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San Diego archive for January, 2013
George Shultz, wealthy lumbermen backed ex-GOP mayor candidate after loss
Ex-Secretary of State, San Francisco financiers, rich loggers, and billionaire Silicon Valley heir give post-election cash to Nathan Fletcher's failed bid.
Months after his defeat, former GOP Assemblyman turned independent Nathan Fletcher remained a big money favorite of some high-profile establishment ...
WNL5: La Jolla’s Whisknladle celebrating a successful half-decade
It was 2008, but I remember it clearly, sharing a table with young restaurateur Arturo Kassel and discussing the origins ...
Booze, golf, and lobbyists hallmarks of Vargas bi-coastal fundraisers
Breakfast admission in Washington starts at $1500; Friday afternoon Mission Valley golf affair just $1250
As previously reported, freshman Democratic congressman Juan Vargas has been first off the blocks in the House fundraising race for ...
Padres honcho says it with cash: Anybody but Filner
Mega-millionaire beer distributor gave big to DeMaio and Fletcher, along with brew merchants political committees, Major League Baseball PAC, and Mitt Romney
Ron Fowler, the politically-wired California beer distribution magnate who assembled the wealthy group that took over the Padres last year, ...
Shkoffing pizza Chicago style
Berkeley Pizza in the Gaslamp has the right crust.
I will shamelessly admit that every time I go to the Little Italy Mercato, I snag a sample of Berkeley ...
Reader's owner backed anti-assisted suicide campaign in Massachusetts
Pot and parental notification also on publisher's personal political radar during 2012
It's the end of January, the time final 2012 campaign finance disclosure statements begin rolling in, and early filings show ...
Bullet to the Head: Movie Review
Courtesy of the San Diego Reader, tonight I went to see Bullet to the Head starring Sylvester Stallone. There were ...
New filing shows U-T's Manchester personally backed Carl DeMaio and GOP to tune of $283,900
San Diego newspaper mogul and litigation-beset Navy Broadway Complex developer gave heavily to those supporting controversial downtown project
Combative U-T San Diego publisher Douglas Manchester, whose development company was sued last week by the California Coastal Commission over ...
Midday Sunshine in P.Hills - Parkside Park
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California sues Manchester's firm; reports show Navy complex push by fired city lobbyist
Disclosures reveal that U-T San Diego Manchester's Navy Broadway Complex was one of several contentious issues lobbied by D.C. influence peddling firm dumped by new mayor
As noted here last month, having ex-congressman Bob Filner as San Diego's new Democratic mayor might mean interesting changes for ...
La Jolla billionaire to get the Neil Morgan award
SDG&E, U-T San Diego, Bridgepoint Education, and Qualcomm listed among sponsors of 'Visionary Awards" dinner
2012 was a successful political year for La Jolla billionaire Irwin Jacobs. Besides the re-election of Barack Obama, to whose ...
More key lobbyist names emerge in wake of mayor's high dollar fundraiser
Influence peddlers for controversial development projects attend fundraiser in offices of downtown lobbyist owned by Filner consultant, watchdog says
That $500-a-head fundraiser thrown last night by the downtown lobbying shop of Public Policy Strategies - an influence peddling boutique ...
What election? Filner and DeMaio continue to hold big fundraising bashes
Democratic mayor and Republican ex-councilman hit the political party circuit with lucrative campaign cash events
Last night, Bob Filner attended a $500 per person fundraising party for his campaign held by the downtown lobbying firm ...
Stone Age in Middletown? Not So Fast food at 57 Degrees
This is not your great great great great great great grandpappy’s food. (But it’s maybe as near as we can get…)
I see the shadow of disappointment cross June’s face. Guess it's because I said "bread” when she asked if I ...
Lobbyist for billionaire’s Balboa Park makeover throwing Filner fundraiser
Former aides of GOP mayor Sanders throw open doors of their downtown lobbying office to raise campaign cash for Democratic mayor
The crew over at Public Policy Strategies Inc., the lobbying outfit founded and owned by onetime GOP champion Tom Shepard, ...
CLEANING UP THE CANYON IN ENCANTO
Me and my husband have children who attend Encanto Elementry. In that school they have a great science teacher and ...
Disbarred attorney not required to appear in court
Michael Theodore Pines “waives” his appearance for hearings
A former attorney who is notorious in San Diego County for his multiple arrests and unusual statements in court, apparently ...
U.S. Marshals’ automatic weapons, $71,840 San Diego SUV hit by audit
Unauthorized automatic weapons and a costly sport utility vehicle used in San Diego on list of prohibited and improperly documented purchases made by U.S. Marshals Service
The United States Marshals Service has come under scrutiny by the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Inspector General over, among ...
Filner can veto port nominations, city attorney memo says
Legal memorandum drafted by former Union-Tribune political writer green-lights strong mayor's powers
If there was any doubt that new Democratic mayor Bob Filner has plenty of leverage under the city's so-called strong ...
San Diego All-Stars Defeat LA City All-Stars 24-17 in Westlake Village
The San Diegans were elated after the victory in Westlake village against LA City. Though the beginning was not good ...
Chef Brian Malarkey judges ABC's The Taste
New cooking competition reality show premieres January 22nd, also stars Nigella Lawson, Ludo Lefebvre, Anthony Bourdain.
San Diego chef Brian Malarkey will be a judge and team mentor on ABC’s new reality/cooking competition show The Taste, ...
Two San Diego pols reported among top richest in Congress
Democrat Peters and Republican Issa make San Diego county one of America's top concentrations of congressional wealth, according to new ranking
The website OpenSecrets.org, run by Washington's non-profit Center for Responsive Politics, is out with its Congressional wealth rankings, and San ...
Another local anniversary ale
Karl Strauss hooks Philleas Foggs up with 5th anniversary brew
Last week, I noted the trend of local breweries developing anniversary ales for popular craft beer bars. In doing so, ...
family ties that blind
I am feeding two dogs for ten days. My stepbrother and his boyfriend, along with my other stepbrother and his ...
Do you want the lowest price when you shop, or peace of mind?
I often hear from customers, “What’s the best price you can give me?” I usually refer to the sales price ...
American killed in downtown Tijuana
Carlo Arturo Ochoa, 28 years old, and originally from the United States was murdered on the sidewalk in front of ...
City Attorney: OK to release private business e-mail addresses to improvement districts
Business Improvement District chiefs in San Diego can obtain email addresses of business owners from city records, Goldsmith holds
Those who have business licenses from the city of San Diego may be seeing some new unsolicited email in their ...
Filner ends pot dispensary crackdown; U.S. Attorney Duffy yet to respond
Today’s move may position new Democratic San Diego mayor for head-on collision with Obama’s U.S. Attorney here
San Diego mayor Bob Filner, whose election was opposed last year by U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy, today told the city's ...
Balboa Park controversy's Jacobs backs lavish Edwardian-themed KPBS funder
Corporations buy their way on to state-owned non-profit's air via "Downtown Abbey" event offering 44 TV spots, 60 radio spots, and 30,000 Internet ads, “sponsorship kit” says
KPBS, the public broadcasting operation owned and run by taxpayer-funded San Diego State University, is planning to stage a lavish ...
Anniversary ales abound
Alpine Beer, Societe Brewing pay sudsy homage to O'Brien's Pub
When assessing the San Diego craft beer scene, most people see two camps—breweries and the venues that deal their product. ...
New Mexico Cafe: vuelve a la vida!
A visit to the ladies in Barrio Logan cures the bug
Oh man. This was the only place I could come to. Last two days Carla and I have been heaving. ...
Mayor's protocol officer is daughter of Gregory Canyon solid waste magnate
Filner contributor is deeply rooted in San Diego lobbying, real estate development, and political fundraising, both Democratic and Republican
When Democratic mayor Bob Filner unveiled his new executive staff on Monday, one of the most intriguing names on the ...
Fraudster impersonated California Highway Patrol officer
Elderly San Diego couple were targets of a scam
It was a warm, pleasant morning in San Diego, about 11 a.m. last October, when Peggy got an upsetting phone ...
In the House of Gemini
There is a comet in my house. ISON is inbound and Saturday night we are going to hunt that dog. ...
Democrats rule in lucrative Filner committee appointments
New mayor fills extra-pay association of governments committees with himself and fellow partisans, disclosure shows
It's official. Democratic Mayor Bob Filner wants to appoint himself to the board of directors and the executive committee of ...
Imbibe blares, "Blair's the man!"
Local craft beer champion named Imbibe Magazine's Beer Person of the Year
A few weeks ago, San Diego bar owner Scot Blair and I were touring the Malheur brewery in Buggenhout, Belgium. ...
Writing my own rules
I guess I broke every rule there is to blogging, or so I've learned in J-school. It's been a few ...
The Starting Line(ish): Got Milk? Got $8 for a Gallon?
Farm bill impasse in Congress could cause prices of dairy products to skyrocket; the do-nothingest Congress in history; San Diego ...
Guaderrama out as Paso Robles police chief
Veteran San Diego police captain withdraws candidacy for $160,000 job in wake of son's preferential treatment controversy
Manny Guaderrama, the longtime San Diego police captain who was set to become police chief of the Central California wine ...
Suds, second chances at The Local
Revisiting a previously black-listed downtown bar and restaurant
Sometimes one’s experience at a venue can be so remarkably bad that it results in that place being black-listed for ...
The Starting Line(ish): New Year’s Eve Fiscal Cliff Edition
Fiscal cliff talks go to the brink, as lawmakers are optimistic for a deal; yet Republicans lack any incentive to ...
Can it, BP!
Ballast Point to employ new look and packaging material in 2013
Two short years ago, the sight of aluminum cans made craft beer fans point and snicker. Now, thanks to a ...
New York hits Qualcomm with political money disclosure suit
Comptroller alleges San Diego cell phone giant obscures its political spending
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, a Democrat, has announced that he is suing Qualcomm, the San Diego-based technology ...
New Years Eve, same old politics
California's political money-shifting machine never takes a break, not even for year's end
There was no rest for fundraising San Diego politicos as 2013 approached. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/02/37788/ On December 31, according to a filing ...
Chewing on Brick + Mortar
Checking out replacement to Gordon Ramsay's hellish disappointment
The last time I was in the space currently housing Brick + Mortar (820 Fifth Avenue, Downtown), I was cringing ...
