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Copley remembered in U-T
If there is anything he can be remembered for, it is broken promises. He promised the employees of the Casa del Zorro that the hotel would never be sold, and then it was sold while he was still the owner. He and his mother promised that the U-T would be placed in a family trust and not be sold. David sold it at a fire sale price. Then he set about liquidating nearly all the properties he owned or controlled, including the library in La Jolla. Those folks, who want to remain anonymous, "miss" him. Do you wonder why? I would like to know, although I suspect he played sugar daddy to many of them, and after his demise the flow ceased.— December 1, 2016 2:40 p.m.
Another water-main break at the border
While knowing that water is in short supply, this spill may have had a salutary effect, namely that it washed a bunch of accumulated crap out of the gulch and river valley. Since it seems that most of the flow in that river that comes into the US is contaminated and filthy, a little turnabout is welcome.— November 30, 2016 5:42 p.m.
Stroke victim sues sheriff's department
Seems as if a situation, no matter how innocent, starts to get that blown up and a cop is demanding access, you let him have it. Being apologetic and making an attempt to get the smoke under control would have saved her from plenty of misery. (That is, if there can be any cause-and-effect relationship proved between the confrontation and her putative stroke.) How about some common sense and reasonable behavior?— November 29, 2016 7:55 p.m.
Hoteliers and city sued for "ill-gotten gains"
This whole thing stinks. There's a popular notion that you can pick the pockets of tourists with fees and taxes indefinitely, and there's no price to be paid. After Prop 13 passed, and was strengthened with measures such as Prop 26, you might have assumed the pols would accept the tight limits on adding taxes and raising the rates on existing ones. Not so. There have been repeated attempts here in SD County and across the state to jack up one tax or another, or just create a new one. Most have been rejected by the courts, but not all, and that's why someone keeps trying a new one.— November 29, 2016 2:33 p.m.
Development Services Dept. in service to developers
I'm looking at thet picture of Vacchi and asking myself, "Would I buy a car from that man?" Guess what my answer it. We're told that you cannot judge folks by their facial structures, but I can't help but do that, and I'm usually right.— November 29, 2016 11:17 a.m.
Veterans' affordable-housing project pulled
It didn't take two years for some Poway veterans to react. Within the past couple days, as reported in the U-T of all places, about 100 veterans held a rally at one of the parks to call for reconsideration. I don't live in Poway, but if I knew they were rallying, I'd have joined the gathering. This all sounds very much like the fuss that ensued about some veteran transition housing in or near Old Town a few years ago. All the excuses the NIMBY's made that time sounded just about as valid as those used by the Powegians, as in not very valid at all.— November 28, 2016 9:32 a.m.
Veterans' affordable-housing project pulled
Poway isn't about inclusion and affordability. For those who live there, it is about exclusion and showing off one's affluence. So, is anyone really surprised by this action? Oh, the city will finally and grudgingly knuckle under to those state mandates, but will try to finagle its way into counting some highly un-affordable housing, and will delay, delay, delay. Then there's the comment about "Poway’s strong desire to support our vets with such a project." That bit of lip service came from the sorta-famous singing mayor. Does he mean that? If he meant it, all this dodging about the cost and the traffic impact would have not stood in the way. No, Stevie has become just what he wasn't supposed to become, another mealy-mouth. He cares nothing about veterans except getting their votes. So, I hope the voters in Poway who are veterans remember this when election time rolls around in two years.— November 26, 2016 4:15 p.m.
Two ex-officers stiffed the Marines
Wow. The Corps likes to see itself as squeaky-clean, and straight up. These two had plenty of rank, and every reason to want to protect what they had. Even though they were reservists, I find this pretty far "out there." When the Marines were looking for those few good men, they missed the boat with these two.— November 24, 2016 9:53 a.m.
Water level appears low at Jacumba Hot Springs
Jacumba, excuse me, Jacumba Hot Springs, has been slumbering for as long as I've lived in the county, and that's a long time, bro'. For a number of years it was not a spot that anyone would have sought out, due to the gnat problem. If that is now history, then other folks might decide it is worth a look. Many years ago there was a claim floated by some locals that there had once been an official border crossing there. They said that it was still possible to see the buildings on either side of the line that had been the border guard stations. Yet at the same time, the feds denied that such a thing had ever existed. (As it was, due to the proximity to the highways in both sides of the border, it would have been a natural spot.) Who was right? I don't claim to know, but we can observe that the government in the form of the customs, immigration and Border Patrol, wasn't always careful to be fully factual. Not mentioned much is the former railroad depot building. It was and still is an architecturally-pleasing structure. After the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Ry stopped running passenger trains in the early 50's, it was converted into a private residence. In 1989, the railroad museum ran a special excursion train from Campo to Jacumba called "Jacumba or Bust". We de-trained at the depot where we were treated to a BBQ lunch, and various local folks set up booths. The grounds around the depot were open then. More recently, within the past year, I did some recon to see the (lack of) progress on the reopening of the railroad, and noted that the depot was fenced off, festooned with No Trespassing signs, and that the fenced area hosted some locomotives and rolling stock apparently left by the Carrizo Railway about a decade ago. The whole area looked abandoned, weathered and bereft. If/when the railroad actually reopens for through traffic, it might bring some activity to Jacumba Hot Springs. But don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen.— November 22, 2016 8:31 a.m.
The man who mistook his wife for a politico, and other Qualcomm tales
For those of us locals, it is rather comforting to know that big bucks funneled into elections through PACs don't always buy elections. Moreover, the fact that in this case it was Qulacomm money that was wasted might be even more gratifying.— November 22, 2016 7:12 a.m.