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 regulars, irregulars, columnists, cartoonists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: infrastructure snake oil sold as cure, dissent in SD politics, Trump bailing out of Fox debate, rebashing Mayor Piñata, racial harmony, Hollywood and people of color, the so-called “Citizens Plan,” the impending market crash, inflated Lagoon Mall benefits, the lack of diversity amongst county commissioners, the Oregan standoff, lessons from Porter Ranch and lots of other inspiring (and sometimes depressing), grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s friendly, neighborhood, all volunteer, slightly funky, community news site.
San Diego Free Press Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
Rebuild San Diego: Snake Oil or Cure for Local Infrastructure?
Dissenting Voices Emerge in San Diego Politics
Trump Nixes Fox Debate, Looks to General Election
Mayor Piñata Swings from the Ceiling. Again.
Local Politics Gets Interesting: Block Drops Out, Castellanos Gets Scorned, and Saldaña Makes It Official
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Whither 2016 Ballot Measures?: The Oracle Jerry Brown Weighs In
From The Soul by Ernie McCray
Making a Plea for Racial Harmony as Racism Rises from the Water
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. Garcia (Editorial Cartoon)
How Hollywood Treats People of Color
North of the Fence by Barbara Zaragoza
‘Black Lives Matter’ Activists Flagged as Terrorists At the Border
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
Vespers of Light
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán (Week in Review)
Looking Back at the Week: January 18-23
Sunshine Noir II by Jimmy Santiago Baca
Coming Into San Diego
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
A Beach, Burb, and Billionaire “Citizens’ Plan” for San Diego’s Urban Neighborhoods
By Bill Adams / San Diego UrbDeZine
Get Ready for the Market Crash and Recession of 2016
By John Lawrence
Consultants Agree on Inflated Lagoon Mall Benefits – Part 2
By Ricard Riehl / The Riehl World
Opposition to Monuments Based on Misinformation
Shaun Gonzalez / Mojave Desert Blog
Lack of Diversity Among San Diego County Commissioners
By Barbara Zaragoza
Little Landers, the Utopian Agricultural Commune, Washed Out By 1916 Flood
By Patricia Maxwell
Nuclear Shutdown News – January 2016
By Michael Steinberg / Black Rain Press
The Oregon Stand Off: Mainstream Media Looked the Other Way
By Bob Dorn
The Lessons of Porter Ranch
By Nicola Peill-Moelter, Ph.D. / SanDiego 350.org
Military In Control From the Start
By John Lawrence / From the original San Diego Free Press
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
Dems Iowa Town Hall: Political Revolution vs Building on Obama’s Legacy
By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet
Grand Jury Clears Planned Parenthood, Indicts Fake Tape Activists Instead
By Common Dreams Staff
7 Toxic Assaults on Communities of Color Besides Flint: The Dirty Racial Politics of Pollution
By David J. Krajicek / AlterNet
Fixing Flint
By Donald Cohen / Capital & Main