San Diego City Council meeting minutes, May 22
Liz Swain 4:24 p.m., May 24
City Lights
The job-stealing scam — Texas is the biggest con
Texas woos gunmakers — and everybody else
Today's civil war — states bribing companies to move — is a negative sum game for the nation.
Ben Hueso's taxi cab conflict
Before he became a congressman, Ben Hueso threw his taxi-business-owning brother a bone.
For-profit college tried to recruit homeless
Michael Clifford boasts that his for-profit college investments are winners, but woes suggest otherwise.
Got a permit for that, Manchester?
Doug Manchester needs no permits, just lawyers and ineffectual city government.
San Diego Gas & Electric rates are nation's highest
According to the Jacksonville Electric Authority, San Diegans pay the highest electricity rates in the U.S. There are examples that point to the fact that UCAN doesn’t do the best job at lobbying the California Public Utilities Commission to give residents a break; in fact, their relationship could be called “cozy.”
Park, ride, regret
The Challenger disaster in Oceanside
Kevin Waddell didn’t know that transit authorities were watching him break into that spiffy Dodge Challenger at a North County Park & Ride.
Sidewalk café serves up noise
Al fresco no bueno, say opponents of the sidewalk-café ordinance
Opponents of councilman Kevin Faulconer’s sidewalk-café ordinance say outdoor diners will create even more noise on the streets.
Men are lousy lovers
Apricus, Innovus tackle bedroom disorders
Do females suffer from sexual dysfunction or are men unskillful in bed?
Escondido: The ruling white minority
Escondido's white minority rules, but Latinos want fair representation.
Food-truck fight in Del Mar
Del Mar City Council delays permitting of food trucks within city limits.
Meth, theft, and violence...the whole package
Sherri Lynn Difrancesco, caught with meth and syringes, seems also to have been caught with containers of pilfered jewelry.
