Table Talk: A La Mesa Podcast
Manuel Gomez
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ICE in East County
What is ICE doing in our region? What can we do to speak out? For answers, we turn to a longtime community activist here in La Mesa, Mejgan Afshan of Borderlands for Equity.Here are links to some…
Grossmont Union - More shocking every week
After repeated attempts to help the Grossmont Union High School Board come to their senses and reconsider eliminating over 60 positions across the district, the board members persisted and finalized…
The Hot Mic
If you have a child in the Grossmont Union High School District or just like staying in the know, you are probably aware of the recent uproar over cuts made by the school board. Parents and students…
GUHSD - What you can do
Every librarian will be fired next year in the Grossmont Union High School District, along with 40 other teachers. Over 600 concerned students, parents, faculty members, and citizens showed up to…
Firing the Librarians?
The Grossmont Union High School District is voting to make serious cuts to the budget - including cutting all nine teacher librarians in the district. We talk to Jay Steiger to find out what's going…
Genevieve Suzuki
As you may have heard, we have an election coming up. Last episode, we interviewed City Council candidate Lauren Cazares. And now, we’re joined by another candidate for City Council, Genevieve…
Lauren Cazares
This election, there are two open seats on La Mesa City Council. And in a break from what was becoming a tradition in La Mesa, we only have two Democrats running for those two seats. Today, we…
The Zoom Ban
Were you hoping to make your comment at the next city council meeting by Zoom? Well friend, that’s not an option. To learn more about this, we’re joined by 30-year La Mesa resident Wendy Mihalic. …
A Program Called HOME
From repurposing an old motel to shipping people off to Campo, we've heard a lot of ideas for addressing homelessness in La Mesa. In this episode, we'll talk to the coordinator of the East County…
Big, Bright Billboards
La Mesa, we have an opportunity to make some big money for our city. We can fund police, fire and arts programs. And all we have to do is replace some billboards with a different kind of…
LGBTQIA + GUHSD
On September 12, two school boards were filled to the brim with attendees. Nearly every one of the scores of public comments at both the Grossmont Union High School board and La Mesa-Spring Valley…
The Enersmart Guys
Batteries are back on the menu. The first episode of Table Talk focused on the large batteries that are going to be installed on El Paso Street. Those batteries brought a lot of rather interesting…
Meet Monica
Our County Board of Supervisors District is holding a special election right now (the deadline is August 15). Manny talked with the candidate endorsed by the San Diego County Democratic Party,…
On Guns and Safes
On July 11, La Mesa City Council vote in favor of a draft ordinance requiring people in our city to keep their guns locked up. Does that mean that when you hear an intruder entering your home,…
Flags!
We had quite the night in La Mesa last week. City Councilmember Laura Lothian attempted to put an end to city hall flying the Pride flag during Pride month. So how did THAT work out for her? Joining…
Battery Bash
Giant batteries are coming to La Mesa. Their impending arrival has led to talk of chemtrails, flouridated water and viruses not being real. There have also been some less conspiratorial concerns. …
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Table Talk: A La Mesa Podcast has published 16 episodes since May 2023, covering topics in Government, News.
Table Talk: A La Mesa Podcast is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 months. Average episode length is 30m.
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