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San Diegan Bill Lerach out of prison, living in luxury
Actually, the Pentagon is a system of systems of tools... See the old Boeing/SAIC info-ads regarding systems of systems for the now-defunct Future Combat Systems (BTC) program that would have formally rolled out in 2015.— May 29, 2010 4:46 p.m.
SEC Charges, Forced into Open by San Diegan, Show Wall Street Corruption
You did make a response to a previous comment of mine regarding SEC personnel having the time to look at porn all day long when they should have been finding meaningful things to do. I believe you said that their superiors at SEC really didn't want them investigating with vigor... at least that was the impression I got. The Bumbling Petroleum Gulf mess now may be a case of too much closeness between an agency and the corporations it was supposed to regulate. Obviously, it is not the only example of this problem around. I have my own stories of public utilities and the California Department of Toxic Substance Control resulting in an increasing number of mesothelioma lawyers interested in Southeast San Diego and Lemon Grove, but none of all that rivals this tale of aimless inactivity at SEC regarding the largest hedge fund it was supposedly monitoring.— May 27, 2010 5:42 p.m.
Graham Claims She Was "Spotless" in Florida. Hogwash!
RE #7 linked material: "Some time before April 9, 2008 a person called 'Joe' wrote a long email to Tim McClain, Editor of San Diego Metropolitan Magazine, attaching lengthy cuttings from various newspapers in Miami, Las Vegas and LA." "Obviously 'Joe' is a little naive about how San Diego's establishment works. Instead of investigating it McLain forwarded the email to William Jones, the San Diego developer at the center of the scandal. Jones passed it on to Graham who shared it with CCDC Board members. Nice work McLain. That's why the establishment loves you. You're their guy." -------- Ouch.— May 27, 2010 10:37 a.m.
IKEA by Bus
Eventually, if we build enough freeways, enough homes will be condemned and torn down that we won't need more freeways. We won't need any new freeways at all if Meg becomes governor, as everything we need will be available on EBay. Of course, state sales tax revenues on un-taxed Internet sales could fall to zero...— May 27, 2010 10:30 a.m.
Slurp! Slurp! SERP Propels Felsinger's Pay
On empirical observation of your avatar, you look just like MURPHYJUNK. Perhaps nan should be so informed...— May 20, 2010 2:39 p.m.
Slurp! Slurp! SERP Propels Felsinger's Pay
Apparently, Felsinger was paid about $21 million more than Sempra Energy had to contribute to SDG&E's work putting all county power lines underground. Waiting on 2063 and the end of the wildfires... NB - a google search of "bloomberg SERP" spit back a link for something I've never seen before, respectfully submitted for your reading pleasure: BLOOMBERG LAW REPORTS® Executive Compensation http://www.bloomberg.com/blaw/eclr_20080701.pdf— May 20, 2010 2:34 p.m.
Should San Diegans Give Up Simple Majority Rights For Passing Prop. 16?
RE #1: "Corporate arrogance" was a phrase used by the federal prosecutor on her closing arguments, before guilty verdicts were returned in UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. SDG&E. Corporate arrogance seems to have figured a lot in both the Crash of 2008 and this year's 2010 Flash Crash I (yes, I expect to see more of that later this year.)— May 20, 2010 11:09 a.m.
Uninsured Wildfire Billings Still Tied Up in Negotiations
RE #1 & removal: I did not see the comment and just found out about its removal, but if it questioned the veracity of the above blog, then I urge Reader readers to subscribe to the California Public Utility Commission's daily bulletins on documents recently filed by utility companies and by other parties in support or opposition. There are many, many things going on behind the scenes that most of us simply have no clue of. Having more eyes on the dozens of CPUC filings happening each month will make us all a more informed electorate, especially now that investor owned utilities have developed a taste for California constitutional amendment at the ballot box.— May 20, 2010 10:56 a.m.
San Diego’s newest corporate darling, Bridgepoint Education
"We men don't have much to be proud of. Best, Don Bauder" I am proud that there are actually some women who manage to put up with me for small but significant slices of meaningful time. I am proud that some men got together to hold the Second Constitutional Convention. I am proud AND thankful that their wives waited a bit before demanding that they all get real jobs and quit playing around with their gunpowder horns and musket balls. This is no criticism of women: God knows that without a good kick from our Better Halves once in a while, we non-Alpha males would do... not much of anything that didn't involve a brewed beverage. Come to think of it, some of those men at the Convention also started their own colleges and universities rather than get real jobs. The tradition continues.— May 18, 2010 5:34 p.m.
Your Tax Dollars are Being Used to Destroy Irreplaceable Historic Structures
"Mr. Allen has recently had particular experience in the development of low-income multifamily housing involving a wide variety of financing sources, including low-income housing tax credits, federal and state loan programs, HUD financing, tax-exempt bonds, and private equity funds." Sounds like a description of projects by Carter Reese & Associates, or at least a partial Carolyn Smith résumé. I do not know that Mr. Allen has worked with or for CR&A or SEDC, but if he's practiced in San Diego in the above specific fields, he could be as close to either as SDG&E executives are with Public Utility regulators over dinner (http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/encanto-gas…).— May 18, 2010 3:14 p.m.