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, at-large contributors and sourced writers on UC doc’s one day strike, local GOP fighting money limit, the City budget, VofSD picking on minimum wage advocates, Super Bowl winners and losers, Eisenhower Obama, honoring MLK’s dream beyond the holiday, Echo Sparks bringing real country, water main breaks, Civic San Diego and CBA’s, Andrea Skorepa, and lots of great OB news.
San Diego Free Press Regular Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
University of California Doctors Call One Day Strike
Oh, The Irony: Local GOP Fights Contribution Limit, Worries About Dark Money
City Budget Requests, Unpaid Glitter Unicorns and Congressional Follies
Voice of San Diego’s Intern ‘Irony’ is Just the Latest Insult
Super Bowl XLIX: Winners and Losers Off the Field
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
The State Of the Union: Obama is an Eisenhower Republican
From the Soul by Ernie McCray
Honoring Martin’s Dream Beyond MLK Day
Stories from Young Minds Taking the Stage
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
Geo-Poetic Spaces: Mount Woodson (Mountain of Moonlit Rocks)
The History of the Neighborhood House by Maria Garcia
The History of Neighborhood House in Logan Heights: Mary Barrios, Part II
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: Jan 18-24
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
Echo Sparks: How Country Music is Supposed to Sound
By Layla Marino
Water Main Breaks Cause Major Problems in San Diego and Nationwide
By John Lawrence
Civic San Diego and Community Benefits Agreements: The Need for Project Specific Focus
By Jim Bliesner
Pests: Can’t We Just Kill Them All?
By Sarah “Steve” Mosko / Boogie Green
Andrea Skorepa, The Queen of San Ysidro
By Barbara Zaragoza / South Bay Compass
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
Your Home Is Your Prison
By Maya Schenwar / TomDispatch
Junipero Serra: Canonizing the Colonizers
By Eric Loomis / Lawyers, Guns & Money
How to Hack City Money: Let 16 Year Olds Vote on Budgets, Get Banks to Invest Locally
By Shannan Stoll / Yes!
US Engaged in Massive Car Spying Program
By Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams
The Mainstream Meets Occupy
By Robert Borosage / Campaign for America’s Future
5 Facts About Charter Schools the ‘National School Choice Week’ Campaign Doesn’t Talk About
By Laurie Levy / AlterNet
The Greek Earthquake
By Conn Hallinan / Foreign Policy in Focus
OB Rag Contributors:
Ed Harris: Proposition G and the Belmont Park Lease
By Ed Harris
Memo Shows Expansion of Ocean Beach Library Budget Priority for Councilwoman Zapf
By Frank Gormlie
Reader Rant: Have Progressives Given Up on Ocean Beach ?
By Anonymous Reader
“Record Turn-out” at Ocean Beach Town Council Meeting
By Frank Gormlie
Navy Pledges to Restore Point Loma Shoreline After Removing Fuel Pipeline from La Playa Trail
By Tony de Garate
Midway Community Planning Group Report: Sports Arena Black Angus to be demolished?
By Tony de Garate
Community Relations Officer for Western Division Weighs In on Ocean Beach
By Officer David Surwilo
Peninsula Community Planning Board: Cañon Street Pocket Park Controversy Continues
By Tony de Garate
Where to Watch the Super Bowl in Ocean Beach
By Matthew Wood