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Coastal Commission approves convention center expansion
The convention center expansion is not about Comic-Con. It is about building visitor volume that will make financially viable the walling-off of virtually the entire North Embarcadero with high rise hotels. Those hotels which would sit on public tidelands (which otherwise would be unusable for highly profitable commercial development, leaving the option of a great park viable) are far more lucrative than building hotels to serve the convention on private land downtown. It's how the inter-generational power structure who run this city think. One piece of a long term strategy is taken without giving the reason to the public of the true motive of the move. That way the public is kept focused on individual trees instead of ever seeing the forest.— October 15, 2013 9:17 a.m.
Yes, Manchester IS Looking at U-T
Manchester, fraternity brother of longtime Pete Wilson Chief of Staff Bob White, has reasons beyond newspaper profitability of the UT to purchase. Particularly with the death of Herb Klein and the sale to an out-of-town party, the people controlling the city have had less sureness about controlling the narrative in the way only the UT can do in San Diego. The UT's capacity to frame the debate on the massive public giveaways (Chargers stadium, Convention Center expansion, giveaway of public tidelands, etc) is worth more than the purchase price of the paper. Also owning the UT is a very economical way to help their owned political candidates elected. Would anticipate if Manchester buys the UT he does through a Delaware LLC so he, like all good developers here do, be the person who takes the heat of ownership while those who really control things can share ownership and profits without being revealed.— November 8, 2011 2:51 p.m.