One View: Footnotes to November election
fter his Prop 30 tax increase passed by 8 percentage points, Jerry Brown has an easy path to re-election in 201
Dec 20, 2012 | Posted in One View | Read More »
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Progressive sweep
I have been writing about local politics in the North Coastal press for more than 25 years.
One View: Down to the wire
Mail ballots went out Oct. 8. Two-thirds of voters now cast their ballots by mail
Some key ballot measures
The initiative process was created a century ago to counter the power of giant corporations and other special interests
Del Mar City Council election uncontested
Isn’t Del Mar ever going to have another contested election? For the third season in a row, the number of candidates is equal to the number of openings. Incumbent Don Mosier, Sherryl Parks, and Al Corti will join the council in December.
Sep 6, 2012 | Posted in One View | Read More »
Prop 34: Death knell for death penalty in California?
Capital punishment (such a euphemism!) is cruel, unusual and arbitrary, yet it does not deter violent crime.
Jul 26, 2012 | Posted in One View | Read More »
Primary election roundup
Roseanne Barr is running for president, seeking the nomination of the Green Party. One candidate for the American-Independent nomination is named “Mad Max.” The Libertarians have NINE presidential candidates. Brian Bilbray’s daughter Briana, who supports medical marijuana, is a candidate for Republican County Committee.
So many races, so little time….
The big issue for Del Mar Heights and Carmel Valley is the Kilroy project, One Paseo, a massive shopping center and residential tower complex proposed for the 23 undeveloped acres on the southwest corner of Del Mar Heights Road and El Camino Real in Carmel Valley. If built as proposed, this development would bring to I-5 at Del Mar Heights Road the kind of traffic now associated with the La Jolla Village Drive junctions with I-5 and 805.
An evening of political theater
The race for mayor of San Diego is important, not only for voters in Del Mar Heights, Carmel Valley, and La Jolla, but also for residents of all communities within reach of this newspaper. The mayor is not only CEO of the city of San Diego but also chief spokesperson and cheerleader for the San Diego region — as we learned from a recent episode of “South Park.”
Change coming to Board of Supervisors
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors is the neglected stepchild of politics and political journalism. Most county voters live in one of 18 incorporated cities, so they don’t think much about county government.
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LA JOLLA NEWS
- Architecture in the garden: making connections to improve San Diego landscape designLearn about the connection between home and garden for insight into effective San Diego landscape design. […]
- Research Report: Seahorse ‘armor’ influences researchers’ robotic designStudying structures created by nature can lead to new man-made materials. Case in point, researchers at the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego are taking clues from seahorse tails in an effort to create a more flexible robotic arm. […]
- Summer is the ideal season for orthodontics in San DiegoBy Dr. Robert Sunstein, Orthodontics in Carmel Valley & La Jolla With summer break just weeks away, kids and parents are quickly filling their calendars with things to do – from causal beach days to road trips, vacations, poolside fun and everything in between. But did you know that summer is one of the best […]
RANCHO SANTA FE NEWS
- Youth volunteers needed for Rancho Santa Fe Library Summer Reading ProgramVolunteers must be between the ages of 12 and 17, and be entering the 7th grade up through senior year of high school in the fall. […]
- Rancho Santa Fe Fire District to hire its own deputy chiefThe Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District will soon have its own deputy chief, a position it once shared with a joint contract between the cities of Encinitas, Del Mar and Solana Beach. […]
- Rancho Santa Fe water district may not have to increase water rates in the new yearThe Santa Fe Irrigation District got some good news this month, as it learned that its wholesale water supplier plans to raise its prices 2.2 percent next year, as opposed to the increase of up to 12.2 percent that had been projected. The change means the district won’t face a steep hike in its own costs for supplying water to its customers in Rancho Santa F […]
