Suggested Manifesto for the Occupy Movement: Progress in 4 Core Areas

If, at the end of our occupation movement, we do not correct at least one of the core causes, the movement will have been largely a failure.

That Sound You're Hearing in Mount Helix is Hammers

Construction Sees A 41-percent increase in the Mt. Helix market.

City Council Has a Tepid Response to Spate of Armed Robberies

The problem isn't crime in La Mesa; it's whether City Council looks good or not. What would make City Council look good is to take action to measurably lower crime in La Mesa.

Fair Trade and Armed Robbery

It would be one thing if we lived in a city with a low crime rate, clean streets, clean parks and the ability to use them without worrying about being robbed.

Fair Trade Endorsement Bid Is a Misuse of City of La Mesa Resolutions!

The Fair Trade group is an enterprise promoting and enlisting proponents to their social cause and are effectively no different than a labor union or trade association with a political agenda.

Where is My Candidate? Questions for Presidential Hopefuls

Where is the fiscally conservative, social moderate that most of America yearns for?

Why No Interest in La Mesa Village Parking Commission and Money Raised?

In the past, when no one was in the audience, the chairperson would look out at the empty chairs and say: “I see we have no concerned La Mesa merchants today.”

Story of My Son’s Cerebral Palsy—Join or Support Our 5K Walk on Oct. 22

Today some of the most precious smiles and most contagious laughter comes from the strongest, bravest little boy named Michael. He is my Christmas miracle and now lives with Cerebral Palsy.

We Are the Moon: God Has Been Speaking to Me Through Sunrises

I was in awe and inspired until some of life’s circumstances got me down and I forgot about the beautiful sunrise I had just witnessed.

The Freedom to Disagree!

The Fair Trade proponents have always had every opportunity to see who is willing to join their cause in support as a merchant or consumer.

Three Members of City Council Vote against Fair Trade

If we give Council Members Sterling, Arapostathis and Ewin the benefit of the doubt, it appears that they voted based on misinformation.

SDG&E May Have to Provide Smart Meter Opt-Out Plan to State PUC

Judge’s order won’t take effect until reviewed by PUC; residential customers may get an alternative to wireless digital electric or gas smart meters.

Sterling, Arapostathis and Ewin Vote to Keep La Mesa a ‘Free Trade’ Town

City Council majority voted in favor of the constitutional principles of limited government and personal freedom.

Kidwell Blog Against Fair Trade Town is like Critique of Abolition

In a rare excerpt from an 1854 newspaper, we find an editorial written by Phineas J. Callous, expressing his adamant opposition to the abolition of slavery.

Fair Trade Folly to Be Taken Up By the La Mesa City Council on Tuesday

La Mesa should reaffirm the American ideal of limited government and freedom of choice and not allow social justice agenda politics to trump freedom and preselect business winners and losers.

Protest SDG&E Rate Hikes, Smart Meters at PUC Meetings

UCAN did an audit on SDG&E and found they were already overcharging us, padding costs, and giving bonuses to execs right when the customers were suffering from a slowed economy.

The Voice of Steve Jobs: Profit Was Not the Goal

Profit is the consequence of making great things, Steve Jobs taught us. For these reasons, the world always stopped to listen when he spoke, and his voice will be missed.

When Did Witches Go From Ugly to Sexy?

Girls dressing trashy for Halloween seems to get more prevalent every year. But does your daughter realize what dressing up as the "Hot Nurse" or "Sexy Devil" might say to other people?

Local Residents Can Join Occupy Wall Street Protests on Oct. 7 in San Diego

The occupation will continue indefinitely until a list of demands in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street NYC are met by all levels of government.

The Tea Party, Constitution and a Case of Heartburn

The Constitution does not belong to a single candidate, party or ideology. Call me idealistic, but I do hope that whoever becomes president will understand its broad-reaching value.

Single Moms are Stronger When They Gather Together

These examples are not set in stone. You can get crazy or mellow and come up with your own concept. Just be creative.

Another $7,000 in Taxpayer Funded Travel in the Last 90 Days!

Recent junkets by Mayor Art Madrid and Councilman Dave Allan include San Francisco, San Antonio, Phoenix, Yosemite Valley, New Orleans, Washington D.C, Chicago and Baltimore.

How to Help Your Kids Deal with Back-to-School Stress

Our kids have a lot going on. Facebook, Twitter and text messaging keep them in the loop 24/7. There are people talking at them from all angles. The best gift you can give them is support.

The Power of Positivity Can Make a Difference

People get caught up in pessimism. The good news is that our thoughts govern our behavior. Change your attitude, and you can do something great.

Alert: PUC Commissioner Orders SDG&E & SCE to Let Customers Delay Smart Meters

Ruling: The utility shall provide information on its website that if a customer currently has an analog meter, the customer may request a delay in the installation of a smart meter.

Sunrise Powerlink: No Help in Blackout

The Sunrise Powerlink does not generate any power. Not one kilowatt hour. And it does not extend outside the system to add any power that might stabilize the system.

Accepting Help Doesn't Mean You Are Helpless—Just Human

It takes a strong person to accept a gift from the heart of a friend, even if pushing them away because of empty pride seems easier to do.

E-Verify Getting Hit From All Sides

GOP E-Verify Bill would "mandate" that US Business eliminate undocumented workers but party split could doom progress.

First Aid for Injuries: Try RICE

First aid procedures to treat injuries immediately after they occur allowing faster healing and less complications.

What $200,000 Could Do for The Village

Commissioner Jim Wieboldt, speaking in support of a proposed $375,000/year PBID, shocked me by saying to the City Council that he “can’t wait for the Village to get cleaned up!”

The Great CPUC Dog and Pony Show (aka Smart Meter Opt-Out Workshop)

Overall, the utility suits were fixated on costs and losses of their smart meter program, with no mention nor concern about health and safety.

Is It Time for Your Checkup? Get Your Legal Ducks in a Row

You can call the California State Bar Association and get the names of all the Family Law Attorneys in La Mesa.

Anti-Smart Meter Rally, Press Conference and Smart Meter Opt-Out Workshop 9/14/11

Despite the in-person and written pleas of thousands of Californians, the CPUC has been indifferent to the suffering of people sick from smart meters.

Helping Others Survive Single Mom Syndrome in La Mesa

Single Moms of La Mesa, unite! You are not alone and I want to help you through your Single Mom Syndrome Journey. Together we can inspire, empower and support each other.

Parking Commissioner Wieboldt Summons City Attorney to Muzzle Fellow Commissioner

That Jim Wieboldt is trying to censor me by calling on Sabine to block my publishing my own opinion or what is a matter of public record is a strong indication of Wieboldt’s character.

Eagle Rock Training Center Should be Shut Down

We the taxpayers are apparently expected to pick up the $15 million tab to fight the ERTC fire. We are expected to allow the training center to continue to threaten to start future fires.

Underlying Cause of the Southwestern Blackout, Sept. 8, 2011: Failure of the Smart Grid

The 2011 Blackout can be attributed to the developing smart grid—an experimental, heavily criticized, dangerous, insecure set of technologies. We may have many more.

How Was Your Dark Day? Ours Was More Like an Adventure

As a credit to my fellow citizens I should point out that I did not hear a single horn and everyone seemed to be courteously treating intersections as four-way stops.

Making a Party of the Power Outage

Perhaps this whole experience will inspire us to claim our personal power to turn off all of the conveniences and luxuries that regularly distract us from each other and from ourselves.

Smart Meter Nightmare #4: SoCal Landlord Says Meters Hurting Her Tenants

A landlord says: “This has hurt me financially, because some of the tenants are threatening to move if the smart meter is not removed.”