Compiled by Brent E. Beltrán
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles by San Diego Free Press and OB Rag regulars, irregulars, columnists, and at-large contributors on the UT-SD going nonprofit, the continuing war on women, pot legalization coming to Cali, the USA’s first banned book, Belmont Park’s non-deal, a convo with D8’s Alvarez, Esco Mayor’s park, photos of the climate march, FB “Likes” you, Mexican book smugglers, and lots of OB happenings. If you haven’t read our stuff this week then now is the time to catch up and see what’s going on in our county. Do it!
San Diego Free Press Regular Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
UT-San Diego: To Be? Or Not to Be?
The War on Women: More Than Just a Political Slogan
Welcome to Endless War, Shock and Awe Style
Legalization Here We Come: California Campaign Underway for 2016 Pot Proposition
Welcome to the New Gilded Age: Ironworkers Seek Back Pay, Safe Working Conditions
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
America’s First Banned Book and the Battle for the Soul of the Country
From the Soul by Ernie McCray
I’m Not the Least Bit Grateful for Being Smacked on My Behind
Who Runs San Diego? by Councilmember Ed Harris
Who Runs San Diego? Deals Like the One Proposed for Belmont Park Amount to a War on Taxpayers
Desde la Logan by Brent E. Beltrán
A One-on-One Conversation with District 8 Councilman David Alvarez Continued
Barrio Arts District Shines with Multiple Cultural Events in Barrio Logan
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. Garcia
Good Neighbors
The History of the Neighborhood House by Maria Garcia
The History of Neighborhood House in Logan Heights: The Not-So-Great Depression and WW II Come to Logan Heights – Part I
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week at SDFP and OB Rag: September 7-13
San Diego Free Press Regular and At-Large Contributors:
Escondido’s Park That’s Not a Park, Owned by the Mayor’s Family
By Don Greene
A Photo Essay of Sunday’s San Diego People’s Climate March – The Time for Change is Now
By Court Allen
Getting Past Facebook’s “Like” Button
By Lori Saldaña
Questioning San Diego County Pension Fund’s Excessive Risk
By John Lawrence
DIY Resistance: Post-Modern Robin Hoods
By Will Falk
Librotraficantes: Smuggling Banned Books back into Public Schools and Communities
By Anna Daniels
Why I Regret My Elite Education
By Anna Prouty
Living on the Edge in San Diego, the Nation’s Most Biologically Diverse County
By Elliott Kennerson
Why Do Lawmakers Like Darrell Issa Want to Enable Illegal Ponzi Schemes?
By Liana Molina
OB Rag Contributors:
Paddle Around the OB Pier for Clean Water Attracts Hundreds
By Jeff Stone
San Diegans Turn Out for March for the Climate
By Chris Dallenbach
Earthdance in Ocean Beach at Winston’s: Saving the Planet Through Music
By Christina Dallenbach
Annual Fundraising at Pancake Breakfast Scores Big for OB Town Council
By Christina Dallenbach
Newly-Renovated OB Episcopal Church Center Dedicated
By Hannah Wilder
Descendants of Early Native Point Lomans Speak Out
By Charlie Best
Nimitz Boulevard Dreams and Reality
By OB Rag Staff
What’s up with all the penguin stencils around Ocean Beach?
By Anonymous Reader
Councilman Ed Harris: Why He Rejected the Proposed Lease for Belmont Park – “It’s Pathetic.”
By Frank Gormlie
Midway Planners : Orange Cones and Jack Hammers Are a Comin’
By Tony de Garate
Peninsula Planners Protest “Portugal Place” Project
By Tony de Garate
Reader Rant : ‘I watched the City Council debate on the Belmont Park lease and agree it’s not favorable to you and me.’
By Anonymous Reader
OB Hostel Sold for $1.5 Million
By Frank Gormlie
Channel 10 News Gives Nod to the OB Rag Over the Penguin Stencils
By Frank Gormlie
Pedestrian Controls Proposed for Newport and Abbott
By Frank Gormlie
OB Town Council: Board Election Results and Project Ideas
By Lois Lane
New Owner of OB Hostel Operates Two “USA Hostels”
By Frank Gormlie
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