By Paul P. McNamara, Col. USMC (ret.), President EDC
Ever since I was a kid, Memorial Day was the symbolic beginning of summer and the end of the school year.  Being in various youth groups, I participated in the community events celebrating that day.  It was a great holiday.  But as time went on, and I spent almost [...]

An editorial in the North County section of the May 29, 2010 San Diego Union-Tribune criticizes the Escondido City Council for blocking an effort by Council member Olga Diaz to discuss the Arizona immigration law. A sample: “There are times when one must stand up for what she or he believes in. Diaz gets that. [...]

Escondido police and fire unions have endorsed different candidates for mayor, and neither chose Council member Sam Abed. Police endorsed Council member and Mayor Pro-Tem Dick Daniels; firefighters endorsed former Council member Tom D’Agosta. Endorsement by these unions can be crucial. It was firefighter opposition to former Council member Ed Gallo that helped Olga Diaz [...]

EDC Vice President for Political Action Chris Nava and President Paul McNamara addressed the Escondido City Council May 26 with comments on how the Council is handling the illegal immigration issue.
Nava protested the way proposals from Council member Olga Diaz were voted off the agenda at the Council’s previous meeting (see post below) and asked [...]

by Chris Nava
I came away angry and extremely disillusioned after the Wednesday City Council meeting. Angry because I had just witnessed a group of council members deny Council woman Olga Diaz her proposed request to have the city go on record as opposing the Arizona “show me your papers’  law and to propose that the [...]

The Escondido City Council voted three to two at its May 19 meeting not to discuss two items placed on the Council agenda by member Olga Diaz. One was a proposed resolution against the Arizona “show your papers” law (S.B. 1070). The second would rescind a 2007 City resolution about discouraging illegal immigration. When the [...]

Attention has focused on the voter rebellion and the danger of incumbency, but the experts are talking about Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District, where the death of John Murtha left an open seat and Republicans had a strong chance to take it. They failed. Does the outcome hold meaning on a national level for Democratic prospects [...]

It feels like deja vu — once again the Governor has proposed a revised budget that focuses on cutting social programs aimed mainly at the poor. Included is a proposal to end CalWORKS, a welfare-to-work program, that would make California the only state in the nation without such a program. The budget proposal includes no new [...]