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Is Kaiser adding to Kearny Mesa traffic?
There is no way that adding that new hospital could have avoided more traffic. I worked on Kearney Mesa over 40 years ago, and that trip between I-15 and I-805 on Clairemont Mesa Blvd was a bear then. I cannot imagine how bad it is now. Having the hospital shifts start and stop on non-commute times helps, especially for the hospital employees. But that doesn't make it go away; it just moves it around. But the story I'd been fed by the Big K was that the Grantville facility had to be replaced, and right away, due to the seismic requirements. Now the story seems to be that it can be used until 2030, and then maybe even after that. So, why did Kaiser build this one? I'd have to assume it was to handle more subscribers. Another facet of this opening is that it should be relieving some of the traffic load in Grantville and Allied Gardens. I've been seeing reports here in the Reader for years about the parking shortage at the Zion hospital, and how the employees were parking out in the neighborhoods, crowding the streets and making a parking nightmare for the residents. Shouldn't that go away now, or at least improve?— July 12, 2017 3:01 p.m.
Ed Fletcher III spends the Fourth in prison
Yeah, I saw that piece of feelgood in the rag. Without reading it all the way through, I did note that ol' Ed wasn't mentioned. Trying to repair the damage done to the family name by Kim and his buddies at Home Fed is not something the paper needs to be doing either. The dismal story is not one that improves with age.— July 12, 2017 8:42 a.m.
Update — San Diego Unified sues College Board
I do wonder what will happen if some judge does rule for the district, and especially if she/he grants an injunction against the ETS, requiring the release of those test scores with no reservation. What will the "Massachestnuts" based testing agencies then do? Populism in California courts has brought much anguish to many court participants. Actually, I can't wait to see that the outcome in the courts will be. What I really relish is the picture of the elites from New England deciding to settle this, rather than lose in La-la-land California court. If that happens the brahmins will be in anguish. It would/will serve them right.— July 11, 2017 8:09 p.m.
AP tests at Scripps Ranch invalidated
For you to make such sweeping generalizations of all the AP courses, I assume you have close knowledge of them, probably as an instructor. Does that imply you have taught all across the spectrum of classes, from hard science through math to social science and on to the humanities, including foreign languages? Come on monahan, fess up. As to my being a "hired gun", I was asked by a high school, one where I had long worked from time to time as a substitute teacher, to help out. While AP proctoring, I was paid the usual substitute teacher daily stipend. That was the princely sum of about $100. Were I some sort of hired gun, I'd be asking and getting more like $1000 a day. Yes, the rules are strict for a reason, but I don't see standardization as a particular virtue. What they need is security and discipline. While the school "shoulda" had the right kind of seating, a minor deviation from that was not sufficient cause to invalidate 800 tests, affecting over 500 students.— July 11, 2017 4:43 p.m.
Activist Pallamary, "diabetic in distress"
Some common sense here would have avoided grief. If I felt that lousy at a game, I'd get up, leave the facility, and go home.— July 11, 2017 7:57 a.m.
Update — San Diego Unified sues College Board
A few minutes ago I posted a comment to the earlier item by Julie Stalmer. My comments there represent what I thought then and now.— July 10, 2017 5:38 p.m.
AP tests at Scripps Ranch invalidated
Describing this as "massive seating violations" is a load of crap. The seating that was used there was what many or most schools used up until about two years ago. (I worked a number of years up to about four years ago as an AP Test proctor at one of the high schools in No County. The dividers between students sharing a table did a great job in inhibiting any temptation to try to look across and cheat.) This is a power play by the testing cabal that is intended to send a signal to every school in the nation. "Do it precisely our way, or we will punish you and your students heavily." Never mind that the punishment does not fit the crime, if you can call it a "crime." Most schools take the security of AP tests very seriously, and I've never seen a time when anyone made any attempt to cheat. I can't be sure, but I suspect that some schools, such as some of the costly private ones, do cheat, and involve many staff members in a code of silence. The school actually reported the seating "violation" itself, and now its students suffer. No, what happened there was a minor, technical violation. The school and the district should get a major whack on the wrist, a good finger shaking in the face, and then the incident should be treated as over. While I'm a harsh critic of the San Diego city schools, in this case I have to point out that any school in the county could have similarly run afoul of the College Board and ETS. I hope the district prevails in court.— July 10, 2017 5:30 p.m.
Even in Miami, politicians getting smart
Is/was Miami any more able to afford such foolishness than, say, San Diego? From what I know of Miami, as a colony of Cuban emigres, it is not an affluent city nor any sort of industrial powerhouse. It's just a big city of more-or-less struggling residents who have little to waste. Yet the power structure blew two thirds of a billion bucks on a ballpark that most of the residents cannot afford to use. Sound familiar? Start with SD and then move across the fruited plain, and you'll find many more such boondoggles.— July 6, 2017 8:34 p.m.
Encinitas arson spree ends with arrest
And that is a federal offense because?— July 6, 2017 6:50 p.m.
Encinitas arson spree ends with arrest
Is there some special reason that these offenses were charged in federal court? They look like simple cases of arson that violate state law.— July 6, 2017 4:11 p.m.