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ImJustABill May 2, 2012 @ 2:31 p.m.

Build a Stadium and Team Will Stay? Nope

Sorry for an off-topic post, but I would like to extend my condolences, thoughts and prayers to the Seau family. RIP Junior.

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Don Bauder May 2, 2012 @ 11:35 a.m.

Build a Stadium and Team Will Stay? Nope

I fear you are right that San Diego taxpayers don't realize how badly they were taken to the cleaners with the massive Petco subsidy, still draining the city. Then, check out those condos in the ballpark district: they are doing very poorly -- few living there. The subsidized hotels aren't doing well, either. Best, Don Bauder

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Don Bauder May 2, 2012 @ 11:32 a.m.

Build a Stadium and Team Will Stay? Nope

Sorry. You are wrong. Check Padres attendance for the last several years at Petco. It is lower than it was the last several years at Qualcomm. Attendance surged the first few years at Petco then dropped below the Qualcomm average. That's how the scam works: the team gets its fat subsidy, gets a new facility, raises prices and attracts fans initially because of the novelty effect. Then the novelty wears off and prices have to come down -- one reason the Padres have been lowering prices the last several years. Best, Don Bauder

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jnojr May 7, 2013 @ 10:18 a.m.

Got a permit for that, Manchester?

I love all the moaning and handwringing over "disturbing environmentally sensitive areas"... but all of those moans go away if he pays enough money. Either up-front for a permit, or after the fact in fines.

If the land is so "environmentally sensitive", then someone who gives a poop should buy it from him and keep it the way they want.

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nostalgic May 3, 2013 @ 10:46 a.m.

Got a permit for that, Manchester?

The scenarios that govern Code Compliance Action are convoluted. A violation for Doug Manchester provides a perfectly legal way for Mr. Manchester to give money to the city. It is hard to take anything at face value, with the cast of characters we have here. The best way for the TMD to publicize San Diego would be to make a mini-series about what goes on here. Set at the Grand Del Mar Resort, of course.

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Founder May 1, 2013 @ 3:36 p.m.

Got a permit for that, Manchester?

Money rules in $an Diego, especially now in these tough times when a little publicity goes a very long way! Add to the equation, that they also own the only newspaper in town plus they have lots of lawyers and you begin to see why they feel they are above the laws meant for others less fortunate than themselves.

As far as the landing pad goes, why is San Diego so helicopter unfriendly? I'd like to see a landing pad at every freeway cloverleaf, so we could have a Helicopter Air Taxi Service.

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Unforgettable: Floating Target, part 1

The edge of a minefield is no place to procrastinate.

A recounting of the WII experiences of YP-346, a San Diego tuna boat known as the the Prospect before it was conscripted into the South Pacific war effort.