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Developers Bankrolling "Strong Mayor" Campaign
The SDLWV's understatement of "have all deteriorated" does not even begin to acknowledge the totally unacceptable consequences of all facts that you have exposed about all the political, judicial and business corruption that that the "Strong Mayor"/Dictatorship concept represents. Anyone who votes "Yes on D" is disenfranchising themselves, and might as well not vote at all because they are actually voting for the overthrow of San Diego Democracy by letting puppeticians like Sanders turn San Diego into a dictatorship that has destroyed San Diego's safety, health and economy continuously since it was approved in the first place.— April 25, 2010 10:18 a.m.
Del Mar’s Arthur Lipper III says whistle-blowers should be rewarded
"But will anything be done? “The odds of any of these changes becoming reality is near 0 percent,” says Welsh. “Both political parties are owned by powerful lobbies” — and Wall Street’s lobbies are among the most potent." Don, you've made this conclusion thousands of times in as many ways over the decades and the fact is that's all that needs to be said to reach the ultimate conclusion that American Democracy is "damned" to decline and fall like most others before ours because we keep proving that voters aren't intelligent enough to vote. And we just do not have enough people in government who are dedicated and capable of saving America for future generations, so nothing will be done because it is probably already to late to protect enough resources and environment to sustain acceptable quality life for much longer. One worst case scenario to prove this is Mayor Sanders who is destroying public safety and health resources as fast as he can just to save his own fortune gained from corrupt politics his entire professional life.— April 21, 2010 12:46 p.m.
San Diego’s chronic structural budget deficit affliction
Response to post #6 & 7: Indeed, as long as the FBI continues to look the other way while 1) "Special-interest politics will not allow us to deal rationally with the problem" and 2) "Draconian cutbacks in safety and health resources are being used to pay off judges, politicians and the establishment instead of protecting San Diegans," then as you say 3) "The public is damned" and 4) the FBI is forcing "social unrest" as the only option to save the future for newer generations.— April 14, 2010 2:22 p.m.
San Diego’s chronic structural budget deficit affliction
The bottom line is that as long as San Diego's court system is totally corrupt, with judges and lawyers stealing from taxpayers with arrogant impunity, along with the establishment that controls them and the politicians, there is no hope for a quality of life future for future generations. Interesting that the U-T is coming out with more and more of your investigative reports a day or so after you post them. Newest generations can only hope for a return to an acceptable quality of life in San Diego if they turn the U-T Editorial Page over to Don Bauder. Or if the FBI start doing their jobs as last by arresting judges, politicians and establishment leaders to protect We The People like they are supposed, but as you have said there is no hope that the FBI will step in. As it is San Diego is being increasingly destroyed by establishment terrorists almost as bad as al Qaeda terrorists have in New York and Ft. Hood because of the increasing Draconian cutbacks in safety and health resources to pay off judges, politicians and the establishment instead of protecting San Diegans.— April 14, 2010 12:38 p.m.
Judge Dumps Criminal Pension Charges
Don, looks like this blog pretty well confirms that the American system of justice is almost entirely dominated by the venal and totally immoral who consider themselves an aristocracy unto themselves. Not a good reality check for the survival of American Democracy that can fail just like most have before ours, especially with our politicians playing the game of politics of destruction more than ever before. Like, shouldn't the Tea Party be considered doing the same as Shouting "Fire" in a Theater when they fire up their zombies to carry guns to political meetings, rallies, etc.?— April 10, 2010 11:28 a.m.
Judge Dumps Criminal Pension Charges
Response to post #11: "Benitez's easiness on white collar crime may be a matter of ideology." And that “ideology” is the San Diego political doctrine that protects San Diego's corrupt, elite establishment class at all costs no matter how many San Diegans are killed by cutbacks in safety and health services to pay the costs of corruption. Nothing has changed in San Diego jurisprudence since the Greer Court, corruption continues to rule today and the Rule of Law is "vague" whenever they want to overthrow any law that doesn't make the judges richer, more tyrannical and all powerful. Actually the San Diego courts, and SCOTUS for that matter, are returning our political system to the days before Solon created the Rule of Law in 594 BCE to protect the corrupt ruling elite class from being overthrown back then, but no one ever remembers the lessons of history much less care about morality any longer as San Diego, Sacramento and Washington politicians as judges prove daily.— April 9, 2010 11:51 a.m.
Judge Dumps Criminal Pension Charges
When a judge says a law is "vague" that translates to corruptjudgespeak: "Show Me The Money" which means that Benitez is ready, willing and able to sell the Rule of Law to the highest bidder who pays him off. "Benitez has always been quite easy on fraud defendants" certifies that Don.— April 8, 2010 12:01 p.m.
Did Sanders Order Detective Reprimanded?
Response to post #36: Amazing how mountain lions leave you alone if you just leave them alone isn't it? I've had animals like that walk through various campsites over the decades and they may look over at you but keep going if you stand still and keep quiet. However, San Diego families have far greater threats to public safety and health. Sanders, the GOP and their judges just keep destroying our quality of life regardless of how many investigative reports you write to expose their larceny.— April 7, 2010 1:48 p.m.
Did Sanders Order Detective Reprimanded?
Response to post #21: Actually the zoo is about the safest places anywhere. It's outside the zoo where we must be increasingly concerned for our heroic police and firemen/women whose resources are being stolen by Sanders' and GOP establishment greed and corruption placing even San Diego's finest public safety personnel at out of control risk as well as us. I understand why you moved to Colorado, for increasing reasons you expose almost daily.— April 7, 2010 11:01 a.m.
Did Sanders Order Detective Reprimanded?
Response to post #12: Didn't realize the dems were organized enough to actually have a "dem establishment" paul. Even the chimpanzees at the zoo are better organized, and could teach dems how to overthrow rule by "strong mayor," it's as anti-democracy as the overthrow of the Rule of Law by our corrupt judges. It's the stupidest thing the dems ever allowed to disenfranchise themselves with. But it is hopeless, so as Gilda Radner used to say "Never Mind."— April 6, 2010 3:53 p.m.