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Kehoe’s China Adventure

Kehoe’s China Adventure

Democratic state senator Christine Kehoe, barred by term limits from running again for her seat, has continued to collect contributions for her so-called officeholder account, a means that state law sanctions to tap special interests for ...

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Get Out of Jail Free Cards

Get Out of Jail Free Cards

San Diego County sheriff Bill Gore is looking for a few good legal researchers to help the denizens of his jails throw off their chains. “The inmates’ right to conduct legal research has been determined to ...

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Murdoch and Bren Contribute

Murdoch and Bren Contribute

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Group gave $1000 to the reelection bid of liberal San Diego Democratic assemblywoman Toni Atkins on December 22. Meanwhile Orange County’s Irvine Company, owned by Republican billionaire Donald Bren, stepson of the late ...

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Of Saldaña and Sharia

Of Saldaña and Sharia

Ex–Democratic assemblywoman Lori Saldaña, who at one point or another has considered running for the San Diego County board of supervisors and the state Board ... More Post a comment

Flying Moosbrugger

Flying Moosbrugger

KPBS isn’t the only SDSU cause to benefit from Qualcomm-related largesse. According to a June 24, 2011 filing on the website of the university’s Campanile ... More Post a comment

Jacobs Helps Bankroll KPBS Comeback

Jacobs Helps Bankroll KPBS Comeback

Twenty-eleven was a good fund-raising year for KPBS, the public broadcasting operation owned by San Diego State University, thanks in major part to billionaire Qualcomm ... More Post a comment

Stearman Flips Over at Montgomery Field

Stearman Flips Over at Montgomery Field

Former naval aviator Bill Wachtler of Solana Beach is an engineer with multiple patents to his name. He still flies a Stearman biplane, the kind ... More Post a comment

Judge’s Double-Dipping Pool 

Judge’s Double-Dipping Pool 

With public pension costs going through the roof, the stock market flat, and a shortage of tax dollars to make up the difference, politicians everywhere ... More Post a comment

Government Grants Fund San Diego Sports Commission

Government Grants Fund San Diego Sports Commission

The San Diego Sports Commission paid its president Alan Kidd a total of $165,477 during the 12 months ending in June 2010, according to the ... More Comment (1)

The Snapdragon Stadium Gambit

The Snapdragon Stadium Gambit

Last week’s revelation that San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders proceeded with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Stadium promotion even though the office of city attorney Jan Goldsmith said ... More Comment (1)

Day of the Political Dead

Day of the Political Dead

South Bay Democratic assemblyman Marty Block, ramping up for a run for state senate this year, has shut down his old assembly campaign committee but ... More Post a comment

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