Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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Supervisor Jim Desmond 5th District Last week was a day of great significance as I stood alongside the City of Oceanside and The Prevent Drowning Foundation to raise awareness for a crucial cause – drowning prevention. We have all heard heartbreaking stories of children falling into pools or parents looking away for just a few moments, resulting in tragic incidents. With the summer heat upon us, more and more people will seek relief in pools and the ocean. Our kids and people of all ages must be equipped with the vital skill... Full story
Jack Bebee and Tom Kennedy Special to the Village News After years of study, the San Diego Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) last month voted to allow the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Rainbow Municipal Water District to detach from the San Diego County Water Authority and begin purchasing water from the Eastern Municipal Water District. The move is estimated to save Fallbrook and Rainbow ratepayers $7.6 million a year on water costs and help preserve our agricultural economy. But hold your horses (and hos... Full story
Anna Santana Special to the Village News Fossil fuels, the world’s leading source of cheap, reliable energy, have lifted millions out of poverty and mass starvation. Contrary to urban legend, there is an almost unlimited supply and advances in technology are constantly reducing its environmental impact. Good, bad or undecided; it all depends on your standard of value: Does it benefit human life or does the impact on the planet take precedence over human life? A compelling argument can be made for the virtuous use of fossil f... Full story
Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal Special to The Village News You may recall I am going north to Alaska for a month-long visit with my daughter Deborah in September. On this trip, I’ll fly from San Diego to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and transfer to the Sapphire Princess for a slow cruise to Whittier, Alaska. If you haven’t been to Whittier, Alaska, well, it’s a small port village on the Kenai Peninsula on the other side of the Whittier Glacier. Actually, you drive through Maynard Mountain to get to the other side of th... Full story
Assemblymember Marie Waldron 75th District Bills that made it through the Senate and Assembly by the “House of Origin” deadline June 2 must pass a final floor vote by Sept. 14, when we adjourn for the year. Approximately 1,100 bills are currently pending in both houses and the Governor will have until Oct. 14 to sign or veto everything that reaches his desk. This session I’m supporting several important healthcare-related bills. They include Senate Bill 635 (Senators Menjivar & Portantino), which requires health insurers to c... Full story
Supervisor Jim Desmond 5th District Recently, I was able to tour Waymo, which is an autonomous driving technology company owned by Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company. Waymo is similar to a self-driving Uber. Though it was a bit eerie getting in a car that didn't have a driver, I was really impressed by the safety and convenience of the process. The way it works is using an app (similar to Uber), you summon a car and enter your destination. Once the car picks you up, you put on your seatbelt and press go on the screen.... Full story
Mr. Maynard has outdone himself this time. His pseudo-analysis of Bidenomics consists entirely of unsupported allegations designed simply to muddy the waters. Here’s a sampling of Bidenomics: what President Biden has actually done for lower and middle income citizens. 1. Signed the American Rescue Plan Act in March 2021: this provided direct financial relief to many lower and middle income families. 2. Expanded the Child Tax Credit in 2021 so it reached more low-income families and increased the amount to up to $3,600 per c... Full story
Assemblymember Marie Waldron 75th District Local fire departments are essential for public safety. By responding rapidly to wildfires and other emergencies, they save countless lives. Ensuring they have the means to perform this critical task has been a big priority for me in Sacramento. Through recent budget cycles, I have obtained almost $14 million for fire agencies in many parts of San Diego County. For example, I acquired funding for the Rincon Fire Department for a new brush fire apparatus and other badly needed... Full story
Editorial Note from Julie Reeder: I was going to write an editorial about Sound of Freedom but couldn’t do any better than Madison McQueen. I would encourage everyone to see “Sound of Freedom” and also “Nefarious: Merchant of Souls.” Exoduscry.com has been working to end sex trafficking and abuse in the porn industry for a long time, reaching over 4,000 victims, working with 13 governments, introducing new laws and training over 100,000 people to help fight the problem. Madison McQueen Contributor Let this sink in: There are... Full story
On behalf of K9Guardians.org, the veterans we serve and our service dogs, I would like to extend a big thank you to Legacy Foundation for their generous donation that helps support the work we do in our community. To date, we have placed 34 service dogs with disabled military veterans. Service dogs save lives! Leisa Tilley Grajek... Full story
Steven Schindler Special to the Village News Do you remember when the utility companies and retail stores had actual neighborhood customer service offices, counters and on-site departments? And there were human beings there? And you could go up to them with a bill or letter in your hand and show it to them and ask things like, “What does this mean?” Or “Why was I charged for this?” Or “I had canceled this service months ago, so please stop charging me.” And most of the time, the human behind the counter would say things like... Full story
The Waterwise Workshop held Saturday, July 22, at Fallbrook Public Utility District was a great success. Mick Cothran, Roger Boddaert and Mike Madewell were all very well spoken and knowledgeable in their fields. Water conservation, while enjoying the diverse vegetation we are so blessed to have in Fallbrook, is a challenge. Whether you are looking for a fresh start to replant your water thirsty landscapes, have irrigation concerns or want to learn more about plants in general, you have great resources available through... Full story
Did you know that Fallbrook is considered a food desert? Food deserts need more access to supermarkets, grocery stores and other healthy food sources. Many of these are in low-income and minority neighborhoods where food deserts exist, resulting from the absence of a supermarket that offers a wider variety of affordable and healthy foods compared to smaller convenience stores. Unfortunately, the lack of variation in grocery stores, pricing and the excessive availability of poor nutrition constantly encourage unhealthy... Full story
Thank you Lewis Shell for bringing up this latest attack on California Property Owners. It is outrageous that our property insurance rates can double in one year based on this FHSZ fiasco. Mine did. Yet did anyone from the insurance company come to see or even ask if I had performed prescribed "defensible space" requirements? No. Did anyone from North County Fire come check on defensible space requirements? No. It is this one party rule government attacking the average citizen/property owner once again by siding with big... Full story
Supervisor Jim Desmond 5th District Last week, the State Assembly's Public Safety Committee failed to approve Senate Bill 14, which would have classified human trafficking as a serious felony and subjected it to the Three Strikes Law in California. It was disheartening to see as human trafficking is categorized as a "non-serious" crime, undermining its severity and neglecting the urgent need to protect our most vulnerable populations from this modern-day slavery. A few days later, the Assembly's Public Safety Committee revers... Full story
Assemblymember Marie Waldron 75th District Human trafficking is the second largest and fastest growing illicit industry after drug trafficking. Worldwide, it’s estimated that there are over 40 million victims of human trafficking with 75% being women and girls, and 25% being children. Recent studies indicate that San Diego County has become a human trafficking hub, and with up to 8,000 victims per year, it’s one of the country’s 13 worst human trafficking regions. Girls and women are frequent victims, but boys are often... Full story
Congressman Darrell Issa 48th District Following California Governor Gavin Newsom’s constant attacks and social media frenzy against the Temecula School Board, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) issued the following statement: “I stand with the parents of Temecula. The School Board is doing right by listening to concerned parents and educators and trying to work together to appropriately curate the studies that will be presented to the youngest of students. This has displeased Governor Newsom, who has taken to social media to m... Full story
Julie Reeder Publisher Last Thursday, there was a hearing on censorship during a select subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. (If you don’t think that is happening, you aren’t watching or reading enough news sites.) It is a new fact of life. If you are a real journalist uncovering embarrassing things in our government, like Project Veritas, then you will have the FBI at your door arresting you. Unless, of course, your last name is Biden, as we heard from the whistleblowers last week. If you are a doc... Full story
What are we to make of Biden's lofty remarks touting the virtues of Bidenomics? Were his words just platitudes falling out of his partisan mouth? Or were they the incoherent and emotionally charged rants of a cognitively impaired man? And what exactly is Bidenomics anyway? Is it a vain attempt to reinvent or perhaps salvage Biden's mediocre political record? Or is Bidenomics a sorted tale of a well-oiled crime syndicate that has fashioned an elaborate web of LLCs to hide the millions of dollars made from selling political... Full story
Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal Special to The Village News What you probably do not know is the whole month of September is moose-hunting season across Alaska. On one hand, those crafty native Innuits want you to buy a moose tag; on the other hand, as you are invited up to shoot a moose anywhere within the state, there is one wee caveat: many villages require each hunter to present him/her/they/them/their oneself in person. To further clarify, no one can buy another person’s moose tag. Which means each hunter must actually f... Full story
Senate Minority Leader Brian W. Jones 40th Senate District The State Legislature is on recess until Aug. 14. I’ve enjoyed spending more time in the district and talking directly with constituents about important issues and our fight in Sacramento. While there are only five weeks left in this legislative session once we return, California Senate Republicans have scored multiple victories over the past few months. San Francisco Chronicle’s Emily Hoeven got it right in her column, “California Democrats are taking absurd posit... Full story
Steven Schindler Special to the Village News There’s a trend in journalism, whether in print, online, on television, radio or podcasts. And it’s hiding in plain sight. This trend consists of only two little words. But these two little words have not only upended print, broadcast and online journalism, but also, how we literally see the world around us. And it’s exactly what the purveyors of “the news” want. What are these all powerful words? “If true.” I’ve worked in several local and national TV newsrooms in New York, Chica... Full story
Julie Reeder Publisher In the Valley News this week, we have a screenshot of a play that a parent has objected to having assigned to her daughter at TVUSD. It’s part of a larger discussion that parents, board members, teachers, and now Sacramento is having about what is appropriate and helpful in children’s education. This play very openly describes a man having sex with what appears to be a minor or a young guy who still lives with his parents. It’s very graphic and the “f” word is used over 100 times. This is just one... Full story
Note: the following is entirely my own opinion. There has been endless philosophical and religious debate on the origin of morals. All their answers have been wrong because they all presuppose morals are about what we do. The fact is morals are about what we don’t do. Darwin, in “The Descent of Man,” said that humans have been social creatures from their earliest days, banding together to increase individual physical security and food certainty. This point established group fitness – the gene pool – rather than individua... Full story
Supervisor Jim Desmond 5th District Last year, San Diego Supervisor Anderson and I partnered on a program called the Agriculture Pass, designed to assist commercial livestock and agriculture operators in a wildfire or other disaster. The Ag Pass allows certain people access to evacuated areas to care for their crops and animals, helping to ensure their safety and well-being. We launched the program in phases, beginning with commercial cattle, equestrian operations and managerial employees in the unincorporated area. I am... Full story
