By Brent E. Beltrán
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, toons, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: justice for Alfred Olango, Props 51 through 56, saying no way to Measure A, the South Bay school elections, BLM’s DeRay McKesson, 77 deadly minutes in Sydro, loving life without the drink, OB slumlord Michael Mills, Manifest Destinitis, and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s friendly, neighborhood, all volunteer, slightly funky, community news site.
San Diego Free Press Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
Prop 51 – Will Schools Get Fixed and Repaired?
Trump’s Thin Skin Did Him in at the First Debate
Proposition 52 – Keep MediCal Funding Where It Belongs
(UPDATED) Family Calls for Federal Investigation – Alfred Olango Dies After Being Shot by El Cajon Police
Props 53 & 54: Say No to Rich Guys Gaming the System
Family Calls for Peaceful Protests Over Death of Alfred Olango
Prop 55 – Keep On Funding Education in California
Prop 56 – Tobacco Industry Lie Machine Runs at Top Speed
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Progressives Should Just Say NO WAY to Measure A
North of the Fence by Barbara Zaragoza
Avoid School Board Elections At Your Own Child’s Risk
South Bay School Districts and Elections, Part II: The Candidates Write In
Geo-Poetic Spaces by By Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Walking Into Big Sur
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: September 18-24
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally/Nationally Sourced Contributors:
From Despising Wells Fargo to Creating Democracy at Work
By Frank Henry-Reyes and James Anderson
Activist DeRay McKesson on Campaign Zero (Updated)
By Anne Haule
77 Minutes Focuses on the Victims of the San Ysidro McDonalds Massacre
By Barbara Zaragoza
Five Reasons Why I Love My Life More Without Alcohol
By Anne Haule
The Ocean Beach Empire of Michael Mills
By Frank Gormlie / OB Rag
Measure A: Mish Mash That Doesn’t Focus Enough on Climate Change
By John Lawrence
Deported Veteran Hector Barajas Might Return To U.S.
By Barbara Zaragoza
Mon Dieu! C’est ‘Manifest Destinitis’ at San Diego Rep
By Mimi Pollack
Will San Diego Reduce Pedestrian Injuries, Deaths by Cars?
By Kathleen Ferrier / Circulate San Diego
Crohn’s Disease and the Purple Party: Why They’re the S**t
By The San Diego Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Fear and Loathing in El Cajon – 1,000 People in the Streets for Alfred Olango
By Frank Gormlie