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Occupy San Diego Moves to Civic Center, Marches on Wells Fargo
OBRag has fair coverage; some CityBeat peeps are with the occupiers and tweeting. Amazingly, local news has done a fair amount of live coverage and news reports, all of it pretty positive.... Well, except for KUSI. First thing today I saw their reporter live in the Civic Center, stating that the occupiers prefer socialism over capitalism, and that burdensome, restrictive government regulations on big business have "forced" big business to ship jobs out of the USA. Over the weekend I heard something on TV, some group organizing a consumer action campaign to "buy American-made products." What we really need is a consumer campaign to demand that manufacturers, corporations, and stores produce and sell products made in the USA. It's almost impossible to find "Made in the USA" on anything. So labor costs are higher, you bet. But more workers means more people to buy more products. Henry Ford's goal was to pay his workers enough so that they could afford to buy his cars. That worked out pretty well, eh?— October 10, 2011 9:17 a.m.
Occupy San Diego Moves to Civic Center, Marches on Wells Fargo
Well said.— October 10, 2011 9:01 a.m.
California Supreme Court Associate Justice Ming Chin Subject of Demand Letter Sent to Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment Addressing Retroactive Removal of Justice Chin's Name
Have you considered going after Clarence Thomas?— October 10, 2011 8:59 a.m.
Shutting Down California's Cannabis Industry
I needed a huge out-loud laugh! good one!— October 6, 2011 9:42 p.m.
What in the World Is Occupy San Diego and Why Does it Matter?
Great idea, but I think they'd arrest us. Those two are scary. They have their own small-time version of a "Shock Doctrine." Or, more appropriately, their own version of robbing Peter to pay Paul.— October 6, 2011 9:35 p.m.
What in the World Is Occupy San Diego and Why Does it Matter?
Chad, good man, for writing this piece. In San Diego, as in the USA, the problems within our systems go to unequal distribution, not scarcity (thank you, Naomi Klein, for the thought and the discussion on The Nation blog and on Rachel Maddow's show, on MSNBC). Occupy San Diego begins tomorrow, 4:30 p.m. with a march from the Children's Park to the Civic Center. Be there.— October 6, 2011 7:18 p.m.
Mad About Getting Rid of MAD
You bet! Bob Dylan had some good advice for the City and those who ride with them to exploit the rest of us: "To live outside the law you must be honest." It would at least be a start for our lawless local government and their hangers-on.— October 6, 2011 5:28 p.m.
Shutting Down California's Cannabis Industry
In an act of great bravery (smirk), Jan Goldsmith has sued 12 dispensaries for "flouting zoning laws," because they were w/in 600 feet of a school. Wow! The Code Compliance budget must have been fully budgeted after years of underfunding. Glad to know that I can look forward to Mr. Goldsmith going after all of other the code violations in my neighborhood. Per the U-T, "The flow of legal action comes two months after the San Diego City Council rescinded restrictions on the businesses rather than pay up to $1 million for a public vote." The city is broke, but not that broke, apparently. From the U-T, further, "Attorney Jessica C. McElfresh [cool name!], who represents four of the 12 dispensaries, said the city errored" [like the U-T writer 'errored' in it's language]... "in three of the filings. McElfresh said the directors of one collective in the 4000 block of Park Boulevard told city attorneys in a certified notice that they were relocating. Two on El Cajon Boulevard were not within 600 feet of a school, she said. “We respect the law but there’s a factual dispute that’s going to require airing,” she said. “Our evidence supports that those two locations are legal under state law.” Save tax dollars, City: smoke the peace pipe!— October 6, 2011 5:19 p.m.
Letters
Said a hello to Jerry Schad, while looking up at the awesome night sky recently, in the remote regions of our local mountains.— October 6, 2011 5 p.m.
Letters
My favorite corker, ever, all time.— October 6, 2011 4:57 p.m.