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East County Magazine
EDITORIAL: BALANCING HATE WITH HEALING
WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH PICKETING LOCAL SCHOOLS By J. Richards Editor’s note: Westboro Baptist Church, headed by Fred Phelps, has gained notoriety for protesting at funerals of gay individuals. In San Diego, however, on
EDITORIAL: THREE STRIKES:–THE IMPACT AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE…ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
By the Judicial Reform Commitee, United African-American Ministerial Action Council October 10, 2009 (San Diego)–The much ballyhooed Three Strikes laws have had a negligible impact on states’ imprisoned
EDITORIAL: BOLD NEXT STEPS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
By Congressman Bob Filner Democratic Representative from the 51st Congressional District The impacts of the climate crisis are already being seen around the world through increasing hurricane intensity, melting
EDITORIAL: GOVERNOR SHOULD SIGN BILL MAKING SURE NEW DEVELOPMENT HAS SUFFICIENT FIRE PROTECTION
By Assemblymember Dave Jones, Candidate, California Insurance Commissioner More than 2,300 San Diego County structures were destroyed in the Witch, Harris and Poomacha fires. The California Department of Fire
EDITORIAL: SMALL BUSINESSES NEED HEALTH REFORM NOW
Many politicians and pundits claim that efforts to reform our health system are moving too quickly. Yet for millions of small business owners like me, health reform cannot happen soon
EDITORIAL: HOW MANY MORE?
By Enrique Morones October 1, 2009 (San Diego) – Today marks the 15th anniversary of the wall of death—the border wall of shame. Since October 1st 1994 and
EDITORIAL: WILDFIRES–IS SAN DIEGO NOW BETTER PREPARED?
By Vince Wallgren, Jr. As the 2009 autumn sun saps the moisture from most inland San Diego County vegetation; and with yet another Santa Ana condition just a high pressure weather system
EDITORIAL: SDSU ATTEMPTING TO IMPLEMENT A POLICY THAT HARMS LOCAL STUDENTS
Public letter to Charles B. Reed, Chancellor and Board of Trustees, California State University "We concur that SDSU is once again pursuing a strategy of “discouraging” local students from
EDITORIAL: FIRE SAFETY — A DANGEROUSLY SHORT-SIGHTED BUDGET CUT
By Tracy Emblem September 10, 2009 (San Diego)–Fires have a catastrophic effect on the lives of Californians. When the new state budget was recently passed and signed by Governor Arnold
EDITORIAL: LEADERSHIP NEEDED IN WASHINGTON TO KEEP FARMS VIABLE
By Doug Mosebar California Farm Bureau President September 2, 2009 –Our nation may be focused on the health care debate, but here in California the focus is centered on how farmers
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