Tag: 2012 Election

  • A School Board Candidate Scorecard

    By Will Carless We’re two weeks out from the primary elections, and you might not have paid much attention to who’s running for a seat on the San Diego Unified School District board of trustees. So, you should take a few minutes now to get schooled. With city schools facing an unprecedented financial crisis, the makeup…

  • City Heights, Kensington and Their Surrounding Environs: Explained

    By Andrew Donohue The City Council’s Ninth District has four distinctive groups of neighborhoods. There’s City Heights, Kensington/Talmadge, the College Area around San Diego State and three southeastern San Diego neighborhoods — Mount Hope, Southcrest and Mountain View. They all have distinct needs and desires. And for the first time, they’re grouped together in the…

  • City Heights Candidate, Council Reps Get Labor Report Card

    By Maureen Cavanaugh, Pat Finn, Peggy Pico and Claire Trageser   Five of the eight members of the San Diego City Council were given failing grades by the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council yesterday for their stances on 24 key issues. City Heights representative Tony Young received one of them. Young, Carl DeMaio, Kevin Faulconer, Sherri Lightner and…

  • Tweet City Heights: Community Groups Want More Say in City Budget

    By Megan Burks Community Groups Want More Say in City Budget KPBS reported Monday some community groups are upset neighborhood councils and residents have been shut out of the preliminary phases of the city’s budget process. Each spring, the mayor releases a budget draft after consulting with city departments and staff. His office then presents…

  • School Board Candidates Debate How To Serve City Heights, SE San Diego

    By Kyla Calvert Candidates for the San Diego Unified’s Board of Education outlined their visions for the school district at Knox Middle School Wednesday night. Marne Foster and William Ponder are vying to replace Sheila Jackson as the board’s representative for Sub District E, which covers the southeastern region of the city, including Skyline, Paradise…