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East County Magazine
EDITORIAL: THE WIND INDUSTRY AND THE INCIDENTAL TAKE PERMIT
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service should investigate bird deaths at wind farms By Jim Wiegand, Wildlife Biologist February 12, 2010 (San Diego)–Every day at wind farms across America threatened
EDITORIAL: MAIN STREET NEEDS A HAND
By Tracy Emblem February 11, 2010 (San Diego) — Government is and should be in the business of stimulating the economy to help its citizens achieve national goals like
EDITORIAL: LAKESIDE FIRE CHIEF MARK BAKER, YOU ARE GOING TO BE MISSED
FIRE BOARD AXES ITS CHIEF By Dennis Richardson January 16, 2010 (Lakeside) — The Lakeside Fire Board fired our Chief for doing his job far above the
EDITORIAL: CHARGING VICTIMS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE
By Miriam Raftery, Editor January 18, 2009 (San Diego’s East County) – San Miguel Consolidated Fire Protection Board wants to charge drivers who cause accidents for costs of emergency
EDITORIAL: BALLOT MEASURE TO PROTECT STATE PARKS & CONSERVE WILDLIFE
"…the Governor has just proposed eliminating all of the state parks department funding from the general fund and replacing it with uncertain funding from an oil drilling project that has
EDITORIAL: CALIFORNIA’S NEXT GOVERNOR: JERRY BROWN
By Bonnie Burns Price, PhD January 16, 2010 (San Diego’s East County)–California will soon have another opportunity to elect a governor. Because of the epic challenges facing the state, all
EDITORIAL: MIKE CULLY SAYS “CALIFORNIA NEEDS A LEADER LIKE MEG WHITMAN”
By Mike Cully January 16, 2010 (San Diego’s East County) — It’s the beginning of a new year and California’s economic hardships haven’t changed. We face a 12 percent unemployment
EDITORIAL: AFGHANISTAN—WHY MORE U.S. TROOPS?
By Tracy Emblem December 23, 2009 (Escondido) — The Afghanistan "war" began on October 7, 2001, when our military launched "Operation Enduring Freedom." We were told the military operation was
EDITORIAL: ANATOMY OF A HATCHET JOB
Councilwoman Betty Rexford has become the focus of a regular mob scene in Poway By Gerold Firl December 9, 2009 (Poway) –We don’t often get to witness an old-fashioned
EDITORIAL: ASSEMBLYMAN JOEL ANDERSON “OPTS OUT” OF TAKING A POSITION ON SUNRISE POWERLINK
Is PowerLink the "missing link" tying Anderson donations from Hamann & SDG&E? By Laura Cyphert, Co-founder East County Community Action Coalition December 1, 2009 (San Diego’s East County) — In
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