Compiled by Brent E. Beltrán
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns and other work by San Diego Free Press and OB Rag regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on SD’s sour politics, the TPP showdown, painful neoliberalism, a pool party in Texas, cyclists getting screwed by SANDAG, attempting to get money out of SD politics (good luck with that), bully Issa, Sweetwater’s reservoir, possible CEQA exemption shenanigans for Mission Valley stadium, early planting, and a whole lot more good stuff from the all volunteer, and occasionally charming, Freeps. All that plus some news and views from our buddies in OB!
San Diego Free Press Regular Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
San Diego’s Sour Mash of Politics
Showdown! Trans Pacific Partnership Fast Track Authority Vote Set for Friday
Report: One in Four Jobs in San Diego at Risk with Trade Deal
How California Drivers Get Screwed at the Pump
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
From the TPP to the Death of Tenure: Neoliberalism Hurts Us All
Junco’s Jabs by Junco Canché (Editorial Cartoon)
McKinney, Texas Pool Party
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
Geo-poetic Spaces: Memory
The History of the Neighborhood House by Maria Garcia (History)
The History of Neighborhood House in Logan Heights: The In-Between Decade 1955-1965
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: May 31-July 6
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
SANDAG Bicycle Corridors – Finished Before They Even Started
By John P. Anderson
Nuclear Shutdown News – May 2015: Fire at Indian Point Plant in NY – and Is It ‘The End’ for Diablo Canyon?
By Michael Steinberg – Black Rain Press / OB Rag
Getting Money Out of Politics in San Diego City Elections
By John Lawrence
Only a Bully Kicks the Poor
By Jeeni Criscenzo
PLACAS: Family, Roots and Loyalty
By Alejandro Enciso Guzmán
Sweetwater Reservoir
By Barbara Zaragoza / South Bay Compass
SD Dems on Animals: Right Cause, Wrong Resolution
By Lori Kern and Roxanne Story Parks
Will City of San Diego Make Dubious Move to Get Blanket CEQA Exemption for Mission Valley Stadium?
By Frank Gormlie / OB Rag
State Senate Passes Bill Banning New Offshore Drilling
By Dan Bacher
June in Your Garden: Time for Early Summer Planting
By Susan Taylor
La Jolla Playhouse’s ‘Come From Away’ is a Different Take on 9/11
By Mukul Khurana
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
Pipeline Disasters Are Part of the Price We Pay for Relying On Oil
By Jill Richardson / Other Words
Bernie Sanders is a Democratic Socialist; What Does That Term Mean?
By Stephen Wolf / Daily Kos
‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Is a Resource-Conscious Blockbuster for Our Time
By Kate Aronoff / Yes! Magazine
ACLU, Partners File Suit Against US Border Patrol for Savage Treatment in Detention Facilities
By James Lyall / Blog of Rights
OB Rag Contributors:
Orchard Street Leak Fixed
By OB Rag Staff
Busy OB on Sat., June 6th: Community Clean-Up and First Responders’ Picnic
By OB Rag Staff
News from Around Ocean Beach and the Peninsula
By Frank Gormlie
Today – June 8th – Is World Oceans Day
By Source
County Board of Supervisors vs. the Constitution
By Frank Gormlie
Letter to Mayor Faulconer From OB Planning Board on Climate Action Plan
By Source
Will City of San Diego Make Dubious Move to Get Blanket CEQA Exemption for Mission Valley Stadium?
By Frank Gormlie
Delay In Showdown Between County Supervisors and the Constitution
By Frank Gormlie
Artificial Grass May Save Water, But Does It Endanger People?
By Lynne Peeples
Speaking Up on Policing the Police – City Council Today at 6pm
By OB Rag Staff
Red Crabs in OB
By Frank Gormlie
Has the Santa Barbara Oil Spill Finally Reached San Diego? Tar Bars at La Jolla
By Frank Gormlie
Vacation Rentals in San Diego
By Frank Gormlie
Former Congressman Jim Bates Re-enacts Mid-Night Ride of Paul Revere – Sat., June 13
By OB Rag Staff
What’s in a Park’s Name? OB’s “Saratoga Park” Not Recognized by City
By Source