Greetings Fellow EDC Democrats! In February, we saw a continuation of the momentum that kicked off the year.  It is not only encouraging, but also exciting to see the possibilities this momentum could produce for the year.   Our new meeting format has generated a number of comments.  Most of them have been good but some [...]

Greetings Fellow EDC Democrats! January turned into a very productive month to include a well-attended general membership meeting. I would like to thank all of you who attended and showed such strong enthusiasm and support for the annual plan.  Its approval gives us the basis and structure we need for a strong and successful year.   [...]

by Paul McNamara, 2010 President Greetings Fellow EDC Democrats! I would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year. I would also like to share with you some of the exciting ideas for this year that your E-Board has worked on these past months.

by Margaret Liles, EDC President Since I attended the fiasco of Darrell Issa’s so-called town hall meeting on September 2, I have been a bit pessimistic about politics in San Diego’s North County. I had come away with the feeling that the majority of the people at that meeting, the TEA party supporters, the avid [...]

On June 27, 2009, the San Diego Union Tribune published an editorial criticizing the Escondido City Council majority’s rejection of the latest offer from C. W. Clark. The editorial implied that the original Hotel deal with a neighboring multi-story condominium complex (on what is now one of Escondido’s few public parking lots) would have been [...]

By Margaret Liles Yes there are Democrats in Escondido, and yes, you can fight City Hall, even a predominantly Republican City Hall. Thanks to the efforts of Lisa Prazeau and the Escondido Chamber of Citizens, and the support from many of you, City Councilman Dick Daniels has had a change of heart about the Hotel [...]

By Margaret Liles It was wonderful to see that President Obama rescinded the onerous “gag-rule” that prevented funding to any overseas family planning provider that even mentioned the option of abortion.