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Grandview surfer girl fought attacker
That makes more sense. But I'm still surprised that they weren't given bail, even if it was a huge figure that neither could afford to make. And the system seems to be moving right along with this. A speedy trial? That's something that seldom happens in this county. Most of the trials I read about are occurring a year or more after the crime was committed.— October 7, 2017 11:25 a.m.
Grandview surfer girl fought attacker
No bail? That judge is a real hard case on this one. Even Craig Peyer got out on bail when he was a cop charged with murder. This description would indicate they've been in the slammer for more than a year. Or am I confused?— October 6, 2017 5:40 p.m.
Party-bus pukefest in O.B.
USD, huh? As I was reading the account, I kept wondering just where they came from. What would all those parents of students at the University of Spoiled Daughters think of this? Is that sort of experience of blind drunken behavior what they pay for? I don' theenk zo, Senor.— October 5, 2017 5:45 p.m.
Lemon Grove councilman sued for free-speech stifling
He probably thinks there is enough there to win a settlement.— October 5, 2017 5:38 p.m.
A lot of motorcycle deaths in San Diego County
So the old coots on scoots tend to crash on "windy" roads, huh? The wind is the culprit? No, I think he was trying to say that curvy, winding roads are the location of the crashes. I can't find a better word than "winding" to describe such roads. Unless, that is, someone wants to invent "windey".— October 5, 2017 5:23 p.m.
Lemon Grove councilman sued for free-speech stifling
When will people learn not to use email, which never goes away, to communicate things that can come back and bite them? Jones' approach should have been to talk to the city manager, and quietly get Rick Engineering eliminated from those fat, juicy contracts. The firm would never have known what hit it, unless it inquired. And then the word would have been passed along verbally. Too bad that Bush had to see racism and use it to attack. "Thinly veiled" to one person is just everyday talk for others. He needed more than he had to justify his posting. But in a larger sense, getting political when your job is involved is just dumb.— October 5, 2017 4:44 p.m.
North Park Jack in the Box court case surprise
The concept of "grandfathering" non-conforming uses is a fair one. And it should allow the non-conforming use to keep up the property, lest it become blighted. But I cannot think of a case where a total demolition and replacement was considered a continuation of the non-conforming use. As I read the description, the judge just ignored the idea that anything done to upgrade the restaurant operation had to keep to the continuing use, and not expand it. Yet that's what he did. Briggs won one appeal on this case. I'd say he has a good chance of prevailing on this one, and having the thing sent back to the trial court. But if he does, it will land back in the court of this same judge who will cut him no slack, and who will be really PO'd that he has been smacked once again. Is there any way to win? Only if there's a new judge assigned.— October 5, 2017 4:30 p.m.
Rumor: NFL wants Chargers to return to San Diego
If the team, under new ownership, wanted to return to SD, what sort of conditions would apply? If it came back, played in the current facility, and worked hand-in-hand with the city to catch up on deferred maintenance and make some modest improvements, while paying a fair rent for use of the stadium, I'd be all for it. But would any new owner agree to that? I doubt it. The owner, whoever it would be, would want a sweetheart deal again, meaning no rent, or "negative rent" such as the Chargers received. No, if they return somehow, it would just mean a restart of the agitation to get a brand new stadium. And with that would go all the distraction and inattention to the real needs of the city, which are many. An owner could have a very profitable deal under the conditions I mention above, but that doesn't seem to be anything NFL owners are willing to accept now. All seem to expect their host cities to roll over and give them the store, with the exception of Kroenke in LA. If you harken back to the time when Sterling moved his Clippers to LA, you might recall that the team was not well accepted there for many years. Eventually it did manage to get a fan base, and now appears to be on par with the Lakers as far as popularity and acceptance. The NFL and the Chargers need to let a few years go by before panicking about lack of acceptance. It would be so good to hear that the Spanos gang has sold the team. But maybe it just isn't worth as much as they hoped. All this sort of talk just depresses its value to a buyer.— October 5, 2017 6:51 a.m.
Pradeep’s raise
Don't you get very tired of hearing how underpaid the UC and CSU administrators are? This game of comparing your pay to the average or highest paid of your peers is a game that few other employees can play. When it is done in governmental circles, it results in the lowest paid chasing the highest paid, and when the pressure grows enough, the whole pay distribution climbs up. The story of inadequate compensation was one of the justifications given for Khosla's predecessor, Maryanne Fox, to serve on a dozen or more boards of directors, mostly in corporate America. And I think the record showed that she earned more from board service than she did as chancellor. But then, where did her time, energy, and attention go? To UCSD, or to all those other organizations? Her record of foulups and messes left behind would indicate the latter. It is not unreasonable to expect 100% effort from the chancellor, and if the pay is "only" in the $400K range, so be it. Trying to chase salaries given on other campuses, many of them richly endowed private operations, is foolish and will rarely get a better performer.— October 5, 2017 6:32 a.m.
Common man Scott
Common man? Just like Trump is a common man, as in not at all. Or so many of those who are mysteriously rich after a couple terms in office. He, unlike most of them had his own money pile, courtesy of his wife.— October 4, 2017 8:19 p.m.