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This Is How Bad It Is in Tourism
So San Diegans concerned about the rotting infrastructure, parks, school programs, libraries, the arts, and quality of life should get to work right now. =========== The Chargers should go to the county for funding to build the stadium. The county is loaded and could easily afford to build a new stadium for the Chargers on county land. The cost of the stadium would amount to only a rounding error on the county's financial statements. The majority of Charger fans live outside city limits, so it makes sense to have the cost of the stadium paid for by county taxpayers. The City of San Diego has largely become a slum comprised of immigrants on welfare surrounded a few dwindling pockets of prosperity. The city no longer has a well-paid middle class tax base to support convention center expansions and new stadiums. I am replused by sports and do not want to see my tax dollars flushed down the toilet by building a new stadium.— December 12, 2009 10:37 a.m.
Natural History Museum Bonds Lowered to Junk Status
Could the financial problems have anything to do with the current management's penchant for costly exhibits having little to do with the natural history of the region in a mad, mad rush to produce "gate" receipts at the expense of the endowment funds? ========== Most of the exhibits are underwritten by wealthy donors and generate large amounts of revenue at little cost to the Museum. The Museum would suffer financially if these costly exhibits were discontinued.— December 11, 2009 12:54 p.m.
Has Tiger Woods Hired Platinum Equity's Law Firm?
Marty Singer has su h a bad reputation that you have to wonder why ANYONE hires the guy. He is a complete phony. All he does is bluff. ============== Martindale Hubbell gave Singer its highest rating, an indication his law peers believe he possesses preeminent legal abilities.— December 9, 2009 7:16 p.m.
San Diego Discussing Ways to Pump Public Money into Chargers
Mayors Sanders should take the Penicillin shots before he winds up like Al Capone and Howard Hughes.— December 8, 2009 7:38 p.m.
War at La Jolla Farms
Response to post #12: Government agencies including the SEC go after private companies because the stock is not registered or fraud was committed -- whether or not the firm has a public market. Best, Don Bauder ========== I disagree with reference to the facts in this case. Biocept made a sales pitch to Jennings using company information that was not available to the public. Biocept broke no laws in providing this information to Jennings because the company was privately held, and she broke no laws when she acted upon this information. She is not an "insider trader" who acted upon illegally obtained information. The SEC cannot go after her because she received this information, nor can the SEC go after Biocept for providing it to her. No SEC laws have been violated. Jennings is without fault. If her accusations against the company are true, she is entitled to recover her investment.— December 6, 2009 10:14 a.m.
War at La Jolla Farms
So Jennings thought she was getting advice based on "confidential" insider information she wasn't supposed to have, didn't do independent research into the company's prospects and competition, and then is suing because it didn't work out. Huh. ============== Biocept is privately held and its stock does not trade on the public markets. As a result, SEC rules do not apply to Jennings or Biocept. Biocept can legally provide "confidential" information to Jennings or anyone else for that matter. Jennings did nothing wrong by buying the stock with this supposedly confidential information.— December 5, 2009 5:28 p.m.
Local Lead Indicators Continue Rise
Response to post #15: "Uniformed" or "uninformed?" I think you meant the latter. Best, Don Bauder =============== You're a bauderamus.— December 3, 2009 11:40 p.m.
Local Lead Indicators Continue Rise
Response to post #12: I can't vouch for those numbers you cite. Best, Don Bauder ======== I'm not surprised. You're totally uniformed on the issue.— December 3, 2009 8:27 a.m.
Hedge Funds Buying Stocks, Wee Folk Selling
According to your own survey (yes, you're the one who posted it initially), only 7% of attorneys work more than 60 hours per week. I guess the others are too busy working to respond to the survey? So attorneys are working less than cops. The rest of your analysis is just as flawed. ============= The issue is not how many hours attorneys work per week, but rather, how many hours they bill each week. While most attorneys do not work more than 40 hours per week, most attorneys bill their clients for 200 hours or more of work per week. At many law firms each attorney has 40 or more billable hours in a single work day. Webster Hubbell was no slouch and had legal talents that enabled him to bill out 800 or more hours in a single work week.— December 2, 2009 10:15 p.m.
Local Lead Indicators Continue Rise
If I were the Democrats I would outlaw abortion RIGHT NOW, or, let in millions of more illegals. We're going to start running out of people to tax. ============ Illegals don't pay taxes for the most part. Each illegal alien family with children receives an annual $5,000 direct cash payment from the federal government in the form of the earned income tax credit. Also, the Calworks program establishes a minimum $3,800 per month income level for employed illegal aliens with US born children. If an illegal earns $1,800 per month washing dishes or cleaning toilets at an Evans or Bartell family hotel, California steps into the breach and provides the immigrant with a $2,000 per month cash payment or whatever it takes to bring the monthly income up to $3,800. Without this subsidy the illegal could not come to California and employers would face the hassle of having to hire high school and college students to perform menial low paid work. It is common for a fast food restaurant to employ as many as 75 illegals, most on a part-time basis. Employees of a single fast food restaurant location in California are receiving as much as $150,000 per month in Calworks benefits. This situation exists with restaurants, car washes, landscapers, janitorial vendors, and every other business that employs illegals. Children of illegals born at the county hospital cost the county on average $17,000 each and most Hispanic families in San Diego have at least 4 children. The cost of providing a free public education at $7,000 per year per child to a family with four children is staggering. Immigrants are financially raping California.— December 2, 2009 9:24 p.m.