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1+ week, 1+ day ago   (568+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune Proposition 43, sponsored by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, may seem pretty basic. It is a constitutional amendment that would restore the two-thirds vote requirement to enact all local “special taxes” intended to fund a specific, designated purpose,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (107+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune Re “Producing water can protect the Colorado River” (Aug. 20): It is absolutely ridiculous to argue that the nation can “solve its [water] supply problem the way the U.S. has overcome many great challenges — through innovation and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (519+ words) A proposal that would have changed on-street parking near La Jolla’s Bishop’s School recently made its way into the La Jolla Traffic & Transportation Board. And while just a discussion item that did not gain traction, the concerns spurred a larger…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (117+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune After 27 years in Kensington and now an older adult, I have returned to my old neighborhood of Hillcrest. As others have stated, the rapid, high-rise construction of leased units without parking is astounding. I understand the need…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (140+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune Re “Don’t hammer families with new utility bailout” (Aug. 26): Nicole Capretz is on target with her commentary appealing to California’s legislators to put their constituents before power company shareholders. SDG&E shareholders continue to enjoy record profits…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (231+ words) When progressive reformers launched California’s version of direct democracy in 1911, the hopes were high that the public would use initiatives that qualified for the ballot by meeting signature-gathering requirements to force change on a Legislature subservient to special interests, starting…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (160+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune Mayor Gloria continues the push for Midway Rising, despite court orders. Now he attempts an end-around of the California Environmental Quality Act by using a state bill exemption. For an “environment-friendly” mayor, circumventing an environmental quality act…...

3+ week, 17+ min ago   (1074+ words) Two years ago, the San Diego County Taxpayers Association endorsed just over half the local school bond measures on the November ballot. This year, the group is backing all but one. These are different times for the SDCTA on several…...

3+ week, 20+ hour ago   (99+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune Re “Future of Lake Hodges Dam in limbo as costs, needs clash” (Aug. 9): How the city of San Diego is dealing with the Lake Hodges Dam is so typical of our local politicians. A 100-year-old dam needs to…...