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Sadly smoldering from the start
In late December some Chinese menu items were offered. At last! Not a sushi lover, but love inexpensive Asian takeout. Tried three dishes (broccoli beef, cashew chicken, Fire Horse fried rice) last night and am filled with sorrow: all three lacked seasoning, richness, and flavor. No umami. Nothing that makes you say "this is good, yum!" The leftovers could all be mixed together because they all taste exactly alike. Even though the food was hot, fresh (and kudos for the mostly-broccoli beef for having crisp broccoli), and not greasy, it was boring and ...**.tasteless**. It could have come from a can or box, except that it wasn't corn-starchy. **Dear Fire Horse cook**: you must do better. Find a way. Read a few cookbooks or research some recipes online. At least add more green onions, for pete's sake (the few bits of green onion I found in the beef dish were like nuggets of gold and gave the only *ping* of flavor). After the first few bites, every mouthful of all three dishes was otherwise quickly monotonously bland and similar. How about garlic, Chinese cabbage, or leeks for some umami?? Didn't taste any; it might have helped. Also, please list the components of the dishes on the online and takeout menus. We need a flavorful Chinese/Thai/Vietnamese/Korean whatever takeout in South Park. I am so sad that this first offering is so dull. Will have to keep driving up to El Cajon Blvd or University Ave for Asian takeout.— January 17, 2015 10:03 a.m.
Everybody wants a seat in La Jolla
Excellent report. Once upon a time it was possible to read about this kind of political power-playing in the *La Jolla Light*. Not any more: Manchester bought that pub and turned it into a useless, exclusively socialite/biz promotion rag (more "fishwrap" as one longtime La Jollan always called the UT). We can at least rely on *The Reader* and the court-watcher Hargrove to give us the scoop.— December 11, 2014 8:01 a.m.
Black hole development in Little Italy
A reminder of Affordable Housing past, via the now-dissolved Redevelopment Agency (today's actor is Civic San Diego, the equally evil twin): in 2008, for-sale affordable units in La Boheme in North Park [were in the news.][1] The San Diego Housing Commission has info on some of those units currently listed for sale: http://www.sdhc.org/Real-Estate/First-Time-Homebu… The HUD income limits for renter assistance are here (but the units are for sale - the same limits apply?): http://www.sdhc.org/uploadedFiles/Rental_Assistan… [1]: http://voiceofsandiego.org/2008/04/18/the-folly-o…— December 7, 2014 2:25 p.m.
Black hole development in Little Italy
It's not just San Diego. Lots of places, starting with Los Angeles - the poorest part of town there, that he, and a few of his SDSU buddies who own some industrial lots, set up as an assessment district, with LiMandri getting paid year after year to "manage."— December 6, 2014 2:26 p.m.
Harrowing dances with drones
CaptD - The City Council will have to deal with the issue eventually. There are many neighborhoods within 5 miles of Lindbergh, and especially within 3 miles of the runway ends - the FAA has height and flight restrictions on unmanned aerial vehicle operators within these areas, but that doesn't seem to stop the hobbyists from being neighborhood jerks. It's going to take a local ordinance to restrict the a-holes who buzz your patios with their noisy, nosy flying cameras and invade your privacy from 250 feet and below. Then you could call the cops and report them, or file a complaint. Expecting the FAA to stop the local a-holes from being a-holes is too much to ask. Will it be too much to ask of the City? I hope not.— December 5, 2014 5:47 p.m.
Black hole development in Little Italy
I'm thinking that at least two min-wage workers who also get good tips might comprise a low-income family that could afford these not really low-cost units. The overpriced bars and bistros in LI are probably places where you could hustle some tips. And then maybe work another job or two...it's what people do. Been there. Besides, some City-College-training tech worker jobs don't pay much, even if more than min wage. You can be low-income with jobs such as receptionist, medical office worker, etc.— December 5, 2014 3:53 p.m.
Black hole development in Little Italy
Dip your toes into this, for one thing: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_… "Developers may claim housing tax credits directly, but most sell the tax credits to raise equity capital for their housing project. The developer can sell the tax credits"— December 5, 2014 8:18 a.m.
Black hole development in Little Italy
So-called affordable rental units are convenient for carless low-income food-service workers. They can walk to work to cook, clean, and serve. It's sort of a feudal workers-in-place concept.— December 5, 2014 8:16 a.m.
Black hole development in Little Italy
"*suggests he was referring to the 20 years the Reader spent in the Little Italy property*" Or maybe it was that the Reader was the only newspaper that gave the world a peek inside his personal black hole (where public money enters and disappears forever): http://media.sdreader.com/pdf/kessler-sd-follow-u…— December 4, 2014 4:14 p.m.
Pool for poor panned in U-T San Diego
I wonder how many millions of cubic feet of water usage annually can be attributed directly or indirectly to Pardee developments and homeowners. Pardee markets homes with enticements such as "*where golf course living is affordable*" or "*the enclave adjoins the Tukwet Canyon Golf Club, which features 36-holes in two masterfully designed courses.*" Water = golf = money. “Anything that increases water use in a time of drought is a bad thing.”?? Evidently not everything.— November 28, 2014 4:19 p.m.