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San Diego taxpayers to be Chargers laughingstock?
Bruce? My name is Joseph.— August 19, 2016 9:29 p.m.
Lil B's closes
I think their purchase of the U.S. Grant is a long term plan. There will be gambling in downtown San Diego. Mark my word. I write this from Philadelphia tonight, where there is are several Harrah's casinos, in a state where wine and spirits are still sold in state stores. Although Costco is lobbying to change that. Gambling, it appears, has more supporters and power than booze. Yes, gambling will come to downtown San Diego because of money. Pot, booze, gambling... that seems to be a freight train nobody is going to stop. And for Christ sake, if Trump can be a serious candidate, anything can happen anymore.— August 19, 2016 9:20 p.m.
San Diego taxpayers to be Chargers laughingstock?
Why do we build stadiums? Because we always have. That argument, "because we always have..." reminds me of a story I tell to my clients. There is a dinner party, the hostess has cut the ends off the roast. One of the guests asks "why did you cut the ends off the roast?" The hostess said "That's the way I've always done it, my mother did it." The guest asked "Why did your mother do it?" The hostess replied "Because that's how her mother did it, my grandmother." So after a few glasses of wine, the guest said... "You know, I'm really curious wy your grandmother cut the ends off the roast..." So the hostess said, "Well granny is 93, but it might be fun to call her and ask...." She did. Granny answered. Granddaughter asked why she cut the ends off the roast. Granny laughed and said "Well in those days the oven was so small, you had to cut the ends off the roast to make it fit in the oven!" Times change. Things change. Realities are different. Football franchises expecting the present to be like the 50's and 60' is unrealistic. The NFL would like people to behave like they did 50 years ago and build their palaces. But this is not Rome or Greece when great structures were built by the public. This is not the U.S. when we were flush with cash to support sports palaces. It's time to inform Spanos that if he wants to stay in San Diego, he needs to foot the bill. The entire bill for every penny that is needed to keep his entertainers on a field. It's his business, so it's his responsibility to rent or buy the stage for his show.— August 18, 2016 8:43 p.m.
San Diego taxpayers to be Chargers laughingstock?
A footnote. Hollywood does not ask the public to finance their movie studios and movie sets. Hollywood and the music industry serve far more people, 24/7/365, than any sports franchise. Hollywood producers risk a great deal of money to bring their entertainment to the masses. On a regular basis they collectively spend billions of dollars developing and deploying stories and music for public consumption. Never asking for a dime in taxpayer money. (Sometimes they enjoy some tax credit and other considerations, but never on the platitudes of the NFL). Sports are entertainment. People pay extra on their cable contracts to view this entertainment, just like they pay for HBO, Showtime, et al. Why on earth do the sports franchises think they are any different than the Hollywood establishment? I don't know much about some of the other less viewed sports, but does the World Wrestling Federation, NASCAR or others ask to have their venues paid for by tax payers? The problem these days is there are so many entertainment options that having football fans pushing to have all taxpayers support a stadium is very unfair. Most people, if you polled them, could give a s*** about football. And especially give a s*** about a franchise that has NEVER won a championship. The Chargers SUCK. Do not support them. It's like a one-star review and then they still think we should support them for mismanagement, bad (sometimes drug addled players), cut to late, don't recruit stars, it's like nobody is in the wheelhouse. Just Spanos. The biggest NFL loser of all time. Time for him to sell.— August 18, 2016 8:06 p.m.
San Diego taxpayers to be Chargers laughingstock?
I love football. But it is not more important to me than good streets, police and fire protection, open & free libraries, parks, beaches and other PUBLIC services. Chargers are not a public amenity, they are a private for-profit business. The money from the big public works and spillover from excessive state, county and city coffers has run dry. There is no change ($$$) to throw at these legacies of the 50's and 60's. There is a time when these once publicly supported spectacles begin using their own cash hoards for their stadiums. Stadiums are no longer the duty of the taxpayers to support. We have more important matters at hand than pig skin throwing millionaires and their billionaire owners.— August 18, 2016 7:54 p.m.
San Diego taxpayers to be Chargers laughingstock?
San Diego + Spanos # improvement— August 18, 2016 7:47 p.m.
Lil B's closes
Been here since 1958. When people bought their cars on El Cajon Blvd. There won't be any card room resurrections. The gamblers are directed to Native American casinos. But I do suspect someday, there will be gambling at the Grant Hotel. Just a hunch. Because $$$ talks and little card rooms walk. I remember the House of Pies. Also a Denny's I used to have to pay for my meal in advance because the drunks that filled the Denny's after the gay bar closed had a habit of skipping their bills. That was a bar called El Diablo. I was a teenager then, and we enjoyed watching what was then a spectacle flow out of that lesbian bar. Now-a-days, I call them friends and neighbors.— August 16, 2016 6:59 p.m.
tronc to San Diego: you're fired
I usually have more to say, but I'm only going to call Irwin Jacobs an American traitor. He built his business on outsourcing and in-sourcing using fraudulent claims to the Department of Labor. Jacobs is an unindicted white collar criminal. He built his enterprises stealing and lying. He should be ashamed to even venture into public debates about our parks and infrastructure.— August 16, 2016 6:46 p.m.
Too close to Rancho Santa Fe
It's ironic. A felon, a former fugitive that had to be tracked down by the U.S. Marshall, wants to get away from "weirdos." It would be interesting to learn how he acquired his wealth considering he was in a long bankruptcy, before and as he was released from prison. Where does a felon accumulate enough cash to purchase a $3,000,000+ home? Oh, he also suddenly closed a business (Platinum Laser Works) in Arizona in 2007, keeping thousands of dollars in prepaid deposits from customers. http://www.yumasun.com/news/local/customers-at-pl…— August 5, 2016 8:12 p.m.
At the Bleu Whisk: "I have cooked for both Bushes, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama"
John sold the business around April 2016. The new owners don't have sand dabs or the other wonderful dishes John prepared.— August 5, 2016 4:51 p.m.