Sign up for our eNewsletterDeviations busted Prop U, not Alpine school Re: “Schoolyard fight” [Volume 5, Issue 11 or bit.ly/1qbUZG4] How is it that in all the planning that went into two updated Long Range Master Facilities Plans (LMRFP) respectfully associated with each board bond resolution calling for two bonds to be placed on the ballot, [they] somehow didn’t […]
Response to letters about fire chief [Volume 6, Issue 1 or bit.ly/1QU6f43] The response by a writer to a farewell for a retiring fire captain turns quickly to denigrating the risk [to] firefighters. Comparisons of death rates of other occupations per 100,000 seems an innocuous exercise until we look at the context.
Responses to ‘La Mesa fire captain bids adieu’ [Volume 5, Issue 12 or bit.ly/1Vorpah] There is no doubt that firefighting can be dangerous work. And I think everyone appreciates what firefighters do. Do firefighters die every day? I don’t know for sure. But the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Fire Fighter Fact sheet for July […]
The library question Muchisimas gracias for an excellent piece on the library question [Volume 5, Issue 11 or bit.ly/1RhdQt1]. Rigorously on point, but measured in tones and almost inarguable. A fine bit of work indeed. Bravo! ––Dr. Anthony McIvor, La Mesa On behalf of the Friends of the La Mesa Library, I want to thank […]
Rate hikes and reuse In response to your article on water rate hikes, it seems to me that if the smaller water districts such as Helix and Padre Dam would consolidate their administrative staffs, that in and of itself would reduce administrative and duplicative costs. This idea was brought forward at Senator Joel Anderson’s recent town […]
Regulate residential treatment homes All of us in our neighborhood understand the need for rehabilitation and have no objection to the help being offered to the individuals housed in residential treatment houses, aka transitional homes. The issues we face are the severe concentration of these homes in our neighborhood and the lack of monitoring of […]
Praise for ‘It’s the people we’ll miss’ Many, many thanks for the beautiful article by Genevieve Suzuki! It captures exactly how I feel about my neighborhood people. I wonder how many millions of people feel just like this?
Labor costs to blame Anthony’s Fish Grotto, one of East County’s oldest restaurants at 54 years, mourns the loss of our friends and colleagues of 40 years, Sanfilippo’s Pizza restaurant. The Filippo family has supported the community, provided jobs for hundreds of young people and served as examples of the ethos of hard work, dedication […]
Dear editor, Thanks to early conservation efforts, vast areas of prehistoric redwoods have been protected from logging where they survive in our state despite generations of an industrial economy. These redwood forests are now under threat, and help is needed if we want these ancient trees to continue into the future.
Dear editor, This Mother’s Day, I’d like to thank all the expectant mothers who plan to donate their baby’s umbilical cord blood to a public cord blood bank, such as San Diego Cord Blood Bank.