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Dumanis Gives the Green Light to Corruption
Just one more note - almost all Police Officers have at least a bachelors degree, with a very large number of masters degrees and Phd's. Even more surprising is the number of them whose degrees are in engineering and other areas, with additional study in law and criminal justice. ======== There are currently three Nobel laureates serving as reserve officers with the San Diego Police Department.— May 7, 2010 9:15 p.m.
Dumanis Gives the Green Light to Corruption
Response to post #23: Yes, City employees -- particularly those in safety -- have a deal. City Attorney Goldsmith -- the last person I thought would tackle this subject -- is trying to do something about it. Bully for him. Best, Don Bauder ========= I've always believed that Goldsmith intends to turn on the Mayor at some point, in order to establish a political base so he can run for higher office. Goldsmith should distance himself from Mayor Sanders while there's still time. After the city files bankruptcy any politican associated in the public mind with Sanders is going to be a "Typhoid Mary" of politics. Sanders is a political pariah.— May 6, 2010 9:13 p.m.
Dumanis Gives the Green Light to Corruption
The city is going to have to pay out millions in back pay now that the officials have been cleared of wrongdoing. The city may even have to rehire them. This isn't going to be cheap.— May 6, 2010 9:05 p.m.
“The City is broke and they are talking about a retractable-roof stadium"
And for what? A stadium with a retractable roof in a Mediterranean climate? “It boggles the mind,” says Baade. “It’s crazy,” says Rodney Fort, sports economist at the University of Michigan, who once lived in San Diego. ================ The politicians need the retractable roof so the facility can be used to host political conventions. Remember when Pete Wilson wanted to expand the Sports Arena so San Diego could host the 1972 Republican National Convention? Pete was salivating like Pavlov's dog at the thought of standing on the dais beside President Nixon on nationwide TV. Pete couldn't get the money from the City Council to fund his pipe dream.— May 6, 2010 7:16 p.m.
Stocks Crash in Panic Selling, Volatility
What happens when Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Italy have to be bailed out, too? Italy will break the bank -- shattering the euro zone if it puts its hand out. Finally, what about the U.S.? We have been living beyond our means, too. Several of our states our broke -- California in particular. Best, Don Bauder ============ These countries, like the US, are victims of spreading economic cancer from Asia and will soon die from it unless trade relations with Asia are quickly severed. Loss of Western economic output to China, India, Korea, Brazil, Thailand, and Japan etc. is the root cause of the heavy governmental borrowing as US and European governments struggle to maintain living standards with massive increases in social welfare spending. The loss of manufacturing and white collar jobs is shrinking the government's tax base and causing deficits to swell.— May 6, 2010 6:55 p.m.
Saks Closing Fashion Valley Store
Re #16: I did not think that you were disputing it. Was just sharing my recollection. I felt sorry for Neil at the time because such a story likely would not normally have seen print. ========== The incident ocurred in 1968 if I remember correctly. Neil decribed the incident in his column at least three times that I recall. The last time was sometime during the late 1990s when the picture of Neil looking at the wreck was published.— May 5, 2010 7:37 p.m.
Saks Closing Fashion Valley Store
Response to post #5: I never heard that story -- from Neil or from anybody else. Best, Don Bauder ============== Check your sources. Burwell knows all.— May 4, 2010 10:21 p.m.
Saks Closing Fashion Valley Store
For a time in the 80's, Sak's had two stores in San Diego. They had a smaller store in La Jolla for many years, but it was a casualty of the previous recession (the one in 1991-2, remember?) ========= In the 1960s Neil Morgan rented a large motor home and drove it through the portico at the Sak's store in La Jolla. The entire top half of the motorhome was destroyed and the vehicle was a total loss.— May 4, 2010 6:59 p.m.
U-T Puffs up Bridgepoint. Uh, Look Further
You can see from the image in the link below that Mayor Sanders is a cockalorum. http://sandiegometro.archives.whsites.net/images/…— May 3, 2010 10:15 p.m.
U-T Puffs up Bridgepoint. Uh, Look Further
The mayor damned near ran into me on the sidewalk the other day. Those EYES! They're lasers! And that body! That power-walk! It's the HULK, folks! ======= The Mayor is only 5'6" tall.— May 3, 2010 10:11 p.m.