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San Diego police sex suit includes nepotism charge
Of course his connection to the PD through his father-in-law was a factor. I doubt that he would have been sent to the academy if it had not been for that factor. The older man is still with the PD? He should have had the decency to retire when the son-in-law was sentenced to prison. There are some folks out there who make the observation that there's a very fine line between being a cop and being a criminal. This is a prime example of that. But in a larger sense, while the SDPD airs its woes, its "poor" pay, its inability to get the top applicants, etc., etc., this incident is just one of many unforgivable lapses. In recent years it has had scandal after scandal, misconduct after misconduct, botch after botch, and yet it goes on, business as usual. When the slimy chief, Lansdowne, retired under a cloud, who does the system pick for his replacement but Zimmerman, an "old girl" in the "old boy" force, by reaching down, 'way down, into the swamp of the department. Oh, but she's buddy-buddy with the mayor, and that makes it OK. Ever listen to her when she makes a statement? Trump talks at the second-grade level, and she's even less articulate. First grade? Kindergarten? And this is the woman who "leads" the department. Shudder.— June 20, 2017 8:36 p.m.
Daughter of ex-Lemon Grove mayor in jail
This is serious stuff, and if she ends up with a typical prison sentence, that now-four-year old child may be fully grown before she gets out. A person with her background shoulda' known better. There's more to the story than has been reported, and likely ever will be reported.— June 20, 2017 6:55 p.m.
Miramar jet IDs withheld from tracking website
Since you and I are of the same age cohort, were you at the mentioned Army post when it was nicknamed "Fort Head?" Seems there was mucho drug abuse there during the late 60's and into the 70's. As to your hope that VA has hiring standards, I cannot reassure you. There are some great people working in their facilities, and not just a few who are anything but great. Who knows?— June 19, 2017 6:24 p.m.
Miramar jet IDs withheld from tracking website
Right on the mark. I'm a veteran, I use VA services, and that writing makes me cringe. His occupational description is his own, and may not reflect anything. In looking at Facebook comments posted here at the Reader and elsewhere, there is plenty of that sort of commentary which can only be charitably described as borderline illiterate.— June 17, 2017 9:42 p.m.
Miramar jet IDs withheld from tracking website
The point these complainants are making is that the Marines fly their aircraft lower than the Navy boys ever did. And that could be true. If true, do they NEED to fly them low, or is it just carelessness? Nothing suggests that the Marines could not change the practice, if they wanted to do it. It would be a simple thing to enforce. While a better location for the Marine jets (and helicopters, too) might be Yuma, it isn't the Corps that would make that decision. And it wasn't the Navy that wanted to leave San Diego's Miramar. Politics plus base realignments were the cause of that. No naval aviator would choose to live in Fallon, Nevada in preference to San Diego County.— June 17, 2017 4:50 p.m.
Del Mar's parking fail
Gee, Ponz, why don't tell us how you REALLY feel about the city of Del Mar? Your image of the residents doesn't exactly mesh with mine, and I'll defer to yours. Once the area became so in-demand, everyone who lived there seemed to want to pull up the wall and keep everyone else out. But to support that high-rent business district they needed others to patronize the places. But welcome those out-of-towners? No, it was more remunerative to sock them with parking violations. Crazy town, Del Mar. 'Nuff said.— June 16, 2017 8:27 p.m.
Former Civic San Diego financial officer says he was fired after finding accounting discrepancies
Maybe, just maybe, they made that decision to keep the matter clear, uncluttered, and easily winnable. If they don't prevail on that issue, then there are the other violations to take up.— June 15, 2017 5:35 p.m.
National City students least fit out of 42 school systems in San Diego County
There might be a factor of ethnicity going here. People from some areas of the world don't do well on the white folks diet which can have too much fat, too much salt, too much white flour or white rice, too little fibre, and the all-time bugbear, sugar. What I just described is much of the fast food we consume today, and what seems a treat for the poorer people.— June 15, 2017 4:42 p.m.
San Diego police officers got the wrong Fred Washington
With a name like Fred Washington, there was plenty of reason to think that he might have been right when he protested. The SDPD makes another screw-up, an innocent man sits in the slammer for two weeks, and now the taxpayers pay. Ain't it great?— June 15, 2017 4:38 p.m.
Former Civic San Diego financial officer says he was fired after finding accounting discrepancies
Well, Avery says it was because he was revealing questionable expenditures. Isn't that almost always the case in public entities? CFO's are constantly telling the higher-ups things they don't want to hear. Smart bosses grumble and listen; stupid ones sack the CFO. CFO's are a true resource in that they do more to keep managers and organizations honest than any other factor.— June 15, 2017 2:53 p.m.