by Francine Busby For so many of us who worked to get Obama elected, it is difficult to watch his enemies tearing at all his programs and initiatives and creating divsiveness and hatred at every turn. This article from the New Yorker is a must read because it explains the billions of dollars that have [...]

City Council members liked the report from a team of Cal Poly Pomona students about revitalizing Escondido Creek. The team worked for months to develop a plan to turn the concrete-channeled watercourse into a community asset. The plan has multiple phases and remains mostly unfunded, but it provides the city with a concept. Several speakers [...]

EDC is planning to begin a film series that will combine an enjoyable social occasion with some thought-provoking topics and lively discussion. Tentatively titled “Underground Movie Nights,” the series would be held on a monthly basis, outside during warm weather, and would feature films with topics that will both inform and entertain. We ask you [...]

Carmen Miranda and Jason Everitt, EDC members and candidates for Escondido City Council, received the San Diego County Democratic Party endorsement August 17. Also endorsed was Paul “Mac” McNamara, EDC President, a candidate for Palomar College Trustee.  Other candidates in races across North County were also endorsed. The candidates were recommended for endorsement by members [...]

UPDATE: North County Times made use of the newly released information to publish a story about Phillips’ pay and benefit on August 25, 2010. UPDATE: Phillips’ contract was released to The San Diego Union-Tribune, which published this story on August 20, 2010. UPDATE: a story in the August 18 edition of the U-T notes that Phillips [...]

by Martha Sullivan Vice Chair, North Area, San Diego County Democratic Party “We should have our North County HQ’s operational by the end of the month/early September.” They will provide maximum support for Francine Busby in the 50th against Bilbray, and Howard Katz in the 49th against Issa, as well as our State leg. candidates (Crystal Crawford in the [...]

A resolution encouraging the City of Escondido to prioritize local jobs was presented to Club members at the August 14 meeting. The resolution, drafted by Jason Everitt and Chris Nava, urges the City to establish a local employment program “to encourage hiring and retention of Escondido residents for the work to be performed under public [...]

Today (Saturday, August 14) is the 75th anniversary of the Social Security Act, signed in 1935 by President Roosevelt as part of his “New Deal.” Social Security is the largest government program in the world, and the largest expenditure in the federal budget, higher even than defense or Medicare/Medicaid. The program is crucial to 40 [...]