The City Council hearing on the downtown Marriott hotel proposal, scheduled for Wednesday, October 28, was cancelled at the last minute. There has been no announcement of a new date or time.  We understand the hearing was delayed because the developer failed to meet another deadline.
When the hearing takes place, EDC members are encouraged to [...]

Harry Reid needs our voices to build support in the Senate. In his words, “the best way for me to have as many signatures from as many Americans as possible that support health insurance with a public option.”
Click here to sign his petition http://www.harryreid.com/page/invite/buildsupport
Full text of Senator Reid’s letter after the jump.

OPINION by Chris Nava, VP for Political Action
Some members of the Escondido City Council appear to have their heads permanently stuck in the sand. The news that plans for the Escondido Hotel are now back on the city council agenda for October 28th is evidence of a total disregard of well-documented evidence that occupancy rates [...]

by Chris Nava, VP for Political Action
Throughout the health care discussion, and especially in urging our EDC membership to write, call, or fax our Senators to ask their support of the public option, we have often expressed our concern that Senator Feinstein was not fully on board with the public option.  And so we pressed the [...]

by Chris Nava, VP for Political Action
From NOW (National Organization for Women) we get an alert about two amendments regarding sex education that were tucked into the Senate Finance Committee health care legislation: one by Chair Max Baucus authorizing federal funding for comprehensive sex education programs and one by Senator Hatch to restore funds for abstinence-only [...]

Third quarter fundraising reports from the Federal Elections Commission show incumbent Brian Bilbray raised $110,000 in the period for a total of $533,000 overall. Recent entry among the Democratic challengers Dave Roberts reported raising $152,000, though $50,000 of that was a personal loan. Francine Busby reported raising a little more than $60,000 for a total of [...]

The battle to fight for a strong ACES bill (America Clean Energy and Security Act) is bringing the opponents of the bill in powerful opposition with arm twisting and millions of dollars.  At the same time, pro- environment groups that represent various aspects of the environment are calling in their troops to take action.  Each [...]

Health reform has emerged from committee in the Senate and now the games begin.
Read this view of next steps from The New York Times and David Herszenhorn: Next up: Harry Reid and the Blenders
Here are two quite different views about the outcome on the floor:
Megan McArdle in The Atlantic: Is Health Care Reform Falling Apart?
Michael [...]