What used to be commonplace turned into a big week.
First up is the San Diego County Republican Party. The once corporate giant lost its chairman after an infighting over fellow Republican Andrew Hayes and Carl DeMaio, who is running for state representative.
Mr. DeMaio served one term on the San Diego City Council in 2008. He has since grown his brand as a polarizing conservative activist and radio talk show host, although he has run unsuccessfully for a number of seats.
His opponent, Hayes, who endorsed the Republican Party in the primary, is a Lakeside school board member and an aide to state Sen. Brian Jones.
Now, despite Mr. DeMaio's efforts to drag Democrats into the runoff, the runoff will be a Republican-on-Republican showdown.
This week on the VOSD Podcast, hosts Scott Lewis, Andrea López Villafaña, and Jacob McWhinney discuss the support battles that threatened to split an already weakened political faction and ultimately led to the creation of a new leader. will be discussed.
Now let's talk about things that used to matter. Virtual school. Online learning has been a painful staple of the pandemic for many. Schools had to change quickly, and it was painful. Currently, as many families remain in “cloud school” mode, our data shows that their students are performing much worse than children learning in-person.
McWhinney reviewed the numbers this week and revealed the full story.
And finally, about what used to be: Lewis received an update on the arena. do not have It will be built on SDSU land in Mission Valley.
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