Logan Jenkins, columnist for The San Diego Union-Tribune, focuses on Escondido mayoral candidate Tom D’Agosta in his Sunday, July 25 column. Jenkins says D’Agosta “graduated with honors” from curmudgeon school, and points to his frequent salty criticisms of the current mayor and council as examples. Jenkins then launches into an analysis of how D’Agosta could [...]

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 North [...]

The North County Times has rescinded its support of San Diego County Supervisor Bill Horn and, in an editorial published July 11, 2010, said “It is time for Horn to go.”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 [...]

Voters resoundingly supported term limits for County Supervisors, voting more than two-to-one in favor of Proposition B. Nearly seven out of ten voters (68.98 percent) supported the measure. Current Supervisors may serve two more terms before the measure takes effect.
Critics of Supervisor Bill Horn may have had an impact on his re-election. He failed to [...]

If you’re a political ‘wonk’ and want to check the local and state election returns on your own, with no filtering from us, here are links to the information:
The San Diego County Registrar of Voters election results.
The California Secretary of State’s election results.

The latest report from California Secretary of State Debra Bowen’s office shows Democratic voter registration is up and Republican registration is down. Statewide, Democratic registrations have increased from 42.7 percent to 44.5 percent. Republican registrations have decreased from 34.4 percent to 30.8 percent. Decline to state registrations have increased from 18.5 percent to 20.2 percent. [...]

Escondido police and fire unions have endorsed different candidates for mayor, and neither chose Council member Sam Abed. Police endorsed Council member and Mayor Pro-Tem Dick Daniels; firefighters endorsed former Council member Tom D’Agosta. Endorsement by these unions can be crucial. It was firefighter opposition to former Council member Ed Gallo that helped Olga Diaz [...]

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 [...]