After several years of upheaval in our community, nation, and the world, many of ushave thankfully started to return to a “new normal.” The worst of the pandemic is over, inflation strain is easing, and we have returned to enjoying everything our beautiful county has to offer. But while many of us have moved forward, […]
Opinion
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Op-Ed: A practical solution to ocean pollution
Leon Benham is an organic farmer/environmentalist who has lived in Imperial Beach for 60 years. He has a solution for the Tijuana sewage crisis.
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Op-Ed: The art of being a good houseguest
Newspapers used to offer etiquette columns that helped us learn the ropes for so many social situations but the information can still be found. And maybe it’s not a bad idea to keep the existence of your guestroom on the downlow.
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Op-Ed: Passion for July 4 comes from my immigrant family
Coronado News editorial board member Amy Hall shares her childhood memories of Fourth of July and what it meant to her immigrant family.
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Op-Ed: An excellent proposal to fix the sewage crisis
George Mullen has presented an excellent and well reasoned proposal to construct just north of the Tijuana River mouth a long jetty to divert to deeper waters the never ending near shore littoral current contaminating our beaches with Mexican sewage.
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Op-Ed: The Navy accelerates its innovation journey
Whether it was the transition from sail to steam, or the advent of steel warships to replace wooden ones, or the change from the battleship to the aircraft carrier to the centerpiece of the Navy fleet, these changes helped the U.S. Navy dominate at sea.
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Editor’s Note: Here’s how to help Coronado Fourth of July
The Coronado News will donate 50% of all new, local advertising revenue from the June 30 Independence Day edition.
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Op-Ed: America’s solution to the Tijuana sewage crisis
Absent a true solution (with sufficient ongoing funding) to handle Tijuana’s sewage, our best option is what I call the TJ Dilution Solution. It may prove to be the critical extra layer of protection that we need.
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Editor’s Note: We are a proud Coronado Fourth of July Parade sponsor
The Coronado News is a sponsor of the Coronado Fourth of July Parade, and we want to introduce you to a new full-time staff writer and summer interns.
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Op-Ed: In defense of the irresponsible athlete
Coronado High School boys tennis coach Jeff Harrington writes an Op-Ed regarding the Senior Awards process.
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Op-Ed: Clarifying Coronado’s School Board controversies
We are saying that a small, but vocal and influential group is attempting to politicize our school system and polarize our community.
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Letter to the Editor: Harris is wrong about Coronado Schools Foundation
I’ve read, and reread, Craig Harris’s op-ed piece about the Coronado Schools Foundation – and I can’t figure out what he’s getting at. I guess there might be a problem there, somewhere – but I’m not seeing it. As Mr. Harris reports, CSF is a nonprofit organization that donates approximately $800,000 annually to the Coronado […]
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Op-Ed: Let’s have some (civil) arguments
Local reporting on the recent CUSD School Board meeting was disturbing. The agitated rhetoric seemed contrary to the public’s interest in discussing an important issue for Coronado’s Schools and the taxpayers funding them. Perhaps a different approach is called for: Premise One: The Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) represents itself as the premier Professional […]
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Op-Ed: Why are taxpayers giving Coronado Schools Foundation – a private business – free rent?
The Coronado Schools Foundation is sitting on $9.5 million, but is taking a nearly $38,000 free-rent subsidy from the district.
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Op-Ed: Conservatives are trying to save public school education
Donna Manning claims she is concerned with protecting our school board. Why wasn’t she concerned on 8/13/2020, when founding members of InclusioNado were chanting, drumbeating and violently pounding on the glass doors and windows of the CUSD Trustee room causing meeting disruption. Marie Simon was a Trustee at that time. InclusioNado using a bull horn to loudly interrupt […]
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Op-Ed: It’s past time to take back San Diego from homelessness
San Diego (and our region) has been shamefully mismanaged over the past decade, turning our streets, canyons and public parks into ground zero in a raging homeless humanitarian crisis that is negatively impacting all of us. In the face of this ongoing disaster, we recently authored Sunbreak Ranch Is the Answer to San Diego — and America’s […]