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San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion@sdutOpinion · 6 h

There’s an urgent need for county regulations requiring licensing and proficiency testing to protect all road users from e-bike accidents. sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/17/reg…

sdutOpinion's tweet card. We should require county regulations for all e-bike riders since they impose an accident threat to everyone. All e-bike riders should be required to be licensed and tested for proficiency. I know, …

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San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion@sdutOpinion · 7 h

San Diego’s proposed $25 minimum wage for tourism workers ignores job skill levels and risks layoffs. sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/17/bew…

sdutOpinion's tweet card. Re “Proposal to mandate $25 minimum wage for San Diego tourism workers moves forward” (June 25): I’ve been observing the comments/opinions on this and cannot understand how this is being cons…

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San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion@sdutOpinion · Jul 22

Undocumented avians? Only in San Diego. sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/16/tou…

sdutOpinion's tweet card. Re “Man charged with smuggling bound, sedated toucans across U.S.-Mexico border” (July 10): Well, this is a new one for me. I never thought with the secreting of 14 toucans into San Die…

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San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion@sdutOpinion · Jul 22

Readers react: Councilman Elo-Rivera backs $65M trash bin fees despite promising free bins in 2022. sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/16/cit…

sdutOpinion's tweet card. Re “San Diego to charge trash customers $65M for new bins” (July 15): Sean Elo-Rivera, the city councilman who touted “world-class” trash service, now says citizens need “tangible improvement” to r…

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San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion@sdutOpinion · Jul 21

San Diego debates spending millions to repurpose 101 Ash Street again. Is it time to just implode the building and move on? sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/15/her…

sdutOpinion's tweet card. Re “Credibility-challenged city must not rush into any Ash Street decision” (July 11): Another plan to spend millions of dollars to “turn 101 Ash Street into” something usef…

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San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion@sdutOpinion · Jul 21

For 20 years, San Diego’s leaders have failed to pressure the federal government to address cross-border sewage issues harming South Bay residents. Unacceptable! sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/15/aft…

sdutOpinion's tweet card. Re “Even with Aguirre’s election to board, sewage news is mostly grim” (July 3): How long have I been reading about the sewage problem south of the border? For purposes of this conversa…

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San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion@sdutOpinion · Jul 20

The harsh detention of immigrants and declining support for science signal a troubling national regression. sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/14/nat…

sdutOpinion's tweet card. The forceful detention of men and women striving to provide for their families and contribute to the economy, alongside the incarceration of young individuals attempting to clarify their immigratio…

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San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion@sdutOpinion · Jul 20

A new trash fee hits low-income residents hard and four City Council seats up next year. Will voters finally demand change? sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/14/whe…

sdutOpinion's tweet card. Re “Everything you’ll need to know about new trash fee” (July 7): Many low-income citizens will pay a heavy price because many citizens were asleep at the wheel. This exorbitant f…

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San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion@sdutOpinion · Jul 19

From the Editorial Board: San Diego voters were told trash fees would be $23–$29. They’re much higher. Was it bad math or a bait-and-switch baked into City Hall’s plan from the start? sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/18/cit…

sdutOpinion's tweet card. The question of whether San Diego’s elected leaders engaged in a dishonest bait-and-switch campaign to persuade voters to allow the imposition of separate trash collection fees on 226,000-plu…

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San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion@sdutOpinion · Jul 19

San Diego leaders ignored a proven way to cut trash fees. sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/18/opi…

sdutOpinion's tweet card. When the San Diego City Council recently considered the amount of fees to be charged for trash hauling services, some residents urged members to consider using a competitive bidding process rather …

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San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion@sdutOpinion · Jul 19

Criticizing immigration enforcement is easy from afar. But chaos at the border shows the asylum system is broken. sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/17/opi…

sdutOpinion's tweet card. It’s easy to criticize tough immigration enforcement from a distance. But anyone who’s watched the chaos at our southern border up close knows that something has to give. The debate over asylum see…

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San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion@sdutOpinion · Jul 19

In San Diego, frustration grows as government leaders ignore constituents. sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/13/ele…

sdutOpinion's tweet card. Re “Unresponsive government leaders a source of frustration” (July 3): A recent letter from a Chula Vista reader reflected on the governor’s lack of response to his messages. This nonre…

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San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion@sdutOpinion · Jul 19

San Diego Council praises easing digital coupon ban, but older adults face soaring trash fees and parking meters in parks. sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/13/tra…

sdutOpinion's tweet card. Re “San Diego relaxes new ban on digital-only grocery coupons” (July 9): Here we go again! Council members Sean Elo-Rivera and Marni von Wilpert are patting themselves on the back becau…

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San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion@sdutOpinion · Jul 18

Health isn’t just shaped in clinics anymore. It’s being rewritten on TikTok and at RFK Jr.'s raw milk parties. Who's really in charge of your health? sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/18/opi…

sdutOpinion's tweet card. Health in America is no longer shaped in hospitals or clinics. Increasingly, it’s being forged on TikTok, in shirtless workout videos and now at the White House — where raw milk parties led by vacc…

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San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion@sdutOpinion · Jul 18

From the Editorial Board: Trump’s Epstein flip-flop is wild, even for him. But while the circus rages, a tariff storm is brewing, and it’s our wallets that could take the hit. sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/17/war…

sdutOpinion's tweet card. President Donald Trump’s bizarre pivot from one extreme to the other in the Jeffrey Epstein fever swamps dominated the news in recent days, for understandable reasons. This was a preposterous…

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San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion@sdutOpinion · Jul 18

San Diego has the talent, location and global ties to lead like a city-state. What’s missing? sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/16/opi…

$sdutOpinion's tweet card. As global politics fracture and national governments grow more dysfunctional, one truth becomes increasingly evident: cities — not countries — are now driving innovation, climate solutions and econ…$

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San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion@sdutOpinion · Jul 18

UC Berkeley shifts from quarters to semesters, but will semesters better serve students today? sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/12/pro…

sdutOpinion's tweet card. Reading “University of California looks at adopting semesters at all schools” (July 2) brought back memories of when I entered UC Berkeley in fall 1966 as an undergraduate architecture major, encou…

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San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion@sdutOpinion · Jul 18

San Diego City Council praises fixing digital coupon ban but overlooked a costly garbage fee hike after voters were misled. sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/12/why…

sdutOpinion's tweet card. In “San Diego relaxes new ban on digital-only grocery coupons” (July 9), City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert congratulated herself and the City Council with the following words regardi…

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San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion@sdutOpinion · Jul 17

Pickleball isn’t a fad, it’s a fast-growing, community-driven sport. sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/15/opi…

sdutOpinion's tweet card. As a lifelong tennis player and advocate, I deeply respect the legacy of this great sport. But I’ve also been part of a growing movement of residents in San Diego who enjoy — and increasingly…

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San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion@sdutOpinion · Jul 17

Readers react: America’s strength lies in welcoming new citizens. sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/11/fou…

sdutOpinion's tweet card. Re “Welcome aboard” (July 4): The front-page photo by Nelvin C. Cepeda captured the pride in our country of those becoming American citizens. What a wonderful reminder on the Fourth of …