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Dumanis offers a business plan for City Hall

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Mayoral Candidate Bonnie Dumanis on Wednesday released a detailed business plan she said was designed to raise the standard of operational excellence, increase efficiency and save taxpayer dollars at City of San Diego.   The Transparency, Excellence, Accountability and Monitoring (TEAM) System is an adapted version of the General Management System (GMS) currently […]

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Effort to name San Diego street for gay rights standard bearer Harvey Milk wins backing of Hillcrest Town Council

By Jenn Sanders SAN DIEGO–The Hillcrest Town Council voted 24-3 on Tuesday evening, March 13,  to recommend to the San Diego City Council that Blaine Street be renamed as Harvey Milk Street after the gay San Francisco City-County supervisor who was slain along with San Francisco Mayor George Moscone in 1978 by former  supervisor Dan

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Former Sheriff Bill Kolender endorses Dave Roberts for county supervisor

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Former San Diego County Sheriff Bill Kolender announced his endorsement this week of Solana Beach Deputy Mayor Dave Roberts to be the next Third District Supervisor for San Diego County. “Dave Roberts works diligently to promote safe communities,” said former Sheriff Kolender. “He has been a great friend of the

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Ladino poet shares his longings

EDITOR’S NOTE–On both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are groups of people whose families either practiced some form of Judaism secretly– a holdover from the days of persecution under the Spanish Inquisition –or whose families converted to Christianity and now wish to return. Among them is Ysmael Escudero Tisnado(Coronel) II, who writes in Ladino about

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Kostrinksy gets endorsements of police and lifeguard unions

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Two influential public safety groups have endorsed Mathew Kostrinsky for San Diego’s 7th District City Council seat. The San Diego Police Officers Association and the San Diego Association for Lifeguards are throwing their support behind the Del Cerro resident, who is a former U.S. Senate and Chamber of Commerce aide.

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Lecturer on Islamophobia never mentioned 9-11 or ‘terror’

By Elad Morad SAN DIEGO —  I attended the “Islamophobia: A Mainstream Ideological Formation” lecture on March 8  at UCSD university. The lecture was sponsored by the Middle East Studies program, part of the Social Science department and the speaker was Stephen Sheehi from the Arab Culture and Comparative Literature Department from the University of South Carolina.

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Bob Filner draws Chicano support in mayor’s bid

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)- National and local Latino leaders came out to support Congressman and Mayoral Candidate Bob Filner Saturday, March 10, at Chicano Park. Congressman Luis Gutierrez (IL- 4), Congressman Charles Gonzalez (TX-20) joined local Latino leaders in endorsing Bob Filner for Mayor of San Diego. More than 25 supporters met Mayoral Candidate Bob

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Music, tradition and speech

By David Amos SAN DIEGO –Here are a few thoughts, quotes, opinions and stories, as they relate to music, tradition, and speech: –You remember that about ten years ago we experienced a “Mozart Effect” craze, where some research pointed to better test and I.Q. scores for children and students after listening to a healthy dose

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City Ballet of San Diego executes all-Balanchine program exquisitely; bravos to Steven Wistrich and company

By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — City Ballet of San Diego presented “Bravo! Balanchine” in the Spreckels Theatre on March 4. A program composed entirely of Balanchine ballets is an obvious challenge.  City Ballet’s ability to meet that challenge is a given; this was a performance of Balanchine worthy of any stage.  Each of the

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