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Theft at Walmart turns into felony confrontation
Both are thugs, one smirks so we know how much respect they have. Enough said. Wonder how many strikes each has? Their next run in with the law could be much worse if they know they'll be going away for a long stretch in the big house.— October 16, 2013 8:45 p.m.
Coastal Commission staff says "No" on convention center expansion
Oh, don't forget the taxpayers built Charger Park as part and parcel of the 97 Stadium expansion. The Chargers corporate offices and facilities, which are just up the 15 from those nasty facilities at the Q and are very nice.— September 29, 2013 8:45 p.m.
Coastal Commission staff says "No" on convention center expansion
It's not the time spent in the locker room for the players. It's the fact they have to endure the dilapidated facilities in the first place. But not the owners. The Spanos suite on the press level IS LUXURIOUS and, as stadia go, very spacious. That's not to mention 1st class food...certainly not fare offered to the fans at, or what should we call it Stadium Market Prices. Let's not forget about CHP escorted limousine service into and out of Qualcomm. But alas, there's no dedicated private elevator. But when Spanos moves all other floors are locked out so it's just like having one anyway, albeit a dirty, breaks down regularly, public one. But hey, what good is it to have a billion dollars, and own the vast majority of an NFL football team if you can't your flaunt wealth and flex your power every once-in-a-while.— September 29, 2013 8:28 p.m.
Coastal Commission staff says "No" on convention center expansion
Obviously you've never been in the bowels of Qualcomm Stadium. If you had, you'd understand that those areas are certainly not up to the standards expected by multimillionaires. You know ... the players. No, I'm afraid late 60's designs and space, even ones which have been remodeled a few times just can't complete with new modern standard of luxury. If you compared the player diggs between Qualcomm Stadium and Petco Park you be ABSOLUTELY shocked and ashamed of the fact you are forcing millionaires to use the facilities at the Q. Not to mention the fact that the visiting millionaire locker rooms, press facilities, and umpires rooms are well below the standards acceptable and EXPECTED. Sadly times have changed, it's not about serving the fans, it's about money, a LOT of money for the owners and players of a game.— September 28, 2013 5:53 a.m.
Coastal Commission staff says "No" on convention center expansion
I don't believe the Spanos' or any of the NFL billionaire owners made their money building stadiums, but I could be wrong. I actually agree with you. For the price of admission to an NFL game, the moneys earned with their marketing, the subsidies earned from television and the virtual monopoly granted by the United States government, the NFL and its team owners should be building their own stadiums. The rest of us are tapped out and 17 trillion in debt.— September 28, 2013 5:31 a.m.
San Diego home prices keep rising and remain very high
I've used the Zillow app and all I can say is the prices represented as home values on their maps are very optimistic. Or should I say unrealistic. However, the prices shown as recent sales are accurate. While my home has a listed value of $1.2 million, a nearby home with similar stats sold for a little more than half of my estimated value. I don't put much faith in the Zillow values except for reported sales. With the recent upward trending mortgage rates I expect both sales to slow and prices to come down a bit.— September 23, 2013 7:38 p.m.
Qualcomm's Jacobs fishing for funds for Fletcher
Over the long haul...30-40 year time horizons...SDCERS has met the mark. But, I will admit past performance is not necessarily an indicator of future performance. Nevertheless, if they do outperform the actuaries predictions you'll never read about it here.— September 6, 2013 11:19 p.m.
U.S. adds so-so 169,000 jobs in August, while June-July revised down
"...capital expenditures have not responded as robustly as such staggeringly low rates should dictate." And why is that? With all the easy incredibly low cost money the economy should be roaring, but it's not. My take... They don't have a "real belief or faith" in this President, his policies or, and probably equal in culpability, the Congress. With 70% of our economy tied to small business and the consumer, neither one trusts the Gov't no matter who's the Ringmaster in Washington's BigTop Circus.— September 6, 2013 3:53 p.m.
Qualcomm's Jacobs fishing for funds for Fletcher
"So what does Mindy Tucker Fletcher, wife of Nathan Fletcher, think of all this?" What's your point regarding Ms. Fletcher's employment history with conservatives? Are you implying she, in some way, will influence her husband? What wife doesn't have that ability? Or are you suggesting she will be unhappy that her husband's all but dead political career has now been resurrected and funded by wealthy liberals? Just what was, or is, the point of your blog on this fund raising scheme since SCOTUS has ruled this type of fund raising is legal.— September 6, 2013 3:22 p.m.
U.S. adds so-so 169,000 jobs in August, while June-July revised down
Slow growth...that's an understatement! In January 2009 when Mr. Obama took over the Presidency the unemployment rate was 7.8%. Now, in August 2013 it's 7.3%. 56 months under the lead from behind style of leadership from this President we had a net change of .5%. Not a ringing endorsement. Especially when we consider "incredible shrinking labor participation rate". Millions of Americans have giving up even looking for a job. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/post…— September 6, 2013 2:56 p.m.