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Crystal meth came into the house on Oceanside's East Parker Street
This person Joaquin Martinez was being held at the Vista Jail and last Wednesday, 2 days before his court date to determine if he was insane, he stabbed my son, another inmate at Vista Jail. ============= Get a lawyer and sue the Sheriff's Dept/San Diego County. They are under a duty and obligation to make sure the jails are SAFE. It's not like an inmate can leave and go to a more safe and secure location. No excuse for allowing a violent inmate to be in the general population when they are on notice of the inmates ongoing violence. Contact Mary Prevost, she just won a big $$$ jury trial over sheriff misconduct.— September 28, 2010 4:06 p.m.
Richest 20% Get 49% of County Income; Poorest 20% Get 4%
This divide eclipses the 1920's which used to have that record of greatest income disparity.— September 28, 2010 3:56 p.m.
Richest 20% Get 49% of County Income; Poorest 20% Get 4%
On the AP wire this mnorning; *****The income gap between the richest and poorest Americans grew last year to its largest margin ever,**** a stark divide as Democrats and Republicans spar over whether to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy. The top-earning 20 percent of Americans — those making more than $100,000 each year — received 49.4 percent of all income generated in the U.S., compared with the 3.4 percent made by the bottom 20 percent of earners, those who fell below the poverty line, according to the new figures. That ratio of 14.5-to-1 was an increase from 13.6 in 2008 and nearly double a low of 7.69 in 1968.— September 28, 2010 3:55 p.m.
San Diego Home Prices Keep Rising. But...
The fact that so many did buy at that time is a sad by-product of not just lax lending requirements, but non-existent ones. ========== This was one of the two major problems IMO-1) underwriting standards tossed out the window, and 2) Mr Bubble keeping interest rates artificially low for far too long.— September 28, 2010 3:51 p.m.
What's the one thing you run out of that sends you immediately to the grocery store?
Mmmmmm....donuts......— September 28, 2010 11:33 a.m.
San Diego Home Prices Keep Rising. But...
Don't hold your breath on housing. We are still 2-3 years away from climbing out of the bottom, if we are even in the bottom yet. I know for a fact that there are boatloads of people who are upside down on their mortgages. Remember, prices have fallen 35%-50% since 2006/7. People who bought at $500K, and are still making payments, have a home worth $250K. Will they keep paying? Will they walk away? I think we will to see people walk away- for 2-3 more years. I have a neighbor right now who is in this pickle, and millions more are in the same boat. And as long as home mortgages are upside down there will be no new building-and contruction is what has pulled this country out of all of it's previous recessions. No contsruction, no end to the recession. 2014 earliest-but more likely 2015 IMO is when things will look good again.— September 28, 2010 8:56 a.m.
Government Manipulate Stocks? Greenspan's Faulty Memory
Can we stop calling him "Mr. Greenspan" and refer to him under his true name, "Mr. Bubble". And yes, and interview from Mrs. Bubble with her husband, asking him why he left interest rates so low for so long might help us learn to NOT make the same mistake again..............— September 27, 2010 8:04 p.m.
Lincoln Acres family cited for illegal house
Board Supervisor Greg Cox represents District 1 where the Bells live. As a representative he has an obligation, a duty to help. Steering the Bells to legal referrals is not the answer. ============ Yes, Cox is the one who SHOULD be doing his job-which he is not. Why? Because these people have no money-and money is what greases gov wheels. Cox only cares about Cox/himself, and his duty to continue on in some trough feeder gov position, not help the poor or defenseless against the tyranny (and far more powerful) of gov.........— September 27, 2010 11:22 a.m.
Lincoln Acres family cited for illegal house
and that Supervisor Cox' office had tried to steer the Bells towards legal aid. =============== AKA "pass the buck"......or "kick the can down the road" to someone else.— September 27, 2010 11:18 a.m.
CCDC Wants More Cortez Property
Ditto, do away with CCDC. Which will probably never happen ============= No, it wont go, nd the reason is simple, developers like Malin Burnham bribe/contribute so much to elected officials who control CCDC that they are de facto elected officials themselves. As long as the developers can buy the officials CCDC will stay. The electorate are more concerned with THEIR POWER, and those that help them buy that power, than the public. SEDC same thing. I would be for every $1 SEDC gets developed they spend $15 or $20 on admin costs.— September 27, 2010 11:16 a.m.