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De La Fuente runs for NYC mayoral seat
Amusing, alas until he took a bite out of his adversaries.— March 26, 2017 11:03 p.m.
De La Fuente runs for NYC mayoral seat
I have always suspected Scott Peters used politics as a hobby. De La Fuente leaves no doubt politics is a hobby for him.— March 25, 2017 10:26 p.m.
Fat City is elsewhere
They drink a lot of "sweet tea" too, which has lots of sugar. But everywhere people seem like like to get those fancy drinks from Starbucks with all the sugar, whipped cream, flavor syrups and caramel, making it a hot milkshake rather than a neat coffee.— March 24, 2017 8:21 a.m.
Fat City is elsewhere
Must be all that fried chicken and barbecue consumption in the South.— March 23, 2017 12:37 p.m.
Husband and wife cheated workers' compensation
Most insurance companies make out well. It's like gambling, and they are the house. You pay a premium betting something bad will happen, they accept your premium betting it won't happen. Their underwriting secrets and lobbying power keep them in the money.— March 23, 2017 12:35 p.m.
It was a quiet cul-de-sac in Sorrento Valley...
Looks like there's lots of land to build dozens more homes once the cost of dealing with the hilly terrain pencils out.— March 23, 2017 10:40 a.m.
Husband and wife cheated workers' compensation
Many businesses do not hire auditors. Many businesses do not even bother with bookkeepers. They just run their business out of a checkbook and file false reports to taxing authorities.— March 22, 2017 9:08 p.m.
Manchester was warned not to build in Austin
Anyway, I know Austin seems to be one of the hot places (no pun) but there are methods to the madness as well as serendipity in their popularity. The tolerance, diversity and university resources attract people from everywhere. But Austin is not a panacea. I have friends and acquaintances that have sold homes in San Diego and relocated to Austin. The similar story is "how much home they could bu their compared to here." Yer regardless of all that generous space and square footage, many have moved back to California. For some it was the weather, others the "social-political differences. When I relocated to Seattle for work, I did my best to cope with the weather. It finally got to me after five years and I returned to San Diego. My reason is that 'life is too short' to waste in places you dislike and don't enjoy. San Diego has it's issues but one thing I fell we can universally agree on is that we can't complain about the weather.— March 17, 2017 11:14 p.m.
Manchester was warned not to build in Austin
I can't figure out Austin. I guess I'm a "weatherphobe." Being a native San Diegan, I am a confirmed sun taxpayer. I lived in Seattle for five years and developed sever depression. I moved back to San Diego. My father (divorced) moved to Austin (from L.A.) hen he retired. He was born in San Antonio, she he was returning "home." My relatives told me moving to Austin was snobbery because his 'home' was San Anton' I made many visits (and I was appointed guardian because my father developed dementia) I got to learn a lot about Texas. Austin, perhaps because of the universities, was emerging as a liberal city. There was diversity, a lot to do with H-1B tech workforce because Austin is the high tech magnet of Texas. The youth scene; SXSW, politics - Rick Perry, and the general appeal of Texas to businesses. Austin is a hotbed of tech companies like; IBM, Texas Instruments, Dell, HP, Apple.. more. It's an H1-B settlement. Austin has more Indian H-1B engineers than any other city in American, than Silicon Valley. My frequent stays in Texas left me with the impression that Texas think they are another country. There is an intense loyalty to "Texas." Everything is bigger. And yes, the men are rough and big, there are some of the tallest women I have ever seen. The driver mostly have SUV's or big trucks with 2-wheeled read axles. Big gas guzzling cars. People drive ike crazy on the expressways. But the worst part of Texas, and why I could never suffer living in Texas because of the heat. Almost the entire state is a miserable place to be in the summer. Which runs from May to October. Austin is over 100 degrees a day for over 200 days a year. I don't care about air conditioning, that king of heat makes me accept why Indians tolerate it. That's what they are used to. What genius Austin is. Get tax relief from the state while simultaneously knowing that the climate is ideal for Indians who find the weather familiar.— March 17, 2017 11:05 p.m.
The trade war that could wallop San Diego
An apocryphal tale is told about Henry Ford II showing Walter Reuther, the veteran leader of the United Automobile Workers, around a newly automated car plant. “Walter, how are you going to get those robots to pay your union dues,” gibed the boss of Ford Motor Company. Without skipping a beat, Reuther replied, “Henry, how are you going to get them to buy your cars?”— March 17, 2017 10:45 p.m.