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Vague words and catchphrases lure Millennials into buying
You mean that the great whole-grain "artisanal" bread I buy at Costco (and made by Costco) is mislabeled? No little old bread-maker toiling in the back of the bakery, up to his elbows in dough he lovingly rolls in seeds, raises, and then bakes? Oh, I am crushed.— October 26, 2016 5:10 p.m.
No one is responsible
With all of the bad publicity that CVS gets due to its heavy reliance on selling booze, I'd have expected that manager to at least pretend to care, and accept the report. A manager saying that she had no corporate number is ludicrous. Of course she has a number, and if it's not corporate, it is a district or regional office!— October 26, 2016 4:48 p.m.
Bridgepoint over troubled waters
One thing that bothers me about these "colleges" and "universities" is that they manage to get and keep accreditation. If the agencies that provide that stamp of approval were more demanding, and dug deeper, I think they would deny many more questionable operations. So, after these worst examples like Bridgepunkt and Corinthian are out of the way, some scrutiny of the remaining for-profits would be in order, followed by a hard look at many of the not-for-profit operations that handle all the instruction on-line, have no real home campus, and wretched graduation rates. These for-profits have no monopoly on charging an arm and a leg and delivering little or nothing. This whole industry of granting college degrees needs to be scrutinized, especially now that the value of a degree as a means to guarantee a successful career has badly eroded.— October 26, 2016 4:44 p.m.
Warning: annual tax bill of $86,679
Home prices have been on the upswing, and the new asking price may actually be in line with comparable properties (if there are really "comps" for these palatial residences.) Does anyone have an idea of what the monthly mortgage payment is for a place like that, with 10% down? Can anyone even get a mortgage for that much? It sure must be nice to be able to afford to live in such a home, especially when the cost of keeping it clean, in good repair, and the landscaping watered have to be factored in. Sheesh.— October 26, 2016 9:11 a.m.
San Diego beer, brewing in Idaho
Yeah, right. Wade through all the jargon and jive, and you come down to the basics. Idaho is just plainly a cheaper state to live in than CA. While the routes out of there are marginally better than here in SD, it isn't shipping that drives the business. Idaho needn't recruit businesses; it gets plenty with no recruitment effort at all. The state is tax averse, light on regulation, and the locals don't expect a huge wage. You can now see what the California business climate is doing to our pride and joy, the craft and micro brewing industries. They start here and then move away to escape the high costs, taxes, and regulations. Some years ago one of the local success stories, Buck Knives, moved from El Cajon to Post Falls, Idaho. The reasons freely given were the lower wage costs that came with a lower cost of living, less regulation, and a less hostile environment. Get used to this sort of thing; you'll see it happen many more times.— October 25, 2016 8:24 p.m.
Trump University case headed to trial
This judge, who I think should have asked to be removed from the case, continues to show judicial restraint. He could take those idiotic comments as a personal attack, which they were, and have turned the case over to another judge. To do that would have opened the judiciary to all sorts of personal attacks on judges and resulting in courtroom shopping chaos. The judge has chosen to stay in charge of the case; we will soon learn just how judicial he is. I think he will be a credit to the federal judiciary, even though he's been accused of huge bias. Trump just said something that jumped into his head without any real consideration of the impact. Stupid of him to say the very least.— October 20, 2016 7:58 p.m.
Mark McGwire admitted using drugs but still has a chance for Hall of Fame
Sportsmanship isn't dead, and it isn't anything different than it ever was. It's just that little of it is practiced today in professional "sports" and in things that depend on big money, such as college sports. The death knell for sportsmanship was professionalizing popular sports. For most of the 20th century, generations of young folks were told that professional baseball players were wonderful sportsmen. We now know better, and honest biographies of pro baseball's first super star, Ty Cobb, recount how he was a bitter, nasty man who was never anything like a sportsman. It is still possible to see sportsmanship among amateurs who play for the love of the game. But as soon as avarice and greed show up, sportsmanship goes out the window.— October 19, 2016 7:53 a.m.
Shark Tank survivor helps take bite out of blight
A vacant location in a bustling business district that has been empty "for at least a decade", and owned by people named Pernicano. Sound familiar? Not-so-far-away Hillcrest has been cursed by two restaurant locations, vacant and unused for a quarter century, that once were operated by the Pernicano patriarch, the late George, who steadfastly refused to rent them, sell them, or develop them. So what goes with this family that sits on empty real estate, paying taxes (and presumably some minimal upkeep) for years on end? I'd guess they don't need the money, and really don't care. Puzzling, isn't it?— October 19, 2016 7:38 a.m.
Coronado wary of granny-flat legislation
Coronado knows what is good for Coronado, and that means things that enhance real estate values. It is already wildly overpriced by usual standards, especially for some of the tiny, and frankly funky, units that already exist. Many of the homes there started out as add-ons to existing larger homes, and then were separated later on. The tiny lots on Coronado really don't allow squeezing in another house without losing most of the yard, and being crowded together. That the average lot is 3500 square feet says it all. Twice that size is not a large lot, and two units in that much area is tight. Make no mistake that this, if signed into law, will just result in more AirBnb units. Enforcing restrictions and bans on such uses is becoming a huge headache and cost for other cities. With so many out-of-towners wanting to stay in Coronado, anyone with a granny flat will want to cash in big time on it. That is happening elsewhere in the county, and soon will be everywhere.— October 18, 2016 11:32 a.m.
U-T print circulation continues to plummet
Buying a newspaper or news chain today, for any price, may be akin to riding out in a hurry to catch up with Custer on his way to the Greasy Grass, aka Little Big Horn . Buyers still think there's a bottom to all this decline in newspapers, and there may be--at zero. If Gannett buys tronc, we will be looking at a virtual newspaper monopoly, and nobody will care, 'cause they have stopped reading or buying newspapers. The surprise is that Chi-town still has two papers. I'd always had the picture of the Sun-Times as an also-ran operation. Maybe that was based on hearing only from the Tribune, which I used, and not the rival.— October 17, 2016 8:57 p.m.