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Carlsbad Police Track Gladys Conrad's Murderer Back to Mexico
Peyer would not submit to DNA testing, which might have gotten him out. ==================== Yes, Peyer KNEW it was HIS DNA, so of course he was nto going to submit it. He too is a slimball of the lowest demoninator. One of my close friend's, him and his family were very close to the Knott family, espeically the father Sam. What happened to Cara Knott was devesatating. RIP to both of them. Peyer will never get out, ever. And he does not deserve to get out- he is a cold blooded killer who wore a uniform. And like this case, I will just not forget the Cara Knott case, or the Sagon Penn case or a few others-some of these cases just stick with you because of the brutality, or the circumstances, or the humanity of them.— February 9, 2011 4:26 p.m.
California State Bar Rejects Charges Against Mike Aguirre
I'm glad the union got their members that pension package, and I do feel bad it is a burden on the city to maintain, but I don't think we should be criticizing those who are fortunate enough to have a pension that will allow them to live here. ================ So it allows them to live here???? And since when does the public taxpayer - the poor and middle class- have to subsidize public employees to live anywhere??? I want to live in Bel Air-have wanted to live there since I first drove through it 40 years ago-guess what-I can't afford to. If I get a job at McDonalds in Bel Air, or for the city cutting the grass or trimming the threes, does that mean the citizens of Bel Air owe me a wage that would allow me to live there??? No, it does not. . . . Some may say the City Council or the then Mayor screwed up in agreeing to the deal, but I say too bad. What should we be wishing for? Payscales and benefits like Walmart provides, or some other service sector employer? ================== You mean payscales in the FREE AND OPEN MARKET, where employees with GED's get a market wage and not a $200K per year compensation package that has no basis in reality for the skill set they have?? No thanks. If you want communism move to North Korea, see how communism really works. Hint, it ain't working out so good there, and it is working out even worse in gov employment here where GED employees are comped as much as a medical doctor. . . . Let's face it, many of the recently retired are trying to get into discounted Senior housing and buying their groceries on mark-down. ============ Oh brother-that is the WHOPPER OF THE CENTURY!!! The AVERAGE local muni retiree in 2009, with 30 years or more of service credit have ON AVERAGE $80K PLUS pensions-that is nearly 3 times the MEDIAN WAGE for people who actually work in this state. Your BS claim that city retirees are trying to get into "senior housing" is the WHOPPER of the century. Why do you clowns LIE SO MUCH???? Why do you try to rip off the poor and the middle class so much???? Why don't you pull your own weight for ONCE and stop leeching off the poor????? For you JavaJoe, pay attention to the 2nd paragraph and AVERAGE local pensions; "CalPERS data shows the average career public employee, who put in at least 30 years of service and retired in the 2008-09 fiscal year, collected a starting pension of $67,000 a year, or 2.5 times the advertised figure. The higher number is buried deep in the retirement system's financial statement and never makes it to the promotional material CalPERS hands out." "The pension numbers are even higher for the separate local retirement, systems that cover employees of the two East Bay county governments. The average was $85,500 for career workers who retired in 2009 from the Contra Costa system, and $83,000 from Alameda County."— February 9, 2011 4:14 p.m.
California State Bar Rejects Charges Against Mike Aguirre
Mike Aguirre was/is/always will be the peoples champion. Always will be. Mike would not back down in the face of overwhelming attacks by dirty politicians and fraudulent public employees and their unions-he stuck to his guns. Mike is a hero.— February 9, 2011 2 p.m.
Bridgepoint: Bad for Students, Good for Gamblers?
And don't tell me that the thousands of annual graduates are unemployed or working at the local convenience store because their degrees are worthless. === Yes, for Bridgepoint and other dimploma mills, that is exactly what is going on.— February 9, 2011 8:14 a.m.
Bridgepoint: Bad for Students, Good for Gamblers?
Enjoy all the cracks you want, but the truth is that there is indeed a place for schools that can provide quality education via online convenience. === Well bogeball/aka Bridgepoint mouth piece, it comes down to-like ALL things- value. What are you getting for your (or I should say taxpayers because they front the $$ loan money) buck from this dimploma mill???? Does the cost justify the means. It absolutely does not. The value you get from an over priced degree from a diploma mill, for profit school is NOT worth the price you pay in tuition, it is that simple. We won't even go into the cost to taxpayers from the defaults on the 80%-90% of students who drop out and have no means to pay back the taxpayer backed student loans of an over priced, useless college classes that a community college can give for $200 a class.— February 9, 2011 8:13 a.m.
The Cat That Filled the Hole in Our Hearts
yes, they like to snooze, and fart!— February 8, 2011 7:45 p.m.
Bridgepoint: Bad for Students, Good for Gamblers?
No disagreement that the issue of folks dropping out relatively quickly and not earning their degrees is serious. However, those able to persevere and earn their degrees must emerge better off, wouldn't you concede? ========== No I would not agree, in fact I would disagree to the largest extent possible. The COST to obtain a cheap, nearly useless, online Ashford degree is not worth the paper it is printed on, much less the tens of thousands of dollars in tuition and book costs. The return in so far in the negative it is hard to calulate.— February 8, 2011 9:12 a.m.
Bridgepoint: Bad for Students, Good for Gamblers?
It is a 93 year old institution, regionally accredited since 1950 that introduced its online format six years ago. Why would a Bachelor of Arts degree in, say Business Administration with a Specialization in Information Systems, be any less valuable than a similar degree from SDSU? =============== LOL.....obviously a Bridgepoint/Ashford plant. I bet you think/claim a law degree from California Western carrys the exact same value as one from Harvard!!!!!!— February 8, 2011 9:09 a.m.
Sheriff's Department Shopping for Bomb Truck
Whoever dreamed up this colossal waste of money should be fired. A bomb truck, and how many times have we had bomb problems that required a bomb truck?? Never. And the cost is so outrageous it makes you wonder just how stoopid these gov people really are. The ROI is nonexistant. Better just to flush the million down the toilet or burn it-no upkeep or maintenience.— February 8, 2011 9:07 a.m.
Bridgepoint: Bad for Students, Good for Gamblers?
If the students just stay in school they will come out better for the experience and investment in their education. By bogeball ================== The vast majority of the students do NOT graduate and the few that do will NOT be better off with their Ashford University "investment". The ROI on an Ashford University degree is a huge negative= by a country mile. That is crazy talk.— February 7, 2011 10:58 p.m.