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: the race in D9, the City Attorney campaign, feeling meh about D3 county contest, bad news money blues, Obama’s wilderness legacy, a water goddess, Chargerfication, Standing Rock, Buddhist econ, 58% supporting marijuana legalization, déjà vu in North County, 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
With No Contest in 4 Council Races, District 9 Matters
City Attorney Campaign: Community Involvement vs Law and Order
County Supervisors D3 Contest: A Whole Lotta Meh
The City’s Upcoming Bad News Money Blues
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Obama’s Most Impressive Legacy? Preserving Wilderness
From the Soul by Ernie McCray
A Water Goddess Who Appears and Disappears Suddenly
Junco’s Jabs by Junco Canché
The Chargerfication of the Barrios
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. García
Standing Rock, North Dakota
North of the Fence by Barbara Zaragoza
Safe and Affordable Drinking Water: The Value of One Vote
Geo-Poetic Spaces by By Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Geo-Poetic Spaces: Beneath the Bixby Bridge
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: September 4-10
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally/Nationally Sourced Contributors:
Vote Yes on 61 – Big Pharma is the Scum of the Earth
By Susan Grigsby / Daily Kos
Washing Our Hands of Toxins
By Jill Richardson / OtherWords
An Agnostic Road to Almost Becoming A Believer (Not)
By Judi Curry / OB Rag
Buddhist Economics: Economics as if People Mattered
By John Lawrence
The Making of an Accidental Feminist
By Anne Haule / Women’s Museum of California
The Politics of Trees
By Patricia Staley
58% of California Voters Support Marijuana Legalization
By Frank Gormlie / OB Rag
Vista Planning Commission Meeting a Case of Déjà Vu
By Richard Riehl / The Riehl World
Art Auction To Raise Funds For 400-Acre Purchase of Local Wildlife Habitat
By Adrienne Fuller / Hell Hole Canyon