Is there a concerted attempt by the Sweetwater Union High School District to silence or stifle criticism? That’s what many public speakers told the trustees during the March 11 board meeting. The meeting was prefaced …
March 15, 2013
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Sweetwater school district board seeks to silence opposition
Happy retro Halloween from the boys and ghouls at The Big Scream
My introduction to the concept of trick-or-treating was so bland and uneventful that it has forever soiled my view of the holiday. Never wanting to venture too far from home, the first door we knocked …
October 29, 2013
Sweetwater Athletics Hall of Fame scrutinized
Most people were expelled from the October 23 Sweetwater Union High School District board meeting. So, public comment allowed prior to specific agenda items was not so public. To several trustees and apparently superintendent Ed …
November 4, 2013
Faulconer claim not "flawed" — it's a blatant lie
The U-T this morning ran a story stating that the main claims of the candidate it favors, Kevin Faulconer, is "flawed." Actually, that claim, hawked by former mayor Jerry Sanders, is not simply flawed. It …
November 6, 2013
Halloween video funhouse
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933): It's the star-studded premiere of Mae West's I'm No Angel at Grauman's Chinese and the Paramount newsreel cameras were there to capture it for Hollywood on Parade, a series …
October 31, 2013
New releases opening this week: 12 Years a Slave, Ender's Game, and more
Everybody loves 12 Years a Slave. Well, almost everybody. Look, I know what you're thinking. "Oh, Marks is just a contrarian from the School of Armond White. Of course he's not going to like a …
November 1, 2013