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Artworks Owned by Copley Press Go to Auction
I think Margo Schwab puts out a good product, for what it is. If the U-T hired her as society columnist, and I think they should, she would soon learn to write like a professional.— April 25, 2010 10:49 a.m.
Artworks Owned by Copley Press Go to Auction
Heart transplant patients have an average life expectancy of 15 years. Copley could easily make into his early 70s if he's lucky. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_transplantation— April 23, 2010 11:22 p.m.
Artworks Owned by Copley Press Go to Auction
I am sort of shocked he is still around given his health problems and his weight. ======= Copley is starting to look like an advance man for a famine. http://www.thesocialdiary.com/davidcopleybirthday…— April 23, 2010 10:11 p.m.
Michael Fanghella Seeking $150,000 Job
No money is safe-including retirement accounts-when it is acquired by fraud. ========= I assumed that he had built up substantial retirement assets prior to the fraud, and those assets in the 401(k) and IRA that pre-date the fraud are beyond the reach of creditors.— April 20, 2010 9:43 p.m.
Michael Fanghella Seeking $150,000 Job
Randall Cunningham's wife had to give back millions of dollars (in home equity and other assets) because of his fraud. ========= I know swindler Walter Wencke's creditors went after his wife's Rancho Santa Fe estate and were ultimately able to take it away from her. C. Arnholt Smith's creditors went after his daughter's (Shannon Smith?) Rancho Santa Fe estate and were able to sell it though it took many years.— April 20, 2010 6:53 p.m.
Michael Fanghella Seeking $150,000 Job
It doesn't seem right that Fanghella is living in the covenant, not after what he did. The government may have let his ex-wife keep her 50% community property share of his assets. He may have reconciled with his ex-wife, and is living with her in the covenant, assuming she lives there. He may be living in City Heights and lists his address as Rancho Santa Fe because he can't accept the reality of his situation. Perhaps like OJ Simpson, creditors and the government could not reach the retirement funds in his 401(k) and IRA. A man his age could have accumulated $2 million or more in retirement money. He may be using this money to rent near the covenant, but not actually inside it. I'd check his phone number to see if the prefix is Rancho Santa Fe, assuming the number is not a cell phone. I would also search his phone number (with the number in quotes) on Google to see what pops up.— April 19, 2010 10:49 p.m.
San Diego’s chronic structural budget deficit affliction
The smart Brobeck lawyers knew it was a fantasy world and were plotting what to do when the bubble inevitably burst. Best, Don Bauder ============ The Rolling Stone article indicates that most of the IPOs during the internet bubble were actually orchestrated by Goldman Sachs ("GS"). GS would design a concept for a company, and then find MBA hacks willing to front for GS as organizers of the IPO. GS, through various straw entities, would own or indirectly control, most of the shares. After the company went public GS would drive the share price into the stratosphere and then cash out at the top of the market. All the small investors who were refinancing their homes and borrowing on credit cards to buy these shares on margin were ruined by the scheme. And not a single GS employee went to jail.— April 17, 2010 3:52 p.m.
San Diego’s chronic structural budget deficit affliction
When Brobeck Phleger and Harrison were FEASTING during the dot com bubble in the early 2000's they had the HIGHEST paid partner comp in this state with $1 million per partner-and this was at the height of the dot com bubble. ======== This is probably an average figure for all partners in all offices. Partners in Silicon Valley were probably earning $15 to $20 million each per year. Partners are paid based on what they produce for the firm.— April 17, 2010 12:51 p.m.
San Diego’s chronic structural budget deficit affliction
Lawyers made $128,610. The normal bell curve would show that some are far above the average and some well below. Best, Don Bauder ============= Most lawyers in San Diego have nite school law degrees and struggle for years to eke out a meager living and 95% will never be successful. I know several. They live off their spouse's income and borrow money to pay their expenses. This is why average figures mean nothing. Any partner in a major law in San Diego who handles complex business transactions for public corporations earns well north of $1 million per year. I stand by my original statement: there are thousands in San Diego who earn incomes of $1 million or more. There are probably between ten and fifteen thousand San Diegans who earn between $400K and $600K per year.— April 16, 2010 3:42 p.m.
San Diego’s chronic structural budget deficit affliction
A small operator, doing his/her own payroll, might be able to evade collecting withholdings for a city. A big corporation would not even try. ========== It is common in San Diego for partners in major law firms to earn $2 million per year. A guy can earn $1 million per year selling business insurance. Some medical doctors earn $50,000 per month. Thousands in San Diego earn incomes of this magnitude. The highly compensated would not sit still for this tax. If this wage tax was enacted, most law firms and other businesses with highly compensated workers would relocate outside the city limits. The office buildings in the Golden Triangle would become worthless overnite.— April 15, 2010 7:37 p.m.