Editorials
East County Magazine
READER’S EDITORIAL: GREAT NEWS—DEFICIT’S REDUCED 8%! SO WHY HASN’T THIS BEEN FRONT-PAGE NEWS?
By Suellis Kelly September 18, 2010 (San Diego’s East County) — Although elections happened in many states last Tuesday, there has been no focus or even updates about the good
READER’S EDITORIAL: CORPORATE AMERICA–DON’T KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAYS THE GOLDEN EGG
By Tracy Emblem September 14, 2010 (San Diego’s East County) — President Obama recently proposed that Congress enact legislation that would provide an estimated $200 billion in tax breaks for
READER’S EDITORIAL: WILDFIRES—MISUNDERSTANDINGS & SOLUTIONS
“…Innocent citizens in San Diego County are being defrauded because government officials are failing to protect the public they serve.” By Richard Halsey September 13, 2010 (San
READER’S EDITORIAL: WHY THE COMCAST-NBC MERGER MATTERS IN SAN DIEGO
By Art Neill, New Media Rights September 6, 2010 (San Diego) — Though we live in the land of Time-Warner, Cox, and AT&T, the looming Comcast-NBC merger has real consequences for the future
READER’S EDITORIAL: NO PLACE AT THE TABLE! FEEDING THE HOMELESS IN SAN DIEGO IS A CRIME
By Rocky Neptun “Mommie, I’m hungry,” the little girl cried as she stood shivering in the cold wind, waiting for food. The image has never left me…and now that I
READER’S EDITORIAL: PENSION REFORM FOR HELIX WATER DISTRICT
By Russell Buckley August 25, 2010 (La Mesa) — The President of the Board of Directors of the Helix Water District opened last Wednesday’s rate increase hearing by
EDITORIAL: WHAT CALIFORNIA CAN’T AFFORD
By Senator Denise Ducheny Chair, Senate Budget Committee “Thoughtless slashing would eliminate a whole series of State investments that are necessary to our recovery and to providing a
READER’S EDITORIAL: THE CRISIS IN GAZA
By Mitchell Dubick August 24, 2010 (San Diego’s East County) — There is suffering among the people in Gaza. How that suffering compares to the misery of other
READER’S EDITORIAL: 4,000 MILES TO GAZA
A journey of hope from San Diego to Gaza by Faith Attaguile August 24, 2010 (San Diego) — Recently I spoke to a group of people about
READER’S EDITORIAL: THE GOVERNOR MUST LEAD
“Senate Democrats are proposing a fair and practical budget that includes an intelligent tax reform proposal and more local control of services… Our Republican colleagues seem to view even