Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed
Big Screen — Movie commentary
Blurt — Music's inside track
Booze News — San Diego spirits
Classical Music — Immortal beauty
Classifieds — Free and easy
Close to Home — What it’s like on the street where you live
Cover Stories — Front-page features
Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes
Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts
Feast! — Food & drink reviews
Feature Stories — Local news & stories
Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore
From the Archives — Spotlight on the past
Golden Dreams — Talk of the town
The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it
Letters — Our inbox
Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites
Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans
Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists
Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news
News Ticker — News & politics
Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated
Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna
Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated
Poetry — The old and the new
Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers
Reading — The hunt for intellectuals
Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails
San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds
SD on the QT — Almost factual news
Sheep and Goats — Places of worship
Special Issues — The best of
Street Style — San Diego streets have style
Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves
Theater — On stage in San Diego this week
Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative
Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work
Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego
Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads
Your Week — Daily event picks
Lawsuit filed against City of San Diego for allowing fast-food chain Jack in the Box to remodel North Park restaurant
Not! Thanks.— August 12, 2013 10:09 p.m.
Carlsbad man accused of killing his new roommate brought to court
Looks like a young Charles Mansion. Those eyes are creepy...— August 12, 2013 7:31 p.m.
Lawsuit filed against City of San Diego for allowing fast-food chain Jack in the Box to remodel North Park restaurant
Dorian, again we witness the City Attorney rolling over for big dough. There are two levels of justice in this town: one for those who got and one for the rest of us serfs. Time to blow this popsicle stand and find a place where money does talk so loudly.— August 12, 2013 7:29 p.m.
Was Filner's office bugged by long distance microphone?
That's why we have civil discovery and juries rather than old motion pictures or drama. Due process means that Filner and all others are given s right to confront and cross-examine witnesses. VOSD fears that the stories might have been embellished perhaps so they want the sheer numbers of alleged victims to.convince people. Fay Wray liked Mighty Joe Young in the beginning, at least. High School boys should get a notarized permission for a first kiss. That was suggested, in fact, when I was in college. That was back in the late Sixties. This whole affair is so high school. The women should have registered their complaints years ago. There is sexual harassment in the Armed Services where victims of both sexes are intimidated by the command. No such difficulties result in retaliation in the Filner case - 12 women waited to complain. In most cases, they had nothing to fear of they reported Filner. They chose to wait until the facts were stale on some of the cases. They could have gone to the Department of Fair Housing and Employment where whistleblowers are protected by statute, if they were employees. I do not know if developers are behind this. That's why we have due process rights. The press loves an OJ case but the press isn't the jury.— August 12, 2013 10:30 a.m.
Was Filner's office bugged by long distance microphone?
Recruited is an interesting term. If Filner hangs in, his attorneys will certainly depose all witnesses to examine credibility, sincerity, lack of bias, demeanor while testifying. Their ability to recall is not as problematic as who might have coached them, if anyone. Victim communications to law enforcement as victims or to their attorney or spouse are privileged. Other communications ate not.— August 12, 2013 9:46 a.m.
Was Filner's office bugged by long distance microphone?
Thanks for the info. There are other urban planning issues that we are facing such as height and density as well as traffic and parking. For example, developers want smart growth in suburbs with no public transit. It is not smart growth without a mix of transit. No matter to developers who are.motivated by their bottom line. Increasing entitlement becomes a political issue. Filner stood in the way of One Paseo in Carmel Valley where Kilroy wanted 3 to 4 times their entitlement.— August 12, 2013 9:36 a.m.
Was Filner's office bugged by long distance microphone?
Regime change by sexual harassment charges.— August 11, 2013 2:54 p.m.
Was Filner's office bugged by long distance microphone?
Bottom line corporate profits are exalted above consequences. The story of the little boy who had a pony comes to mind. He went to visit his pony only to have found that it had been killed and skinned for the going rate in those days of two dollars per skin. This was called the "two-dollar meaness that skinned my pony." Here in San Diego both Aguirre and Filner were skinned by Doug Manchester's two-dollar meaness. There are many others besides Mr. Manchester, in all fairness. Best to you, Don. You have been almost the lone voice in the wilderness here in San Diego for many years.— August 11, 2013 12:04 p.m.
Was Filner's office bugged by long distance microphone?
We always must look for who benefits in investigating a crime. In politics, there are many similarities in following the money. An example is the joke where two beautiful young women kissed each other on national broadcast television so Republicans immediately moved to reduce taxes on millionaires. If Filner acts inappropriately with women, we should allow the land use experts to team up with pro-development forces in San Diego. The women who are being brought forth as victims do not meet the profile of typical victims of sexual harassment. I see evidence of coaching in their stories. Forces acting behind the scenes had planned the recall months in advance of the announcement by McCormack.'s allegations being released— August 11, 2013 7:09 a.m.
Was Filner's office bugged by long distance microphone?
Burwell, Yes, for a few hundred-billion in additional revenue for developers, (each year) they just might cook something up to get someone in the mayor's office who will allow dense developments and ignore environmental considerations. I lived in Malibu. In the summer of 1977 I think it was, every property on the beach doubled in value (in three months). I moved from Los Angeles to escape the unlimited development. Los Angeles-ization is coming to San Diego with massive profits for developers. Politically, the ground was softened in advance by the ballot measures to allegedly rid us of the pension debacle. The real reason was for developers toget past restrictions on density and height restrictions, and, of course, environmental limitations. They never envisioned a Mayor Filner wielding those powers.— August 10, 2013 6:36 p.m.