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Neil Morgan: Great Writer, Shrewd Operator
Thanks for those memories Don. Bill Ballance was super intelligent and I wish I had only 50% command of his vocabulary. He was doing radio in an age of not having to worry as much about political correctness. "Reverse splits"...now we're talking! :o) Bill Gordon was always nice too, he was I believe on the old KDIG-FM which I think is now KIFM (98.1). Another nice chap was Lawrence Gross. He had a talk show for a while. Intelligent and treated his guests/callers with much respect. Later went on to do movie reviews for KCST (UHF 39) which is KNSD (7/39). Heard Lawrence went into a depression after his adult daughter got killed on her bike riding in town. I think that was his only child post divorce. Can't wait for Anchorman II to be released. Take care.— September 11, 2012 11:43 a.m.
Neil Morgan: Great Writer, Shrewd Operator
Last I heard Jack White was doing good. Retired some time ago. Either he or his father had started some kind of H.O. train shop somewhere in San Diego. I never stopped by. But Jack is a true gentlemen and one of those few in TV news that never let his ego get ahead of himself. He actually would fact-check news before just reading it. OF course we could get into some real trivia by talking about Bob Mills, Bob Dale, John Culea, Adriene Albert (sp), Paul Bloom, Cathy Clark. All nice people!— September 11, 2012 11:13 a.m.
Neil Morgan: Great Writer, Shrewd Operator
Dear Don, yesterday to a private email list and in SDUT I posted this comment: "As a kid growing up in San Diego the name Neil Morgan brings back memories and his longevity at San Diego Union-Tribune is commendable. He defines old fashioned journalism with the 5 W's/1H. Like Morgan, Don Bauder (former SDUT business editor) and Jack White (anchor- KGTV) are others that we need more of in the news biz. Godspeed to all. " Then today, I heard KPBS interviewing some guests (sorry, did not catch their guest list) about SDUT buying North County Times and The Daily Californian. I almost lost control of the car (kidding). This consolidation reduces true fair, balanced and accurate news reporting and opinion. The journalist's creed is about objectivity. I was also against the consolidation of AM talk radio starting in the 90's with Jacor and then Clear Channel, where post 9/11 but preceding the Iraq War, AM talk hosts in their neocon fashion (psyops) would denounce any caller that disagreed with the Iraq War as a traitor or siding with terrorists. See the SDBJ article here: http://www.sdbj.com/news/2012/sep/10/u-t-buys-n...— September 10, 2012 9:14 p.m.
Carlsbad's Actis: How a Pyramid Topples
To post #2 (Jon R Patrick), your bias is built-in since you obviously are a network marketeer. Don Bauder is in fact, one of the most objective, fair, honest, sincere and informed business journalist, I've seen, and I've followed his articles for decades (including those in SDUT). You say he is "generic, hating, vengeful, biased" in his topic article, and I don't see where you come up with that. I've had many people attempt to involve me over decades into what you call "network marketing" but what is too often pyramid schemes. I will be honest to tell you that only a few trusted people or friends, did I elect to attend perhaps the first introductory meeting to get acquainted with those "network marketing" companies, their products, and people. Though, I have never joined any of them. The bulk of "network marketers" that I've been approached by, I did not attend their first meeting because of their approaches. One, I don't like being bothered in bookstores, the business section, by someone who pretends to be highly succe$$ful (thus why are they prospecting in a bookstore?), and attempts to befriend you, and then give you some scripted $ales verbiage trying to cast you in like a fish. Second, I think any "network marketing" adventure worth attracting people into, would disclose all facts up-front, versus using the subtle disclosure method of trying to get prospects to the first meeting without ever telling them what is really involved. Third, I don't $ell to my family or friends, period. I don't care how good a product I have been trained to think I represent, I don't want to be using closing techniques on my trusted ring of family/friends. Years ago when the dot-com boom was just going bust, I was invited to a weekend seminar where they had motivational speakers trying to swindle us into a "network marketing" type opportunity by having a shopping website for your friends/family. The gal that invited me, invested $2,300 that day, in a "training package" that set you up with the website. I walked out. She lost the $2,300 and never made a penny, although she worked hard at it for a while. The company went bust soon after. Lastly, the only way to win in "network marketing" is to chose a stable and successful company with great products and ethical people. I am not saying they are not out there, but there is a hit & miss rate to be expected, and once you pair with the truly strong platform, one must commit enormous work (time, energy) to make it payoff. Why not do that in your own business?— October 19, 2010 1:27 a.m.
The Big Guys in Mexico’s Skies
Hi JohnnyVegas, I appreciate the cautions. I usually don't drive down there. I use to drive a Jetta there and was not bothered. I had to drive an expensive kind of car for some clients (transporting them), and I was shaken down for some money, and paid it, for illegally parking. I think it was $40 to 2 state officers. I understand/respect their system/traditions/customs. At least I don't go into a FED/STATE/LOCAL databases like here, for a traffic infraction. There is corruption, and now lots of turf wars with violence against mostly foe elements, but also some innocents getting caught in crossfire. Some Americans are getting kidnapped, that is true. I believe though the percentage is fairly low. I use to take a friend down there, she was getting some medical care, and I'm gringo she Mexican. I never had any problems although I walked into TJ, parking my car on this side of border. Honestly with the corruption, I believe we have it widespread here too. Look at the pensions that have been robbed. Look at DUI checkpoints where we are sold they are for DUIs but the cop stats show that most the cars impounded have nothing to do with DUI. A father who missed a child support pymt. to the courts, he is subject to having his car impounded/towed at a DUI checkpoint. If that is not corruption, besides a breach of our 4th Amendment rights, I don't know what else is. My friend has flown on the airlines out of TJ on many occasions to her hometown down farther in Mexico. She has never had any problems with airline service, schedule, reliability.— April 25, 2008 2:59 a.m.
The Big Guys in Mexico’s Skies
Johnny Vegas, I think you could be scaring people. I know many people who have flown out of TJ with ZERO problems, no shake-down, not money taken.— April 24, 2008 1:36 a.m.
Bloodsuckers
I heard something before Petco was built, that said the reason cities were in the business of building ballparks for sports owners welfare, was that when municipalities ran out of money and could not pay cops, the ballparks would become great places to house prisoners from civil unrest, and homeless city employees. While at the time it was meant to be entertaining or even conspiratorial, maybe it was not as far off as we think. I'm watching Chula Vista and they seem to be in a near panic mode, and I believe many of their firefighters in the once very progressive city, are nervous too, as that city attempts to meet obligations, balance budgets, and keeps announcing more cuts. Falling tax revenues combined with declines in prop. values, is hitting C.V. harder than many other local cities, but I believe it is only the beginning.— April 7, 2008 3:08 a.m.
Bloodsuckers
Hey, we must lay low on Moores. Remember how some local established media did a poster boy pictorial of John Moores...about how he is Mr. Philanthropist, how he is friends with Jimmy Carter? I think it was KFMB-8 did a big piece the other day on how Petco Park has been so wonderfully beneficial to downtown San Diego. Funny, they interviewed bar operators but no condo owners. I wonder when you work or live in downtown, and need to drive, whether the day of a ball game is really all that great for you. I wonder when all those spectators walk past your overpriced condo, and urinate $8/bottle beer, on your doorsteps, whether that should be considered "progress"? I understand the concept of whores, johns (John Moores) and prostitution, and the involvement of our local elected leader-failures offering up corporate welfare to sports owners at taxpayer's expense. What I really get high blood pressure over, is the pimping by local news outlets (except the READER and except Don Bauder) to the public, working 24/7 to $ell us on how great it is that we subsidize sports. Seems the same NLP or subliminal model is interchanged for sports welfare and unjust wars on foreign (sovereign) countries.— April 4, 2008 11:55 p.m.
Bloodsuckers
Yes, I heard something similar that $8 and $9 plastic bottles of beer would keep people from drinking more. If that were the truth, you know they'd just stop selling alcohol since alcohol seems to always cause more problems than benefits, especially for longer durations and in sporting events where the emotions run high, and many people are crowded together. The profits from beer $ales are way too high though, so you can imagine the same entities that banned beer from beaches, would never-ever consider the same for Petco Park and Qualcom Stadium.— April 4, 2008 1:16 p.m.
Bloodsuckers
As always, I commend Don Bauder for something he does, and boldly: Telling the truth. Not only telling it but doing investigative financial journalism that few others have the courage and capacity to do. I would love to see Don come out with some new books. I would read them as I am now enjoying the reading of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein. Scary! I always tilted towards being a conservative and lived the concept of compassionate capitalism, but find we have moved so far from those polarities that I'd say the traditions of conservatism were hijacked by the current administration. Don, your article might answer for me, why last weekend, prior to the Padres home opener, that almost every TV and radio news/talk outlets spent abusive amounts of time prepping us for the game on Monday. $8.25 per bottle of Bud beer at Petco, might explain part of the money-making equation...but the folks still flock there and pay it, so how could I be so critical. KFMB-8 reported that the average cost for a family of four to go to a Padres game is over $200! The average ticket cost is $27! What happened to the ball park being built for all of San Diegans?— April 3, 2008 9:46 p.m.