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Stage Set For Oktoberfest Battle
LA MESA -- The La Mesa City Council stuck to the "one applicant" per public event standard Tuesday night and that sets the stage for a major showdown between the La Mesa Village Merchants Association and the La Mesa Chamber of Commerce over how Oktoberfest…
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Grossmont Center Honored In Transition
LA MESA -- As their time at Grossmont Center draws to a close the Denele Company (the Stefan family) who have been the exclusive operators of Grossmont Center since 1963, are thankful to have been a part of the history, and the success of the center and…
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Baber, McWhirter Lead Way To New Council
LA MESA – With two open seats as the rare grand prize, the 2014 City Council race came to an end Tuesday night delivering on its…
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Much At Stake In City Council Race
LA MESA -- Democracy can be exhausting.
With two open seats in the La Mesa City Council race, the five candidates have been racing through an energetic campaign, raising money, knocking on doors, looking for anyway possible to get before an audience and…
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By Chris Lavin
La Mesa Today Editor
LA MESA -- In a usual month, the City Council meeting is where you might come to measure the activity running through the fault lines of local…
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McWhirter Helped Fund England Hit Piece
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LA MESA -- Guy McWhirter, one of five City Council candidates, has acknowledged helping bankroll a portion of the largely unsigned negative campaign mailings that have targeted…
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Mailers Signal A Turn To The Negative
LA MESA -- With less than two weeks to go to election day, things are turning a bit rough in the Jewel of the Hills.
Mayor Art Madrid Friday began circulating a direct mail piece that extolled his virtues on one side while…
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Clear Leaders In The Money Race
LA MESA -- If dollars were votes, City Council candidates Bill Baber and Mary England and Mayoral candidate Mark Arapostathis would be shoo-ins on election day.
The latest required campaign finance reports show a disparate range of fundraising among…
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LA MESA -- On his third attempt at winning a City Council seat, Patrick Dean (speaking in photo above) has clearly decided it is time to stand out.
On a warm October evening, with election night just a few brief weeks away, Dean injected an element of…
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Candidates Forum A Polite Affair
LA MESA -- As he began the Chamber of Commerce Candidates Forum Thursday night, La Mesa Mayor Art Madrid endeavored to draw a clear distinction between he and his opponent,…
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La Mesa Candidates Work Street By Street
LA MESA -- While much of the political campaign world has gone hi-tech and electronic, running for office in the Jewel of the Hills has clearly remained decidedly low-tech.
As Labor Day, the traditional starters gun for campaign seasons,…
Added by La Mesa Today on September 4, 2014 at 5:30am — 5 Comments
Candidates Filing Now For Council, Mayor
LA MESA -- The first major deadline of the fall campaign season arrived this week and all but one of the candidates who have been talking about running have followed through.
According to the La Mesa City Clerk's office, Mayor Art Madrid and…
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Filings Show November Slate Growing
By Chris Lavin
La Mesa Today Editor
LA MESA -- As the summer moves on, slowly the November election season is starting to take shape with new candidates emerging and some older…
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Of Peace, Education And Beer-fests Future
By Chris Lavin
La Mesa Today Editor
LA MESA -- One of the subtle facets of the new Bo-beau in La Mesa is the community table you find just inside the bar to the right of the entrance.…
Added by La Mesa Today on January 22, 2014 at 7:28pm — 18 Comments
Davis Doesn't See Mortgage Deduction Ending
LA MESA -- Congresswoman Susan Davis spent much of the day Wednesday visiting La Mesa constituents,…
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England Leaving Lemon Grove Council
LA MESA -- Mary England, the energetic executive director of the La Mesa Chamber of Commerce and the Republican candidate for the new 79th Assembly District in November will not seek re-election to the Lemon Grove City Council.
England, who served 12…
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England Advancing In Assembly Race
LA MESA -- Mary England, the executive director of the La Mesa Chamber of Commerce and a Lemon Grove City Council member, will compete for a state Assembly seat in November's election.
England, a Republican, was in a virtual tie with Democrat Shirley…
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England Wins Jacob Endorsement For Assembly
SAN DIEGO -- San Diego County Supervisor Dianne Jacob this week endorsed Lemon Grove City Council member Mary England for the 79th State Assembly District seat.
Jacob, a long serving County Supervisor with many ties in the community, was…
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