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Who's investigating Filner? It's who's NOT investigating him
Youse all got a gooda points.— August 7, 2013 12:32 p.m.
Who's investigating Filner? It's who's NOT investigating him
What we have here is a failure to practice intellectual discipline--to tell the truth, the WHOLE truth, and NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH!— August 7, 2013 10:03 a.m.
Who's investigating Filner? It's who's NOT investigating him
"Investigation" isn't the word for it. "Gossip-mongering" would be more like it.— August 7, 2013 10 a.m.
Who's investigating Filner? It's who's NOT investigating him
Ethics? For ambulance-chaser types? Hahahaha— August 7, 2013 9:59 a.m.
Who's investigating Filner? It's who's NOT investigating him
"Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept it's mouth shut." --Cicero, if I recall correctly. Filner is doing a pretty good job of simply refusing to take the bait. Sometimes the best "strategy" is no strategy. Keep on keepin' on, Bob.— August 7, 2013 9:57 a.m.
Who's investigating Filner? It's who's NOT investigating him
Monaghan, you get so much so right in so few words. KPBS has increasingly become a tool of the power structure and an embarrassment to "Public" Television and Radio (inept, amateurish local productions). Oh, they sprinkle their local productions with enough truth and "liberal" talk and innuendo to keep "the left" content in their foggy sentimentalism, but that is about all they're good at. Fat chance they will get my car, speaking of amateurish, inept productions. Gag me with a spoon. U. S. Grant was flawed too--he drank! "Find out what he drinks and send a case to all my generals," said Lincoln.— August 7, 2013 9:53 a.m.
If you want streets repaired, it looks like you can forget it
Back to having streets repaired. Taxes have to be earmarked and not subject to shifting; that's what gas taxes are supposed to do. But one of the elephants in the room is the fact that the streets used to be properly maintained, but not only no longer are, they are allowed to deteriorate much faster than they used to be (useful life has been shortened). For example, cracks used to be filled before winter rains and weeds not allowed to grow in the cracks. When this practice is reduced or neglected, water gets in, the base is eroded, weeds grow and expand, and traffic chips away at the edges. I was, I must say, however, gratified to see some crack filling taking place only yesterday, so some gutsy person in Streets is acting responsibly. Lacking this kind of maintenance (prompt attention to small defects while they are cheap to fix), streets reach a point where all the king's maintenance and all the king's crack-filling cannot put the street back together again, and viola! you have a juicy, expensive plum on your hands to be handed out as a resurfacing contract! Resurfacing is often like closing the barn door after the horses are out (without replacing the base, reflection cracks will come through the largely cosmetic resurfacing) and it's not long before yet another contract is required. Now, yet another contract (an even bigger one) is required to rebuild the street from the base. Then, as that street's maintenance is neglected, the process starts all over again. Do y'all hear that Giant Sucking Sound!— July 21, 2013 9:10 a.m.
If you want streets repaired, it looks like you can forget it
How to stop a "done deal?"— July 21, 2013 8:53 a.m.
Federal government to audit CPUC over San Bruno handling
Organize, organize, organize!— July 21, 2013 8:51 a.m.
If you want streets repaired, it looks like you can forget it
Right ON, Psy! Instead of outing Filner, out his enemies. And while y'all are out there, out them all! Filner is making the same mistakes Aguirre made. I tried to warn the latter, and he dissed me big time while I was trying to help him. We need attack dogs, not lap-dogs, and I'm still usually in Aguirre's corner despite his spite, but this is business, not a love affair. They both need to learn that bad publicity, while in the show-biz lexicon there's no such thing as, when not balanced with an occasional good performance, will eventually erode your fan-base. I'm just like them, I must admit--to hell with a fan-base; it sucks up time and energy that could go toward better things. But the REAL world, "as it is, not as we would like it to be," must be dealt with. BUT (once more), one doesn't need sugar to prevail, just not quite so much vinegar and bile. EGOCENTRISM is humanity's most fundamental flaw. Unfortunately, our attack dogs are stewed by the witches and warlocks of narcissism.— July 20, 2013 7:35 p.m.