During remarks at the May 8 Escondido Democratic Club meeting, Escondido City Council member Olga Diaz said she will present a resolution to the Council at its May 19 meeting that puts the city on record as opposing the Arizona “show your papers” law, SB 1070. The resolution calls for a letter to Arizona Governor [...]

EDC members at the May 8 meeting received a data-driven review of police checkpoints that City Council member Olga Diaz called “the most thorough presentation” on the issue that she had seen. In the presentation, EDC past president Margaret Liles challenged statistics used to support a need for checkpoints, demonstrated that drivers license checkpoints are [...]

In a fiercely competitive discussion of endorsement in the 50th Congressional District, EDC members rated both candidates ‘acceptable’ during the May 8 meeting. A motion to endorse EDC member Francine Busby failed to achieve the 60 percent majority required. A subsequent motion to endorse EDC member Tracy Emblem also failed. Then separate motions to rate [...]

President Obama has nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens on the U. S. Supreme Court.  Justice Stevens, who has served on the court for more than 30 years, announced his retirement at the end of the current court session. Stevens has been called “the leader of liberals” on the [...]

An opinion piece by EDC President Paul McNamara that responded to comments in a recent feature story about EDC has been published by the North County Times. McNamara’s essay responded to comments in the original story, published April 11, 2010, in which Council member Sam Abed said of EDC “They seem to think illegal immigrants [...]

by Paul McNamara, EDC President Greetings Fellow EDC Democrats! April demonstrated that the pace is quickening not only for the upcoming primary but also the issues that concern us.  Just when we thought Health Care was won and we could move on to other issues with some deliberation, we see in the local and national [...]