OCEANSIDE
This fall, the last American troops will leave Afghanistan, ending a 20-year war that involved tens of thousands of troops who trained and deployed from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.
Since the 200-square-mile military base was established along the northern border of Oceanside in 1942, the city has had a strong and symbiotic relationship with the Marine Corps.
But the Corps’ economic impact on the Oceanside economy has gradually declined. Over the past two decades, the city’s fast-expanding tourism industry has outpaced the military as the primary driver of business.
Longtime Oceanside merchants and residents say the city’s downtown area now is nothing like it was in October 2001, when the first troops deployed to Afghanistan. In the years since then, downtown’s last strip club and the rowdiest of its bars have all been replaced by restaurants, high-end condominiums and hotels.
By PAM KRAGEN | The San Diego Union-Tribune | Published: May 17, 2021 (Tribune News Service) This fall, the last American troops will leave Afghanistan, ending a 20-year war that involved tens of thousands of troops who trained and deployed from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. Since the 200-square-mile military base was established along the northern border of Oceanside, Calif., in 1942, the city has had a strong and symbiotic relationship with the Marine Corps. But the Corps economic impact on the Oceanside economy has gradually declined. Over the past two decades, the city s fast-expanding tourism industry has outpaced the military as the primary driver of business in the city.
Jan 1, 2021
The off election year of 2021 could be critical in many ways to the future of the Democratic Party at the state level and in Madison County.
The primary season is about one year away and of course the next general election doesn’t take place until November 2022.
At the state level the Democratic Party hasn’t won a statewide race since Joe Donnelly was elected U.S. Senator in 2012, and the prospects are not favorable in 2022. Not only hasn’t the state Democratic Party won a race for a state elected office, it continues to shed seats in the Indiana House on a regular basis and has made little headway in the Indiana Senate.