Join our national call in day on Wednesday, October 14th and help flood the offices of our Senators with messages in support of a strong climate/energy bill that creates jobs, makes our country secure, and fights global warming.  The bill is known on the hill as the ACES Bill. It passed the House earlier this summer and [...]

EDC’s “wish list” project to help the Escondido Public Library has been featured in the Sunday, October 11 Jeff Frank column in the North County Times. Frank highlighted the collaboration between EDC and the Escondido Republican Club. Read the column…

Escondido is in the process of updating its General Plan, which was last revised in 1990. The update process is worthwhile and a necessary periodic review of development goals. However, many fear this review process will be used to overturn Proposition S, The Growth Management and Neighborhood Protection Act, passed by a two-thirds majority of [...]

Quoting members of the media to prove his point, Peter Hart, writer for Common Dreams, gives us a thoughtful look at the way the media has shaped the debate on health care reform.  Imagine decisions  about public option coverage driven by such considerations as “bad for ratings” (MSNBC), “it’s not only not a cable-TV story; [...]

Many fear that the tussle over health care reform, coupled with history that the party that wins the presidency doesn’t do well in the next Congressional elections, will mean big Democratic losses in 2010. Check out this assessment from The Wall Street Journal reporting that the Republicans may not be able to count on easy [...]

by Chris Nava, VP Political Action Last week the White House spokesperson for Energy and Climate change, Carol Browner signaled that final action on the ACES bill will be delayed, and that there was no chance that a bill would be ready to sign before the President attends the global climate meeting in Copenhagen in [...]

A Health Care Action meeting led by EDC member Noel Steiner, OFA Neighborhood Team Leader, last Saturday at the Joslyn Center brought together a number of Escondido volunteers and several EDC members to plan the next moves in this critical phase of the health care legislative process. The small group of committed and passionate advocates [...]

by Chris Nava, VP for Political Action We are at critical stage in our Nation’s long fight to pass meaningful health care legislation that includes a public option. After endless debating the bill and deliberating the more than a hundred amendments, Senator Baucus’ Finance Committee unveiled its reform proposal on Friday. The proposal has been [...]