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Michael Dukakis, 83, former governor of Massachusetts and 1988 Democratic candidate for president, spoke recently to the Rancho Santa Fe Democratic Club where I am VP for programs.
By Gordon Clanton My 400-word limit for these musings often leaves me with more material than I can use, so my desk becomes cluttered with info-bits about the topics of recent columns and other interests.
By Gordon Clanton North Coast columnist Crest Canyon Open Space Park Preserve is a regional treasure, an exquisite wonderland of steep, orange sandstone cliffs and slopes dense with fragrant coastal sage scrub and southern maritime chaparral.
A growing number of “independent” voters hold that there is no meaningful difference between Democrats and Republicans.
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BY GORDON CLANTON North Coastal columnist The proposed widening of Interstate 5 has triggered renewed discussion of how to expand the use of public transportation so as to reduce the need for ever-more freeway lanes.
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By Gordon Clanton My friend Louis Terrell, 75, died Friday, Jan. 3.
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By Gordon Clanton On a recent visit to the Torrey Pines State Beach, I came upon the sights and sounds of a major reshaping of the natural world.
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BY GORDON CLANTON When I tell people I am associated with the Rancho Santa Fe Democratic Club, reactions are predictable: “Rancho Santa Fe Democrats: Isn’t that an oxymoron?”
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By Gordon Clanton • After his Prop 30 tax increase passed by 8 percentage points, Jerry Brown has an easy path to re-election in 2014.
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Construction to start next year on phased program
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This is a continuing series of online activities to undertake on your computer or tablet during your quarantine quandary.
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Del Mar Heights School parents, students and teachers held a “Stand Up for the Heights” rally on Del Mar Heights Road on Saturday, Oct. 24.
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In light of decreased enrollment and financial challenges due to the pandemic, the Del Mar Union School District is restructuring its Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) to ensure it can continue to provide care to current families in its infant, toddler and preschool programs.
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A new assisted living community is being developed for the Carmel Valley community.
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The Carmel Valley Community Planning Board recently rejected plans for Center Parkway Center, a proposed new restaurant project off El Camino Real.
I have been writing about local politics in the North Coastal press for more than 25 years.
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gordonBy Gordon Clanton Mail ballots went out Oct. 8.
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The November ballot gives voters 11 opportunities to make law.
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Isn’t Del Mar ever going to have another contested election?
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I have long been opposed to the death penalty. Capital punishment (such a euphemism!)
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In previous columns, I endorsed Bob Filner (San Diego mayor), Dave Roberts (county supervisor), and Scott Peters (Congress).
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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.
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The San Diego County Board of Supervisors is the neglected stepchild of politics and political journalism.
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Gordon Clanton North Coast columnist The redistricting process of 2010 was not kind to Republican Congressman Brian Bilbray.
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“Habits of the Heart,” a 1986 book by my teacher Robert Bellah and four colleagues, is a sweeping and provocative study of individualism and commitment in American life — and a fit focus for a meditation on community life and civic responsibility.
