Guest Column: To bond or not to bond
Let me introduce myself as a 38-year, tax-paying resident of Ramona who is a lifelong fiscal conservative, a member of your school board, and a strong er of school bond...
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Consider This: State Route 67 is now in your hands
It has been five years since the Ramona Community Planning Group first approached SANDAG and Caltrans about widening state Route 67 to accommodate evacuation and improve safety. We made the...
Consider This: A statue for Ramona’s own Archie Moore
There is no safe place to hide from the vicious predator known as the mongoose, and that would also include a boxing ring. Someone thought Archie Moore fought like a...
Consider This: Ramona, have we just begun to fight?
First, I'd like to update you on the history of state Route 67. In the late 1980's both the California Highway Patrol and Caltrans described SR-67 as a "dangerous and...
Consider This: State Route 67, a challenge to your lifespan
Hello Ramona. Do you think I exaggerate when I choose language suggesting that State Route 67 is a challenge to your lifespan? I think not. I did a study a...
Consider This: The Lions are coming
Holiday Greetings, Ramona. I fervently hope that all is well with you, your family and your friends. But occasionally, as you know, bad days slip into our collective lives. Imagine...
Consider This: Some good news, Ramona
Last year I wrote a column outlining the shortage of paramedic ambulance services in Ramona. It isn't complicated and there is no one to blame. Thirty-two years ago the population...
Guest Commentary: Ramona Municipal Water District policies discourage public input
Hello Ramona. Would you agree with me that governments, at all levels in America, seem to be aching to overstep their constitutional authority? The COVID-19 crisis is a good example...
Guest Commentary: It’s time to speak out about state Route 67
I would like to welcome the attention of all my fellow Ramona residents and our friends in the backcountry. It is finally our time to speak directly to Caltrans about...
Consider This: New SR-67 problem
There is news afoot on the status of the SR 67 improvement project, but the news is discouraging. Please read on because you have the opportunity to make a difference.In...
Consider This: The pandemic silver lining
The virus has hopefully peaked and is winding down. There is talk of another round, but, in my opinion, that is speculative.The aftermath of this pandemic is devastating. We went...
Consider This: Our next opponent and victim
Greetings from me, standing proudly in the shade of a large, unfurled American flag. I'm standing here to remind myself that I live in America where terrorist attacks, stock market...
Consider This: Heaven is not a myth
This being my 70th season of gratitude and joy, half of them here in Ramona, I thought I’d share with you how grateful I am to be alive, relatively healthy,...
Guest Commentary: Living and dying on SR-67
This isn’t complicated. For decades the community of Ramona has been steadily outgrowing the capacity of state Route 67 to serve as either an evacuation route or as our primary...