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Unconventional logic
Is Heywood Sanders a hidden reference to a former mayor? Hey! Would Sanders?— August 12, 2014 3:23 p.m.
In Bed with Wall Street
I think people have gotten a lot better at rationalizing things and a lot worse at taking responsibility for things. The Wall Street firms may be doing a lot of unethical things but the economy is booming so it's good! The politicians may be taking a lot of bribes but they are providing jobs and resources to their constituents so it's good! As long as there is moral rationalization for everything then wrongdoing doesn't stop.— August 11, 2014 8:35 p.m.
In Bed with Wall Street
Ultimately it does all boil down to lack of political means. Whether higher pay for SEC lawyers or tougher regulation or tougher sentences for white collar criminals or some other solution - nothing gets fixed if the Congress and Executive branches aren't committed to fixing the problem.— August 10, 2014 2:19 p.m.
In Bed with Wall Street
Somebody forgot to tell Nick Saban how much government employees can get paid. As an employee of the state of Alabama, serving as head football coach at the University of Alabama he's reportedly getting paid $6.9M / yr. There's no fundamental reason the government can't pay more for certain critical skilled positions - they just need the right budget in the right place and someone to smack down whining union leaders who think everyone should get paid based purely on seniority irrespective of skillset or contribution.— August 10, 2014 2:16 p.m.
Oh, Hyphen Man, where are you?
I think that Comic-Con should and will stay in SD even without an expansion. If they move it to Anaheim or LA it will be a much different atmosphere and that's when it might evanesce. Look at what happened to Street Scene when they tried to move it because they thought it had outgrown downtown. I know, not a perfect analogy - but I still think if it ain't broke don't fix it and Comic-Con in the existing Convention Center in SD ain't broken.— August 9, 2014 7 p.m.
Oh, Hyphen Man, where are you?
From a business perspective I would think that it would make sense to raise ticket prices. I would also think that it would make sense to find a way to sell tickets online without multiple web-site crashes. The Comic-Con directors obviously don't agree. They could raise ticket prices and sell tickets through Ticketmaster (which would do their usual gouging but would be reliable). I think that the way they sell tickets is part of their way of doing things. They sell inexpensive tickets but make them really hard to buy. You have to go online multiple times until they finally have a sale that doesn't crash. Part of the nerd-cool appeal to the event I guess.— August 9, 2014 6:53 p.m.
In Bed with Wall Street
So what is the solution? I wonder if higher pay for SEC lawyers and agents might be needed. I think right now a lot of SEC employees realize they can go to a Wall Street or DC firm and make far more money. Maybe the SEC needs to have the ability to pay, let's say 300K-400K to highly talented key employees.— August 9, 2014 2:58 p.m.
Bucket gist
Well, admittedly I'm being unfair and jumping to conclusions - but from the wording of the LPL notice it sure sounds like Bruton did something either highly inappropriate (sexual harassment, violent actions or threats) or illegal (bad enough to potentially get LPL in big hot water). Again, maybe it was just a disagreement amongst senior management. But sounds like something worse.— August 4, 2014 8:52 p.m.
Peeved, to be sure
You mean like if a single technician in Arizona makes a single mistake it couldn't possibly shut down electricity in all of San Diego County for hours?— July 31, 2014 9:51 p.m.
Peeved, to be sure
It's kind of scary. It's the type of minor catastrophe that I usually assume the powers that be have prepared for - only to find out that they haven't.— July 31, 2014 7:19 p.m.