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Palomar College professor picket
I can't disagree with you or Bob Hudson. Self-governance in colleges and universities is supposed to insure that all sides are heard and that no miscarriages occur, yet factions gang up on other factions, and the fights are bitter. But in this case, the controversy isn't about long-simmering academic rivalries, but about a "leader" who it appears managed to alienate his entire area of responsibility, almost as soon as he arrived. In my own experience, I always used to be amused (or irritated) at academic administrators who proclaimed themselves to be leaders, when they were anything but leaders. I'll decide, based on my observations, who is a leader and who is not.— March 17, 2017 8:43 a.m.
An alternative to Brigantine's Embarcadero plan
Ghio amazes me with his pronouncements. The restaurant would not want to return to the wharf! I begin to think that nobody in that family really cares anything about the business. Ol' Todd has presided over the virtual disappearance of the chain of restaurants, which should have been a gold mine. In twenty-or-thereabouts years they went from about ten outlets (including the take-outs) to one. That operation, run by Ghio, doesn't deserve to stay in business, if this sort of nonsense is what he really thinks. His comment should be treated just like a comment from any badly-uninformed member of the general public.— March 17, 2017 8:29 a.m.
Husband and wife cheated workers' compensation
That was why, I'm certain, that the guy I mention decided to cheat. Your profit margin on jobs might depend upon it. Yeah, it's dangerous and nasty. Hot sun, nail guns, and falling off the roof all add up to hazardous duty.— March 16, 2017 7:58 p.m.
Husband and wife cheated workers' compensation
Uh, no. Workers Compensation Insurance has no connection to employee tax returns. The crunch would come when the employee is injured, perhaps seriously, and shows up at a clinic or hospital, only to learn he/she has no record of coverage, and no sort of identification from an insurance company vouching for coverage. This is a levy paid by the employer, not the employee, and the sort of safeguard you describe isn't there. The way the fraudsters pull this off is with immigrants who have no concept of disability insurance, or many of whom are here illegally. They get hurt, they suck it up. Nobody knows nuthin'.— March 16, 2017 5:57 p.m.
Husband and wife cheated workers' compensation
The state and DA's are getting really pixxy about people who cheat on Workers Comp. Many years ago a roofing contractor who was underpaying (but still paying quite a lot) got sentenced to about three years for his crime, and I think he pleaded guilty.— March 16, 2017 4:38 p.m.
Palomar College professor picket
For all its success in getting a bond issue and remodeling the campus in San Marcos, while adding facilities elsewhere, Palomar never seems able to shake off situations like this one. In the early 2000's the faculty was at loggerheads with the president and the board for what seemed like years. If these community colleges display the sort of conflict in microcosm that a larger college or university experiences, whoa! And why does a community college find it necessary to hire an outsider and give him a multi-year contract? Can't it grow someone from within, or find a candidate from one of the other colleges in the county? The answers are clear: no they can't. That is unless the president and board wanted someone from outside to come in and get tough.— March 16, 2017 8:09 a.m.
Tronc’s typos
Isn't it fun to find a job posting like that one? Hilarious in that a newspaper(?), a source of proper spelling, grammar and syntax, cannot even spell the words correctly. Fifteen bucks an hour could be bettered by taking a job as a bartender or bar maid, especially in Del Mar. Those people get tips; the reporter gets nothing except rejection when he or she tells the truth. The big story is that of Us Weekly. I seldom agree with the LA Times, but that mag is as low-brow as anything you can imagine. The wretched People magazine is at least two steps higher on the ladder than Us. I'm more than amazed that it still exists. Never underestimate the taste of (some of) the American public.— March 15, 2017 8:11 p.m.
The Chargers biggest contribution to San Diego was “leaving”
Sour grapes? No, he's far more sophisticated than that. He's giving some cover to Kev-boy, who is being blamed for not "doing whatever" to keep the Chargers by diehard fans. Roe is actually right about the Spanos gang and its team; he's just saying it for the wrong reasons. In a year or two much of the public will have forgotten what it was like to have a NFL franchise, and will also be happy that the feuding with Deano and his bunch has stopped. Then the San Diego psyche can move on to other things, and get back to enjoying the climate, beaches, mountains, and tourist attractions. (Oh, and dodging potholes, leaky water lines, run-down parks, plus the occasional sewage spill.)— March 15, 2017 9:56 a.m.
Fat Leonard to take down the entire Navy?
This is a real black eye for the navy. It has always held up its officer corps as something superior to the other services. When any one of them screws up, he/she is usually dealt with most severely, and is forced out. Now we see that a lot of these guys, and nearly all high-ranking now, just thought that taking all those favors was, if not OK, at least unlikely to have any repercussions. Now they could be doing hard time in a federal prison, instead of enjoying their retirements golfing and traveling the world. So, going along to get along, when it came to favors and bribes, was well embedded. On the other hand, the navy always regarded its army (The Marine Corps) as a bunch of semi-crazy types with over-the-top urges. So, this behavior by its members and former members isn't really unexpected, by me at least. (Not to say I condone it; I don't.) Both of these situations are the sort of thing the NCIS should have exposed and rooted out years ago. Too bad that it isn't the kind of super-cop/detective outfit that is portrayed on TV. (It actually is great TV drama.) Reform of the navy department will have to seriously start at the very top, and will take a long time. This sort of behavior didn't start yesterday; it's been growing for many years, and will take many years of constant clean-up to eliminate.— March 15, 2017 8:58 a.m.
ROTC instructor's illicit sexcapade reverberates
Absolutely correct. But I was suggesting that the Navy was equally remiss. In fact, many of us rather expect schools to drop the ball from time to time, but I thought the chain of command in the Navy would have done a better job.— March 12, 2017 9:22 a.m.