candidate for the GUHSD board October 28, 2012 (Alpine) – Why is building a 12th high school for the Grossmont Union High School District in Alpine still
READER’S EDITORIAL: SDG&E BYPASSES FOREST SERVICE; PERMIT REQUEST COULD SIGNAL A CLANDESTINE EXPANSION OF SUNRISE POWERLINK
Printer-friendly versionStealth project in Cleveland National Forest could cost taxpayers $1 billion; public has just 30 days to comment By Cindy Buxton, Chair of the Forest Committee, Sierra Club San
READER’S EDITORIAL: UNION-TRIBUNE CROSSES THE LINE
Printer-friendly versionBy Joel A. Harrision, PhD, MPH October 25, 2012 (San Diego)–In June, during the Primaries, I was appalled to see on the front page of the U-T San Diego
READER’S EDITORIAL: STOP EXPANSION OF FLIGHT SCHOOLS AT GILLESPIE FIELD
Printer-friendly versionBy Sue Strohm, Advocates for Safe Airport Policies (ASAP) Steering Committee October 24, 2012 (El Cajon)–Over the next year or so (over the objection of large numbers of County
READER’S EDITORIAL: DUNCAN HUNTER BELIEVES CORPORATIONS ARE PEOPLE—WOMEN ARE NOT
Printer-friendly versionBy David Secor, candidate, 50th Congressional District October 12, 2012 (San Diego’s East County)–For women, and men who love them, their choice for Congress in District 50 could not
READER’S EDITORIAL: WHY ISN’T OUR GOVERNMENT PROTECTING US FROM DUST AT OCOTILLO WIND SITE?
Printer-friendly versionBy Jim Pelley Editor’s note: For months, ECM award-winning photographer and Ocotillo resident Jim Pelley has been documenting clouds of choking dust at Pattern Energy’s construction site for Ocotillo
READER’S EDITORIAL: IS SUPPORT FOR VETERANS A FALSE PROMISE TO VOTERS IN EXCHANGE FOR BONDS?
Printer-friendly version By Rick Alexander October 11, 2012 (San Diego’s East County)–As a vet I’m ticked. This great nation has vowed, rightfully so, to never again treat its veterans the
READER’S EDITORIAL: GUSHD BOARD’S SHORT-SIGHTED POLICIES ARE DRIVING STUDENTS OUT OF DISTRICT
Printer-friendly version“Alpine could be the first of a district-wide peel off! This GUHSD Governing Board needs a wake-up call.” — Bill Weaver By Bill Weaver, GUHSD Governor Board candidate and
READER’S EDITORIAL: THE WONDERLAND OF EL CAJON CITY CAMPAIGN POLITICS
Printer-friendly versionBy Bonnie B. Price October 2, 2012 (El Cajon)–As campaign season draws nearer to the November 6 election, contenders for the three city council seats are having a strange
READER’S EDITORIAL: FIRE CAPTAIN FLAMES RURAL FIREFIGHTERS
Printer-friendly versionBy Claudia Millebragg October 2, 2012 (San Diego’s East County) – It saddened me to read the comments of San Diego Fire Captain Frank DeClercq which followed an article