May 12, 2022
Volume 52 - No. 19
By Friedrich Gomez
HONEST MISTAKES IN SPEAKING ARE NO LONGER TOLERATED “Good Morning America” co-anchor, Amy Robach, had to apologise for using the term “colored people,” instead of “people of color,” in a past newscast.
A subtle and honest mistake that many of us, including myself, could have, unintentionally, made.
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Amy Robach, humbly, and ignominiously, to her professional knees.
Robach openly stated that she had no idea that she had even breached political correctness and its “play book,” which all Americans must now adhere to, or else suffer the severe consequences, including loss of employment.
Robach was arbitrarily branded as a racist, despite the fact that she had no clue at the time that she was being racially offensive.
In her humble and sincere apology, Robach released the following official statement: “This morning during a segment about Hollywood casting, I mistakenly said ‘colored people’ instead of ‘people of color.’ I sincerely apologize. It was a mistake and is not at all a reflection of how I feel or speak in my everyday life.” Ironically, in her newscast, Amy Robach was, in fact, championing minority rights. In her condemned broadcast, she
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had also originally stated: “Now we all know Hollywood has received recent and quite a bit of criticism for casting White actors in what one might assume should be a role reserved for colored people.” And yet, that portion of her condemned report, in which Robach called attention to minority rights in the ABC TV morning show was, in the minds of many observers . . . conveniently overlooked, and did not take into account her honest and good intentions.
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A contrite Amy Robach was, of course, confused by the strictures now in usage across America, called political correctness. She was one of the lucky ones, and held onto her job as co-anchor for ABC News.
But barely, and only by the skin of her teeth.
Even so, her reputation was tarnished and the outcry took its toll on her, mentally and emotionally. Other ‘transgressors’ did not fare as well.
If someone told you that someday, your Freedom of Speech, as guaranteed under the First Amendment of the U. S. Constitution, would – little by little – be taken away from you . . . how would you respond? Furthermore, what would you say if you were told that someday – you, your spouse, children, family, and cherished friends and loved ones – would all inhabit a world where “honest mistakes,” and “human imperfections” in speaking – would never be forgiven . . . or forgotten?
And that such penalties for honest mistakes and human imperfections and Freedom of Speech . . . would all separate you from your job, your livelihood, and prevent you from
Give Us This Day Our Daily Chuckle This week, a compendium of wit, wisdom and neat stuff you can tell at parties. Enjoy!
Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle, followed by a good bottle of beer, or wine. Golf ?? You hit down to make the ball go up, you swing left and the ball goes right, the lowest score wins. And what's worse, the winner buys the drinks. Golf is harder than baseball. In golf, you must play your foul balls. If you find you do not mind playing golf in the rain, the snow, even during a hurricane, here's a valuable tip: your life is in trouble. Golfers who try to make everything perfect before taking the shot rarely make a perfect shot.
The term ´mulligan’ is really a contraction of the phrase ´ Maul it again.¡
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having access to fundamental necessities to survive: Loss of job. No income. No viable monetary source to clothe, shelter, and place food on the table for your family to live, and be sheltered? All for making honest mistakes in talking. Would you laugh at all of the above? Too ridiculous to even consider?
Better think again -- that time has come, so say many people today, in increasing numbers across America.
DATELINE: MIAMI, FLORIDA. John Parker, a Florida Democratic National Committee member who, unknowingly, offended AfricanAmericans for using the phrase ‘colored people’ had to resign his office as the State Party Chairman as other officials, also, called on him to quit his post – echoing the comments of even his own wife, the Democratic Party Chairwoman of Duval County.
The unintended transgressor, John Parker, released the following apology letter to local, state, and national officials -- which accepted his resignation as the Duval County Democratic State Committeeman, and as a DNC member from Florida: “I misspoke and used language that was hurtful. I apologized and pledged that I would learn from my mistake,” voiced a contrite Parker.
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A ´gimme’ can best be defined as an agreement between two golfers ...neither of whom can putt very well.
An interesting thing about golf is that no matter how badly you play, it is always possible to get worse.
Golf's a hard game to figure, one day you'll go out and slice it and shank it, hit into all the traps and miss every green. The next day you go out and for no reason at all, play really bad.
If your best shots are the practice swing and the ´gimme’ putt, you might wish to reconsider this game. Golf is the only sport where the most feared opponent is you.
Golf is like marriage, if you take yourself too seriously it won't work, and both are expensive.
The best wood in most duffer's bag, is the pencil. •••• An old country preacher had a teenage son, and it was getting time the boy should give some thought to choosing a profession. Like many young men his age, the boy didn't really know what he wanted to do, and he didn't seem too concerned about it. One day, while the boy was away at school, his father decided to try an experiment. He went into the boy's room and placed on his study table four objects.. 1. A Bible 2. A silver dollar 3. A bottle of whisky 4. And a Playboy magazine
By Sean Dietrich
In my family, there was no real difference between religion and fried chicken. The two items went hand in hand. When you attended church events, you ate fried chicken. Any other dish was borderline paganism. We did not, for example, get together at the Baptist covered-dish suppers to eat chickpeas. To my knowledge no kale ever crossed the threshold of my childhood fellowship hall. And it would have been more acceptable to smoke Marlboro Reds in the sanctuary than it would have been to eat anything containing tofu. So it was fried chicken. All the way. We had drumsticks that were roughly the size of Danny DeVito, and white-meat breasts that required the strength of three men to lift. There were short thighs so large that you would have sworn someone’s husband was missing his left leg. The frying was done in the church 'I'll just hide behind the door,' the old preacher said to himself. 'When he comes home from school today, I'll see which object he picks up. If it's the Bible, he's going to be a preacher like me, and what a blessing that would be! If he picks up the dollar, he's going to be a business man, and that would be okay, too. But if he picks up the bottle, he's going to be a no-good drunken bum, and Lord, what a shame that would be. And worst of all if he picks up that magazine he's going to be a skirt-chasing womanizer.' The old man waited anxiously, and soon heard his son's foot-steps as he entered the house whistling and headed for his room. The boy tossed his books on the bed, and as he turned to leave the room he spotted the objects on the table..
With curiosity in his eye, he walked over to inspect them. Finally, he picked up the Bible and placed it under his arm. He picked up the silver dollar and dropped into his pocket. He uncorked the bottle and took a big drink, while he admired this month's centerfold. 'Lord have mercy,' the old preacher disgustedly whispered. 'He's gonna run for Congress.' •••• MURPHY'S OTHER 15 LAWS 1. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
2. A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
kitchen by women with names like Jeannie, Delores, Carla May, Delpha, Martha Ann, Voncille, Wanda Lou, and Eleanor Sue. They worked at a GE stove that was Harvest Gold and featured electric eyes that never sat level.
These women used ancient iron skillets, heirloom pot holders, and wooden spoons that had seen so much action they didn’t even look like spoons anymore but gnarled pieces of hickory. The galley’s formica countertops were adorned with a fine dusting of King Arthur flour. There were industrial-sized jars of Crisco on each surface, slipping and sliding in puddles of polyunsaturated fat. If you stepped into this kitchen during a frying frenzy, you were met with a cumulus of hot air so sultry
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3. He, who laughs last, thinks slowest. 4. A day without sunshine is like, well, night. 5. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine. 6. Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
7. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
8. The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong. 9. It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end-to-end, someone from California would be stupid enough to try to pass them. 10. If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.
11. The things that come to those who wait, may be the things left by those, who got there first.
12. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer. 13. Flashlight: A case for holding dead batteries.
14. The shin bone is a device for
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Social Butterfly
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from two Republicans who need your support and vote!
Evelyn Madison The Social Butterfly Email Evelyn at:
thesocialbutterfly@cox.net Republican Club of North County (RCNC) welcomes San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond and CA Assemblywomen Laurie Davies on May 18th! On Wednesday, May 18th, the Republican Club of North County (RCNC) welcomes two local Republican incumbents running for re-election in 2022! Jim Desmond, San Diego County Supervisor District 5, will update the club on key county issues, as well as his 2022 campaign. Laurie Davies, currently representing California’s 73rd Assembly District, will provide a legislative update and an update on her 2022 race in newly redistricted AD 74 which now includes Oceanside. This is your opportunity to hear
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He further humbly stated: “I understand my error perpetuates divisiveness and does not allow us an opportunity for the important types of meaningful discourse – a conversation our party must engage in sooner rather than later – that helps us grow as individuals, and a party protecting the dignity of all people.” Parker went on record saying that he should have said “people of color” instead of “colored people,” an honest and unintentional mistake, which he had made at a Democratic Party meeting in Jacksonville, Florida.
For the majority of Americans polled today, the climate of unforgiveness, and zero tolerance for honest mistakes, ostensibly, flies in the face of a nation which has long trumpeted its pride in the First Amendment Right to Free Speech, as well as the Christian ethos of forgiving “honest mistakes and human errors.”
EVEN THOUGH PARKER’S CRITICS BELIEVED HE MADE AN HONEST MISTAKE, IT DIDN’T MATTER. Even though John Parker’s critics went on record stating that they sincerely believed that he meant no harm, it was still unpardonable: “While I do not believe John had any intent of malice in the manner in which he spoke, it is imperative that for the
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Laurie Davies was elected to the CA State Assembly in 2020 and serves on the Assembly’s committees for Appropriations, Communications and Conveyance, Governmental Organization, Human Services, Judiciary, and Transportation. Laurie was first elected in 2012 to the Laguna Niguel City Council, was then appointed Mayor in 2015, and re-elected in 2016.
San Diego County Fair - June 8 to July 4th . . .Paddock Concert Series: Tribute bands take centerstage as the summer nights come alive at the Fair's Party in the Paddock. Wear your dancin' shoes and sing along to the hits from favorite artists from many generations and music genres! Highwaymen Show - June 8th Legendary music of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings & Kris Kristofferson
District 5 County Supervisor, Jim Desmond
Jim Desmond previously served as mayor of San Marcos from 2006 through 2018. For two years prior to mayor, Desmond served as a San Marcos City Council member. In addition to his duties as Supervisor and as a strong voice for conservatism, Jim serves as a board member for the San Diego County Water Authority, the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Fuel Removal Board, and the North County Transit District (NCTD).
In his professional career, Jim was a pilot for Delta Airlines for 33 years. He has also been a successful entrepreneur, having founded, built, and sold a technical writing and document company.
good of this city and the local and statewide party, that he take his action (of resignation),” echoed state Senator Audrey Gibson of Jacksonville, Florida. John Parker was branded a racist and lost his job for failing to adhere to political correctness and its playbook: Political Correctness rules must be obeyed – without excuse – on how Americans are now allowed to speak, talk, and express themselves in America. DATELINE: HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA. Back in April of 2017, a Huntington Beach woman was removed from two school district panels over her saying “colored people” instead of “people of color.”
The Huntington Beach woman, Gracey Larrea-Van Der Mark, was removed from two school district committees after she was alleged to have referred to minorities as “colored people” instead “people of color.”
In a YouTube video addressed to the City Council, the accused denied allegations in the community that she is racist.
Her rebuttal contended that, “Liberals have become increasingly intolerant of diverse viewpoints.” In her sincere and honest defense, Ms. Larrea-Van Der Mark, stated on YouTube: “As a researcher, I ask myself -- how did we get to this
al defense. RCNC meets the third Wednesday of each month at El Camino Country Club, 3202 Vista Way, Oceanside CA 92056. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. on May 18th and the meeting starts promptly at 12:00 noon. Cost is $30 per person. Cash or check ONLY at the door (credit cards not accepted). For more information and lunch choices, call or text Barbara at (760) 212-9995.
Laurie Davies, 73rd Disrict Assembly Member
As an entrepreneur and small business owner, Laurie is very active in the community. In recognition of her involvement, she was awarded the Melvin Jones Fellowship Award from the Lions Club. The Republican Club of North County (RCNC) believes in Republican values: individual responsibility, personal freedoms, limited government, a market economy, low taxes, and a strong nationplace, where my words have been attacked and twisted so viciously by the left, in an attempt to remove me from my (two school board) positions?” “I consider myself to be a colored person. I am not offended by the term,” said Larrea-Van Der Mark, who is Latina.
She added that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) also uses the phrase. But with obvious impunity, revealing an arbitrary double standard. “In my opinion, all people of all colors should be accepted, all political sides should be accepted,” she said. In making her statement, she was flanked by several longtime friends and colleagues, who described her as passionate, patriotic, and “without a racist bone in her body.” A Facebook event page was created by Patriot Voice Rising, calling on friends of Larrea-Van Der Mark to defend their “patriot sister.” All to no avail.
Ocean View School District trustee, Gina Clayton-Tarvin, said LarreaVan Der Mark’s mistake in speaking, nonetheless, promoted bigotry and did not reflect the school district.
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Symphonic Sinatra, June 9th Capturing the on-stage charisma and velvet baritone of Ol' Blue Eyes
Paddock Concerts begin each evening at 8pm and are included with your admission to the San Diego County Fair. What’s Up Oceanside! Downtown History Walks May 14, Downtown Oceanside For over 20
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with artery-clogging vegetable shortening, you could inhale once and experience a fatal cardiac event. Meantime, you and your cousin would be out in the fellowship hall dining area, setting up steel folding chairs. These were dangerous chairs you handled, chairs with a particular folding mechanism capable of slicing the fingers off little boys who operated them incorrectly.
You would then position these chairs around folding tables. These tables were even more deadly than the chairs. I know a man who once unfolded a church table wrongly and there wasn’t enough left of him to bury. When the food was ready, we all gathered around and listened to a long winded deacon bless the food. He prayed so long that the food got cold and many of our elderly had to sit down. The praying person would always close with, “And all God’s people said…?”
One time your cousin, Ed Lee, answered this question by shouting,
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Local News
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The city of Escondido potentially faces an $8 million budget gap this year.
Due to a potential $8 million budget shortfall in July, the Escondido City Council is once again weighing the option of placing a sales-tax increase measure on the November ballot.
The city’s current sales tax rate is 7.75%, which includes 7.25% for the state and a half-cent for the county’s Transnet program. The city receives just 1% of the sales tax.
And without new revenue streams, the city’s deficit gap is projected to balloon from $8 million to $23 million by 2036. “Operating revenue has not kept pace with the growing cost of municipal services,” said Christina Holmes, the city’s finance director.
Staff presented options ranging from a half-cent to a one-cent sales tax increase as part of findings from a revenue subcommittee, which included Mayor Paul McNamara Mike Councilmember and Morasco, that evaluated the possibilities of a potential sales tax measure.
There are four scenarios for the proposed tax rates. Under the half-cent measure, Escondido would “survive” and generally maintain its current level of services with an increase of $14.1 million annually;
under the ¾-cent measure, Escondido would “stabilize” and have the capacity to increase some levels of service with an additional $21.2 million; and under the onecent measure, the city could “thrive” with $28.3 million in additional revenue. According to Deputy City Manager Chris McKinney, with a one-cent sales tax increase, Escondido could greatly improve its road conditions to be on par with the rest of San Diego County. The city’s roads are currently ranked at 65 PCI (pavement condition index) and tied with the county on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of quality.
The fourth and final scenario considered was if no new revenue measure is put in place. In that scenario, the city would be forced to make severe cuts, including potentially losing 10 police officers, 12 firefighters and a whole fire station. Residents would also see a huge reduction in road maintenance and debris removal from homeless encampments. Meanwhile, under a one-cent increase, the city could hire 12 firefighters and between 25 to 35 police officers, which would bring its law enforcement staff up to par with the rest of the county. Beyond fixing its deficit, Escondido also needs a whopping $250.17 million in infrastructure improvements.
“The infrastructure needs of Escondido are daunting,” McKinney told the council.
Though a one-cent sales tax increase would not begin to cover that cost, it could help the city become more financially competitive when it comes to grants and bonds that could address such needs. “One of the challenges our staff face with obtaining federal and state grants is that they all require matching funds, and we simply don’t have the resources to even match the grant funds,” McKinney said. “With more revenue in place, we’d be more competitive to accept a number of these grants because we’d have more matching funds.”
McKinney also said the city would be able to enter into more “responsible” debt services to address infrastructure needs because it would be able to show that the money could be paid back.
The council directed staff to survey residents about a possible sales tax increase to better gauge community sentiment toward what kind of increase residents would be willing to accept. “That would be the logical next step in this conversation,” said City Manager Sean McGlynn.
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Letters to the Editor Against Taxes
The Escondido Council has represented it wants to retain its services to the general public. Raising our sales tax is the issue at hand. In order for that to be put onto voter ballot, this idea must be agreed upon by four council members. Good to remember who those 4 would be! Using basic service as their forte is the pressure seeker this council seeks against us. I may need to ask, ‘What is the definition of services?’ I’m sure I’ve been denied many. There is too much propaganda pushed on us in order to get their agenda met. Within these last two months, I requested to meet with the mayor and city manager. This has not come to be! Many years ago, I asked to meet
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tales to tell.
Those of us who witnessed their long, long, dedicated hours of work know better. And we are proud to salute them, to laugh with them, and to celebrate them. We are already looking forwaRd to next year! •••• Soups, Soups, Soups!
Regular readers of this column know that I have a weakness for soups.
Man About Town
It has become an annual event, a gathering of “The Over the Hill Gang” - a robust collection of Mayors from the city of Escondido and one itinerant ink-stained wretch who chronicled the events of the day during ther terms of office of these distinguished (and incredibly attractive) folk. Nostalgia reigns supreme at these meetings, all of which are off the record and none of which violate The Brown Act.
The various Mayors recall the major events during their tenure and their major accomplishments. Now and then they also ruminate on what they were not able to accomplish . . . none of them, however, are anxious to return to the world of politics. It’s a hard, demanding job and an often thankless one. While Alan Skuba was
Recently, I conducted an extremely scientific test as to the best Minestrone Soup in all of Escondido. Above: The “Over the Hill Gang,” Former Mayors of the city of Escondido, top row, left to right, Ernie Cowan, lyle e davis, Alan Skuba,; bottom row: Lori Holt Pfeiler, Lorraine Boyce and Jerry Harmon.
Mayor I managed KOWN, the Escondido based radio station he owned. Often, I would see him working late at night, reviewing city briefing papers, studying the issues, and then deciding how he would vote. He knew, of course, that no matter how he voted about 50% of the voters would agree with him and 50% would disagree with him, none of whom were aware of, or cared, about the many hours he and other council members put in on the job. I’ve told the story before about me asking Ernie Cown if it was worth all the time and effort he had put in
as Mayor. Ernie told of an event that encapsulated how the fame of being the city’s leader was, often, somewhat, ephemeral. He was grocery shopping one day when this lovely little old lady recognized him and said, “Say, aren’t you Mayor Cowan?” Ernie put on his best smile and said, “why, yes, yes I am.’ “Well I think you’re a no-good SOB,” the gentle little lady said.
“Fame is fleeting,” said Ernie, many times after that. Other former Mayors probably have similar
Olive Garden Minestrone wins, hands down. Robust, flavorful, tasty, all those good adjectives that describe a great soup. (I ate five bowls at one sitting!) DiCicco’s - Quite good Minestrone but too spicy to suit me. Robust, with lots of beans and veggies, just too much spice. Dominic’s - Dominics’s has great food! Their Minestrone is not one of them. Watery, not very robust, very few, if any, beans or veggies. Love the menu and servers at Dominic’s but will pass on their Minestrone.
All you other soup lovers, where is your favorite place to head for Minestrone?
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TODAY, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE NOW AFRAID TO EXERCISE THEIR OWN FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Many Americans today are fearful in losing their jobs for subtle mistakes in speaking in the workforce. Especially in freely expressing themselves while trying to navigate a verbal ‘minefield’ of deceptive rules of proper terms – much of which most Americans are completely unfamiliar with. Social scientists now refer to this fear of speaking, as “White Silence.”
AMERICANS ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING IN BAD ECONOMIC TIMES, WITH MANY LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. The PC phenomenon must be viewed in the proper context of how Americans are not only struggling financially, but how they now feel the unnecessary and added burden of fear – fear of saying the wrong thing, even unintentionally. This is no miniscule matter for people who live from paycheck to paycheck, and cannot afford to risk losing, or jeopardizing, their jobs.
A national survey found that 42% of employed Americans feel “very” or “somewhat” financially insecure.
Moreover, 24% or nearly one-fourth of the entire workforce population, have zero savings set aside for any emergency expense in case of being laid-off or terminated from their only source of livelihood. Notably, the poll does not factor in the 40% of adults who are not employed. If it did, the emergency savings shortfall would likely be even more pronounced. One-third of working adults say they would be very or somewhat uncomfortable with their ability to pay a $400 emergency expense. Moreover, 8% indicated they wouldn’t be able to afford it at all.
At the same time, 30% or almost one-third of all Americans employed, said they could only cover a month or less of expenses if their income disappeared. OPPOSING ACADEMIC & LINQUISTIC SCHOLARS CLASH OVER POLITICAL CORRECTNESS WORD USAGE.” Among researchers, there is a combustible, ongoing debate which includes BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) as well as the semantics of word usage and its proper application. According to Black author and Associate Professor Loretta J. Ross (Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts), she states: “Y’all know where the term ‘colored people’ came from.”
According to Professor Ross, who teaches a class against White Supremacy, the phrase comes from antebellum (pre-Civil War) America and Jim Crow laws.
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Ross’ statement was part of a justicetraining video which has since travelled the internet with increasing speed since the George Floyd protests all across America. However, other Black scholars disagree on technical merits of PC.
Black researcher, Deandre MilesHercules, of the Ph.D Linguistics Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, responds: “Tell me the word, and I will use the word. They (people) are not interested in learning things about the history of the term, or the context in which it’s appropriate.”
Miles-Hercules, who researches Socio-Cultural Linguistics, Linguistic Terrain, and AfricanAmerican Language, also further states: “There is no ‘one-size-fitsall’ language or agreement when it comes to discussing race. There is this anxiety today over saying the wrong thing.”
Miles-Hercules, the language scholar, gives the bottom line: “No one can force you to refer to someone in any particular way. “You can decide to refer to people in ways that contradict their identity. You have that right.”
TRANSGENDER PRONOUNS VS. FREEDOM OF SPEECH. A new battle enemy has emerged and many say it’s a crucial one, because – in the view of many – it further infringes on the First Amendment Right of Freedom of Speech and free choice. Can employers force you to use transgender pronouns (for people who have transitioned from male to female, or vice versa)? Can employers force their workers to accommodate anyone who prefers their own ‘gender identity’ pronouns? According to the Human Rights Campaign, there are 78 different pronouns for transgender and nonbinary people, such as: he, she, hir, hirself, emself, zieself, eirself, ey, ve, tey, zim, etc.
If employers ask (or mandate) that their workers use the proper pronouns for the transgender and nonbinary people, then the nearly 80 different gender identity pronouns would be difficult to remember, let alone, apply appropriately to an individual, without misspeaking and making an offensive remark, unintentionally.
Many employers in schools, colleges, and the general workforce, have already (required) their employees to use the proper gender pronoun, or risk reprisals.
And already, many people in the workplace have refused to even use (any) transgender/non-binary pronouns, based on their own personal freedom of choice, conscience, or religious reasons.
Such non-compliant people have already been fired from their jobs, all across America. DATELINE: WILLIAMSBURG
HIGH SCHOOL, VIRGINIA. Nineteen days before Christmas, 2018, the Virginia school district fired school teacher, Peter Vlaming (age 47 at the time), for not using proper politically-correct pronouns preferred by a transgender student.
A self-proclaimed Christian, Peter Vlaming adhered to his personal religious convictions of there being only two (biological genders at birth), and exercised his conscience in good faith, as well as his right to free speech. Nonetheless, with mounting pressure from factions of political correctness, the Virginia School Board (unanimously) voted to fire Peter Vlaming from his job.
According to The Daily Signal newspaper in his city, Vlaming went on record stating: “I explained to my principal that I couldn’t in good conscience, pronounce masculine pronouns to refer to a (biological) girl. He (the principal) gave me an official written reprimand that said it was the first step in a process that would lead to my termination.” The transgender student, who wanted to be identified as a male, met with Vlaming on Oct. 22, 2018, and told Vlaming that others had overheard the teacher (outside the classroom, on his own free time, in private conversation), refer to the trans-student as a ‘she’ instead of the student’s preferred gender identity as a ‘he’ and/or male. It is noteworthy to point out that Vlaming never offended the student openly in class, but only made his views in private, outside his duties as a teacher, and merely expressing his personal view to family and friends as a private individual in a free society. Peter Vlaming, who taught French at the high school, and voiced that he was following his personal and private rights under the First Amendment in Freedom of Speech - as well as a Christian following his spiritual conscience – was first warned, then fired. Vlaming’s rescue came in the form of Alliance Defending Freedom, which petitioned the Virginia Supreme Court on behalf of the school teacher. The Virginia Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.
Five months ago, in November of 2021, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled in favour of Mr. Peter Vlaming, the high school French teacher, who refused to use transgender pronouns as a personal choice guaranteed under the First Amendment to the U. S. Constitution.
Furthermore, it was determined that Mr. Vlaming did (not) violate the landmark Supreme Court case of Bostock v. Clayton County, decided on 15 June 2020, which clarified that federal law prohibits anti-transgender discrimination in employment.
By the letter of the law, Mr. Vlaming did (not) discriminate, but rather was, himself, discriminated against (and was offended, himself, and made to feel uncomfortable in his place of employment), for merely exercising his freedom of choice and “freedom of expression,” as guaranteed under U. S. law.
According to many socio-political pundits: “You can push Americans only so far, before they finally push back, citing ‘enough is enough’ and that they are now beginning to reclaim their inalienable right of free speech, and resisting progressive ideologies, as found in radical PC movements.” DATELINE: LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA. COURT ORDERS SCHOOL TO (IMMEDIATELY) REINSTATE FIRED TEACHER WHO REFUSED TO USE TRANSGENDER PRONOUNS. Leesburgh Elementary school teacher,Tanner Cross, was fired from his teaching job for criticising the school’s policies that “required” teachers to address students using their preferred pronouns. Then, a court ruling ordered the Loudoun County School Board in Virginia, to “immediately” reinstate the fired elementary school teacher, Tanner Cross.
The sensational story appeared in the World Journalism Institute News, which ran the bold headline: “COURT RULES TEACHER ALLOWED TO DISAGREE.”
The news journal, in part, printed: “Virginia parents and teachers push back against progressive ideology. A state court judge, the Honourable James E. Plowman, Jr., found the school board violated Cross’s free speech and free exercise of religious rights. “The judge further ruled that Tanner Cross was entitled to First Amendment protection because he made his comments in his personal capacity and on a matter of public concern (for the student). The Virginia State judge also found no real disruption to school operations occurred.” The news journal further noted, “Loudoun County has become a flashpoint for conservative opposition to progressive policies, whether transgender ideology or critical race theory (CRT).”
As with Cross, many parents, teachers, and students, now argue that public school administrators are out of line in compelling/requiring teachers to express or adopt ideological beliefs contrary to an individual’s own personal conscience and/or religious convictions. As Cross summed up to his supporters: “Advocating for causes I believe in, on my personal time, should not cost me my job.” Tanner Cross was speaking to his religious supporters
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at Leesburg’s Cornerstone Chapel, where he is a church member.
Cross is only the latest educator caught up in the controversy surrounding preferred pronoun rules in schools – this controversy is occurring in all 50 U. S. states. Recently, on April 20, 2022, a Federal Appeals Court in Ohio sided with university professor Nicholas Meriwether, who declined to address a biological male student with a feminine pronoun, with the court finding that both his free speech and free exercise of religious rights had been violated.
The Federal Appeals Court (6th Circuit Court) overturned a dismissal from a lower court. The court also awarded Meriwether $400,000 in damages for Shawnee State University violating the professor’s right to free speech and free choice. Somewhere in the whole equation of transgender rights, it was long ignored (until recently), that the “non-transgender” community, also, does not wish to be punished, branded as evil, or made to feel uncomfortable, or discriminated against, by being forced to give up their Freedom of Speech and freedom of choice. Nor should they be denied their “right to disagree” (see Cross vs. Loudoun County, mentioned earlier in this article). Sadly, this PC controversy still persists (uncontested) here in America, as well as with our northern neighbour, Canada, where Professor Jordan Peterson is still fighting the right to free speech and free choice.
It bears repeating what Black researcher, Deandre Miles-Hercules, of the Ph.D Linguistics Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, reminds us: “There is (still) this anxiety over saying the wrong thing. No one can force you to refer to someone in any particular way. You can decide to refer to people in ways that contradict their identity (e.g. race, gender, etc.) You have that right.”
And also, there remains the haunting question which Ms. Larrea-Van Der Mark asked, after she was fired from two School District Board jobs in Huntington Beach, California, for accidentally saying “colored people,” instead of “people of color.”
Her question remains unanswered today: “As a researcher, I ask myself – how did we ever get to this place, where my words have been attacked and twisted so viciously by the left, in an attempt to remove me from my (two school board) positions?”
SUMMATION: I wish to thank the countless people who have asked me to write this cover story. And to all of you, who have approached me in person, or through your many, many emails, please continue sending me your wonderful story suggestions.
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One of the major items growing the city’s current deficit is its yearly payment for the state-required, public employee unfunded pension liability fund. While the city has made attempts to lower its annual pension payment through a reduction in benefits for employees hired after 2012, the costs continue to grow and range between $15 million and $22 million annually until the payments are completed in 2044. Morasco, who has in the past opposed a sales tax increase, said the city could look at pension obligation bonds to help with those payments. To place a sales tax increase on the ballot, it must receive four yes votes from the five-member council. Escondido Man Arrested in Chicago for Opening Aircraft Emergency Door and Exiting via the Wing
Police in Chicago identified Randy Frank Davila, a 57-year-old resident of Escondido, as the man who has been charged with reckless conduct, according to investigators in Illinois. Davila was arrested after opening an emergency exit of a plane on the runway at O’Hare International Airport and sliding down the wing early last Thursday. The strange incident happened after United Airlines officials Flight 2874, which originated from San Diego, landed at its intended destination. The plane was approaching a gate when Davila allegedly used the emergency exit to walk onto the wing around 4:30 a.m., Chicago police said. He then slid down the
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Immediate Relief at the Pump
The cost of gasoline continues to spiral out of control. Gas prices rose by 38% last year, fueling overall inflation, which rose by 7.9%. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, that was the highest inflation rate in 40 years, and unfortunately, there is no end in sight. Californians need relief now. One immediate step would be suspension of the state’s 51.1 cent per gallon gas tax, the nation’s highest. There is no need to wait for future rebates; we’d all get relief every time we fill up.
Previous attempts to suspend the gas tax have failed due to the political majority’s opposition in Sacramento. However, a new effort may bear fruit. Last week, California Problem Solvers Caucus (CPSC) of which I am a member, unveiled a plan to suspend the gas tax immediately and ensure 100% of the savings are passed to drivers. Under this proposal, a 12-month gas tax holiday would take immediate effect. All lost transportation revenues would be backfilled from the state’s General Fund, using our huge budget surplus to ensure that highway/transportation programs remain fully funded. The proposal would require merchants to pass 100% of the savings back to consumers.
The CPSC is a bipartisan group of legislators from both houses. The Caucus promotes commonsense solutions to the most pressing issues facing our state. With escalating costs crushing low and middle-income Californians, this issue is critical and must be addressed now. This is especially true in rural/semi-rural areas like the 75th Assembly District where high housing costs force many workers to commute an hour or more to work every day.
I’m proud to join my CPSC colleagues advocating for immediate relief for hard-pressed California workers simply trying to keep food on the table and a roof over their heads. Assemblymember Marie Waldron, R-Valley Center, represents the 75th Assembly District in the California Legislature, which includes the communities of Bonsall, Escondido, Fallbrook, Hidden Meadows, Pala, Palomar Mountain, Pauma Valley, Rainbow, San Marcos, Temecula, Valley
5th District Supervisor
Jim Desmond
Gas Tax Update
I wanted to give you the latest news as gas prices continue to rise across San Diego County. Last month, Supervisor Anderson and I initiated action, unanimously approved by the Board, to send a letter to State lawmakers for a one-year suspension of the state gas tax. We also voted to support a rebate program and encourage the state to find a mechanism to ensure the savings are passed down to the consumers, not oil companies. The State projects a budget surplus of more than $45 billion, with some estimating it’s closer to $68 billion. This should come back to California's taxpayers, struggling with the increased costs of living.
The message was received in Sacramento as assemblymembers have now proposed a gas rebate program, which will send $400 to each taxpayer in California. I think this is a great first step, as anytime we can put taxpayer dollars back in the pockets of the taxpayers, it's a good thing. San Diegans have been overpaying for gas, for years, and people should be getting that money back! The problem is, the gas rebate program may take months (if passed) before people start to receive the
money. Many San Diegans are hurting today and, while the rebate is a nice start, I would like to see the gas tax suspended immediately to ease the financial burden for everyone. There's no reason we can't do both. However, Sacramento politicians have made the decision not to suspend the gas tax, instead there will be a 3-cent increase on July 1st. I think this is unwarranted, especially at a time when many people are hurting.
I just wanted to give you an update as it's imperative we find ways to help those struggling to afford the basic needs. I will keep you updated on our progress and as always, if you ever need anything, don't hesitate to reach out, Jim.Desmond@sdcounty.ca.gov. To contact
North County Office – by appointment only 325 S. Melrose Ave., Suite 5200 Vista, CA 92081 Mon.-Fri., 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Website: www.supervisorjimdesmond.com Email: Jim.Desmond@sdcounty.ca.gov
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Q: I rented a car recently from Avis and dropped it off at Tweed New Haven Airport after driving up from Washington, D.C.
The Avis counter was closed, so I called them and did the rental handover over the phone. A representative asked me for the number on the key. I asked if he needed anything else from me, and he said no. I did not hear anything back from Avis for a few days, so I followed up again. Once again, a representative assured me that Avis had closed my reservation.
After that, I followed up multiple times. I later learned that Avis closed my rental more than a month after I returned my car. Now, Avis has charged me $4,228 because it claims I kept the car for 34 days. But that's impossible. I moved to Germany two weeks after renting the car. Also, the odometer from the rental closure invoice reads as if the vehicle has been sitting in the New Haven airport rental car lot this entire time. I have submitted gas receipts showing I filled the tank in New Haven before returning the car. But the evidence doesn't seem to be enough for Avis. Can you help me? -- Claudia Lockwood, Berlin A: Avis should have closed your rental as promised and not charged you an extra $4,228. But you returned your vehicle after hours, and unfortunately, that's asking for trouble. I've had so many cases where cars go missing or are mysteriously damaged after hours. And in almost every one of those cases, the car rental company assumes their customers are at fault, and charges them for it. Your problem was no different. It looks like you did everything you could to return your vehicle on time. You made multiple calls to Avis. You checked on the return. And still, it charged you for another month.
Here's something I don't understand: If you're living overseas -- and can prove it -- then how can Avis continue to insist you were driving one of its cars? Where's the logic in that?
The only surefire way of keeping this from happening again is to return your car during normal hours. Then you'll get a receipt, which is written proof that the company closed your rental. If you have to return the car after hours, ask a representative to email you the relevant documents. And if you can't do that, then record the phone conversation (where legal) and note the name and extension of the representative.
Once it's gotten to this level, you have to escalate your case to someone higher up. I list the names, numbers and email addresses of the ustomer service managers at Avis</a> on my nonprofit consumer advocacy site, Elliott.org.
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I reached out to Avis on your behalf. It investigated your claim and found that you did not park the car in the Avis lot when you returned it. Avis eventually found the vehicle and closed the contract. You received a full refund.
© 2022 Christopher Elliott. Christopher Elliott is the chief advocacy officer for Elliott Advocacy. Email him at chris@elliott.org or get help with any consumer problem by contacting him at http://www.elliott.org/help
TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER
Q: I'm locked out of my Airbnb account. I saw an article where you helped someone with a similar issue and hoped you could help me.
I moved from Canada to the United States in 2015 and have changed my number two times since then. My move was initially temporary, but I became a permanent resident in 2021.
I tried to reset my password but I couldn’t do it through the automated system because the phone number attached to my account was no longer my current number. -I recently tried to log in again and was denied access saying that my account had been removed. I then emailed Airbnb to ask for more information and they responded that I was not allowed on Airbnb anymore because of something associated with my email and location, but they could not give me more info due to issues with confidentiality. I then called and a representative said the case was under review. I then got an email back a few days later saying that my case had been reviewed and that I could not regain access. They said that I was affiliated with someone who is not allowed to use Airbnb.
I have no clue what they are referring to and they are giving me no information to go by. All of my previous bookings, when I could access my account, had very positive reviews.
I’m not sure where to go from here. I’m wondering if my account was hacked. But how would I even know? Can they give me more information? Can I rejoin Airbnb under a different email? It’s all so confusing, I would really appreciate your help! -- Jannick Vielleuse, Westford, Vt.
A: Airbnb should have helped you access your account. And if it couldn't, it should have at least told you why.
I reached out to Airbnb on your behalf, and I can confirm that moving to the United States had nothing to do with your account being frozen. The emails you got about someone being associated with your account
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Historically Speaking by Tom Morrow
Perils of Not Knowing History & Civics 101
A year ago in discussing the need for knowledge of civics, and history I wrote: “Within the next 20 years, our nation will be in serious trouble.” Alas, that trouble is here and now. You may recall what Abraham Lincoln said in one of his 1860 campaign speeches: “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” In the coming November vote, history will record just how divided we really are. If the results are ignored, it’ll be at our peril.
The so-called “silent majority” who grew up through the middle part of the 20th century represent the last of our society who received a rounded civic education, witnessed the effects of geopolitics, and had an understanding of basic American citizenship. If they didn’t learn it in school or college, the military did a pretty good job of filling in what might have been overlooked in class. Will this sleeping giant wake up while they’re still here? For those in today’s society under 40 years old, most have little or no basic knowledge about American history, civics, and world geography. Ask any member from this age group if they can answer simple questions immigrants must answer when they are going through their naturalization routine. You might be shocked at the answers from those who are around us and sometimes vote.
How many of the recent protestors, especially the ones destructing private property and tearing down statues, have had a few lessons in civics? If they did, they probably wouldn’t be participating in any destruction of property. Naturalized citizens may be seen protesting, but it’s doubtful they’ll be participating in the destruction of property – especially historic monuments. Our form of government gives us the right to protest. That comes from the world’s first successful “democratic republic.”
Young citizens of today have an important task to undertake this year. Before they vote, they need to have an understanding of our Bill of Rights, and what prompted Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence. Why did we fight two World Wars – and more importantly – who won and why? How many of those protesters out on the streets are naturalized citizens? Before being sworn in as citizens, they had to pass a test answering questions about our country, government and history – basic history and civics most of our present-day high school and college students couldn’t answer.
It is shocking, the lack of civic and history education our students of the past 40 years have received. Simple things like -- what’s the definition of a “republic?” How many people in today’s society know what the “Electoral College” is and what impor-
tance it played in the elections of 2000 and 2016.
Remember this: Young people of today – grandchildren -- will be in charge of tomorrow’s purse strings and social justice. They will be, or already are, voting. They need to know what they’re doing and the effects ignorance has on our society. Sadly, today’s young people don’t know what they don’t know.
TEST YOURSELF -- Try to answer the below questions, some of which are from the basic citizenship test given to immigrants before being naturalized U.S. citizens. Every voter should be able to answer at least half of these basic questions, but you may be surprised on the number of who knows what. 1. Who is in charge of the executive branch?
2. What constitutes the legislative branches? . 3. How old do citizens have to be to vote for U.S. President?
4. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President until the next election? 5. Who or what is the final arbiter whether a law is constitutionally correct and/or acceptable? 6. Who lived in North America before the Europeans arrived?
7. What is a Constitutional amendment? 8. Who makes federal laws?
9. What ocean surrounds the state of Hawaii? 10. Name one U.S. territory.
11. Who were the Presidents during World War II?
12. To whom was the Declaration of Independence primarily addressed? 13. How many U.S. Senators does each state have?
14. How many states make up our nation? 15. How many stars are on the U.S. flag and what do they represent? (Answers):
No. 1: The President
No.2: The House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate No. 3: 18 years of age
No. 4: Speaker of the House of Representatives No 5: The U.S. Supreme Court
No. 6: Native Americans made up of dozens of individual tribal nations. No. 7: A change to the U.S. Constitution ratified by a majority of states.
No. 8: The House, the Senate and the President
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are a clue about the real cause of your suspension. But Airbnb won't go on the record to say who you were associated with or why that would lead to the termination of your account.
We've had numerous cases involving a suspended Airbnb account, and the explanations are always exceptionally vague. That's understandable, because if Airbnb offered too many details, it would allow the bad guys to game the system. But it's also frustrating for honest customers like you. I don't know if someone hacked your account, and neither does Airbnb. You would need a computer forensics expert to tell. You can, however, sign up for Airbnb under a different email. I did that a few years ago when a host decided to leave a negative review about me.
You reached out to the executives, and they restored your account. I asked Airbnb to reveal what it could about your suspension. "Airbnb reviewed her account information which showed she was connected to a user who had been removed from the platform for violating our safety policies," a spokesman told me. "We maintain an appeal process for these types of account removals, and upon further review we were able to reinstate her account. We hope to earn her future business.” © 2022 Christopher Elliott.
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years the Oceanside Historical Society has hosted Downtown History Walks.
History Walks are held the 2nd Saturday of each month beginning in April and run through September. Walks start at 9 a.m. in front of the Oceanside Public Library (look for the plaque of Andrew Jackson Myers). Walks are moderately paced and take about two hours. Downtown walks are free (donations are always welcome) and open to everyone.
Escondido Community Foundation invites yhou to a party! You are invited to join the Escondido Community Foundation for a Membership Appreciation Event at the Ritz Theatre
Enjoy performances by former grantees A Step Beyond and Tierra Caliente Academy of Art in the historic Ritz Theatre. Mingle on the rooftop with ECF members and friends while enjoying wine, beer, and appetizers, and celebrate your impact on our community. Bring a prospective new member! Thursday, May 19 - 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. 301 E. Grand Avenue Escondido, CA 92025 - RSVP by Tuesday, May 17th
The San Diego Women’s Foundation Partners with Rotary District 5340 and the Carroll C. Long Charitable Fund to Support Afghan Refugees. Diego County Through a collaborative funding cycle the collaboration partners have raised more than $80,000 to support organizations providing critical services to help newcomer Afghan refugees settle in to life here in San Diego, and additional contributions are expected. For more information about the collaborating partners, please visit www.sdwomensfoundation.org or www.rotary5340.org Promises2Kidshas partnered with 37 local restaurants to raise funds for San Diego foster children.The campaign will run throughout the month of May, in celebration of National Foster Care Month. Each restaurant will designate select menu items which will support theFoodies 4 Foster Kidscampaign. Funds raised will benefit foster children by reuniting siblings living apart in foster care, supporting high school and college students in reaching their educational goals, providing birthday gifts, school clothes and opportunities to participate in extracurricular activities, and providing an emergency shelter where children feel safe and cared for. Escondido Public Library presents a 2nd Saturday Concert featuring Claude Bourbon, Saturday, May 14, 2022 • 3:00– 4:30 p.m. Turrentine Room • All ages
A breathtaking acoustic fusion of blues, jazz, classical and Spanish
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guitar from a stunning guitar virtuoso, Claude Bourbon is known throughout Europe and America for amazing guitar performances that take blues, Spanish, and Middle Eastern stylings into uncharted territories.
News from your San Marcos Chamber of Commerce: Bent Avenue Bridge Progress: Bent Avenue Bridge is currently scheduled to reopen within the next few weeks, construction materials and weather permitting. The next phase of the work will require modifications to the current traffic detours. In order to install these revised traffic detours, Discovery Street will be open to local residents only. Access to Discovery Street will be limited to Via Vera Cruz as there will be no connection to Bent Avenue or Craven for a short time. More detailed information regarding the temporary closure and detour will be coming soon. Valley Center man hunts for answer in Ukraine Fearing that his ancestral hometowns and their historic cemeteries in Ukraine might have been victims of the present Russian war, a Valley Center man began a cross-country and worldwide electronic journey
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Berdichev, Ukraine, also holds remains of Lerner's ancestors; however, research is difficult. News reports dated March 16, 2022, report that Berdichev was damaged by Russian air strikes. The town is south of Kyiv near the border with Moldava.
The Berdivhev cemetery site is considered one of the most important in today's Ukraine in part due to the artistic quality of the gravestones. A restoration of that cemetery had been in progress under the direction of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad. Lerner's ancestors considered themselves to be Poles even during occupation by the USSR and Russia. A petition for United States naturalization and citizenship by his grandfather reads, "I renounce allegiance to the czar of Russia." Another document renounces fidelity to the king of Poland.
A history of the Dubrovitsa cemetery was provided by the International Jewish Cemetery Project which reported that the property in Ukraine is owned by the local municipality which built a hospital over part of the burial grounds. The last burial was in 1947. Local authorities reportedly cleared vegetation and reerected stones in 1992.
With the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine once again became an independent A 17th century cemetery in Ukraine is home to nation and its borLerner's ancestors. ders now include to find an answer. the towns of Berdichev and In the end, Robert Lerner, a long- Dubrovitsa and their cemeteries. time professional journalist, was The following year, Lerner and his able to discover the status for one of partner, who were touring Eastern the two cemeteries where his fore- Europe at the time, sought to visit bears are buried. Recent bombing Ukraine. After waiting at the by Russians in the second city Poland-Ukraine border for hours, made communication difficult. they departed. In retrospect, it appeared that the newly-free Lerner's journey of discovery began Ukrainian authorities were mired in when he reached out to a fellow bureaucracy and unprepared to weljournalist in New York City who come tourists. was able to access information from the town of Dubrovitsa, At this writing, the town of Ukraine, to find the cemetery where Dubrovitsa and its historic cemeLerner's family had been buried a tery appear to be untouched while century and more ago. The ceme- Berdichev has suffered minimal tery is not landmarked and has no damage. With events changing by official name, but Lerner had an the hour, Lerner, who spent years address: No. 60 Shevchenko St. behind a microphone, said, "stay An image eventually made its way tuned." to Valley Center. AARP SEEKS 2022 ANDRUS Dating to the 17th century, the AWARD FOR COMMUNITY cemetery is in a village (population SERVICE NOMINEES Annual 6,000) north of Kyiv near the bor- Award Recognizes Those Who der with Belarus. Lerner's ancestors Make a Powerful Difference in began leaving the city about 1880 Their Community. AARP due to food shortages, suffering and California is now accepting nomireligious persecution at the hands nations for the 2022 California of Russians who controlled the Andrus Award for Community region although locals at the time Service, which honors a Californian considered it part of Poland. More age 50 or older who is sharing their family members left in 1900 with experience, talent, and skills to another wave by 1920. enrich the lives of others. A second cemetery in the town of
“Every year AARP in California is
honored to shine a light on one exceptional volunteer who is making a difference in the lives around them,” said Nancy McPherson, AARP California State Director. “The Andrus Award is AARP’s highest honor, presented to a volunteer who embodies the principles of AARP’s Founder, Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus, who believed in the power of ordinary people to do extraordinary things.” Dr. Andrus was a former California educator who went on to found AARP in 1958 after finding a distinguished retired teacher living in poverty out of a chicken coop in Los Angeles. This shocking discovery inspired Dr. Andrus to organize AARP and devote the rest of her years to improving the quality of life for all as they age. Dr. Andrus was a volunteer her entire time with AARP – never collecting a paycheck. She lived by the motto “to serve, not to be served” and that motto continues to shape AARP’s work today. In honor of Dr. Andrus, the AARP Andrus Award for Community Service honors an individual whose service is a unique and valuable contribution to society. The 2022 California Andrus Award recipient will be presented with the award and a $1,000 check made out to the non-profit of their choice.
The nomination form can be accessed at aarp.org/andrusaward and the deadline to nominate someone is July 15, 2022. AARP California Andrus Award for Community Service nominees must meet the following eligibility requirements: Nominee must be 50 years or older.
The achievements, accomplishments, or service on which the nomination is based must have been performed on a volunteer basis, without pay. AmeriCorps VISTA and Senior Corps programs volunteers (Senior Companions, Foster Grandparents, RSVP, and Senior Demonstration Programs) are eligible. The achievements, accomplishments, or service on which the nomination is based must reflect AARP’s vision and purpose.
The achievements, accomplishments, or service on which the nomination is based must be replicable and provide inspiration for others to volunteer.
Couples or partners who perform service together are also eligible; however, teams are not eligible. Nominations for the award will be evaluated by the AARP California State Office based on how the volunteer’s work has improved the community, supported AARP’s vision and mission, and inspired other volunteers. The award recipient will be announced in early fall 2022.
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“A WOMAN!” Whereupon he was immediately dragged out of the room by his earlobe and never seen again.
When I think back, it’s staggering to remember all the times we ate chicken in a fellowship hall. We ate this particular fare before and after weddings. Before and after funerals. After baby christenings. We ate chicken before Saturday night prayer meeting. Fourth of July. Decoration Day. We ate this meal before night services every autumn, when the air was chilled and the dark sky was peppered with stars, just before the preacher delivered his annual sermon on how to survive college football season when your team sucks. So I will forever love the patron bird of my people. The leghorn chicken, sacrificed for the forgiveness of sins, batter fried in four inches of fundamentalism until slightly crunchy and golden brown. I ate this meal after I was baptized in Camp Creek at the age of 8. My family also ate this meal after I was re-baptized at ages 11, 13, 15, 19, and 21. We ate this food at my father’s funeral, when I could hardly swallow from grief. We ate this food the following day, when little old ladies delivered wax-paper-lined shoe
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boxes containing drumsticks to our Letters to the Editor Cont. from Page 4 front porch. I ate this food after my wedding. I ate this food after I graduated from community college as an adult. I ate this food when I had my first book published. I ate it when my team won the World Series.
I ate this food last night when my wife prepared it, just for the heck of it. And when she asked me to say the blessing I did my absolute best to honor the tradition of my people who, despite their faults, made me who I am, simply by being who they were. Which is why I ended my prayer with the words, “And all God’s people said…?” A woman.
About the Author: Sean Dietrich is also known as “Sean of the South,” in that he usually focuses on Southern Culture, History, and Legends. In addition to writing he also makes personal appearances and has been known to sing while playing the guitar.
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Cell phone video taken on the plane shows an emergency exit row of three seats with the emergency exit door opened. One passenger is seated in the middle seat and one is seated the aisle seat. "Our ground crew stopped the individual outside of the aircraft, and the person is now with law enforcement," United Airlines said in a statement. "The plane then arrived at the gate and all passengers deplaned safely. The safety of our customers and crew is our highest priority.”
Officers arrived on the scene and placed Davila into custody, according to police.
It's not yet clear why Davila exited the aircraft while it was taxiing to its gate. He is due in court in Chicago on June 27 to answer to the misdemeanor charge
Presently, I want to meet with EPD Internal Affairs Dept. which seems impossible.
About four or five years ago, the city provided volunteers to cut lawn for seniors, then that ended. A needed valuable service discontinued. We need a better form of city management, financial control, so the public need not feel their reoccurring wrath! This basic service hype is just that, a means to get the result desired. Do not fall for it. Service has already been curtailed without notice.
Council Members, pay attention to how hard hit people are from current high inflation before you use your mighty power force against them. Try to stay in tune with the general public that may not speak up for themselves. See with your eyes, hear with your ears, and feel some bit of compassion with your heart. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK? /s/ Maryann Sinopoli Escondido, CA.
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15. When you go into court, you are putting yourself in the hands of twelve people, who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty. •••• The polite way to call someone a bastard . . . A guy was getting ready to tee off on the first hole when a second golfer approached and asked if he could join him. The first said that he usually played alone, but agreed to the twosome.
They were even after the first few holes. The second guy said, "We're about evenly matched, how about playing for five bucks a hole?" The first guy said that he wasn't much for betting, but he agreed to the terms. The second guy won the remaining sixteen holes with ease. As they were walking off number eighteen, the second guy was busy counting his $80.00. He confessed that he was the pro at a neighboring course and liked to pick on suckers. The first fellow revealed that he was the parish priest.
The pro, flustered and apologetic, offered to return the money.
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wing and onto the airfield, according to law enforcement.
A recording obtained by NBC 5 of Air Traffic Control can be heard saying, "We had to stop short of Gate Bravo 3. Somebody pulled the rear right over wing exit. Someone in seat 21 Bravo has exited the aircraft and is on the ramp."
with Chief Duane White, as well as, Capt. Blaine Bennett. That never happened.
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A Weekly Message from the Mayor of Your Community published in the belief that it is important for elected leaders to communicate with their constituents and that constituents have a means of hearing from their elected leaders.
San Marcos • Mayor Rebecca Jones
Visit Walnut Grove Park’s renovated equestrian center this spring
Have you heard about the renovated equestrian center at Walnut Grove Park? As our weather warms, now’s the perfect time to explore one of San Marcos’ beloved parks. Walnut Grove Park, located at 1950 Sycamore Drive in San Marcos, is a 20-acre park featuring the only public equestrian center in San Diego County. Bring your family out for a park adventure and watch equestrian enthusiasts in action. The Walnut Grove Park equestrian center is home to several annual events, and the community is encouraged to join the Twin Oaks Valley Equestrian Association at its upcoming event, ‘Common Ground.’ Visit the equestrian center from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, May 15 for a free community event that will offer family fun activities and an opportunity to view the renovated facilities. Additional events are typically hosted in the spring and fall. The equestrian center can be reserved by contacting the San Marcos Parks & Recreation Department by phone at (760) 7449000 or by emailing parksandrec@san-marcos.net.
Vista • Mayor Judy Ritter
Vista Village Annivers ary The Vista Village shopping complex that revitalized the city’s downtown is marking 20 years of destination-worthy entertainment, shops, restaurants and businesses in Vista. Since its opening, Vista Village has been home to a vibrant collection of shopping, dining and service businesses – all anchored by the Cinépolis movie theater (formerly Krikorian). I love hearing about how residents and guests can venture between the three downtown districts, Paseo Santa Fe, historic downtown, and Vista Village, which were designed to promote cross-flow and intermingling. Reflecting back on how much Vista Village has brought to our community over the last 20 years, it would be strange to think of the city without it. It almost seems like an integral domino that sparked so much progress once it fell!
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The priest said, "You won fair and square and I was foolish to bet with you. You keep your winnings." The pro said, "Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?"
The priest said, "Well, you could come to Mass on Sunday and make a donation..... And, if you want to bring your mother and father along, I'll marry them." •••• ALIENS ARE COMING TO EARTH TOMORROW. THEIR MISSION IS TO ABDUCT ALL GOOD LOOKING, SEXY "OLD" PEOPLE. I'M JUST MAILING YOU THIS TO SAY GOODBYE. I have to pack.
•••• A Poem for Seniors
Another year has passed and we're all a little older. Last summer felt hotter and winter seems much colder. There was a time not long ago when life was quite a blast.
Now I fully understand about 'Living in the Past'
We used to go to weddings, football games and lunches. Now we go to funeral homes, and after-funeral brunches. We used to have hangovers, from parties that were gay. Now we suffer body aches and while the night away.
We used to go out dining, and couldn't get our fill. Now we ask for doggie bags, come home and take a pill. We used to often travel to places near and far. Now we get sore asses from riding in the car.
We used to go to nightclubs and drink a little booze. Now we stay home at night and watch the evening news.
That, my friend is how life is and now my tale is told. So, enjoy each day and live it up... before you're too damned old! A good old Louisiana boy won a bass boat in a raffle drawing.
Escondido • Mayor Paul “Mac” McNamara Greetings Escondido,
We are starting to enter the budget season. Our fiscal year begins July 1st. I would invite you to pay attention to this year’s discussion. For two years we’ve had to use onetime monies and our staff augmented that with some great grants to keep us afloat at the same level of service. But since we, the council, failed to put the sales tax on the ballot last election we are now facing the consequences. We needed four votes, if you are wondering, for the voters to decide, and we only had three.
This all stems from the state retirement system failing to meet expected investment returns. Roughly 20 years ago all was funded, but there has been a slow decline over those years, and now Sacramento has no choice but to require all the participating agencies to pay up. In fairness, some adjustments were made during those 20 years, but not enough. Now, some agencies over the years did keep their retirements funded, we did not, and again in fairness, we are with the majority of state participants who only paid what they had to. So we are facing a big decision as a community. As I’ve stated in earlier columns, if we do not increase our revenue, the city won’t be able to provide the services at the same level. Stay informed, Be Kind, Remember your neighbor, and Stay safe! Semper Fi, Mac Paul P. McNamara Mayor of Escondido, pmcnamara@escondido.org
He brought it home and his wife looks at him and says, "What you gonna do with that. There ain't no water deep enough to float a boat within 100 miles of here." He says, "I won it and I'm a-gonna keep it." His brother came over to visit several days later. He sees the wife and asks where his brother is.
She says, "He's out there in his bass boat," pointing to the field behind the house. The brother heads out behind the house and sees his brother in the middle of a big field sitting in a bass boat with a fishing rod in his hand.
He yells out to him, "What are you doin'?"
His brother replies, "I'm fishin'. What does it look like I'm a doin'?"
His brother yells, "It's people like you that give people from Louisiana a bad name, makin' everybody think we're stupid. If I could swim, I'd come out there and whip your ass!" You Know You're in a Redneck Church if...
· The finance committee refuses to provide funds for the purchase of a chandelier because none of the members knows how to play one.
· People ask, when they learn that Jesus fed the 5000, whether the two fish were bass or catfish, and what bait was used to catch 'em.
· When the pastor says, "I'd like to ask Bubba to help take up the offering" and five guys and two women stand up. · Opening day of deer season is recognized as an official church holiday.
· A member of the church requests to be buried in his 4-wheel drive truck because "It ain't never been in a hole it couldn't get out of" (Love it!)
· The choir is known as the "OK Chorale". · In a congregation of 500 members, there are only seven different last names in the church directory.
· People think "rapture" is what you get when you lift something too heavy.
· The baptismal pool is a #2 galvanized " Wheeling " washtub. · The choir robes were donated by (and embroidered with the logo from) Billy Bob's Barbecue.
· The collection plates are really hubcaps from a '56 Chevy. · Instead of a bell you are called to service by a duck call.
· The minister and his wife drive matching pickup trucks. · The communion wine is Boone's Farm "Tickled Pink".
· "Thou shall not covet" applies to huntin dogs, too.
· The final words of the benediction are, "Y'all come back now, heah"? God Bless and don't fergit ta say yer prayers! •••• Puns for Somewhat Educated Minds
1.The fattest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi. 2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on
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of our progress from birth to advanced age and death. We move through these stages in a continuum. There is no certain point where we instantly morph from youth to adult or adult to old age. Our three arbitrary but simple generations are: youth or Whippersnappers (under 30), Tweeners or adults (30-60), seniors or Old Farts (over 60).
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We don’t buy life-long generational distinctions like Millennials, Baby Boomers and Gen X. For example, if you were born between 1946 and 1964 you are a “Baby Boomer” until you die. There may be superficial commonalities among members of fixed generations because they share pop culture and world events growing up, but there is little evidence that lifelong generational assignments define individuals in any meaningful way. We choose to focus on truly significant generational assignments based on age. Since humans began to record history, we have recognized distinctive characteristics associated with the stages
The distinction between generations is hazy in the middle but much clearer at the extremes. There is a real and definable “generation gap” between the Whippersnappers and the Old Farts and the major reasons for this growing “generation gap” is the unprecedented rate of expansion in knowledge and technology (see the “Buckminster Fuller Curve”). Whippersnappers easily assimilate new knowledge even as it erodes the knowledge base of “Old Farts” through obsolescence. To a large extent the Whippersnappers have developed a culture based on smart phone and Internet social media applications (apps). Old Farts utilize smart phone and Internet apps too, but mostly as convenient ways to accomplish established tasks like paying bills, banking and staying in touch with friends and family.
Old Farts are simply convenient generalizations. We all know that there are as many exceptions as there are folks who actually fit the caricatures. Certainly we know seniors who criticize every new thing new and worship the past. We’ve also met twenty year olds who are convinced they represent the pinnacle of human intellectual evolution. These are exceptions.
We’ve spent most of our adult lives in the computer industry, the last 27 years as owners of what’s become San Diego’s biggest, oldest, friendliest and bestest PC shop. Few folks know computers the way we do. Seniors and Tweeners have no problem asking for information, advice or help from us, but younger folks often do. Perhaps because of their familiarity with contemporary apps they have become regarded as computer “geniuses” by their parents and family Tweeners.
That could make them reluctant to expose their vulnerability by asking questions, especially from folks who are old enough to be their grandparents. Thank God for Derek, our computer savvy and infinitely patient lead technician, who also happens to be a Whippersnapper.
In an old New England church yard cemetery there is an encryption on a moss covered tombstone that that reads in part“ Remember me as you pass by, as you are now so once was I, as I am now so will you be.” While this inscription obviously addresses our transient mortality, it also applies to our journey through the stages of life. All Old Farts were once Whippersnappers and Whippersnappers will eventually be Old Farts. Generation Gaps will always be with us, but a little tolerance and understanding would be nice
Computer, Internet and smart phone technologies were developed by Old Farts (seniors). Tweeners (adults) picked up the baton and created the universe of apps that form the basis of today’s Whippersnapper (youth) culture. The ever expanding generation gap between between “Whippers” and “Farts” appears to be mostly an “apps gap.” The Whippersnappers haven’t had an opportunity to put their own stamp on technology yet, so far it’s all been handed to them, but they’ll soon get their chance. Caricatures like Whippersnappers and
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14. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: 'Keep off the Grass.'
3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.
16. The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian . 4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class, because it was a weapon of math disruption. 5. No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.
6. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering. 7. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.
8. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie. 9. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.
10. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. 11. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
12. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other: 'You stay here; I'll go on a head.' 13. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.
15. The midget fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
17. A backward poet writes inverse.
18. In a democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes. 19. When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.
20. If you jumped off the bridge in Paris, you'd be in Seine . 21. A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at him and says, 'I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger..' 22. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. One turns to the other and says 'Dam!'
23. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too. 24. Two hydrogen atoms meet.
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About 40 students raised their hands.
"That's really good. I'm really glad you take this seriously. Has anyone here ever talked to a ghost?" About 15 students raised their hand. "Has anyone here ever touched a ghost?" Three students raised their hands.
"That's fantastic. Now let me ask you one question further... Have any of you ever made love to a ghost?"
Way in the back, Ahmed raises his hand.
The professor takes off his glasses and says "Son, all the years I've been giv-
She ran out of the room. •••• Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked, 'How old was your husband?' '98,' she replied... 'Two years older than me'
Reporters interviewing a 104-yearold woman: 'And what do you think is the best thing about being 104?' the reporter asked.. She simply replied, 'No peer pressure.'
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ing this lecture, no one has ever claimed to have made love to a ghost. You've got to come up here and tell us about your experience."
The Middle Eastern Muslim student replied with a nod and a grin, and began to make his way up to the podium.
When he reached the front of the room, the professor asks, "So, Ahmed, tell us what it's like to have sex with a ghost?"
Ahmed replied, "Damn, from way back there I thought you said Goats." •••• Nurses aren't supposed to laugh... "Of course I won't laugh," said the nurse. "I'm a professional. In over twenty years I've never laughed at a patient."
"Okay then," said Bob, and he proceeded to drop his trousers, revealing the smallest male part the nurse had ever seen. In length and width was almost identical to a AAA battery.
Unable to control herself, the nurse tried to stop a giggle, but it just came out. And then she started laughing at the fact that she was laughing. Feeling very bad that she had laughed at the man's part, she composed herself as well as she could. "I am so sorry," she said.. "I don't know what came over me. On my honor as a nurse and a lady, I promise that won't happen again. Now, tell me, what seems to be the problem?" "It's swollen," Bob replied.
I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape, so I got my doctor's permission to join a fitness club and start exercising. I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But, by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over.
An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and told her preacher she had two final requests. First, she wanted to be cremated, and second, she wanted her ashes scattered over Wal-Mart. . 'Wal-Mart?' the preacher exclaimed. 'Why Wal-Mart?' 'Then I'll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week' Know how to prevent sagging? Just eat till the wrinkles fill out.
It's scary when you start making the same noises as your coffee maker.
These days about half the stuff in my shopping cart says, 'For fast relief.' •••• I just had a call from a Charity asking me to donate some of my clothes to the starving people throughout the world....
I told them to get lost. Anybody who fits into my clothes isn't starving. •••• FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBER 1. Money cannot buy happiness, but it’s more comfortable to cry in a Mercedes than on a bicycle.
2. Forgive your enemy, but remember the bastard's name. 3. Help someone when they are in trouble and they will remember you
when they are in trouble again.
4. Many people are alive only because its illegal to shoot them. 5. Alcohol does not solve any problems, but then again, neither does milk. •••• You think English is easy?
Read all the way to the end. This took a lot of work to put together! 1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce. 3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. 4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He was reading as the train sped through Reading 6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert..
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present. 8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes. 10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid. 12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row. 13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present. 15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line. 16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.. 19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend? 21) If the lead weight was removed the lead would be lighter.
Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if
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Chuckles Cont. from Page 13 we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig..
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on. English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. PS. - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick' ? You still think English is easy...?
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Giuseppe and Masha LoMedico
1611 S. Melrose Dr., Suite A-405 Vista, CA. 92081
This business is operated by a Married Couple. First day of business 5/01/2022 /s/Marsha LoMedico Filed
with
Ernest
J.
Dronenburg
Jr.,
County
Clerk/Recorder of San Diego, on 5/05/2022,
5/12, 5/19, 5/26 & 6/02/2022
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9010580
The name of the business: Two Brothers from Italy located at 591 Grand Avenue #G-101, San Marcos, CA. 92078.
Registrant Information:
Giuseppe and Marsha LoMedico 1611 S. Melrose Dr., Suite A-405 Vista, CA. 92081
This business is operated by a Married Couple. First day of business 2/14/2011 /s/Marsha LoMedico Filed
with
Ernest
J.
Dronenburg
Jr.,
County
Clerk/Recorder of San Diego, on 5/05/2022,
5/12, 5/19, 5/26 & 6/02/2022
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9010581
The name of the business: Two Brothers from Italy located at 986 E. Vista Way, Vista, CA. 92083. Registrant Information:
Giuseppe and Marsha LoMedico 1611 S. Melrose Dr., Suite A-405 Vista, CA. 92081
This business is operated by a Married Couple. First day of business 10/01/2015 /s/Marsha LoMedico Filed
with
Ernest
J.
Dronenburg
Jr.,
County
Clerk/Recorder of San Diego, on 5/05/2022,
5/12, 5/19, 5/26 & 6/02/2022
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9010582
The name of the business: Two Brothers from Italy located at 1601 S. Melrose Dr., #C, Vista, CA. 92081 Registrant Information:
Giuseppe and Marsha LoMedico 1611 S. Melrose Dr., Suite A-405 Vista, CA. 92081
This business is operated by a Married Couple. First day of business 6/1/2001. /s/Marsha LoMedico Filed
with
Ernest
J.
Dronenburg
Jr.,
County
Clerk/Recorder of San Diego, on 5/05/2022,
5/12, 5/19, 5/26 & 6/02/2022
5/12, 5/19, 5/26 & 6/02/2022
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9008645L The name of the business: Juanita’s Taco ocated at 290 N. Coast Hwy 101, Encinitas, CA. 92024. Registrant Information: Juanita’s Taco Shop Inc. 290 N. Coast Hiway 101 Encinitas, CA. 92024 This business is operated by a corporation. First day of business 2/01/2015 /s/ Ricardo Gonzalez, President Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego, on 4/25/2022,
Jr.,
Clerk/Recorder of San Diego, on 5/05/2022,
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT
2022-9008028
The name of the business:Pure
Love Ministries, located at 411 Village Lane, Vista, Ca. 92083. Registrant
Information:
Carine and Jason Bassili 411 Village Lane Vista, Ca. 92083
This business is operated by a Married Couple.
First day of business 9/18/2020 /s/ Carine Bassili Filed
with
Dronenburg
Ernest
Jr.,
J.
County
Clerk/Recorder of San Diego, on 4/5/2022,
4/21, 4/28, 5/05 and 5/12/2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9008136 The name of the business: Safe Dog ID Collar, located at 2023 Meadowlark Ranch Circle, San Marcos, CA. 92078. Registrant Information: Laura D. Kaye 2023 Meadowlark Ranch Circle San Marcos, CA. 92078 This business is operated by an individual. First day of business n/a. /s/ Laura D. Kaye Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego, on 4/06/2022,
4/21, 4/28, 5/05 & 5/12/2022
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9008600 The name of the business: Diaz Landscapes, located at 611 S. Twin Oaks Valley Rd, #25, San Marcos, CA. 92078. Registrant Information: Daniel Joseph Diaz 611 S. Twin Oaks Valley Rd. #25 San Marcos, CA. 92078 This business is operated by an individual. First day of business n/a. /s/Daniel Joseph Diaz Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego, on 4/12/2022,
4/21, 4/28, 5/05 & 5/12/2022
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT
2022-9008167
The name of the business: Boomin
Barrels; Booming Barrels, located at 4050 Arroyo Sorrento Rd., San Diego, CA. 92150.
Registrant Information: Jacob M. Moss
4050 Arroyo Sorrento Rd. San Diego, CA. 92150
This business is operated by an individual.First day of business 1/01/2022.
/s/ Jacob M. Moss
Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego, on 4/06/2022
4/21, 4/28, 5/05 & 5/12/2022
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9006748 The name of the business: Grotto Spa, located at 6755 Mira Mesa Blvd. #140, San Diego, CA. 92121 Registrant Information: Ying Xu 1602 Wesley Way Vista, Ca. 92081 This business is operated by an individual. First Day of Business: 3/15/2022. /s/ Ying Xu Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego, on 3/22/2022,
4/21, 4/28, 5/05 & 5/12/2022
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9009595 The name of the business: The Rooted Goddess, located at 1239 Maryland Dr., Vista, CA. 92083. Registrant Information: Eband Flows , LLC 1239 Maryland Dr. Vista, Ca. 92083 This business is operated by a Limited Liability Company. First day of business 2/28/22. /s/Ebony M. Henry, CEO Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego, on 4/25/2022,
5/05, 5/12, 5/19 & 5/26/2022
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME 37-2022-00014831-CU-PT-CTL TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner J. Ernesto Arrendondo Santoyo filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: J. Ernesto Arrendondo Santoyo to Proposed name Juan Ernesto Garcia Santoyo. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objections that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 6/06/2022, 8:30 am, in Dept. 61 The address of the court is: Central Division, Hall of Justice, 330 W. Broadway, San Diego, Ca. 92101. A copy of the Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: San Marcos News Reporter, dba, The Paper, 845 W. San Marcos Blvd, San Marcos, Ca. 92078. Dated April 21, 2022. /s/ Michael T. Smyth, Judge of the Superior Court 4/28, 5/05, 5/12 & 5/19/2022
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9008688 The name of the business: SD Photo Video, located at 2102 Cosmo Way, San Marcos, CA. 92078. Registrant Information: Abbas Solhdoost 2102 Cosmo Way San Marcos, CA. 92078 This business is operated by an individual. First day of business n/a. /s/ Abbas Solhdoost Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego, on 4/13/2022,
4/28, 5/05, 5/12 & 5/19/2022
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT
2022-9010124
The name of the business: Redline Athletics San Marcos, located at 2937 Norman Strasse Rd., San Marcos, CA. 92069.
Registrant Information: Intense Sports, LLC
2937 Norman Strasse Rd. San Marcos, Ca. 92069
This business is operated by a Limited Liability Company. First day of business: N/A /s/ Anand Parekh, President
Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County
Clerk/Recorder of San
Diego, on 4/29/2022,
5/05, 5/12, 5/19 & 5/26/22--FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
The
STATEMENT
2022-9009092
name
of
the
business:
California Wraps, located at 1495
Poinsettia Ave. #150, Vista, CA. 92081
Registrant Information: Trevor James Vercoe
152 W. Avenida Palizada
San Clemente, CA. 92672
This business is operated by an individual.First day of business 9/12/14.
/s/ Trevor J. Vercoe
Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County
Clerk/Recorder of
San Diego, on 4/19/2022,
4/28, 5/05, 5/12 & 5/19/2022
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT
2022-9008279
The name of the business: Angel
Massage Studio, located at 1691
Melrose Dr., #140, San Marcos, Ca. 92078.
Registrant Information: Ba Yue, Inc.
205 Vineyard Ct.
San Marcos, CA. 92069
This business is operated by a corporation.
First day of business n/a.
/s/ John A. Brodsky, President
Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County
Clerk/Recorder of
San Diego, on 4/07/2022,
4/21, 4/28, 5/05 and 5/12/2022
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CITY OF SAN MARCOS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (ADMIN RFP 22-04) COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNICATION PLAN SERVICES FOR THE SAN MARCOS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (SMUSD) COVID-19 MENTAL HEALTH & WELLNESS UNIT PROGRAM (“PROGRAM”)
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of San Marcos, hereinafter referred to as Agency or City, invites proposals for the above stated Project and will be available on line via PlanetBids. Proposals are due up to the hour of 4:00 p.m. on May 24, 2022. WORK DESCRIPTION The City is seeking the services of qualified firm(s) to provide professional communications services as required to prepare and implement a comprehensive and expansive communications plan for the Program. LOCATION OF WORK Citywide. ESTIMATED BUDGET The estimated overall budget is $200,000. TERM 3 Years. AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS The City uses PlanetBids to post and receive bids/proposals. Only vendors that are registered will be eligible to submit a bid/proposal for formal solicitations with the City. PlanetBids is accessible via the City’s website and direct link provided below and provides all documents at no cost to bidders/proposers. http://www.san-marcos.net OR https://www.planetbids.com/po rtal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=39 481 GENERAL The company to whom the Contract is awarded, and any subcontractor under such company, shall hereby ensure that minority and women business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids for subcontracts. Further, there shall be no discrimination in employment practices on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical handicap, medical condition, marital status, age, or sex. DOP 5/5/ and 5/12/2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9008770 The name of the business: Pro Teeth Guard; ProTeethGuard.com, located at 804 N. Twin Oaks Valley Rd. #120, San Marcos, CA. 92069 Registrant Information: Yong Dental Lab and Medical Equipment Inc. 2230 Cottage Way Vista, Ca. 92081 This business is operated by a corporation. First day of business n/a. /s/ Yongping Geng, President Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego, on 4/14/2022,
4/21, 4/28, 5/05 and 5/12/2022
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9007799 The name of the business: Green Madness; Ash’s Bistro, located at 16769 Bernardo Center Dr., Ste. K1-285, San Diego, CA. 92128 Registrant Information: Green Madness, LLC 16769 Bernardo Center Dr., Ste K1-285 San Diego, CA. 92128 This business is operated by a Limited Liability Company. First day of business n/a. /s/Ashraf Elgharieb Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego, on 4/04/2022,
4/21, 4/28, 5/05 & 5/12/2022
STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #2022-9008884 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME:
North County DUI Center, located at 1808 Aston Ave., Ste 235, Carlsbad, CA. 92008.The Fictitious Business Name
referred to above was filed in San Diego County on 5/20/15 and assigneed file no. 2015-013479 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IS BEING ABANDONED BY: Sean F. Leslie 2055 Alta Vista Dr., Vista, CA, 92084
This business is conducted by an individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000). /s/ Sean F. Leslie, Owner This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County on April 15, 2022, 4/21, 4/28, 5/05 and 5/12/2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT
2022-9009110
The name of the business: LVL Consulting, located at 1194 Corte Ladera, San Marcos, Ca. 92069. Registrant Information: Ravi Kumar Kamboh 1194 Corte Ladera
San Marcos, CA. 92069
This business is operated by an individual.
First day of business n/a. /s/ Ravi Kumar Kamboh
Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County
Clerk/Recorder of
San Diego, on 4/19/2022,
5/05, 5/12, 5/19 & 5/26/2022
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
The
STATEMENT
2022-9008140
name
of
the
business:
Procomm Solutions, located at 913 Catalina Blvd., San Diego, Ca. 92106.
Registrant Information: Aaron Martinez 7511 Judson Ct.
San Diego, Ca. 92111
This business is operated by an individual.
First day of business n/a /s/ Aaron Martinez
Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County
Clerk/Recorder of
San Diego, on 4/06/2022,
5/05, 5/12, 5/19 & 5/26/2022
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT
2022-9008141
The name of the business: A-A Enterprises, located at 704 Paseo Robles, Vista, Ca. 92084. Registrant Information: Amanda Sandoval 704 Paseo Robles Vista, Ca. 92084
This business is operated by an individual.
First day of business n/a. /s/ Amanda Sandoval
Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County
Clerk/Recorder of
San Diego, on 4/06/2022,
5/05, 5/12, 5/19 & 5/26/2022
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9007428 The name of the business: Syl Las Hermanas Mexican Food and Pupuseria, located at 5841 Market St., San Diego, Ca. 92114. Registrant Information: Marta Lorena Ceron 4522 60th St. Apt 2 San Diego, Ca. 92115 This business is operated by an individual. First day of business: 1/01/2022 /s/ Marta Lorena Ceron Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego, on 3/29/2022,
4/28, 5/05, 5/12 & 5/19/2022
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9009599 The name of the business: The Cookie Girls, located at 980 Los Vallecitos Blvd., San Marcos, Ca. 92078. Registrant Information: Hailey Smith 3647 Emma Rd. Vista, CA. 92084 This business is operated by an individual. First day of business: 4/21/2022 /s/ Hailey Smith Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego, on 4/25/2022,
4/28, 5/05, 5/12 & 5/19/2022
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9009827 The name of the business: Well Kept Home Construction, Inc., located at 514 Shadow Tree Dr., Oceanside, CA. 92058. Registrant Information: Well Kept Home Contruction, Inc. 514 Shadow Tree Dr. Oceanside, CA. 92058 This business is operated by a corporation. First day of business 3/17/2022. /s/ Lewis Ringer, President Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego, on 4/27/2022,
5/05, 5/12, 5/19 & 5/26/2022
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOURTH FLOOR TENANT RENOVATIONS – ONE CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that IDS Real Estate Group and the City of San Marcos (City) request proposals from qualified contractors for the above stated project. DESCRIPTION OF WORK The Work includes renovations on two floors of existing tenant suites. The work will occur at One Civic Center Drive, San Marcos, CA. Contractors must meet or exceed the specifications and requirements stated in the Request for Proposal (RFP). CONTRACT TERM The Contractor shall diligently and continuously prosecute the work to completion, which shall be no later than June 30, 2023.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL: All proposals must be received by the project construction manager via email no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 24, 2022. Late proposals will not be accepted. Proposing contractors are required to request a read receipt or a reply from the project construction manager for confirmation of delivery. Facsimile submittals are not acceptable.
PREVAILING WAGE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the San Marcos City Charter and the San Marcos Municipal Code, payment of prevailing wages and compliance with the California Labor Code Sections 1770 et seq is required for this project. The Contractor will be required to comply with all of the terms and conditions (including State General Prevailing Wage requirements) prescribed for Contractor performing public works construction projects. The California Department of Industrial Relations determines the general prevailing wage rates for the State and are available at the DIR website, http://www.dir.ca.gov, or from the City of San Marcos’ City Clerk Office. DIR REGISTRATION
Under (SB 854), “contractors” are required to register with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) on an annual basis (July 1-June 30). All contractors and subcontractors submitting bids will be required to have registered in advance with the (DIR) and must meet the minimum program qualifications necessary to be eligible to work on public works projects pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 and Proposals should be addressed Public Contract Code Section to City of San Marcos c/o IDS 4104. Real Estate Group, Attn: Construction Manager, 785 J DOP: 5/12 and 5/19/2022 Street, San Diego, CA 92101. All proposals are to be electronic and shall be sent to: cmaurer@idsrealestate.com ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR PRE-SUBMITTAL MEETING AND SITE WALK: A mandatory pre-submittal meeting has been scheduled at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, meeting in the lobby of the San Marcos Civic Center. The purpose of the pre-submittal meeting is to discuss the Scope of Work included in the RFP and answer questions proposers have relating to the RFP and/or the Contract. A mandatory site walk of the project will immediately follow the pre-submittal meeting. All proposers must attend the pre-submittal meeting and site walk. Failure to attend either of these events shall be cause for rejecting pro posals.
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL: A complete RFP package is available for download electronically from: https://spaces.hightail.com/spa ce/i5zYr7XdeJ
It is the responsibility of the proposer to download and carefully review the contents of all documents provided in this RFP, including the addenda and any exhibits attached thereto. Proposers must provide a response to all components specified in this RFP. Incomplete proposals, proposals containing errors or inconsistencies, failure to comply with the submission requirements contained in the RFP, or other process or content errors or deficiencies may constitute cause for rejection. Submission of a proposal indicates acceptance by the proposer of the conditions contained in the RFP and the attachments thereto, unless clearly and specifically noted in the proposal and confirmed in the Contract executed between the Owner and the selected service provider. The Owner reserves the right to retain all proposals submitted and to use any idea(s) in a proposal regardless of whether that proposal is selected.
CHANGE OF NAME 37-2022-00015269-CU-PT-NC TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner Robert Tercero filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Robert Navarehe and Robert Chavez respectively to Proposed names of Robert Tercero and Robert Tercero. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objections that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: N25 The address of the court is: North County Division, 325 S. Melrose Dr., Vista, CA. 92081. A copy of the Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: San Marcos News Reporter, dba, The Paper, 845 W. San Marcos Blvd, San Marcos, Ca. 92078. Dated April 26, 2022. /s/ James E. Simmons Jr., Judge of the Superior Court 5/12, 5/19, 5/26 & 6/02.2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT
2022-9009322
The name of the business: Saba Catering, located at 326 N. Home St., Oceanside, CA. 92054. Registrant Information: Keola Liu
2565 Joann Dr.
Oceanside, CA. 92056
This business is operated by a General Partnership.
First day of business n/a /s/ Keola Liu
Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County
Clerk/Recorder of
San Diego, on 4/21/2022,
5/12, 5/19, 5/26 & 6/02/2022
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