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East County Roundup highlights stories of interest to East County residents, published in other media
July 29, 2010 (San Diego's East County) -- This week’s Roundup stories include:
•Fetal position: County Supervisor Bill Horn uses your money to promote pro-life education
• Schwarzenegger orders furloughs for state workers
• Judge blocks part of Arizona immigration law
• Q&A with Ralf Swenson, new superintendent of Grossmont Union High School District
• Fallbrook: Mountain lion believed shot
• San Diego’s refugee brain drain
• Governor orders National Guard to border
• Powerlink booster may have powered up too soon
• Economy threatens parks
FETAL POSITION: COUNTY SUPERVISOR BILL HORN USES YOUR MONEY TO PROMOTE PRO-LIFE EDUCATION
July 28, 2010 (San Diego CityBeat) -- During the last three years, San Diego County Supervisor Bill Horn has steered $80,000 in public money to a Christian organization that provides pro-life educational materials to K-12 schools.
The ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties says the grants may violate federal and state constitutional provisions separating church and state. In exchange for Horn’s support, the organization has promoted the North County supervisor in published materials in violation of county guidelines.
The La Mesa-based group, Life Perspectives, most recently received $20,000 from the county Board of Supervisors at Horn’s request on June 29.
http://www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/article-7968-fetal-position.html
SCHWARZENEGGER ORDERS FURLOUGHS FOR STATE WORKERS
July 28, 2010 (Sacramento Bee) -- Schwarzenegger orders more furloughs for state workers
Less than one month after ending furloughs for about 200,000 state workers, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this morning brought back a scaled-down version of the policy, effective Sunday.
Read more: http://blogs.sacbee.com/the_state_worker/2010/07/schwarzenegger-orders-more-fur.html#ixzz0v5zQ8d4j
JUDGE BLOCKS PART OF ARIZONA IMMIGRATION LAW
July 28, 2010 (Yahoo News) -- PHOENIX – A federal judge stepped into the fight over Arizona's immigration law at the last minute Wednesday, blocking the heart of the measure and defusing a confrontation between police and thousands of activists that had been building for months.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100728/ap_on_re_us/us_arizona_immigration
Q&A: RALF SWENSON, NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF GROSSMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
July 16, 2010 ( Union-Tribune) -- Ralf Swenson was hired last week as the new superintendent in the Grossmont Union High School District. Swenson replaces Robert Collins, who left after three years to take a post at an international education corporation.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jul/16/q-ralf-swenson-new-superintendent-grossmont-union-/
FALLBROOK: MOUNTAIN LION BELIEVED SHOT
Female with cubs is fourth killed in three months
July 16, 2010 (North County Times) --A female mountain lion with cubs died of apparent gunshot wounds early last week in the De Luz area north of Fallbrook, making her the fourth animal in a Southern California mountain lion study to die unnaturally in the past three months.
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/fallbrook/article_81c66a14-e3e2-55ca-a5f8-bed541dee59c.html
GOVERNOR ORDERS NATIONAL GUARD TO BORDER
224 National Guard Troops To Patrol Mexican Border
July 16, 2010 (10 News)SAN DIEGO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Friday ordered 224 National Guard troops to patrol the Mexican border for one year to support federal security efforts.
The troops will be part of 1,200 National Guard personnel President Barack Obama requested in May to be deployed along the border in the southwest United States.
http://www.10news.com/news/24285933/detail.html
SAN DIEGO’S REFUGEE BRAIN GAIN
July 16, 2010 (Voice of San Diego) -- The sixth floor conference room at the City Heights Center was redolent of falafel and baklava and Indian flatbread Wednesday evening, as well as abuzz with chatter -- listen closely.
http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/neighborhoods/article_99e72cd8-908f-11df-afc1-001cc4c03286.html
POWERLINK BOOSTER MAY HAVE POWERED UP TOO SOON
Official was lobbying within 10 months of leaving the state
July 15, 2010 (San Diego Union-Tribune) --The $1.9 billion, 119-mile Sunrise Powerlink transmission line set to cut through the Cleveland National Forest and East County had a powerful advocate in utility executive Dan Skopec.
But he may have gone into action too soon.
A document obtained by The Watchdog indicates that Skopec, a former top state official, was lobbying for the project in April 2008 — ten months after he left the state. Generally speaking, state officials are supposed to wait 12 months before lobbying on issues that were under their purview.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jul/15/powerlink-advocate-may-have-powered-too-soon/
ECONOMY THREATENS PARKS
July 14, 2010 (Ramona Sentinel) -- Economy threatens parks
When Linda Thornhill isn’t studying economics in Collier Park in Ramona, she is in the park playing with her grandchildren.
It’s a beautiful place,” Thornhill said of the eight-acre county park between Sixth and Seventh streets. It’s safe and it has good equipment, she explained.
But Collier Park is among county parks struggling to stay open in the down economy, county representatives said during a meeting in Ramona Community Center last Thursday evening.
http://www.ramonasentinel.com/article/News/News/Economy_threatens_parks/20613
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