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From the Bronx to Petco, It's in the Blood

By Ben Kamin

Arlin Schumann may not have liked Petco Park's postmodern ambience, but it sure would have liked his grumpy fan credentials. 

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BailoutWatch: I Can't Even Keep Up

By Rich Toscano

The frantic government attempts to bail out the housing and credit markets have become borderline absurd.

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Battling for Our Budget

By Allison Finn

This is about our education, our potential, our future. A student's perspective.

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I Won’t Be Sued Into Silence

By Dianne Jacob

I was sued by the owner of the LA Times for speaking my mind about the business practices of one his companies. I'm speaking again.

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One City at a Time

By Steve Castaneda

Chula Vista is trying to do its part to prevent global warming.

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Both Promise and Peril

By Mike Kalichman and Larry Hinman

With major scientific discoversies, some right here, the Brave New World is knocking at our door. More people than just the scientists and their boosters should be talking about what it means.

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No Cuts Here

By Richard Dittbenner

While governments and school districts struggle with the state budget crunch, the community college district is doing well.

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Stop Subsidizing Economic Doom

By Murtaza Baxamusa

As San Diego braces for recession-like economic conditions, we need to step back and reevaluate our failed economic development strategy from the past decade.

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FIVE THINGS SAN DIEGO NEEDSTrade the Chargers for RVs

By Dale Peterson

I may be a cynical simpleton, but it is time to reshuffle the political pecking order in San Diego.

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FIVE THINGS SAN DIEGO NEEDSScrap Them and Start Anew

By Remigia Bermúdez

How and why to split District 8, build a cluster of homeless services and fulfill our promises to Barrio Logan.

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FIVE THINGS SAN DIEGO NEEDSRealize Government Costs Money

By Ernie Anderson

After an incredible run of effective managers over the years, in the last decade the mayor and council chose to keep ineffective managers because they pandered to their needs.

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FIVE THINGS SAN DIEGO NEEDSPay for Parking and Buy a Backbone

By Jim Waring

We need political leadership willing to articulate a broad vision and determined to rise or fall politically in the effort to carry out that vision.

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FIVE THINGS SAN DIEGO NEEDSA Reality Check and More

By Pat Shea

As a city, we are exhausted. It’s OK to just say it. We’re broke.

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FIVE THINGS SAN DIEGO NEEDSMore Than a Tan

By Dwayne Crenshaw

We need to change the mindset that defines us by our weather, limits us to thinking our best asset is our beaches and the notion we should settle for less because we have the sunshine.

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Five Things San Diego NeedsBring More People to the Table

By Gil Cabrera

Public campaign financing, a younger option (or two), an independent auditor, a nicer airport and throw in good eats.

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The Good News About City Finances

By Scott Peters

Our long-term structural deficit is exactly that: long-term. It took us decades to get to this point; we cannot solve the problem overnight.

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The False Choice of Sunrise v. Chula Vista

By Laura Hunter

The EHC is a vehement opponent to the South Bay Power Plant. But building the Sunrise Powerlink doesn't solve our problems.

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Hello Mr. Grier

By Wade Sanders

The new schools superintendent has a tough job in front of him.

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Money Talks in District 3

By Ian Trowbridge

What the campaign finance disclosures are telling me.

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