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Todd Gloria erased comments from constituents critical of Plaza de Panama and here is proof
Todd does not like dissent. He removed my comment critical of his Plaza de Panama vote, and blocked me also. And I LIVE in his district.— July 12, 2012 10:52 p.m.
Todd Gloria sells his soul and the city of SD to the Devil and votes for Jacob's devastating plan
PAID Parking for Balboa Park for the first time in 97 years. NO ONE will use the Paid Parking Garage so long as there is one empty, free parking space remaining. People are that way. So the revenues "projected" by City Staff to pay the construction bonds will never materialize. Look to the City - Owned garage in North Park at the Birch Theatre. That garage is surrounded by free on-street parking. The same idiots made the same silly projections for this White Elephant. The revenues can't pay for the bond debt, or the operations and maintanence costs. Same thing will happen in the Park. So the ONLY cure for this totally predictable economic behavior will be the immediate imposition of uniformly priced PAID parking for every space in both the Park and the Zoo. A Minimum of $5.00, and probably more like $5.00 an hour. More on "Free" Tuesdays and special Events, like Winter Nights. So Seniors and young families will be priced out of the Park. The many Volunteers at the Museums and ZOO will be priced out of volunteering. And then there is the destruction of the Cabrillo Bridge by the addition of the ugly By Pass bridge... Write your Councilperson and urge them to reconsider this Park Tax immediately! Todd Gloria failed to defend the Park in his District. He showed he is willing to do anything if someone else pays the bill. He will NOT appear in the next round of the "Profiles in Courage" awards at Harvard. He should be ashamed of his performance today. Recall Petitions anyone ?— July 10, 2012 7:53 a.m.
Bridgepoint's Ashford Denied Accreditation; Stock Plummets
UNC is running a great print ad for its on-line [and excellent] graduate School of Business. It reads " The best on-line University that probably won't admit you." UNC is actually selective in its admissions, and pays its Faculty more than their admissions people. What a concept. Bridgepoint is a Dutch Tulip. It will be filing for its BK in 30 days.— July 9, 2012 9:14 a.m.
Todd Gloria blocks D3 constituents who express dissent to Plaza de Panama on his Council Facebook page
Todd took a LARGE contribution from ACE Parking, the exclusive holder of the rights for all paid parking in Balboa Park. He received this contribution AFTER it was clear Todd was running unopposed. So the money was never spent on political expenses, and remains in the account. The Jones family, owners of ACE, have contributed to many anti-gay rights efforts, including supporting Prop. 8. They are not "natural" friends of Todd or his left of center politics. So one could observe ACE would like PAID parking in every space in both the Park and the ZOO. Now everything suddenly makes sense. Todd represents the Park. But bribes get his attention, not the voices of San Diego residents.— July 9, 2012 12:41 a.m.
Todd Gloria Silences His Critics on Facebook
PLEASE copy and paste this to Council person Todd Gloria's Facebook page. He "de-friended" me because of my opposition to the Jacobs Plan,so I can no longer Post on Todd's page. So if each of you could paste this there, that would be great. ___________________________________________ Councilman Gloria sees the history and beauty of the Caliente Racetrack sign worth preserving, but he will vote to favor the Jacobs Plan to destroy the beauty and history of Cabrillo Bridge and Balboa Park. Gloria says this about the Caliente sign: “I think that particular suggestion [to overpaint the Caliente sign with a modern commercial message] really robs the community from an experience that they enjoy, and which we’ve heard time and again from thousands of people literally across the country that have called my office to say that they really like the Caliente sign and they’d like it to stay,” the councilman said. Ons can certainly say the same, but much more strongly, about Balboa Park and Cabrillo Bridge, a National Historic Landmark. So for Gloria, what is the difference between the commercial sign worth protecting, and the Park that can be abandoned to Dr. Jacobs ill-conceived plan to introduce paid parking to Balboa Park and destroy its treasured historic fabric? The sign owner did not bribe Mr. Gloria. But ACE Parking and Dr. Jacobs gave Gloria tens of thousands of dollars in an UNCONTESTED election cycle to support the conversion of Balboa Park the the largest PAID Parking lot in the ACE System. In politics, "Follow the Money." SHAME on Councilman Gloria.— July 7, 2012 8:15 p.m.
U-T San Diego Will Charge Fee To View Articles Online
The ONLY thing the Manchester UT has in common with the NY Times is a fee for digital access. The Times also has writers, content, and something worth reading. The Manchester UT, run by Lynch and Popa Doc Manchester offers none of these. It will be interesting to see how few digital subscriptions they actually sell. Traffic to the website will drop off greatly, and their digital ad revenue will decline greatly. Why pay for Manchester's propaganda, when access to the Washington Post is still free, and the NY Times is about the same cost as offered by the UT, but the Times offers so much. I expect the UT will have to retreat from this policy in about a week, and will regroup and try again in several months. They did this with NO advance notice to readers. Not very good marketing.— June 22, 2012 2:14 a.m.
New Proposal: Huge Hike in TOT Tax to Improve Infrastructure
Thanks so much Don ! 5,000,000 or so per year would pay down a lot of construction bonds. $40,000,000 - $60,000,000 easily.That is a very rough figure obviously. But this way the enhancement of the Park could go forward in the best way possible. I have heard so many--including the "Planning Commission" yesterday, say the Jacobs Plan has major flaws, and they do not like the By Pass Bridge, but "someone else is paying, so we need to take their money now." The beauty and historical integrity of the Park should not be sacrificed because of checkbook planning by anyone, including Dr. Jacobs and his very well-paid lobbyists and lawyers. When did you last see an act of "philanthropy" that required hundreds of thousands of dollars to be spent on lobbyists to overcome resistance by the public ? Adding insult to injury, the Chairman of the San Diego Planning Commission at the public hearing summation on 7 June referred to the classic and beloved buildings of Balboa Park five different times as "that pile of buildings on the hill." The Commission's unanamous approval of the Jacobs Plan, strong armed by the Mayor who appointed all of them to the Commission, shows the same total disrespect for the history, integrity and beauty of the Park buildings, including Cabrillo Bridge. That "pile of buildings on the hill" is a very special pile. Clearly it must be defended from the lack of respect and knowledge demonstrated by the members of the Planning Commission yesterday.— June 8, 2012 5:35 p.m.
New Proposal: Huge Hike in TOT Tax to Improve Infrastructure
If 5,000,000 or so a year of that was used for Balboa Park, we could: 1. Eliminate surface traffic and parking in the 2 main Plazas, 2. Build an underground garage under the existing Plaza de Panama [the "Lewis Plan"], 3. Guarentee that parking in the Park would remain FREE to the Public as it has been for 97 years, 4. Provide easy access from the North via Quince Street, 5. Close the Cabrillo Bridge to automobile traffic permanently and make it a grand pedestrian promonade, and 6. Save the Cabrillo Bridge from the awful "by Pass" bridge proposed by Team Jacobs, and maintain the historical integrity and beauty of the Park for the next 100 years.— June 8, 2012 4:37 p.m.
Sweetwater Union High School District Borrowing on Bond Funds?
Sweetwater should hire the formet City Manager of the City of Bell near LA. He is looking for a job, and it seems he would be the perfect fit.— June 3, 2012 7:36 p.m.