La Prensa San Diego

Region’s Leading Latino Group Names District 4 Candidate of Choice MABPA (the Mexican American Business & Professional Association), a leading, longstanding voice of social development in the San Diego region, announced the endorsement of Dwayne Crenshaw for San Diego City Council’s Open District 4 Seat. “Dwayne Crenshaw was the only candidate to really address the [...]

Endorsement: Politics is local and is about representing the voters. The 80th Assembly District race is between Steve Castañeda and Lorena Gonzalez. They both are worthy candidates. While both are similar in many ways, there are some distinctive differences between the two candidates that fall along the lines of degrees differences in ideology. Both are [...]

Endorsement: The race for San Diego City Council, District 4 is between two deserving individuals, Dwayne Crenshaw and Myrtle Cole. We like the fact that two qualified individuals are running to represent their community. The bad news is that in endorsing we have to choose one over the other, which is not always a pleasant [...]

Editorial: It should come as no surprise that we are endorsing Barack Obama for President. According to the polls, President Obama enjoys the support of 70% percent of the Hispanic community and we count ourselves among that 70%. When President Obama was first elected, he entered the Oval Office with the hopes and dreams of [...]

Editorial: The campaign by Pearl Quinones, the incumbent, for Sweetwater Union High School Board – Seat 2 can draw parallels between her race and that of Steve Castañeda when he was erroneously charged by the District Attorney during his campaign for mayor of Chula Vista. It would have been easy and convenient to abandon Steve, [...]

Editorial: Bob Filner, throughout his 19 years as Congressman of the 51st District, has served this diverse community of South San Diego with energy, enthusiasm, and dedication. It can never be said that Filner was an absentee representative. You call Bob Filner’s office, he responds and he is in the community. Filner has proven himself [...]

Editorial: Four years ago we endorsed Pamela Bensoussan for Chula Vista City Council. Over the years we have grown to regret that endorsement. The person we met before the election, the candidate we endorsed, was not the person that became a council person! We believed that Bensoussan cared about the community only later to find [...]

Editorial: Four years ago in 2008, community members felt that it was important to have a city attor-ney elected by a majority, to serve and be responsive to the community as an elected official. This newspaper supported that idea and Prop. Q passed with over 58% majority vote. In 2010 Glen Googins became the first [...]

Editorial: Proposition 28 would change the term limits of the State Legislature to a total of 12 years in office in either the State Assembly or the State Senate. Under current term limits, politicians are limited to a total of 14 years in office—including a maximum of six years in the State Assembly and eight [...]