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Million-dollar lawyer
"... The Illinois Supreme Court **this month** disbarred Brian P. Lee of Wheaton, Illinois. On **February 19** of this year, Lee pleaded guilty in federal court..." Why wasn't he disbarred on February 20? Seems to me the Illinois Supreme Court is incredibly slow.— September 30, 2014 10:45 p.m.
Bribes for the bankers
Speaking of bankers, I had a really bad dream last night. In that dream, AIG was actually suing the US government because the ridiculously sweet bailout deal they got from the taxpayers wasn't sweet enough. Good thing I woke up. Nothing that weird could happen in real life. Right?— September 30, 2014 8:25 p.m.
San Diego stadium, convention center lies you will hear
Seems football - and commish Goodell in particular - is under a lot of criticism (justified in my opinion) for recent poor handling (in many people's opinons, including mine) of player discipline. Of course, the NFL is still going to be #1 and the Ray Rice, AP stories won't bring down the NFL. But there is a chance they could bring down Goodell. I wonder what impact having a new comissioner would have on the stadium corporate welfare scam. Probably not much but it would be interesting.— September 25, 2014 8:27 p.m.
Middle-finger bird deemed free
Doesn't workmans comp cover this? I would have thought that the Chargers would have to fully pay for any injuries to the security guard and that the Chargers would then have to sue the KC fan to recover money from him.— September 9, 2014 1:03 p.m.
Cost of Chargers game about average
But the NFL is a non-profit! Their profit must be zero, right?— September 7, 2014 8:06 a.m.
How dry is it?
If Falconer fiddles while San Diego burns would that be a liar playing a lyre?— September 6, 2014 12:48 p.m.
How dry is it?
danfogel you are talking about the state of California. In the state of CA rather than investing in infrastructure improvements to address water needs we are wasting $60B+ (and growing) on a high speed rail system which will allow travelers to get from LA to SF in about 3 hrs (and growing) for about the same price as an airline ticket— September 6, 2014 7:36 a.m.
How dry is it?
80% of the water in CA is used by agriculture. Maybe that number is a bit lower during a drought but I'm sure the number still pretty high. Agriculture should be at least a major focus - if not the main focus of water legislation. I would say that a serious debate and some significant changes to the water use of the agricultural industry is what is necessary. I think the CA legislature needs to look at what laws will strongly encourage or outright require the agriculture industry to use less water. I think we also need a serious debate about what the purpose of the agriculture industry in CA is. If it's only for economic purposes I really question whether the benefits of agriculture outweigh the costs to the state. Economically agriculture is not really that big an industry - only 2% of state GDP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_California. I'm not sure that justifies using 80% of the water. I understand there could be national security implications to modifying our ability to produce food. However, if the agriculture industry is important for national security then I think that the federal government ought to be picking up more of the tab for our water. Curbing residential development and urging water conservation for residents are good ideas and should be done but really have limited impact as residential use is only 20% of the total state water use. Of course we should also be looking into desalination and additional reservoirs.— September 4, 2014 7 a.m.
How dry is it?
There has been recent legislation to regulate groundwater usage. http://www.sacbee.com/2014/08/29/6665672/historic… So at least the CA government is starting to at least do something to address water usage. Probably too little, too late IMO. But at least it's a start. Maybe we should all do our rain dance.— September 3, 2014 9:56 p.m.
Poll: San Diegans don't want to subsidize stadium
Even some of the local sports radio guys now admit that Moores scammed the city and didn't deliver on his promise to make the Padres competitive after Prop C. The Padres are getting a lot of bad P.R. now due to naming part of the stadium to honor former MLB Commisioner Bug Selig. Hartman and Costa (on XTRA) were blasting the Padres pretty bad for this and even seemed to admit that the decade+ since Prop. C the Padres haven't tried very hard to put a winning product on the field. Hartman and Costa are still ardent supporters of a new football stadium (as are virtually all local sports radio hosts). But at least there seems to be an honest appraisal of whether or not the Prop. C promises were met.— September 1, 2014 10:15 p.m.