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Prison was good for him, says ex-Chargers QB Ryan Leaf
I'm not sure he's exploited all he could. Namath's post-playing broadcasting career has been hurt by at least one incident of obvious on-air drunkenness. Howard Cosell had his share of those too but that was a different era.— May 6, 2016 9:46 a.m.
Prison was good for him, says ex-Chargers QB Ryan Leaf
As long as more than 33.3% of the voters give them an "N" on the ballot that's all that matters for now.— May 5, 2016 8:13 p.m.
Prison was good for him, says ex-Chargers QB Ryan Leaf
Leaf sounded sincere to me in the interview - but I certainly have no way of knowing for sure. At this point I would wish him well if he is sincere about trying to lead a responsible productive life. Obviously the Leaf draft was a huge mistake by the Chargers. I don't expect Manziel to ever make it the NFL. Manziel has vast family wealth to fall back on and I don't think he's "hungry" enough to put in the effort to stay on an NFL roster. I think there is a misconception that great NFL quarterbacks are brash, partying loud mouths. Joe Namath was an example of a brash, partying loud mouth who was perceived to be a great QB (a notion that's not really supported by any statistics other than 1 unlikely Super Bowl win). I think many of the best QB's of recent years spend a lot more time working out and studying plays than they spend partying.— May 5, 2016 8:03 p.m.
Sempra Energy CEO and boardmembers sued over Aliso methane leak
I hope this isn't a stupid question - but is this lawsuit in a California court or a Federal court? Or is there a difference? It may be difficult for the plaintiffs to get a fair trial in a CA court with all of the influence Jerry Brown has. Sempra has been quite steadfast in opposing any expenditures to help affected residents. Sempra refused to pay for housing relocation until they were forced to. Sempra is now refusing to admit there may still be problems in the affected areas and wouldn't allow residents extra time in relocated residences until they were forced to. Sempra is not going to pay anybody one dime unless they are forced to. That's just how they roll.— April 30, 2016 8:25 p.m.
San Diego's welfare plan for hotel owners
I'm curious to find out how much effort / money the hotel industry will put into opposing this initiative. Clearly the initiative is not in the hotel industry's best interests - but will they be forced somehow to play along? By the Chargers? I don't see why the hotel industry wouldn't put a lot of money into blocking the initiative - it will cost them many millions annually in lost revenue.— April 29, 2016 2:04 p.m.
Chargers' political tab already approaching $900,000
I think "Duke" Cunningham turned off voters in our district to GOP congressmen for a while. Peters is a corrupt hack but he's a choirboy compared to Duke.— April 29, 2016 7:30 a.m.
San Diego's welfare plan for hotel owners
There are numerous flaws in the arguments, "We're building an 800M stadium. The Chargers are paying 650M and out of town visitors are covering the rest. We're also building a convention center expansion which will help us keep comic-con" My point is that one has to do at least a little bit of critical thinking and research to understand the flaws. Chargers fans who really, really, really want to believe the argument aren't going to try to understand the flaws in the argument. Love is blind.— April 29, 2016 4:32 a.m.
San Diego's welfare plan for hotel owners
Here's the basic argument of the Chargers: We're building an 800M stadium. The Chargers are paying 650M and out of town visitors are covering the rest. We're also building a convention center expansion which will help us keep comic-con There are blatant flaws in those statements but people who want to believe will believe it. And maybe the NFL will believe it after the measure is defeated and Spanos has to try to negotiate a better deal with Kroenke (he obviously has a bad deal now or he would be in LA). So maybe Spanos can go back to the NFL and say "see look I tried to get a stadium built in SD but they wouldn't approve it"— April 28, 2016 3:07 p.m.
San Diego's welfare plan for hotel owners
I think the interesting thing to see will be if the hotel industry pours in big bucks to defeat the measure. I don't know why the hotel industry wouldn't push hard against this proposal - it's a 4% TOT increase which will cause them to lose business and they get little in return.— April 28, 2016 2:58 p.m.
San Diego's welfare plan for hotel owners
I have to give Faulconer some credit. At least he insisted on an election and he and Roberts drew the line for funding a Mission Valley stadium at 350M. And he's publicly asking many of the right questions http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/wp-content/uploads… I don't know whether Faulconer and the city council have been lukewarm towards the Convadium because they actually care what's best for the city or because they are more interested in protecting the hotel owners. But I would say Faulconer's lukewarm response to the convadium is a lot more appropriate for a senior elected official towards a proposed use of public funding for private gain than Susan Golding's rah-rah cheering for Petco Park was.— April 28, 2016 9:47 a.m.