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Prebys foundation president Debra Turner sues other board members
Well it was not that large an estate. A grain of sand on the beach compared to the subject of this story. That was the most frustrating part was why my father established a third-party trust. He was sold on doing that by a stock broker who sold all my fathers blue chips stocks and then bought him annuities. Anyway, my father passed away and that ended the court proceedings. My cousin managed to get paid an allowance for a while when my father was alive. The lawyers collected a substantial amount of money as well. Texas just does things differently. When I tried to move my father from Texas to California, the court refused because my father said he wanted to remain near his sisters. So even though a court has found a person "incapacitated" they continue to treat the individual as if they have capacity. It's emotional enough to have a parent suffer from diminished capacity but then to have relatives (remote ones at that) try to alter estate plans that were put in place, is very frustrating. We don't talk anymore. The cousin didn't get away with all the money, probably because I could afford better lawyers.— May 24, 2017 10:08 a.m.
Prebys foundation president Debra Turner sues other board members
I have a story, but it would be too long to explain it all, not-to-mention, painful. I went through a case, I was the court appointed guardian of my father's estate. My father moved from Southern California back to Texas when he retired. He developed dementia and the Texas Adult Protective Services pretty much made me seek guardianship after my father's physician filed a report that my father no longer had capacity. My father was in the early stages of dementia. He retired in Texas, to be near his 93 and 96 year old sisters. My cousin "Brenda" had already taken over her grandmothers ranch and was looking for her next source of money. My cousin showered my father with attention and painted me as a "snake in the grass." My cousin even tried to get the court to perform a "judicial trust modification" to eliminate me and my half-sister from the trust. When an individual is falling into the darkness of dementia or Alzheimer's, the people closest to them have an out-sized influence on their decisions. In my case, this was a painful distraction. My father was alive and even had to take the stand in cases that my cousin used one of my old aunts as a Trojan Horse lawsuit. Lot's of money was paid out to lawyers and doctors. One expert witness my legal team hired charged $10,000 for two days of "evaluating my father." My father died but the court shenanigans continued. A dance between a greedy cousin and unscrupulous estate lawyers. It just amazes me how greedy people can be. Especially the "companions." They don't earn the money, they just feel entitled to it.— May 23, 2017 9:21 p.m.
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I've seen dogs at Sprouts and Albertsons too. I complained to the manager at one Albertsons and he told me there was nothing he could do because store employees could not inquire about a customers "medical condition." I think it's simply a lack of courage on the managers part to enforce the rules posted at the stores entryways. Does the store care that Fido's butt was sitting where the next customer is going to place their food? What this issue is really about is a sense of entitlement people have these days that they can take their pets with them wherever they go; it's selfish, rude and unsanitary.— May 22, 2017 11:16 a.m.
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Dogs everywhere. Why does everyone need to take their dog everywhere? This guy is with his mother and sister, what other "emotional support" does he need? I'm tired of seeing dogs in grocery stores, shopping malls and so forth. Establishments have the "right to refuse service to anyone"and that includes humans and dogs. If they are annoying other patrons, then the owner/manager has the right to ask them to leave. You want to sit in a burger joint with your dog? Buy your own burger joint.— May 21, 2017 5:59 p.m.
Billionaire Conrad Prebys cut his son out of will
I'll bet Debbie Turner got way more than a million dollars.— May 18, 2017 8:04 p.m.
North Park wants what Civita doesn't
I used to live in "Fashion Hills" long before the valley floor got infested with condos and apartments. Let's see, I paid $142,000 for a 1,900 sq. ft., 3BR, 3BA condo with a view of the valley (before they built Shitty Scene and blocked my view... that they said would "never be blocked"). I looked at Civita, for giggles, not for any serious interest. Three and four-story boxes? I hope your hips and knees hold out after climbing that shit for years. Civita is probably one of the most classic developer rip-offs I have witnessed in my 50+ years of living in San Diego. What a colossal waste of money. With the $$$ the Civita pirates want you could have bought a real home somewhere with less density, traffic and homelessness.— May 17, 2017 7:47 p.m.
University Ave. Radio Shack closing brings out comments
Did Jones also sell military surplus stuff? Like ammo boxes, old radios, some clothing and other Army & Navy surplus? Because I recall visiting a place like that in that neighborhood in the late 70's and early 80's. If there was a place with electronics, I probably visited it. Back off topic, the other Quonset hut I used to visit in the Barrio Logan area was Chuy's Mexican Food.— May 17, 2017 7:44 p.m.
Frequent flyers offer air-travel suggestions
The hottest travel accessory in the "Trump era" is this passport cover to disguise your citizenship. Available from Amazon for $10.99 https://www.amazon.com/Canada-Passport-Genuine-Le… http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2017/m…— May 17, 2017 7:40 p.m.
University Ave. Radio Shack closing brings out comments
The name comes from their site of first manufacture, Quonset Point, at the Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center in Davisville (a village located within the town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island.— May 16, 2017 9:07 p.m.
Doug Manchester to be Bahama Papa for U.S.?
Well, there you go. We now know that the cost of a cocktail ambassadorship is about $1 million dollars. Papa Doug has bought himself an ambassadorship. Everything now is for sale. To top it off, Papa Doug's hand-me-down Russian mail-order bride may add more, well why does "Russia" always lurk in the decisions Donald Trump makes? EVERYTHING IS FOR SALE.— May 15, 2017 10:04 p.m.