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East County Magazine
READERS EDITORIAL: SAN MIGUEL FIRE BOARD PREPARES FOR RESIDENT BACKLASH AS CAL FIRE RFP IS VOTED ON AT TONIGHT’S BOARD MEETING
By Mary Moran April 25, 2012 (Spring Valley)—Tonight at 6 p.m. the Board of Directors of the San Miguel Consolidated Fire District will vote on a Request for Proposal (RFP) for
READER’S EDITORIAL: A LITANY OF EL CAJON CITY COUNCIL’S ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST ITS CONSTITUENTS-VOTE “NO” ON PROP D CHARTER CITY INITIATIVE!
By Bonnie B. Price, PhD, and John Martes April 24, 2012 (El Cajon) — El Cajon is a city of 99,478, with 37,157 registered voters (4/6/12 SDROV). Democrats
EDITORIAL: SUPERVISORS SHOULD DENY PATTERN ENERGY APPLICATION FOR OCOTILLO EXPRESS WIND
By Miriam Raftery, Editor, East County Magazine April 23, 2012 (Ocotillo) – In San Diego earlier this month, the county’s planning commission heeded concerns of residents, environmentalists, tribes and health
READER’S EDITORIAL: CAN THE UT FAIRLY COVER EL CAJON’S SCHEME TO TEAR DOWN ECPAC?
By Art Lane April 14, 2012 (El Cajon)–So just how independent will the San Diego Union-Tribune (now reincarnated as the “San Diego U-T”) be when it comes to
READER’S EDITORIAL: SUPPORT FOR ECO SUBSTATION AND TULE WIND
By Bill Pape April 12, 2012 (Jacumba)–I have lived in Jacumba for over twenty years. The Jacumba area has been economically depressed since interstate 8 was built approximately
READER’S EDITORIAL: A THREAT TO ANZA-BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK
Anza-Borrego Foundation April 8, 2012 (Anza-Borrego)–The spectacular vistas, solitary wilderness and unique wildlife of Anza Borrego Desert State Park are under threat. We write to you today to
ECM EDITORIAL: CPUC SHOULD REJECT SDG&E’S SCHEME TO MAKE RATEPAYERS PAY FOR WILDFIRES THAT IT CAUSED
By Miriam Raftery, Editor April 5, 2012 (San Diego’s East County)–When ENRON schemed to manipulate markets and defraud ratepayers, its executives went to jail. BP faces billions of dolalrs
READERS EDITORIAL: SOMEBODY IS AFRAID OF YOU
By Diane Conklin Speak out at Thursday’s CPUC hearing on SDG&E scheme to make you pay for wildfires that it caused April 4, 2012 (San Diego) —
READER’S EDITORIAL: THE 28 YEAR WIND INDUSTRY COVER-UP, PART II
Why it’s time to end subsidies for the wind industry By Jim Wiegand March 28, 2012 (San Diego’s East County) — In the first part of this wind
READER’S EDITORIAL: AN OPEN LETTER TO SUPERVISORS ON BEHALF OF RURAL RESIDENTS
Editor’s note: On March 28 at 9 .a.m. the San Diego Board of Supervisors will vote on recommendations made by its Red Tape Reduction Task Force, including potentially eliminating
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