This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, satire, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: the homeless purge, sad Donald, sadder Issa, Congressional Democrat sit in, Brexit, Border Fire, Da Bonnie losing another mmj case, the Nevada water grab, clean energy initiatives in North County, shell game land stuff in Carlsbad, valuing public space, 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.   [Read more…]

This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, satire, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, cartoonists, and sourced writers on: Bernie, Trump, Orlando, guns, All Star rocks for the homeless, changing Carlsbad’s politics, cross border dental friendships, the need for a public use of old library, League of Women Voters talking trash, ACLU and AUMA, 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.
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This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, satire, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, cartoonists, and sourced writers on the primary election, deadbeat Trump, honoring The Greatest, Da Bonnie losing another MMJ case, Carlsbad’s political revolution, extreme weather, Circus Collective SD, perpetual guilt, term limits for NC, La Raza Lawyers respond to Trump attacks, 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.   [Read more…]

This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, satire, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, cartoonists, and sourced writers on: the police overreaction to anti-Trump protestors and the militarization of Barrio Logan, dreaming big for Bernie, third time being the charm in Fallujah, remembering Bud Sonka, officer misconduct and use of force, architects panning Chargers convadium, 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.   [Read more…]

This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, satire, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: SDFP picks for the June Primary, feeling the Bern in San Diego politics, the County $upervisors, Bernie and Bill make stops in SD, Trump coming to town, poverty the Cali way, the City Attorney forum, Norma Hernandez, a pissed off primary voter, students standing against la migra, the end of cannabis prohibition, 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.   [Read more…]

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 June Primary contests, oligarchy taking a desert trip, our old scumbag still feeling the Bern, implementing a carbon tax, feminism in San Diego, Our Lady Kibeho, roller skating nuns, the struggle of an asylum seeker, oxymoronic affordable housing, the DMV improving voter registration, 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.   [Read more…]

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: Cali’s sinking GOP, Papa Doug’s D3 donation, Superior Court judges, getting sandbagged by SANDAG, SD’s crisis of compassion, the Mayor not caring, illumination, May Day, the Supes MMJ moratorium, UCSD’s racial climate, Puerto Rico, CV’s Millenia Project, affordable housing, transportation justice, making Earth Day everyday 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.   [Read more…]

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: UT being sold?, the 2016 mayoral race, corporate education “reform,” Ernie celebrating 78 years, libraries reinventing themselves, homeless advocates rocking city hall, hippie life in OB, Carlsbad council follies, the oxymoron of affordable housing, CV’s eastern expansion, Judi revisiting Public Market 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.   [Read more…]

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 Freeps calling out Trump, Earth Day, Goldsmith’s true colors, our Vapor Mayor’s unicorn dreams, the history of cannabis prohibiton, the CA Senate race, Denim Day, GOP’s clown show coverage, making love, the oxymoron of affordable housing, chatting with Janis Ian, 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.   [Read more…]

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: elections in the South Bay, is a Dem really a Dem?, the TMD/Convadium/Citizens somethingoranother, Hillary vs Bernie, change we can believe in, those that fought for $15, Norma Hernandez, SDPD’s rape kit backlog, more South Bay election stuff 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.   [Read more…]

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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 Panama Papers, 2016 California Primary, Cruz coming to SD, rooting for losers, housed to homeless, the passing of a local jazz legend, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, PP helping a friend, a new era of feminism 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.   [Read more…]

This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features a double dose of articles, commentaries, columns, toons, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: SD feeling the Bern, victory in the fight for $15, Trump the fool, D9 council candidate Sarah Saez, the multi-headed beast known as the Citizens’ Plan, pushing SDPD reforms at the ballot box, neo-feudal financial parasites, EHC’s transportation justice victories, fascism in America, puppy mills in Carlsbad, 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.   [Read more…]