A weekly guide to news and issues in South County San Diego. (Tuesdays )
South County Report: No Love (Yet) For Electric Trucks
Environmental ideals and corporate ambition ran smack into political reality last week when representatives from the Port of San Diego and a national electric vehicle power company did their best to sell National City residents on the benefits of a planned electric truck charging station near the city’s 24th Street…
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South County Report: Keep On (Electric) Truckin’
Builders behind a proposed electric truck charging station in National City are hoping to win residents over.
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South County Report: EPA Visits Tijuana River
South County’s seemingly endless sewage crisis in the Tijuana River got some high-level federal attention on Tuesday. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin spent the day touring the river and conferring with local leaders, following a high-level meeting with Mexican officials the previous evening during which Mexico’s environment secretary…
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South County Report: The Race Is On (Again)
In the race to determine South County’s most powerful elected leader, voters now face a clear, and revealing, choice.
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South County Report: Voting Day Is Here
South County voters went to the polls Tuesday to – finally! – pick a new elected representative to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. It has been four months since former District 1 Supervisor Nora Vargas abruptly resigned from the Board for unexplained reasons. Since then, South County residents…
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South County Report: Supervisor Race in Home Stretch
This week, South San Diego County voters are poised to determine partisan control of county government. Here’s my final take on the race to replace former San Diego County Supervisor Nora Vargas on the County Board of Supervisors. The last day to vote is April 8.
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South County Report: Councilmember Takes on His Own City Attorney
National City Councilmember Marcus Bush is not happy with his city’s city attorney, Barry Schultz.
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South County Report: Lawsuit Roils National City Council – Again
National City Councilmember Jose Rodriguez plans to ask fellow Councilmembers this evening to investigate a lawsuit filed in January that accuses Mayor Ron Morrison and his executive assistant, Josie Flores-Clark, of improperly influencing a controversial development project spearheaded by a local developer. Rodriguez placed an agenda item on this evening’s…
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