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Nathan Fletcher files for mayor of San Diego
Will be interesting to see who the conspiracy theorists choose to back for the election. Those who are sure that everyone is being run by someone else (Developers, Unions, Preservationists, Downtown insiders, City hall insiders, etc) when each candidate has something that will be disliked by someone. Nathan can’t be supported because he works for Qualcomm. Todd was not hard enough on the Jacobs Plan. Carl is anti-union and a fiscal conservative. Kevin looks too Republican. My concern is San Diego gets another mayor that will have to learn on the job. Will it be someone who does not have any experience leading a large organization, or someone with lots of baggage that people will have to ignore like Bob’s? Nathan is very electable; the real question is can he do the job once elected? Todd is not well known outside of district 3 but knows his way around city hall. Carl has the financial, management and policy chops but also carries lots of negatives. Kevin not well known outside of his district and like Carl is too Republican. Will some other candidate emerge; Chris, Toni, Bonnie, Lori? Will the party bosses gain control of their teams? This will be interesting and I’m looking forward to it.— August 23, 2013 2:34 p.m.
Decision in Sherman Heights Walmart case could spell trouble for opponents of North Park Jack in the Box
Seems like the department in charge of permitting is/was in real need of restructuring. I know the city is still restructuring and let's hope it gets better instead of worse. They have had wild swings between being too restrictive to being too permissive. My experience was the cost of materials and labor was 25% of the total project. 75% of the costs were for permits, fees and crazy studies that the city wanted. Way to restrictive and expensive. Then they go the other way and are too loose. I believe it's time to have a professionally run building permit department. That may mean that some of the people who have been with the city for a while must go to make that happen.— August 19, 2013 6:36 p.m.
If Filner falls, so rise the Kochs?
One quick *Fact Check* on: **"Republican efforts to oust Democratic mayor Bob Filner from office".** The first shots fired to oust Bob Filner all came from Democrats. Not sure how the recall effort can be branded a Republican effort if the local party is not funding it, a Democrat published the recall intentions first and it appears to be an effort with broad support with much of the leadership coming from registered Democrats. Seems like a slap in the face to Independents and Democrats who are working hard to gather signatures in the recall effort. To brand the recall effort as a Republican effort does not appear to be true.— August 19, 2013 1:35 p.m.
If Filner falls, so rise the Kochs?
No doubt Greenhut is a hard core anti-public sector union guy. He believes that public sector unions do not really add value to the employee. Where private sector unions often do extensive training and enforce work rules to make their employees the best available; Better educated, more reliable / dependable, and more productive. In short they "add value" to the people. Think union apprenticeship programs creating more productive workers. Whereas public sector unions generally focus on gaining more pay and benefits and do not focus on ability, productivity or measuring the output of their members. Think teachers drive against evaluations. So he is clear Greenhut is a hard core anti-public union guy, and he is consistent in his position. As for who will back whom for mayor, I think you may be correct on Fletcher wanting in; but I don't see a Jacobs vs Manchester clash unless Mayor Bob resigns.— August 19, 2013 1:27 p.m.
Koch-tied non-profit teams with Manchester's U-T San Diego
I worry whenever one media outlet talks about another media outlet. It just sounds like competitors talking smack. The credibility is just not there.— August 4, 2013 12:05 p.m.