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Short-term vacation rental explosion
Real residents just want to live and avoid aggravation. Lawsuits, which are used to real effect by certain strata of society, are costly. Complaining to your city councilman/woman in SD might have some effect; just remember that they are trying to make everyone happy, something they cannot do. The cops really do have better things to do than deal with noise complaints. And usually those complaints fall through the cracks and have little effect. This is a code issue, and the old zoning should still be followed. Turn a house into a day-to-day rental, and you're outside the code. The hotel industry here isn't OK with all this, but so far they haven't been all that noisy with their complaints, maybe because of their stinky reputation. Real B&B operations generally try to be on good terms with the neighbors, and in some areas have the best looking and best maintained homes, which makes the neighborhood better. It's this absentee ownership, and often absentee property management, that makes a mess of things.— October 22, 2017 5:38 p.m.
Coronado High water-polo coach to stay dry
Just how long will this "investigation" take to complete? Do they need months of intense examination and effort to make what is basically a "go/no go" determination? I also find it most interesting that the Coronado PD has no record of a report filed in the matter. Hey, if it is this important, why didn't someone call the cops? Something here looks fishy indeed.— October 22, 2017 11:55 a.m.
Tackled in the stands at Qualcomm
Technology is supposed to make life easier, not more complicated. These spelling correction utilities can be wonderful most of the time, but when they change something and alter the meaning, can cause real grief.— October 21, 2017 10:33 a.m.
Short-term vacation rental explosion
This may explain why there are few, if any, new hotels or motels being built in the hot spots in the city. The old and run down facilities that charge waaay too much for their rooms are still competing with the short-term renters. King's Inn in Mission Valley is to be converted to a religious-theme facility, and in excess of 200 rooms are taken out of the market, for example. It would seem to me that existing zoning laws, those enacted long before this AirBnB plague came along, can be used to stop the scourge. Oh, there are those who claim that any sort of regulation is tantamount to taking their property, but a century into those 'hoods, all should have known the rules. They do know the rules; they choose to ignore them and to howl when the city says they have to alter their ways.— October 20, 2017 8:11 p.m.
Could Stephan surrender Cate investigation?
A day or two ago it was reported elsewhere that Stephan has passed the case to the Attorney General. So, it is pretty obvious to everyone, and even to her, that a conflict exists. The outcome will be interesting.— October 20, 2017 5:18 p.m.
Manchester’s Navy Broadway complex: hurry up and wait
Well, yes, that's the motivation. But as to whether he would be nervy enough to keep control, that's another matter. Plenty of those in the fifth estate will watch him closely, and he will need to be very careful about everything he does.— October 20, 2017 12:32 p.m.
Wilmark – a few steps from being mobsters
With all of the people who see the Reader in print and on-line who are tenants, the lack of comments is surprising. I'd have expected dozens of comments with real horror stories of mistreatment by landlords, and especially corporate property managers. If only a few of the allegations are correct this outfit comes across like a gangster family.— October 20, 2017 10:08 a.m.
Case of the new-moon shooter
The account delivered by the prosecutor is remarkably detailed and has a blow-by-blow quality that is most unusual. Where did he get it, other than in his own mind? It is quite possible that one or both of the defs has confessed, and in enough specificity to make this story seamless. Or in attempt to blame the other, both have spelled out the planning of the other while attempting to minimize their respective roles. One thing that I find puzzling is the comment of how the prosecutor just added the element of premeditation. The whole scenario was one of premeditation, not some sort of spur-of-the-moment undertaking. Premeditation, last I heard, equals attempted murder in the first degree. But one thing is missing. The story told implies "lying in wait" for the intended victim to show up. And lying in wait is one of the many special circumstances which can make a murder or attempted murder even more serious, exposing the perp to a life sentence with no parole. Finally, why a guy like McDavid would risk his freedom for a paltry $2,000, as mentioned elsewhere, is hard to grasp. If he wanted to be a professional hit man he needed to ask for a hundred times that price, and better prepare the take down.— October 19, 2017 8:43 p.m.
Manchester’s Navy Broadway complex: hurry up and wait
Bizarre: he's willing to walk away from day-to-day involvement in what would be his biggest and most memorable project in exchange for being ambassador to the . . . Bahamas? Boy, that's a prestige appointment, right up there with being ambassador to Monaco (if there's such a position), or Lichtenstein, or maybe Lower Slobbovia! We can only take away from this the idea that he's so obsessed with being an ambassador--never mind to what country--that's he's eager to abandon his business. Are these the actions of a sane man? It's hard to imagine that, but then he's done enough things in recent years to make anyone wonder about his real sanity. Dougo is in his dotage methinks.— October 19, 2017 8:20 p.m.
Tackled in the stands at Qualcomm
Over and over the cops get really rough with an arrest or other citizen interaction and then . . . no charges are filed. I'd think the city attorney would get fed up with these arrests and multiple crime allegations when there's little or nothing to back them up. But then we have to remember who was city attorney until the last election. With him, who was to know? Pummeling some drunk and disorderly fan in the stands just doesn't seem necessary. But the current batch of SDPD cops have been trained to bash heads if there's any sort of contest. That's one of the many things that department needs to change, and that a new chief might, and I stress might, go to work on.— October 19, 2017 7:39 p.m.