Greetings Fellow EDC Democrats! Take a deep breath and get ready for the last lap! July showed no slow-down in party activities with the Big Blue BBQ being a highlight for the month. The EDC was well represented even though it was held near the coast. We were probably the best-represented club there and we [...]

The Sierra Club has endorsed EDC members and candidates for Escondido City Council Richard Barron and Jason Everitt. The Sierra Club is the nation’s largest environmental organization with 1.3 million members nationwide. “I am deeply honored to received the endorsement of the Sierra Club,” Everitt said. “Escondido is the gateway to the most precious openspace in [...]

EDC will take action “to get the City Council out of the immigration business” as President Paul McNamara put it, following authorization from members at the July 10 meeting. In making the motion to allow the Club to get involved, member Dan Buse said “no person should be afraid to contact the police department.” Three [...]

Carmen Miranda, EDC’s new director of outreach, has announced her candidacy for Escondido City Council and is the subject of a profile article in North County Times. Miranda, 41, ran for Council in 2006 and attracted more than 3,000 votes but did not get elected. Miranda insists she is not a one-issue (immigration) candidate, and [...]

Richard Barron has received the endorsement of the Coalition of Escondido Mobile/Manufactured Home Voters, a group that represents the 7,000 Escondido residents who live in mobile home communities. Barron, a Democrat and member of EDC, seeks election to the Escondido City Council in November. Also endorsed for Council was Jim Crone, a local businessman. The [...]

Greetings Fellow EDC Democrats! As I’m sure you’ve read, the Escondido City Council passed the hotel resolutions at the June 30th meeting. For those of us who attended, it was a disappointment. Aside from what many of us in the club believe was a poor management decision of taxpayer revenue resources, the CC opted to [...]

After a long selection process, EDC members will consider several final phrases as candidates for the Club’s new ‘tagline’ — the few words often used with the Club name to help clarify its goals and purpose. Thanks to the members who submitted dozens of suggestions in the first phase of the project. A committee (Olga [...]

Greetings Fellow EDC Democrats! I am pleased to announce an improvement to our already excellent website. We have added a tab at the top and side of the home page, titled, “EDC Speaks Out!” I would invite you to look through it and see how many EDC members are actively participating in the dialogue to [...]