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 DeMaio and the upcoming election, Issa’s continued follies, the minimum wage battle, the education wars, McCray’s reflection on love, a double dose of Junco, the co-op movement, introducing SDFP’s Street Beat, SD’s “growth machine”, destroying Mission Valley, and the latest OB news. You haven’t read them all so go read what you’ve missed.
San Diego Free Press Regular Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
Et Tu, Carl? The Politics of Personal Destruction in San Diego
Down-Ballot Races in San Diego You Need to Know About
Darrell Issa’s Latest Crusade: Proving the EPA is Too Pro-Environment
Emails Cast Doubt on DeMaio Harassment Defense; Survey Says Voters Undecided
Memo to Jerry Sanders & Doug Manchester: The City Council Minimum Wage Ordinance WAS the Compromise
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Notes From the Education Wars: Marshall Tuck and the Plot Against Public Education
From the Soul by Ernie McCray
Reflections of Love
Who Runs San Diego? by Jim Miller
Who Runs San Diego? The Lincoln Club’s Role in Our Shadow Government
Junco’s Jabs by Junco Canché
You Too, Carl?
Rising Paranoia Brought to You by Fox News
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. Garcia
Force Feeding Liberty
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Geo-Poetic Spaces: The Ishtar Gate
The History of the Neighborhood House by Maria Garcia
The History of Neighborhood House in Logan Heights: Mary Dora Garcia and the Lucky 13 Club
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week at SDFP and OB Rag: October 5-11
San Diego Free Press Regular and At-Large Contributors:
The Other Congressional Races in San Diego: The 50th’s Duncan Hunter, Best Party Animal on Capitol Hill
By Doug Porter
The Co-Op Movement – Democratizing the Ownership of Wealth One Step at a Time
By John Lawrence
DIY Resistance: I Love You, Dad
By Will Falk
The Secret of the San Diego Growth Machine: Another Case for Nancy Drew
By Norma Damashek
San Diego’s German Film Festival Opens with an Explosive Journey into “The Dark Valley”
By Jim Bliesner
How to Destroy Mission Valley
By Frank Gormlie
In Defense of Uncertainty in the Development Approval Process
By Murtaza H. Baxamusa
OB Rag Contributors:
A Tour of the OB Oktoberfest
By Matthew Wood
Lessons from Cointelpro – Many Learned in OB and San Diego in the Seventies
By Peter Bohmer
Sea Cave Provides Refuge for 3 Struggling Sunset Cliffs Jumpers
By OB Rag Staff
Woman Bicyclist Severely Injured by Hit-and-Run White Truck
By OB Rag Staff
OB Project Review Committee: Demolition of 101 Year Old House on Niagara
By Frank Gormlie
OB Rag Presented “Community Partner” Award by OB Town Council
By Frank Gormlie
OB Historical Society: “Reading Between the Lampposts – the Literary Giants of Loma Portal” – Oct. 16th
By OB Rag Staff
OB Town Council Recognizes Key Volunteers of the Community
By Frank Gormlie
OB Hit and Run Victim Katie Connor Improves Slightly
By Frank Gormlie