Council members Marie Waldron and Ed Gallo have revealed their true colors in statements made to reporter David Garrick whose article “Charter Effort Criticized for Lack of Public Input” appeared in NCT on Sunday, June 12.  Their comments make it quite clear who and what they stand for – and it is not the residents [...]

Wednesday, June 8, at 4:30 p.m., the Escondido City Council will meet to consider its budget for 2011-12. Cuts are still on the table for the Library branch, the History Center, the Arts Partnership and the Escondido Education Compact. Let the Council know that you support maintaining funding for these important programs! Contact Council members [...]

The Senate must be the firewall that protects the world’s most vulnerable. Tell your Senators to vote “NO” on (H.R. 1) – Tell them to vote NO on harsh and unprecedented cuts that will deny health care, education, food, housing, and jobs to millions of the poorest and most vulnerable Americans, while at the same [...]

All troops needed on the ground in the fight for the soul of the Democratic Party. At the core of what is going on politically in Wisconsin, and increasingly in our nation’s capitol and though out our country, the struggle for the soul of the Democratic Party.  Democrats cannot afford to stand by passively and [...]

by Chris Nava, VP for Political Action (UPDATE: The Escondido City Council  public hearing on the downtown Marriott hotel project has been rescheduled for 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 30, 2010.) Are we going to stand by and allow the Escondido City Council to give a developer $16.5M for building a hotel when our city’s finances [...]

In an appeal from Chair of the California Democratic Party, John Burton, is asking fellow Democrats to help change an undemocratic and outdated loophole that allows the minority of Republicans to block any budget from passing. As it stands now, it takes only a 33.4% vote to block the majority! Burton refers to it as “hostage taking” [...]