Commentary: Levin owes voters an explanation
Southern California Rep. Mike Levin, a Democrat, has some explaining to do. Levin owes his constituents an explanation for his Sept. 1 vote against H....
Opinion
Letters: A fresh approach for Encinitas
Our family has lived in this community long before it was officially named Encinitas. Unfortunately, we’ve seen our local political discourse become increasingly strident and...
Commentary: MAGA mania, don’t be fooled
Name-calling is what you do when you can’t defend your ideas or engage in debate knowledgeably. Full disclosure: The undersigned are Democrats, progressive liberals and...
Opinion: Oceanside taxpayers should reject Measure S
SURPRISE! The city of Oceanside is asking voters to approve another sales tax increase through Measure S on the November ballot. We just voted for...
Op-ed: Public safety shouldn’t mean giving up local control
As a city council member, I have spent years making public safety decisions and working with law enforcement. Local governments cannot do that work alone...
Opinion: Shame on you, fair board
My name is Mark Rittenbaum, and I’m here to address the fairgrounds board’s decision on Del Mar affordable housing. Before I start my remarks today...
Opinion: Encinitas deserves a council that’s honest about what it is
Marco San Antonio is running this November for the District 4 council seat he currently holds by appointment. He was appointed to the seat in...
Commentary: No such thing as nonpartisan politics
Starting in the seventies, I was a hardcore defender of Encinitas. I was a bastion of anti-development. But I eventually realized there was a political...
Opinion: Golden Pacific Powerlink tests Desmond’s credibility
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is one of the last places in Southern California where the night sky still looks the way it did before any...
Opinion: Think education is expensive? Try ignorance
High-density housing that generates increased traffic and worries emergency responders is impossible to ignore. Meeting state affordable housing mandates while doing the least damage is...
Commentary: We are not powerless
We Americans spend a great deal of time complaining about the influence of money in politics. We complain about corporations, billionaires, unions, developers, tech executives...
Commentary: Remember 1998? Get ready for El Niño
El Niño has been all over the news recently and will likely stay that way for the next few months, with TV weather-guessers blathering about...
Opinion: The coming battle over turf
Have you noticed those patches of what looks like green carpeting popping up all over the place recently — in city medians and around government...
Letters: Oceanside needs Measure S
I have spent my career answering calls in Oceanside, and I want to respond to the recent coverage of Measure S. A story by inewsource,...
Opinion: More housing, fewer homeowners
The “Affordable housing at what cost” article by Felicia Gamez-Weinbaum in The Coast News’ Aug. 21 print edition is well written and explains some of the...