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Filner ends pot dispensary crackdown; U.S. Attorney Duffy yet to respond
JW, Per the cit atty. He has the authority— January 11, 2013 3:17 p.m.
San Diego’s Qualcomm is the fifth-largest user of H-1B talent
But SP the point is that even though we keep hearing fears of inflation there is little evidence of it's existence.— January 10, 2013 10:17 p.m.
San Diego’s Qualcomm is the fifth-largest user of H-1B talent
"If the economy were to recover, and banks began lending the money from its enormous reserves (thanks to taxpayers' largesse), inflation would erupt." Don, doesn't inflation usually result from too much demand and too little supply? Why would lending from enormous reserves cause inflation? It would seem that an oversupply of available cash would only be inflationary if there were a larger demand for loans.— January 10, 2013 3:58 p.m.
Democrats rule in lucrative Filner committee appointments
Not sure I understand the headline on this article. Why should it be controversial that elected officials get appointed to an Association of Governments? Those are exactly the people that I would expect to be appointed, not downtown developers.— January 10, 2013 8:33 a.m.
At the Manchester Grand Hyatt: Break it or not you pay.
It would be interesting to know if at the same time they are charging the employees for breakage they are deducting it as a loss on their tax returns.— January 3, 2013 11:35 a.m.
The 411 on San Diego's 311 "pothole" app
"The contract for the one-stop shot smartphone app has expired and the Mayor has not given any word whether he plans to renew it" Well, when your headline reads as above it appears that you think this is an urgent need and the mayor is not responding. The mayor has a lot more on his plate that requires urgent action.— December 21, 2012 11:18 a.m.
Mayor Filner accused of caving to "NIMBY" concerns. Stops construction on University Ave
So residents were concerned in 2010 and nobody listened to them so now Filner is "caving" because he wants to respond to residents concerns? Dorian, maybe you need to get over the fact that DeMaio lost!— December 21, 2012 10:24 a.m.
The 411 on San Diego's 311 "pothole" app
What's with all the Filner bashing? He has officially been in office for less than 3 weeks and it should be his top priority to get a $35 K contract approved? There are huge problems that need to be addressed in the City, remember just a few months back when Sanders said that the City had solved it's financial problems and now has a surplus, now the Independent Analyst says there may be as much as an $87M deficit. If the contract expired on the day after the election then it was the responsibility of someone in the Purchasing/Contracting division to have processed the renewal well in advance of the termination date. As for the app itself, if there have been 5K downloads and only 3K reports since May 2011 then it may not be worth the cost. Visduh complains that the Mayor is ignoring the citizens yet Dorian has a new article today complaining that he is listening to them about street changes in North Park.— December 21, 2012 10:20 a.m.
ResMed: Please refuse to play the subsidy game
This is the classic example of Rent Seeking, or corporate welfare. The Chargers are playing the same game to get a new stadium built with the city covering most of the costs. The Padres got a similar deal. No new wealth is created but the city provides subsidies that then reduce their ability to provide the services that the public pays taxes for. I certainly hope Filner does not fall for this deal.— December 19, 2012 11:21 a.m.
SD middle class vanishing
The average San Diego wage in 2011 was $50,350. Cunningham defined high wage as 25% above that, and low wage 25% below. In 2011, high wage represented 25.3% of jobs, low wage 46.5%, and middle wage 28.2%. Best, Don Bauder Don, I think defining high wages as anything above $62,937 might surprise quite a few folks in SD. That might define the low end but it doesn't tell us much else. A breakdown of the income levels in that upper 25% would be more revealing. It also doesn't tell us anything about those that don't derive their income from wages. I'm more inclined to go with Surf Pup's numbers on upper middle & well off.— December 14, 2012 3:44 p.m.