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Commentaries: A Selection

“You have to be involved in terms of what’s happening in your own neighborhood”
— Barack Obama

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2025

  • “Besieged Council Walks Back (Some) Paid Balboa Parking”

    OB Rag, Sept. 17, 2025

  • “Let Them Take Buses: The Ugly Truth About San Diego Transit Commuting”

    OB Rag, Sept. 8, 2025

  • “Trash Fee Vote: City Council Running on Empty”

    OB Rag, June 13, 2025

  • “Ugly Buildings in Golden Hill: Don’t Wake a Sleeping Tiger”

    OB Rag, May 22, 2025

  • “Todd Gloria’s Alternative Facts”

    OB Rag, Mar. 12, 2025

2024

  • “The Halloween Fairmount Fire: When Luck Runs Out”

    OB Rag, Nov. 1, 2024

  • “The Worst ADU in San Diego: A Closer Look”

    OB Rag, Oct. 15, 2024

  • “The ‘Property Bros’ See OB as a Cash Machine”

    OB Rag, Aug. 20, 2024

  • “Kettner and Vine: Not This Time”

    OB Rag, July 22, 2024

  • "Balboa Park Has Become a Dump Site for the City of San Diego"

    OB Rag, June 18, 2024

2023

  • "San Diego officials must consider these key questions before rebuilding the Civic Center"

    San Diego Union-Tribune, July 5, 2023

  • "Hey, Let’s Make Hillcrest More Crowded!"

    OB Rag, October 31, 2023

2021

  • "Stealth Local Government Forces San Diegans to Read the ‘Fine Print’."

    Times Of San Diego, August 27, 2021

2018

  • "Neighborhood Planning Groups Are Not Closed Off to New Voices"

    Voice Of San Diego, June 28, 2018

2017

  • "Bike Commuting Plan Faces Bumpy Road"

    San Diego Union-Tribune, July 14, 2017

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