Compiled by Brent E. Beltrán
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns and toons by San Diego Free Press and OB Rag regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on the cops vs community crisis, the Texas Obamapocalypse, the Civic SD showdown, the UT-SD sale (yes!), stupid neoliberalism, SD’s FY ’16 budget, a certain terror instigator and free speech hater, the Korean War and Logan Heights, SDFP’s website upgrades, the Ruskies in Baja, modern age Jedi raising, protecting Mauna Kea, extreme weather, and a longboard sized helping of news and notices from Ocean Beach.
San Diego Free Press Regular Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
The Community vs Cops Conundrum
Is Jade Helm 15 The Obamapocalypse?
Showdown on Civic San Diego; Mayor Blasts Gonzalez Bill
Councilmembers to Faulconer: Restore Library Funding
UT San Diego Sale: Inquiring Minds Want to Know
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
It’s the Neoliberalism, Stupid
City Heights: Up Close & Personal by Anna Daniels
City of San Diego Fy’16 Budget: Your Advocacy Needed
From the Soul by Ernie McCray
The Planet Earth Is In Your Care (A Letter to the University of Arizona’s Class of 2015)
Junco’s Jabs by Junco Canché (Editorial Cartoon)
Instigator of Terror
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. Garcia (Editorial Cartoon)
Freedom of Hate Speech
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
Geo-Poetic Spaces: Teufelsberg (Devil’s Mountain)
The History of the Neighborhood House by Maria Garcia (History)
The History of Neighborhood House in Logan Heights: The Korean War Years
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: April 26-May 2
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
Open During Construction
By Patty Jones
Citizenship, War Criminals, And Immigration Fraud
By Carlos Batara
The Russians In Mexico
By Barbara Zaragoza / South Bay Compass
Chronicles of a Nerfherder’s Wife: Raising a Jedi in the Modern Age
By Olympia Andrade Beltrán
Protecting Mauna Kea: Stopping Murder-Suicide
By Will Falk
Extreme Weather Watch: April 2015 – Tornadoes, Floods Devastate the South
By John Lawrence
Losing One’s Perch on America’s Finest Tourist Plantation
By Bob Dorn
SOLD! Manchester Bails on UT-San Diego
By Doug Porter
LGBT Economic Empowerment In the Era of Climate Crisis
By Kathleen Connell and Jaye Whittaker
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
Trans Pacific Trickle-Down Economics
By Robert Reich / RobertReich.org
Agriculture Gets Free Pass As California Adopts Mandatory Water Rules
By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams
The For-Profit College Scam
By Dawn Lueck / Other Words
Suppressing Science For Monsanto?
By Sarah Lazare / Common Dreams
OB Rag Contributors:
May 4th – 45th Anniversary of the 1970 Kent State Massacre During Student Strike
By Frank Gormlie
SeaWorld Cited for Violations of Employee Safety by Cal-OSHA in Middle of Its PR Blitz
By Frank Gormlie
Full Plate on the Agenda for the OB Planning Board Meeting – Wed., May 6
By Frank Gormlie
Body of Local OB Woman Found Off Shelter Island
By Frank Gormlie
Millennials see Edward Snowden as a hero – in time, so will the rest of society
By Anthony D. Romero / ACLU
World Carbon Dioxide Levels Pass 400 ppm For First Time Ever
By Nick Visser / Huffington Post
Cop’s Body Camera Not On During Midway Fatal Shooting – Which Did Not Involve Knife As First Reported
By Frank Gormlie
Vatican Approves Serra as Saint Despite Opposition by Native Peoples
By Frank Gormlie
Sunset Cliffs Natural Park – After 8 Years of Studies and Planning, Construction to Begin Soon … Maybe
By Lois Lane
LA Times Buys U-T San Diego !
By Source
Update on Fatal Police Shooting in Midway Area
By Frank Gormlie