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North San Diego County
FORUM: Restrict alcohol sales to DUI offenders
In California, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act sets aside a distinct class of California citizens, and specifically prohibits and prevents this particular group from purchasing or consuming alcoholic beverages. This distinct group, which is almost uniformly defined throughout the code …
Nov 03, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
FORUM: Conservancy offers city a needed resource
A true stimulus package is working smarter and utilizing untapped resources. This is exactly what the city of Vista is going to accomplish at its Nov. 10 City Council meeting when they approve a contract with The Vista Conservancy (a local nonprofit 501(c)3 organization) to open up a trai…
Nov 01, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
FORUM: Leave Native American traditions alone
Regarding Jim Trageser's column on the sweat lodge, I would like to make a few comments:
Oct 29, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
FORUM: Labor contract behind recall effort
In a few weeks, the citizens of Oceanside will be voting on a recall measure to determine who will control the City Council. Will it be the taxpayers or two public employee unions? The future of Oceanside hangs in the balance.
Oct 28, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
FORUM: Carlsbad Poinsettia tennis courts: Recreation or 'lesson factory'
When seven new tennis courts were added to the Poinsettia Park complex last year, it was part of a master plan going back almost three decades. The Carlsbad Parks and Recreation department held an open meeting where players from the courts discussed how they should be managed.
Oct 27, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
FORUM: Time for Legislature to act on water
"Water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink." "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"'s most famous line is as true today in San Diego as it was to Coleridge's sailor in 18th century England.
Oct 25, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
FORUM: State ammo bill is an expensive farce
On Oct. 9, Marcos Breton extolled a Sacramento city ammunition control ordinance as the model for a statewide ammunition registration proposal. A few days later Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 962 into law.
Oct 23, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
FORUM: Negative aspects of nuclear generation
Since they weren't mentioned in the Community Forum Oct. 13, here are a few of the negative aspects of the nuclear debate:
Oct 22, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
FORUM: Marijuana dispensaries just pot shops in disguise
On behalf of Community Alliance for Escondido, I wanted to thank the North County Times and Teri Figueroa for crafting an honest depiction of marijuana dispensaries on the Oct. 11 front page.
Oct 21, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
FORUM: Hope, aid available for domestic violence victims
Domestic violence completely changes the family dynamic, affecting every relationship that each member of the family has with each other and with the outside world, in ways that are difficult for many of us to comprehend.
Oct 18, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
SW Riverside County
FORUM: Liberty Quarry could hold earthquake danger
Earthquake experts tell us the next "big one" is 99 percent certain to come within 30 years. Our local Elsinore Fault, with 7.5 magnitude potential, winds its way under Interstate 15 freeway just south of the Winchester overpass and proceeds through Wolf Valley, passing the Pechanga Casin…
Nov 01, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
FORUM: Building moratorium bad idea at wrong time
In the Community Forum Oct. 15 in The Californian, Jack Hoagland, a Rancho California Water District director, wrote a piece titled "What part of 'water crisis' escapes understanding?" In his forum, Hoagland details his proposal for Rancho Water to "temporarily stop issuing water supply l…
Oct 22, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
FORUM: National anti-quarry 'tea party' blasting across Web
Thought you were all alone against Granite Construction Co. and its local bought-and-paid for politicians? Actually, a nationwide "tea party" is exploding on the Internet.
Oct 18, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
FORUM: Elsinore Valley should stop project involvement
Enough is enough already. It's way past time to stop the Lake Elsinore Advanced Pumped Storage project. If the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District board directors can't divorce themselves from this romance with power, they should be replaced.
Oct 16, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
FORUM: What part of 'water crisis' escapes understanding?
As a result of my proposal for Rancho California Water District to temporarily stop issuing water supply letters (necessary in the approval process for new development) and to stop installing new water meters, I am asked "Don't I know these are tough economic times?"
Oct 15, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
FORUM: Federal tax idea would just feed spending
Once upon a time, spending by the federal government was somewhat rational. Until the Great Depression, the overwhelming majority of American politicians tried to be reasonably good stewards of the people's money.
Oct 11, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
FORUM: Study before you vote on Wildomar measures
I, like George Taylor (Oct. 4, "Voting on measures I, J, K not as simple as A-B-C"), wondered what I was reading when I received my voter's pamphlet on Measures I, J and K. Thanks to him, I now know how to make my vote count.
Oct 09, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
FORUM: Fighting on only course in Afghanistan
All Americans should be concerned about the increasing reluctance of our fellow citizens to pursue the war in Afghanistan. While it is understandable that people are tired of eight years of fighting, they need to remember why we are there.
Oct 08, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
FORUM: County should remember Brockovich before vote
We ask the Board of Supervisors to please remember Erin Brockovich, a time when many Riverside County residents paid for the greedy decision of a major corporation with terrible diseases and deaths.
Oct 07, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
FORUM: Voting on measures I, J, K not as simple as A-B-C
I am writing out of frustration that the average voter, including myself, does not know or remember the original process by which City Council voting "By District," came about. In my opinion, this lack of information will cause voters to not understand what they need to know to make an in…
Oct 04, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
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