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COMMUNITY COMMENTARY: Reasons to invest in California infrastructure jobs today

tracy.emblemJanuary 27, 2011July 20, 2015

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The depressed construction industry has contributed to our state’s higher unemployment rate of 12.4 percent. From 1993 to 2006, good-paying construction jobs helped fuel our...

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COMMUNITY COMMENTARY: Why the Bush-era tax cuts should not be extended

tracy.emblemDecember 9, 2010July 20, 2015

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Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell argues that increasing taxes on the nation’s top 2 percent would hurt small businesses. However, legislation enacted by Congress this...

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COMMUNITY COMMENTARY: Congress must ensure Mexico deals with its economic problems

tracy.emblemMay 5, 2010July 20, 2015

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Recently Arizona enacted its own immigration bill, which potentially usurps the federal government’s authority to regulate immigration. California Congressman Brian Bilbray, chair of the Immigration...

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COMMUNITY COMMENTARY: Local congressmen not looking into skyrocketing insurance premium increases

tracy.emblemFebruary 26, 2010July 20, 2015

February 26, 2010July 20, 20152 241

Congressmen Brian Bilbray and Darrell Issa recently toured a Carlsbad Toyota car dealership to “investigate” the Toyota faulty gas pedals that have been causing car...

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COMMUNITY COMMENTARY: Afghanistan — why more U.S. troops?

tracy.emblemDecember 23, 2009July 20, 2015

December 23, 2009July 20, 20150253

The Afghanistan “war” began on October 7, 2001, when our military launched “Operation Enduring Freedom.” We were told the military operation was necessary to “neutralize”...

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COMMUNITY COMMENTARY: Finally, a federal hate crimes bill

tracy.emblemNovember 12, 2009July 20, 2015

November 12, 2009July 20, 20150248

In 1998, Matthew Shepard, a Wyoming student perceived as gay, was severely beaten, tied to a fence and left in a coma to die by...

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COMMUNITY COMMENTARY

tracy.emblemAugust 27, 2009July 20, 2015

August 27, 2009July 20, 20150278

The federal prevailing wage law known as the Davis-Bacon Act was passed in 1931 after the great depression. In 1979, nine states repealed laws enforcing...