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County Board of Supervisors deserves Kudos!

February 10, 2012

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Editorial: A couple of weeks ago the San Diego County Board of Su-pervisors came one step closer to changing the way the Supervisors re-draw their districts every ten years. Couple this with the recently voter-passed term limits placed on the Board of Supervisors and change is inevitable. For decades the County Board of Supervisors has [...]

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Time for a fresh start

February 3, 2012

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Editorial: For football fans this is a great weekend. The Super Bowl, in all its glory, features the New England Patriots versus the New York Giants. We continue to lament the fact that our San Diego Chargers didn’t even make the playoffs. But wait till next year! For political junkies the Republican presidential primaries have [...]

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Waiver for NCLB the Right Choice for California

January 27, 2012

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Guest Editorial: By Arun Ramanathan New America Media  OAKLAND— Around this time every year, millions of parents in California are working through the school enrollment process. Unfortunately, while many don’t have a choice regarding what school their child will attend, those who do often find their options bewildering. My wife and I are both educators [...]

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Sanders’ opening video reflects his lack of leadership in minority communities

January 20, 2012

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San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders gave his final State of the City last Thursday. Thursday is when this paper goes to print, which means we didn’t have an opportunity to comment in a timely fashion. For those who saw or heard his speech, his opening video montage played to the music of “Hells Bells” (a [...]

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Occupy movement needs to be more inclusive

January 13, 2012

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  Guest Editorial: By Randy Jurado Ertll If the Occupy movement is to succeed this year, it needs to become more diverse. The movement is predominantly composed of white low-income and middle-class individuals who are protesting to denounce corporate greed. Feeling frustrated due to the inequities in our economic system, activists have led months of [...]

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Corruption charges only deal with part of the problem

January 6, 2012

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Editorial: We are greatly disappointed to learn about “pay-to-play” corruption and bribery charges associated with the Sweetwater Union High School District. We had supported board member Pearl Quinones in the past based on her integrity. We thought that board member and former assembly candidate Arlie Ricasa was too smart to allow herself to be pulled [...]

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Próspero Año Nuevo – Happy New Year

December 30, 2011

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Editorial: At times it is hard to believe – here we are starting a New Year. 2012 holds much promise as it appears the economic strain that we have all been living under is slowly easing, there is a bit of relief as we look forward to better days that each New Year promises. This [...]

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Merry Christmas – Feliz Navidad

December 23, 2011

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Editorial: There is excitement in the air! You can feel it as you drive through the neighborhoods. This year, unlike last, there are more Christmas lights on the houses, there are more shoppers out, and probably most importantly there is a feeling of hope for the New Year. We all know that it has been [...]

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Gingrich’s outreach to Latinos will fall flat

December 16, 2011

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Guest Editorial: By Ed Morales Newt Gingrich is unlikely to win over Latino voters. In a strange way, the ascension of Newt Gingrich in the race for the Republican nomination for President began with a comment he made about immigration at the CNN-sponsored debate last month. “I don’t see how the party that says it’s [...]

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Escondido Hispanic community growing as a political force

December 9, 2011

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Editorial: District elections can either be a savior to a disenfranchised community or they can marginalize a community. District elections have had the impact of marginalizing a community in the City of San Diego where Hispanic influence, or power, has been limited to one district only, that being district 8. The newly created district 9 [...]

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SANDAG purchase of SR125 – is it a good deal?

December 2, 2011

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Editorial: Back in 2005 when the private/public partnership was created to build toll road SR-125, lawmakers and the City of Chula Vista thought they were getting into a win-win deal. The vision was that traffic congestion in East Chula Vista would be alleviated and the city would realize cash flow from the profits of all [...]

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Thanksgiving, much to be thankful for

November 23, 2011

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Editorial: This past year has been one with its trials and tribulations, a difficult year to say the least. With that said, there is still much to be thankful for and we would like to share with you those things that we are thankful for here at La Prensa San Diego.    With the challenges [...]

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The end of the year is not how we saw it playing out!

November 18, 2011

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Editorial: A year ago it was our belief that all we had to do was survive until the second half of 2011 and we would start to see the economy turn for the better. We thought that if we survived until now, we would have made it: business would start to pick up, the dramatic [...]

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Special elections show a change in Country’s attitudes

November 11, 2011

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Editorial: This past Tuesday there were several special elections held across the country that demonstrated a shift in attitudes with the voting majority.    The most significant shift in attitude about immigration was demonstrated with the recall election of Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce, the architect of Arizona’s anti-immigrant SB 1070 Law.  At the time [...]

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Targeting immigrants is a losing strategy for Republican candidates

November 4, 2011

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Guest Editorial: By Justin Akers Chacón    Republican presidential candidates are foolishly jockeying to see who can be the harshest on undocumented immigrants.    Michelle Bachmann has called for sealing the U.S.-Mexico border with a double wall. Not to be outdone, Herman Cain has called for an electrified fence backed by military personnel armed with [...]

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The Silent Majority has risen to raise their voice in pursuit of happiness

October 28, 2011

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Editorial: The Occupy Wall Street movement has spread across the nation and around the world. Those involved with the movement are scared, they are frustrated, and they feel angry about the economic malaise. They are acting out in the only way they know how to draw attention to their concerns: they have taken to the [...]

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Dumanis and DeMaio demonstrate a lack of character by avoiding debate

October 21, 2011

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Editorial: A mayoral forum for the City of San Diego was held Wednesday night and of the four announced candidates only two participated and answered the questions from a diverse panel. What the audience did hear were the positions of candidate Bob Filner and Nathan Fletcher on a variety of topics. But, the audience probably [...]

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