The proposed downtown Marriott hotel, a project that has been on and off for years, appears to be possible again, with assurance of private funding and with a request for $10.7 million in subsidies from the City of Escondido. Details from David Garrick in North County Times Details from Angela Lau in The San Diego [...]

Anthem Blue Cross is raising their premiums for hundreds of thousands of individual customers by as much as 39 percent. In response to public outcry, Blue Cross is delaying implementation of rate hike by a couple of months. We urge everyone to demand an explanation from Blue Cross! Keep the story alive and use it [...]

Invest a few hours in a service project that will make an impact in our community for a decade Councilwoman Olga Diaz is urging Escondido to answer the call to assure an accurate census count in our city. Escondido is the “most undercounted community in San Diego. Unfortunately, under counting produces incomplete data that leads to deficient [...]

In the midst of the consternation over Evan Bayh’s announcement that he won’t seek re-election this fall is his message — he says he loves public service, but “I don’t love Congress.” He pointed to the recent failure of the budget reform commission and the inability to pass a jobs bill as the last straws [...]

“I’ve never seen such dirty politics – it’s beyond the pale” said Sylvia Hampton as she described the Republican battle at the federal level to stop health reform. At the state level, Dr. Paul Friedman asked whether “we have the will” to adopt a single-payer system for California. “It will take a grass roots movement,” [...]

It’s time for a Constitutional Amendment to put regulation of corporations and other entities back in the hands of Congress and effectively keep these entities out of the political process.

Finally, signs of life out of the White House and Congressional leadership. The Obama administration is reportedly planning a series of executive actions to move important issues along despite a frozen Senate, and the Congressional leadership is reportedly planning a strategy that will force Republicans to make their opposition very visible. Obama making plans to [...]

by Chris Nava, VP for Political Action The news that Dave Bell, long time friend and member of the Escondido Democratic Club, passed away January 31, 2010, saddened the many of us who came to know him.  Dave died as he would have wished, in the loving presence of his wife and family, and amid [...]