San Diego's shadiest characters: John Moores, David Malcolm, Dick Silberman

Larry Remer, Larry Lucchino, J. David Dominelli

Author

By Matt Potter, Thomas Larson, Thomas K. Arnold, Jamie Reno

Publish Date

Jan. 4, 2021

Larry Remer, Tom Shepard. Remer: "I had no idea what was going on, how investors' money was being misused." (Joe Klein)

UCSD, Big Money, and the Ball Club

When Gray Davis appointed Padres owner John Moores to the Board of Regents of the University of California, Dynes said, “I’m really looking forward to working with him…I’m so pleased, I can’t stand it.”

By Matt Potter, Feb. 24, 2000 | Read full article

SDSU athletics building. Weber to Moores: "I would like to express my gratitude for your generous gift of $7,522,500 for the creation of the Athletics administrative complex, softball stadium, and tennis complex."

Dear Daddy Warbucks

San Diego State to Moores: “We are committed to taking both the Athletic Program and the University to the next level but we would have had no chance without you.”

By Matt Potter, May 18, 2000 | Read full article

Big Money Boys Hit Wall

Dominelli, Hedgecock, Hoover, Stallings, Madaffer, Atkins, Maienschein

Larry Remer: “Forget the money. I wouldn’t have taken Edison as a client if I didn’t think it would be good for San Diego.”

The John Moores Exemption

One reliable source said that the FBI began looking into Moores and Stallings’s friendship because no one in the city attorney’s or district attorney’s offices was minding the store.

By Thomas Larson, Apr 12, 2001 | Read full article

Karin Winner and Herb Klein (Joe Klein)

Did Casey Gwinn try to get Don Bauder fired?

Gwinn wrote a letter to Union-Tribune editor Karin Winner, in which he claimed, "Mr. Bauder has misrepresented the truth through conduct that may be legally actionable."

By Matt Potter, Nov. 29, 2001 | Read full article

Malcolm pleaded guilty to one felony count of conflict of interest following an investigation of his ties to Duke Energy and the South Bay power plant. (Joe Klein)

What Did David Malcolm Want From: Steve Peace, Tawfiq Khoury, Willie Brown, Bob Filner, and Larry Cushman?

Malcolm will have to fork over $260,000 in fines and restitution. As a felon, he will no longer be able to vote or hold public office.

By Matt Potter, June 26, 2003 | Read full article

Jerry Dominelli accused Mayor Roger Hedgecock of “using [Nancy] Hoover and then ‘dumping’ her to ‘cover his ass.’”

Assault on Montserrat

In hot pursuit of the J. David Dominelli story, San Diego reporters ran into crafty cabdrivers, ferocious dogs, paper-thin walls, and — worst of all — each other.

By Thomas K. Arnold, May 10, 1984 | Read full article

Golding and Silberman. Golding’s first Kyocera-related action as a county supervisor came in May 1985, a period, records show, when Silberman was still working for the Kyocera-backed lobbying groups. (Vince Compagone)

The Silberman Factor

“If there’s one thing you can count on with Jerry Brown, it’s that he’ll come out on both sides of every issue. He was a hypocrite then and he is now.”

By Jamie Reno, April 9, 1992 | Read full article

The Taps

(Part of Silberman story)

“RS says he talked to Bustamante… he told RS about his deals and in 2 weeks “Inamouri” (a wealthy ceramics tycoon) is coming to town.”

April 9, 1992 | Read full article

Sinatra and the mob. Top row: Paul Castellano, Gregory De Palma, Frank Sinatra, Thomas Marson, Carlo Gambino, Jimmy Fratianno, Salvatore Spatola; bottom row: Joe Gambino, Richard Fusco

Are the Padres married to the mob?

Lucchino once dated Maria Shriver and approached her father R. Sargent Shriver and his son Bobby and discussed putting a deal together for the team.

By Matt Potter, January 27, 2000 | Read full article