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Your Week — Daily event picks
San Diego ad agencies – a brief history
Wow, I loved reading this bit of history about the local ad industry...as I love the show myself, and am also involved in the biz in another somewhat connected aspect. Phillips-Ramsey, wow, that was the cat's meow in the decade before I got my first job out of college, but we all knew of the aura surrounding that name...and some of the stories. It would be great to read more about San Diego growing up from the '60s in other aspects. Bring it on!— July 12, 2008 12:05 a.m.
Amid losses, newspapers take on debt
It's a sad state of affairs for journalism in America. While we are fortunate to have some electronic choices that provide thorough, balanced reporting, they cannot replace the value of newspapers in this country. I am young and I still need the tactile connection and cannot imagine the loss of full-scale, in-depth articles. As for the Union-Tribune, aside from the changes in news appetites, changing demographics and recession-plagued advertisers, the editorial bent of the paper might be toward the top of the list of maladies. Losing the LA Times San Diego edition, a good competitor to the Union-Tribune (possibly keeping it more honest, or rather balanced), may well have contributed to what appears to be the Union-Tribune's slow, agonizing death. Without a competitor, the newspaper became drunk with abusive power and has lost so much credibility that I decided to cancel my long-term subscripition for a better option...the LA Times, which now has a better mix of Southland news and far better California, national and world coverage. There are many fine reporters still at the Union-Tribune, but the editorial culture is a cancer that has not only affected the editorial pages, but the news department, which by standards of sound journalism, should be separate. The eighth largest City in America without a major daily? I hope to never see that day. Let's hope for a strong buyer to come in and make some sweeping changes (starting with Bob Kittle) and deliver a paper worth reading again. Sign me up when that day comes!— July 9, 2008 10:52 p.m.
Victorian house preservationists worry that San Diego may kills Mills Act exemptions
Hooray for your article! San Diego needs to cherish and protect the limited historical homes still left in this sprawling and increasingly homogenous metropolis. Phoenix and LA have their charms and far too many blemishes to even want to compare. San Diego has many unique, historic urban neighborhoods that need to be preserved. Check out what is happening nationally with historic homes and neighborhoods. The National Trust for Historic Preservation is working to fight the "McMansionization" of historic neighborhoods in many communities, where historically significant homes are being torn down to make way for homes that are out of character for the neighborhoods. The measure of historicity should be broad enough to maintain the look and feel of older neighborhoods that began as working or middle-class enclaves as well. This should be broad enough to maintain the character of our older neighborhoods, from Mission Hills to Sherman Heights. This is where San Diego actually is doing the right thing, but maybe the city could be doing it better administratively. Improve the system, don't destroy the support and incentives to keep the small percentage of older San Diego homes and neighbhorhoods intact for future generations.— April 16, 2008 7:56 p.m.
Union-Tribune fights unemployment claims
The UT has a very long history of mistreating employees. I have worked with Chet Barfield, a very good reporter, and I think it speaks volumes about the UT that they have as little respect for their loyal employees as they do for their readers. It's time for Copley to sell this paper, and bring it out of the bush-league status it has earned in the last few years.— April 16, 2008 7:28 p.m.