By Brent E. Beltrán
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, toons, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: dead thoroughbreds, the death of an OB Torrey Pine, a sneak peak at November’s ballot, Trump’s cockroach army, the need to pass Prop 55, dreaming alone, Gateway Inn charged, Inez, Milholland, SeaWorld disturbing the peace, Spanos hating on the homeless, Darrell’s BS, and lots of other 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
Del Mar Races: Cruel As Ever
A Black Eye for the City as Ocean Beach Torrey Pine Falls
A Sneak Peek at the 35 (!) Local Measures Appearing on San Diego Ballots
Shining a Light on Trump’s Cockroach Army
A Cliffhanger for California Farm Workers Overtime Legislation
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Why We Need to Pass Proposition 55 in November 2016
City Heights: Up Close & Personal by Anna Daniels
Wealth Creation San Diego Style: Illumina, Inc.
From the Soul by Ernie McCray
Dreaming Under Blue Skies In My Solitude
North of the Fence by Barbara Zaragoza
Gateway Inn Charged With 5 Counts of Criminal Misdemeanors
Geo-Poetic Spaces by By Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Backfire
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán (Week in Review)
Looking Back at the Week: Aug 14-20
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
Suffragette Leader Inez Milholland – Imagine Someone You Wish You Knew
By Anne Haule / Women’s Museum of California Blog
Why Does Dean Spanos Hate the Homeless?
By Bill Adams / UrbDeZine
SeaWorld is Guilty of Disturbing the Peace
By Judi Curry / OB Rag
Drugs – the Human Epidemic – Part 1
By John Lawrence
San Diego Unified Calls on Pension Funds to Divest from Fossil Fuels
By Anne Marie Tipton / San Diego 350.org
To the Victor Belong the Spoils
Norma Damashek / NumbersRunner
Fact Checking the Darrell Issa Campaign Mailer You Paid For
By Richard Riehl / The Riehl World
Lionel’s Legacy: Rescuing and Educating
By Mimi Pollack
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
An $8.8 Trillion Tab for Millennials to Pay
By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams