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The following is a commentary from Denis Lougeay. Lougeay was a senior engineer at SDG&E before working as a consultant to major electric utility companies throughout the United States. He has degrees in both civil engineering and business from the University of Illinois.  He lives in Encinitas. Many Encinitans are environmentalists, and I am among them. We all want to .....


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America started off as a form of ordered anarchy; it has evolved into a kind of despotism. I speak here of the type of despotism described by de Tocqueville, a “brand of orderly, gentle, peaceful slavery” that could be combined “with some of the external forms of freedom” the ultimate purpose of which is to relieve citizens (and now, even ...

Guest Commentary by Dr. Kathleen Harmon At 95 years old, I have seen a lot of things dressed up as progress that weren’t the case. I have lived through segregation, voter suppression, redlining, and countless attempts to silence the voices of Black Americans. I have seen discrimination change its face many times, but one thing has remained constant: when new ...


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Author’s Note:  Below is an essay I wrote several years ago as part of a book of essays on Substack. I post it here the spirit of the 250th anniversary of America’s founding. Joe Sheffo is a resident of Encinitas and a former editor at the North County Times.  More recently, he has worked as an auditor for the State ...

The Kids are Not Alright Friends, California was once known for having some of the best public education in America. Today, too many parents feel like their children are being left behind while costs continue to rise and accountability continues to disappear. Congressman Mike Levin continues supporting a system that spends more and more taxpayer money without demanding better...


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