Michelle Marie Stanger, 47, passed away on July 11, 2009. Her final days were spent surrounded by family and friends that Michelle had touched throughout her very memorable life. She was loved unconditionally by her family and will be missed every day. A memorial service will be held Thursday, July 16 at the Church of Jesus [...]

by Margaret McCown Liles   For the tenth time in as many years tonight, the Escondido City Council, AKA the Escondido Rent Review Board, granted the owners of the Carefree Mobile Home Park a rent increase (average $10 plus per unit.) The one dissenting vote in the three to one vote was, our favorite Council [...]

On June 27, 2009, the San Diego Union Tribune published an editorial criticizing the Escondido City Council majority’s rejection of the latest offer from C. W. Clark. The editorial implied that the original Hotel deal with a neighboring multi-story condominium complex (on what is now one of Escondido’s few public parking lots) would have been [...]

Proving that team work can overcome obstacles in accomplishing political action, EDC members Noel Steiner, Judy Slane and Chris Nava worked together to stand with former DNC Chair Dr. Howard Dean  in delivering  thousands of petitions urging Senator Diane Feinstein to become a champion of real health care reform by supporting Public Option.  Noel and [...]