EDC member and officer Jason Everitt is “furious” that San Diego County failed to apply for more than $11 million in federal funds for local jobs creation. So he wrote an op-ed calling attention to the failure, and it has been published by North County Times. Read Everitt’s commentary.

The North County Times has rescinded its support of San Diego County Supervisor Bill Horn and, in an editorial published July 11, 2010, said “It is time for Horn to go.” The change results from recent news that Horn built a barn and made other changes on his farm that required building permits, but failed [...]

The Army Corps of Engineers held a public hearing on the proposed Gregory Canyon Landfill June 3 at the San Marcos Senior Center. The Corps is preparing an environmental impact report on the project. Several hundred people attended. Everyone who spoke was opposed to the project. Coverage of the meeting in the North County Times. [...]

by Margaret McCown Liles, Secretary and Past President I came out of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors meeting on Wednesday, when the Stonegate/ Merriam Mountains project was declined, with a tremendous feeling of relief. Finally, the politicians in this County seem to understand that there may indeed be a limit to our natural [...]

Public opposition does get heard, even by the County Board of Supervisors! The Merriam Mountains development, which would have crammed 2,630 homes into an area approved for about 300, was killed yesterday in a 3 – 2 vote. North County Supervisor Bill Horn voted FOR the project, along with Supervisor Greg Cox, who represents Southern [...]

by Charles Cleveland Murray Hill, Inc., a progressive PR firm in Maryland, is making a bid to be the first corporate member of Congress.  Their effort appears to be tongue-in-cheek, with the aim of calling attention to the potential consequences of the recent Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission, which gives domestic and foreign corporations the green [...]

“Merriam Mountains is the antithesis of smart growth,” says Margaret McCown Liles, former EDC president and a resident of nearby Hidden Meadows, located north of Escondido. Liles encouraged members of EDC and all Escondido area residents to oppose Merriam Mountains when it comes up before the San Diego County Board of Supervisors for a possible [...]

From the San Diego County Democratic Party: The County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday, February 23, 4-1 against putting an initiative on the ballot that would ban agreements that create good paying, middle-class jobs. Thanks to your letters and phone calls, Supervisors Greg Cox, Ron Roberts, Dianne Jacobs, and Pam Slater-Price all agreed that supporting [...]