Kirk Effinger: Because I said so
“Because I said so.” I think it’s safe to say nearly everyone has heard, and possibly used, this common parental pronouncement when asked to explain...
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Kirk Effinger: The growth and water conundrum
Webster’s Dictionary defines a conundrum as “a confusing and difficult problem or question.” In this era of prolonged drought it is an apt word to...
Kirk Effinger: Vista Village Business Association needs a merger
In an era where chambers of commerce and other business organizations continue to struggle to stay afloat, the latest news regarding the Vista Village Business...
Kirk Effinger: Escondido charter coming back to life?
Certain people in Escondido who have an almost pathological hatred of Mayor Sam Abed and those members of the city council who make up the...
Kirk Effinger: With friends like these…
I think it’s fairly safe to say that if a proposal to install a recreation facility in a public park, encouraging healthy youth activity a...
Kirk Effinger: Trouble in paradise
Residents in the San Marcos enclave of San Elijo Hills have certainly had their issues lately....
Kirk Effinger: Office holders must balance priorities
I have long been in favor of the notion of city council districts in cities of a certain size —although skeptical of the methodology of...
Kirk Effinger: Drawing lines in the political sand
I’ve received some criticism for a column I recently wrote about the creation of council districts currently unfolding in Escondido....
Kirk Effinger: The politics of change
What is it about change that so threatens people? The almost knee-jerk response that certain groups have whenever a new development proposal is made in...
Kirk Effinger: Escondido County Club — The only winners are the lawyers
Having ignored the more reasonable alternative of sitting down and negotiating a compromise settlement, both sides in the Escondido Country Club version of the shootout...
Kirk Effinger: View from inside Escondido political silo different than out
This coming election cycle in Escondido is shaping up to be one of the most interesting in years....
Kirk Effinger: District lines highlight city’s divisions
Escondido’s Districting Commission met this past Sunday to take its first pass at drawing lines dividing the city into four council districts....
Kirk Effinger: People deserve answers on high-profile dismissals
News of the firing of former CEO Larry Anderson this past week by the Tri-City Healthcare District Board of Directors no doubt brought some sense...
Kirk Effinger: San Marcos Unified School District: Pay me now, or pay me later
Thanks to a sequence of events unanticipated by the San Marcos Unified School District administration, its Board of Trustees, or, apparently advisers upon whom they...
Is Escondido improving in spite of its leadership?
The Escondido City Council majority led by Mayor Sam Abed has made much of their city’s fiscal recovery of late — purportedly thanks to shrewd...