San Diego’s Aversion to Public Transportation
San Diego’s Aversion to Public Transportation
Despite the good local service, stigma remains
by Daniel Smiechowski
The sixty-four thousand dollar question is how do we get more riders onto our local buses? Outside the trolley, buses are...
Why the Chargers Should Stay in San Diego
How culture and society shape our view on sports
by Daniel Smiechowski
America’s philosopher John Dewey found little need in religious dogma despite having been brought up in a church going family. The professor from the...
Councilmember Scott Sherman
More Pothole Repairs In Linda Vista
Guest Column by Scott Sherman
Thanks to increased street funding in Mayor Faulconer’s FY 2015 budget and reorganizations to pothole repair crews, more pothole repairs are happening in the Linda...
It’s Time to End the Over Commercialization of Christmas
The Spirit of Christmas
by Daniel Smiechowski
It is that time of year when we’re headed down a slippery slope of toys for every girl and boy. Consumers will spend untold billions on things that quite...
Society’s Pressure Cooker: Conflict and Order
Viewpoint by Daniel Smiechowski
The recent social unrest in a place called America is as old as time itself. Racial tensions in Ferguson, Missouri on the heels of the Michael Brown shooting by a white...
Short Term Rental Alliance of San Diego
By Belinda Smith
The City Council will soon be addressing the issue of Short-Term Rentals (STR) in our city, and their decision could have wide-ranging impacts. Short-term rentals bring many benefits to homeowners, residents, and...
Halloween and Our Escape From Reality
Trivia and anecdotes from a needed diversion
by Daniel Smiechowski
Everyone needs an escape. Once a year like drunken sailors in a Spanish port we celebrate on the eve of November 1st being the Day of...
Preserve Our Communities
By Scott Gruby
As we all know, San Diego is a wonderful, beautiful place. That’s why all of us have chosen to live here.
And that’s why millions of people visit San Diego every year.
But today,...
Charleston Tragedy Offers Lessons in Forgiveness
by Daniel Smiechowski
While the relatives of the victims who were so mercilessly shot in Charleston, South Carolina have offered forgiveness to a cold blooded killer, a defining moment in African-American history lives in present...
Recent Conference on Civility Falls Short on Specifics
A few weeks ago, the fourth annual Community Conference on Restoring Civility to Civic Dialogue was held in Linda Vista at the Joan P. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice on the USD campus.
The...