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The inside story of San Diego Opera's demise
If the retirement packages for Mr. Campbell and the ex Mrs. Campbell mirror their active pay then that money is spent on them and there are no funds for future performances.— March 24, 2014 9:01 a.m.
The inside story of San Diego Opera's demise
While contrasting two unreasonable salaries certainly isn't the strongest argument for either one, somewhere in the neighborhood of three million fans will pay to see the Dodgers, and Mr. Puig stage their act with 81 home performances. If Operas around the nation could just pull in 10% of those numbers we wouldn't be here discussing it.— March 23, 2014 2:46 p.m.
The inside story of San Diego Opera's demise
Nearly $800,000 in pay for two administrators? Guess I am completely out-of-touch with today's reality. So what happens to the remaining assets? Will these two get diamond studded golden parachutes? Or will they get a thanks for your services like the formerly employed musicians and actors. (Eyebrow cocked and raised) .... Seems there are "insiders" who know how to enrich themselves in every facet of our culture, even the arts.— March 23, 2014 10:21 a.m.
Faulconer names SD's first female police chief
What you boys and girls don't understand (except Burwell) is the Chief is a political figurehead who takes the heat and or gets the credit. The actual day-to-day operations of the Department are, in fact, distributed amongst the assistant chiefs (Zimmerman et. al.) who in turn report to the Executive Assistant Chief. So, for all intents and purposes, the Department is run by this Cabal, known as C.E.C. or Chief's Executive Council with the Chief at the helm. It, the cabal, produces the policy and procedures that are used as the guidelines that govern the organization. With all of that said, there, of course, is one additional control. Well let's not call it a control, because there's little of that element in it. It's POLITICS. Chief Lansdowne for the most part knew how to play and it certainly appears our new Chief does too. As to comment regarding Zimmerman ..."looking the other way all along" ...well let's just say she was too busy looking out for herself to be worried about two miscreants.— March 1, 2014 6:17 p.m.
City of San Diego to purge year-old emails
Before we allow the city to cover, or in this case delete their email tracks, let's go back and remember the not so distant past. Yes, that right the 2006 $20 million dollar KROLL investivestigation of the City and the high level officials who mismanaged it for years. While this link http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2006/aug/17/lo… mainly deals with the outrageous costs of the KROLL report, it accurately points out how misdeeds and mismanagement was ferreted out through an audit of emails. Can our new Mayor, who is also the current Chairman of the City's Audit committee, really be considering this based upon what other entities do? With the City's record of fiscal mismanagement it's no wonder why our leaders are interested in deleting any potential trace of fiduciary malfeasance. BTW just where is the City in implementing, but more importantly, following through on all those recommendations made in the KROLL report? This August will be eight years since it was published. Would anyone be surprised to discover we've fallen back into some old habits, just wondering.— March 1, 2014 10:34 a.m.
City of San Diego to purge year-old emails
Before we start thinking about purging the emails and the trails that can be followed from them, maybe we should go back to the 2006 KROLL report and review it. Heck we did spend over $20 million dollars for it and parts of that 266 page report were about transparency. Have the recommendations in it worked? Have they all been implemented, if not why not? If we have not learned from the past, and the city's financial mismanagement then we are doomed to repeat it.— February 28, 2014 6:18 p.m.
Faulconer names SD's first female police chief
I see from the newest story in the News Ticker from you and Matt Pottter that Zimmerman is already in DROP with four years left after Lansdowne official last day with the City. Does this make her a lame duck Chief? Was this "decisive" move by our Mayor-elect really a smart one?— February 27, 2014 1:41 p.m.
Faulconer names SD's first female police chief
If you were not aware, Chief Zimmerman and Mayor-elect Faulconer are VERY close friends. People can make and will make their own conclusions on how this influenced the decision.— February 27, 2014 1:33 p.m.
Faulconer names SD's first female police chief
Here's a question... Is Zimmerman participationg in the City's DROP program? If so, how much time does she have left is the "irrevocable" DROP contract?— February 27, 2014 9:14 a.m.
SDPD chief Lansdowne retires
The details are discoverable at http://transparentcalifornia.com— February 26, 2014 11:59 a.m.