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- Letters to the Editor: North Edition
The Palomar College Planetarium has offered school and public shows since 1965. Since then our shows have excited and inspired nearly 150,000 children with the wonders of the universe. Years ago an elementary school student attended one of our shows and was fascinated by her experience.
- Letters to the editor: East Edition
Our formerly cohesive Grossmont school board has been split by a pair of lost souls. Full of hatred and revenge aimed at Jim Kelly, they are doing their best to split the conservative base in East County.
- Letters to the editor: South Edition
As a former Chula Vista City Council member with more than 12 years experience, I have problems with office holders and associated candidates. As a basic for the readers and voters I wish to advise you that no one council member adds personnel to the work force. In fact, it takes a minimum of three of the five members to enact any/all official city actions.
- Letters to the editor: City Edition
The Oct. 31 commentary by Eugene Robinson (“The Donald (Rumsfeld) Back off,” Opinion) is well said and certainly welcome. I cannot imagine that the American people are not just aghast at being treated like idiots by a man who, as was reported elsewhere in the paper this morning (“Pentagon readies PR push on Iraq war,” News, Oct. 31), is setting up in the Pentagon for a PR blitz.
- UNION-TRIBUNE EDITORIAL
No North County city is an island
Sometimes a local issue does not stop at the city limits. Voters in nine North County cities will decide on Nov. 7 who will help run their cities for the next four years. Also at stake are some important local ballot measures and two regional propositions.
- UNION-TRIBUNE EDITORIAL
Pulse taking in East County
East County voters can see plenty of familiar names on Tuesday's ballot, yet few races that have ignited uncommon amounts of passion. Still, this biannual taking of the public pulse is important for several reasons.
- UNION-TRIBUNE EDITORIAL
Opportunities for change in South County
South County voters will have the opportunity on Tuesday to take their governments in new directions. Mayors in National City and Imperial Beach are stepping down, and the mayor of Chula Vista is a seeming underdog for re-election.
- SPENDING MONEY ON EDUCATION
Yes: Proposition 1D is a good investment in our future
Proposition 1D, part of the “Rebuild California” package on the Nov. 7 ballot, is a vital investment in our children's education, safety and future. This measure stands to directly and positively impact education in San Diego, as well as the entire California public education system.
- SPENDING MONEY ON EDUCATION
No: Billions already have been approved for school building
Only one of the six new schools scheduled to open this fall in San Diego actually met the deadline for the first day of school. San Diego voters approved a $1.51 billion local bond measure in 1998 and were promised 13 new schools and three rebuilt schools.
- DAVID S. BRODER THE WASHINGTON POST
Polarization not the same as gridlock
On the eve of another national election, the terms “gridlock” and “polarization” have become staples of the political vocabulary – so much so that the reality behind them often goes unexamined.
- GEORGE F. WILL THE WASHINGTON POST
Romney may rise to top of GOP field
Even before the votes are counted, over the Republican Party a “thick darkness broodeth” – words from a Victorian hymn, for a party with a Victorian tendency.
- Getting serious about Social Security
October marks the end of the baseball season, but November is when we make decisions about our other national pastime – politics in Washington. Voters find out who won and pundits speculate why – what issues decided the election and what do the results mean for the American people.
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