Community Commentary

It seems that all over the country, unions are posturing to ensure their members continue to prosper, no matter what cost may be incurred by...

If you saw the flurry of pink Nov. 1 and wondered what all the fuss was about, I’ll tell you. We were walking for breast...

On Nov. 5, 1974 — 35 years ago — local voters decided whether the then small towns of Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Encinitas, Leucadia and Solana Beach should...

The Encinitas Chamber of Commerce, which has represented the city’s business community for 45 years, has come under fire recently. As a result, the city...

A couple of years ago I went to my garage and hauled out my 1963 J.C. Higgins bicycle, which had been languishing, neglected, for more...

Oct. 3 was like any other Saturday in the United States. Five high school students were driving home from a house party and crashed; one...

A meander down the cool hallways of a well-organized art museum exposes you to the many movements of modern art history. Early experimentation of abstract...

Soon after the incorporation of the city of Encinitas, the city drafted the Specific Plans for Downtown 101 and the North 101 Corridor. I served...

In a recent opinion piece in The Coast News, City Councilman Rocky Chavez said, “I agree that it is hard to fathom any fee increases...

The city of Carlsbad is years late in completing its mandatory state Housing Plan, or HP, for 2005-2010. Because the city does not have an...

The proposed Leucadia Highway 101 Streetscape plan reflects the continuing desire of our community to create a tree-lined, walkable, pedestrian, bicycle and driver friendly Leucadia...

Mr. Murtaugh’s indignation aside, smoking is suicide. I dare any smoker (who survives) to argue any different. Feel that rush when you light up? It’s...

I walked into my position as new CEO of the Encinitas Chamber of Commerce just six weeks ago and what I found was not pretty....

My daughter Valerie and her husband Michael Corral own 106 acres in Davenport, Calif., on Swanton Road, which houses three homes. Due to the mountainous...

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 In 1979, nine states repealed laws enforcing...