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Category: Op-Ed
New Voices, New Energy on the NCRD Board
OIOpublisher A MESSAGE FROM KALEEN WINEINGER: Let’s get some new voices, new ideas, and more energy on the NCRD board. Jack Bloom has served enough years and has even stated in his…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Being Mothered
By Neal Lemery Mother’s Day is a tough holiday, a maudlin remembrance of Mom, who has passed on, but still figures in my life. With any family relationship, it is a mixed…
Candidate’s Statement Declining AAUW Forum Shows Lack of Knowledge, Disqualifies Himself
Dear Voters: The first time I read this letter by Candidate Jack Bloom (running for North County Recreation District Board Position #5) I thought it was a joke. No knowledgeable and serious…
Coop for NCRD Director Position #4
My name is John Coopersmith, candidate for North County Recreation District Board of Directors. The North County Recreation District has an opportunity and a challenge. Last November voters approved a bond with…
Vote for Community!
My name is Aftyn Garvin, and 4 years ago I was running for a position on the NCRD board. Back then, I was running a clean campaign based on bringing a fresh…
Support Jack Bloom and Frankie Knight for NCRD Board
I could not more strongly support Jack Bloom for the NCRD Board! I have worked with Jack over many years and have found him to be experienced, decisive, committed, inclusive and a…
OP/ED: NCRD — What’s best for the community, for the people?
By Laura Swanson Politics is a dirty business, a popularity contest, wrapped up in a talent show. We must wade through all the rhetoric and rah-rah-rah to determine who these people are…
Consider ALL in our Community …
Hello to all our dear community! I have been following along with all the comments about the upcoming NCRD Board of Directors vote. I love hearing what our community believes. I have…
Insight – On Mothers
EDITOR’S NOTE: With Mother’s Day coming on Sunday, we have a theme here today, and Thank You Donald Roddy for sharing this very timely “insight”. Take mom for a walk, bake her…