Triggers don't pull themselves
There has been wailing and gnashing of teeth in California as taxpayers learn about the decision to triple our car tax. Every bit as maddening as the increase itself (a $20,000 vehicle's tax w…
View ArticleSupervision ultimately up to parents
When you are raising children you learn their language. When they are born, we, as parents, use "motherese," the ability to make a baby smile by talking in high-pitched tones and saying silly things.
View ArticleRemember sacrifice behind fireworks
This Friday marks the 227th birthday of our nation. What with all of the parades, barbecues, fireworks and shopping sales planned this holiday weekend, it's easy to overlook the reasons why we…
View ArticleExam delay may be logical
The idea of a high school exit exam is a good one. However, perhaps we are rushing just a little bit.
View ArticleNew tax district not solution
The residents of Wildomar and the Santa Rosa Plateau are presently considering their vote on (Community Service Area) 152D, a special assessment
View ArticleExotic diseases can be controlled
Nine diseases we know of have spread from animals to humans. Of those nine, seven have been used as bioweapons. Recently we have seen outbreaks of monkeypox, SARS and the West Nile virus. Why …
View ArticleWhere have all the jobs gone?
The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a private, nonpartisan economic research organization, has announced that the last recession ended in November …
View ArticleHow to reduce domestic violence
The war on terrorism is not the only evil we need to fight. In our own communities we must fight a war that tears at the fabric of society as surely as any sniperís bullet or terroristís bomb.…
View ArticleColumnist big enough to admit it wasn't his fault
Ironically (you'll see why), earlier this week my kids asked me to define the term irony.
View ArticleOcean View
Rep. Darrell Issa has picked a fight with the biggest bully on the block, Gov. Gray Davis, and so far he's winning. But by the time it's over, the Vista Republican will be lucky to escape with…
View ArticleHigher fines not the answer
Temecula Mayor Jeff Stone wants red-light running to stop in our community. I respectfully say it isn't going to.
View ArticleSay no to the asphalt plant
Great news for those who breathe Escondido air: The Planning Commission had the vision to see through the stacks of greenbacks and deny a request by San Diego-based Vulcan Materials to build a…
View ArticleTime is ripe for cityhood
Years ago, when I lived in El Toro, I had the opportunity to vote on the issue of El Toro becoming a city and renaming itself Lake Forest. It was an interesting process and in that town it was…
View ArticleThe gift of care
Pretty much from the time I was a kid, my mom was my caregiver. Not only child-rearing care; Mom had the considerably more intensive task of taking me and my brother to umpteen doctors, orthop…
View ArticleCommom sense needed
Now that there are officially four candidates running for two seats on the Temecula City Council, the race is off to a surprisingly civil start.
View ArticleMusings on a summer day
With the dog days of summer just around the corner, August typically brings triple-digit temperatures to us here in the Temecula Valley. Lately, it's been a different set of triple digits that…
View ArticleRed-light cameras overdue
Kudos to Temecula Mayor Jeff Stone and the City Council. After two years (too long), they are again confronting the important issue of public safety and use of red-light cameras. The purpose, …
View ArticleVenable refuses to help save landmark
Imagine downtown Riverside without the Mission Inn. We almost had to. In the early '90s, the fabled hotel was just days away from demolition.
View ArticlePerilous paths, perilous times for our students
Remember the 1914 silent movie serial The Perils of Pauline? Our intrepid heroine, Pear White, pursued by a nefarious villain, was subjected every Saturday morning to all kinds of terrible evi…
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