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Trump treasury pick Mnuchin tied to smelly banking
Don Bauder takes bigs HACKS at those in power who misuse their power for ill-gotten gains. Please continue to hack away.— December 3, 2016 4:17 p.m.
San Diego's border barons set first meeting of Trump era
I suspect they chose Tecate for the same reason that CPUC leader Michael Peevey chose Warsaw as a place to meet with SCE. Because it's out of the way. Tecate is far out of the way and out of earshot of anyone who might not share their vision about how wonderful NAFTA and unchecked illegal immigration are.— December 2, 2016 6:58 a.m.
Convention center report padded with favorable numbers
I think Don Wood's explanation is correct. The convention centers exist primarily for the benefit of the hotel industry. The hotel industry should privately raise the money needed for any convention center work. In that case the industry will be highly motivated to make the economic studies as accurate as possible because if the studies aren't accurate the hotel industry will make the wrong business decision and lose money.— December 1, 2016 12:29 p.m.
Stroke victim sues sheriff's department
IF her story is completely true and there weren't any mitigating factors then I think the taxpayer would be on the hook for a some percentage of her medical expenses (based on what the best estimate for what percentage of her stroke was caused by the trauma of the event vs what percentage of the stroke was caused from other factors). Like other posters my guess, admittedly based on very limited information, is that her lawyer's description of the events is heavily tilted in her favor.— December 1, 2016 7:52 a.m.
SDG&E takes another shot at picking your pocket
Thank you for your continued excellent reporting Don. As you have stated in your columns, one big reason that allowing utilities to pass on costs of disasters to consumers is the "moral hazard" inherent in such an arangement. By allowing a utility to avoid paying the costs of a disaster there is little incentive for the utility to pay for maintainence and upgrades which help prevent disasters.— November 24, 2016 5:59 a.m.
County unemployment rises — as do jobs numbers
Free trade might be good for the economy - when measured by GDP or stock indices. But that doesn't mean free trade benefits everyone. I don't think free trade has been good for the working class - I think it's led to a lot of unemployment, underemployment, and stagnant wages. I think restoring at least some of our manufacturing base through changes in trade policy should be done to reverse the trend to a 2-class society.— November 22, 2016 9:51 a.m.
County unemployment rises — as do jobs numbers
Employment measures such as employment-population ratio and civilian labor force participation rate have not recovered much - if at all - from the 2008 housing market crash and recession. http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cps_charts.pdf— November 21, 2016 5:01 p.m.
Citizens victors over NFL greed
"I feel there is no positive or reasonable economic solution to the NFL's quest to build a stage for their entertainment here." I think the reasonable solution would be for the NFL / Chargers to spend 300 - 500M renovating the Q. Some renowned architects have indicated that with that kind of money the Q could be renovated and improved to a level the NFL considers good enough for Super Bowls. So the Chargers could stay in town and we can get a Super Bowl every 10 years or so (my guess).— November 21, 2016 10:03 a.m.
Citizens victors over NFL greed
I think it's irrelevant whether Don is a newcomer to San Diego and frankly I think it's irrelevant whether a poster is new to the forum. I generally don't buy into arguments that start with "you don't understand ... because ..." What is relevant are facts, logic, and reasoned opinions about what is good for San Diego and what is fair. The basic fact is that the Chargers wanted 1.15B of public funds spent on a stadium project. Don has posted a lot of logical arguments about why that would not be good for San Diego, nor fair. Clearly a majority of San Diego voters agreed with Don's logic and opinions.— November 21, 2016 9:58 a.m.
Citizens victors over NFL greed
1st. The primary purpose and use of the stadium would be for the Chargers. There would be some other uses like concerts, etc but there is no need to build a 1.8B facility to have concerts in SD. 2nd. All tax money collected for the city of SD is owned by San Diego citizens. If we could raise 1.15B to pay for a stadium by raising TOT then we could just as easily raise 1.15B to pay for infrastructure, police, or other civic need. 3rd. I think the basic facts were understood by most voters. 1.15B in tax money was to help pay for a football stadium. That's the bottom line. Most voters rejected that plan.— November 20, 2016 9:51 p.m.