Archive for February 26, 2019

I attended the 5th Annual State of the City Address at CSUSM today. The event was well-attended with business honorees being recognized and the City of San Marcos City Council highlighting its priorities for this year. Students at Cal-State were vocally admonishing the group of business and government leaders with a protest for social justice chanting against racism and police misconduct. Ahhh a perfect exclamation point to the idea that life in San Marcos is without real problems. Thank you students for driving home that point.

Community Matters: Fixing San Diego’s 2018 poor response to Hepatitis outbreak.

70 California communities have spoken against the expansion of oil drilling or exploration off of California’s coastline. Most recently Escondido voted to pass a Resolution against off shore drilling in California.

Now the time came for the City of San Marcos to add its voice to this California harmony. Led by the newest elected Councilmembers, Randy Walton and Maria Nunez, the community spoke out that it wanted to be part of the chorus. The Mayor, Rebecca Jones, showed weak leadership by superseding Councilmember Walton’s Motion to adopt its own Resolution against the expansion of off shore drilling with her own “Motion to postpone a vote indefinitely.” Joined by Councilmember Jenkins and newly appointed Councilmember Petrek, the Mayor squashed the Resolution and the chorus ended with a screeching dissonant interval. 🎶

Thank you Councilmembers Randy Walton and Maria Nunez for your leadership on taking on important and audacious issues that affect all communities. Sadly, the Council failed an important first opportunity to deliver a harmonic consonant interval. 🎶

Let’s make our property tax structure fair for California homeowners. #MakeItFairCalifornia

What do you think?

Healthcare is a human right. Some would deny America access to healthcare because of cost. The Sanders Institute has provided a succinct analysis about implementing SB 1804 Medicare for All Act.

Thank you Stacey Abrams for a positive and unifying message for America.

Although we fell short in our campaign in the 75th Assembly District, my desire to represent my neighbors remains strong.

Your opinion matters to me. Some want my to run for the 75th again. Others would like me to focus on my local community (where I received 63% of the vote last November) and run for San Marcos City Council (District 3).

What do you think?