In the June primary, challenger Ray Ellis bested incumbent District 1 City Councilmember Sherri Lightner 45.6 percent to 41.5 percent. As the top two candidates, both made the recent general election, where Lightner not only added significantly to her total (54.9 percent), but drove down Ellis’ (45.1 percent). How did Lightner change the minds of…
It continues to be a buyer’s real estate market in San Diego and a great time to buy property. Whether you are a first time home buyer or an experienced investor, housing prices are still significantly down from five years ago and mortgage interest rates are still at an all-time low. Historically, real estate has…
Last Saturday was “shop local” day, a community focused antidote to the megastore madness that is Black Friday. I totally missed it, which isn’t to say I was one of the millions camped out at the mall as I totally support the idea of buying from local merchants, especially artists and artisans living in the…
thursday, nov. 29 A Christmas Carol Cygnet continues its annual holiday tradition with a new live radio play. Be a part of the live studio audience as the WCYG Players bring a unique presentation of the classic A Christmas Carol to life. Complete with holiday music, commercials and live sound effects. A treat for the…
Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, that’s now become a major holiday season shopping day, has a different meaning for me. That’s because on Black Friday in 2009 Christine Daniels, fka Mike Penner, died by suicide. I wasn’t her closest friend by far, but her death still impacts me greatly to this day. For those…
In this article, I give to you a very special invitation to cultivate gratitude and gratefulness as your basic attitude toward life; as the very ground of your being. Gratefulness is powerful. It’s one of the most powerful forces in the world. Gratefulness makes all the difference between just going through the motions and really…
(CNN) – Before Sheldon Bruck told his orthodox Jewish parents he was gay, the teenager looked for a way out of homosexuality. His search led him to JONAH — Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing — which claimed on its website to help people “struggling with unwanted same-sex sexual attractions.” JONAH co-director Arthur Goldberg promised…
San Diego is one of eleven cities that scored 100 percent in the new Human Rights Campaign Municipality Equality Index (MEI) released yesterday. The MEI, the first ever rating system of LGBT inclusion in municipal law, finds that while many U.S. cities lag behind in protections for LGBT people, some of the most LGBT-friendly policies…
In a symbolic gesture of bringing City elected officials out to the neighborhood Mayor-Elect Bob Filner’s inauguration ceremony will be held Monday Dec. 3 10 a.m. at the Balboa Park Club, 2144 Pan American Road West in Balboa Park. Later that same day five community inaugural celebrations will take place across the city giving Filner…
Megachurch pastor Rick Warren on Tuesday night said that same sex relationships would still be sinful even if they were natural. “It wouldn’t bother me if there was a ‘gay gene’ found,” he told CNN host Piers Morgan. “Here’s what we know about life,” Warren continued. “I have all kinds of natural feelings in my…
