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ECM EDITORIAL: CPUC SHOULD REJECT SDG&E’S SCHEME TO MAKE RATEPAYERS PAY FOR...
By Miriam Raftery, EditorApril 5, 2012 (San Diego’s East County)--When ENRON schemed to manipulate markets and defraud ratepayers, its executives went to jail.BP faces billions of dolalrs in fines for...
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EDITORIAL: SUPERVISORS SHOULD DENY PATTERN ENERGY APPLICATION FOR OCOTILLO...
By Miriam Raftery, Editor, East County MagazineApril 23, 2012 (Ocotillo) – In San Diego earlier this month, the county's planning commission heeded concerns of residents, environmentalists, tribes and...
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EDITORIAL: DON’T LET GOVERNMENT GROUPS HIDE THEIR AGENDAS
Take these steps to restore Brown Act protections at state and local levelsBy Miriam Raftery, Editor, East County MagazineJuly 18, 2012 (San Diego’s East County) – Criticism is mounting over the...
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EDITORIAL: THE PEOPLE OUR GOVERNOR WANTS TO “CRUSH”
By Miriam Raftery, EditorJuly 27, 2012 (San Diego’s East County)--Standing on a former mountaintop blasted away to build the new Suncrest Substation, Governor Jerry Brown yesterday praised completion...
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EDITORIAL: RESIDENTS COUNTYWIDE SHOULD URGE SUPERVISORS TO BAN WIND TURBINES...
County Democrats gut fire protection resolution, while Republican supervisors also fail to protect County residents from wind turbine firesBy Miriam RafteryAugust 24, 2012 (San Diego's East...
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ECM EDITORIAL: SAVE COMMUNITY PLANNING GROUPS FROM DEVELOPER-BACKED SCHEME TO...
SIGN A PETITION! Key vote Feb. 29 could take away your right to be informed and speak outBy Miriam Raftery, Editor, East County Magazine“People will never hear about projects until after they’re done...
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EDITORIAL: PUBLIC RECORDS ACT GUTTED IN STATE BUDGET—ASK GOVERNOR TO RESTORE...
Update June 20, 2013 4 p.m. -- The Sacramento Bee reports that due to mounting public pressure, the Governor will abandon efforts to weaken the Public Records Act. The Bee also reports that...
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THE DEMISE OF LOCAL MEDIA: WHAT IF WE SOON HAVE NO NEWSPAPERS LEFT?
By Miriam RafteryFebruary 17, 2014 (San Diego’s East County)--As a journalist, I find it disturbing to see the high number of East County media outlets that have closed their doors, slashed content,...
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EDITORIAL: STUDENTS AND PARENTS CAN’T AFFORD ANY MORE UC TUITION HIKES
By Miriam Raftery, EditorUniversity of California's Regents just voted to hike tuitions 25% over the next five years. As a graduate of the UC system and a parent of two recent UC graduates, I have...
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