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The latest posts about Tommy and our related issues, including original material from Tommy and cited news content.

The 80th Anniversary and Legacy of Executive Order 9066

February 19, 2022

In the late summer of 1941, when war clouds were looming with Japan following a U.S. imposed oil and scrap metal embargo on the island nation, the Roosevelt administration directed […]

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Rebuilding Our Broken Roads, Securing Effective Transit, Protecting Our Environment

February 18, 2022

For the first time in eight years our Mira Mesa community, part of the larger San Diego City Council District 6 seat that now includes University City, Kearny Mesa, Miramar, […]

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Remarks Regarding the Carroll Creek Office Park Proposal

February 17, 2022

Text of my remarks made to the City of San Diego Planning Commission regarding the proposed “On Point” tech center office park development in the creekbed of Carroll Creek. Good […]

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Join Us for Our Mira Mesa Community Canvass This Sunday

February 14, 2022

Help support our Neighborhoods First effort in District 6 this Sunday morning, Feb. 20th, at 9 a.m. as we team with San Diego County Democrats for Environmental Action for a […]

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It’s Time to Rebuild and Restore Our Broken Streets in District 6

February 1, 2022

You might’ve seen the recent news about the bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh. It wasn’t a particularly old bridge by modern standards, having been finished in 1973, and there’s no reason it couldn’t […]

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Our Metro West Remarks: No Compare and Contrast Allowed?

January 31, 2022

At the close of the San Diego County Democratic Party Metro West endorsement consideration candidate forum for District 6 on Jan. 31st, I was making these prepared remarks. Unfortunately, when I […]

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Our Environmental Future is at Stake in the District 6 Race

January 18, 2022

There’s a lot at stake in this election. Despite a Democratic majority, our San Diego City Council is not firmly committed to environmental protection. We saw that when the Council […]

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Middle Class San Diegans vs. Downtown Insiders

January 18, 2022

San Diego County Planning Commissioner Tommy Hough won the endorsement of the San Diego Progressive Democratic Club and the Point Loma Ocean Beach Democratic Club this past week over opponent […]

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Mira Mesa Neighborhood Coffee on Feb. 12th

January 12, 2022

Meet Tommy and join neighbors and friends from around Mira Mesa and District 6 for a fun and safe outdoor coffee gathering at Camino Ruiz Neighborhood Park in Mira Mesa […]

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The Pro-Worker, Pro-Labor Candidate in District 6

January 10, 2022

I grew up in a labor household in Pittsburgh during the era of Big Steel, and my middle class upbringing was, in part, facilitated by the stability labor and good […]

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