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Chollas Creek Neighborhood Fights to Save its School Leaders
This is the second installment of a two-part series on Gompers Preparatory Academy in Southeast San Diego. Read the first installment here. The Gompers community has made its position clear. ...
06 Nov, 2020
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12 min read
These 2020 Campaigns Showed America Better Ways to Do Elections
America is waiting for the drama of the 2020 presidential election to play itself out. Votes are still being counted. Lawsuits have and will continue to be filed. The heated divide between the parties ...
05 Nov, 2020
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7 min read
After Gig Companies’ Proposition 22 Win, Labor Groups Vow Challenges
Now that Californians have voted to keep ride-hailing drivers classified as contractors with limited job benefits, unions are shoring up their defenses as labor lawyers eye legal challenges and hope t ...
05 Nov, 2020
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6 min read
Despite 57% of Florida Voters Approving Open Primaries, The Two-Party Establishment Still Won
Votes are still being counted in several states across the country. Unlike the year 2000, Florida is not in the spotlight. However, Florida should be highlighted as the state where a proposed state co ...
05 Nov, 2020
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4 min read
‘Everything is in Jeopardy’ – Gompers Charter Battles San Diego Unified
This is the first in a two-part series on Gompers Preparatory Academy in Southeastern San Diego. Read the second installment here. Fifteen years ago, I had the privilege of sitting in the boardroom wh ...
05 Nov, 2020
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11 min read
What Comes After the Election? Religious Freedom or Gay Rights?
Dave Gatzke vividly remembers the Friday afternoon he and his husband, Tony, drove up from San Diego to Cedars Sinai, walked into the nursery, and held their son, Ethan, for the first time. Three year ...
04 Nov, 2020
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7 min read
Ranked Choice Voting Campaign Falls Short in Massachusetts
Despite an 11-point advantage in the polls ahead of Election Day, the "Yes on 2" campaign to bring ranked choice voting to Massachusetts fell short Tuesday. By the end of election night, 55% of voters ...
03 Nov, 2020
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2 min read
City of San Diego Election 2020 Results
San Diego County's latest results of the 2020 general election are in. As of 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, with 82.2% of votes counted, the results are below. Asterisks indicate the declared winner. See th ...
03 Nov, 2020
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1 min read
Counties, Cops Making Sure You’re Safe at the Polls
Election officials in California say they aren’t expecting voter intimidation at polling places, but they’re coordinating with sheriffs and police chiefs in case someone with a badge needs to step in ...
02 Nov, 2020
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5 min read
‘It’s a Horrible Narrative’: Black Women Are Losing Their Jobs Faster Than Others
Native San Diegan Shakema Martin says she may still be employed today if she weren’t Black. Martin, a Mira Mesa native, was working at a Carlsbad company until August when she caught COVID-19. Sh ...
02 Nov, 2020
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4 min read