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Opening Shot: All Is Lost
Must admit that I found myself criticizing the man for the slowness of his reaction to all the challenges, and thinking he should have been better prepared, but of course, that would have been a very different story! His deliberate pace seemed to underline the enormity of what he was up against. Flawed thinking, the result of the impossibility of the situation, lack of water, sleep, food--or the character's intrinsic lack of self-knowledge and his own limitations? The cinematography was excellent. Of course, I had to wonder why there was no emergency signal when the raft opened up. I thought that automatically triggers a radio signal that can be picked up from very far away. But I could be wrong, or it was an older model raft!— October 31, 2013 11:03 p.m.
South Bay schools defendants get day in court
Hope all of you get to see the video that is going around of a certain Dr. Bully!— October 31, 2013 5:34 p.m.
South Bay schools defendants get day in court
Yes, not exactly a ringing endorsement for a public figure. Not someone any student should want to emulate. We need to do better here. We can do better here.— October 31, 2013 9:46 a.m.
South Bay schools defendants get day in court
And nothing is being done about the blatant disregard and contempt for the teachers, students and taxpayers of this district? Sickening. We are fed up with what is being fed to us.— October 31, 2013 5:50 a.m.
Cops kick out public from Sweetwater board meeting
Hear, hear!! I have to believe part of the problem here in the southern part of San Diego County is that some "heavy hitters" in local government think that we are second rate, and we only deserve what is second rate. Well, they are wrong. We will just have to stand up and convince everyone that they are wrong. Corruption does not represent us; thieving administrators do not define us; deceptive trustees do not fool us; deal-making that is for the benefit of those "in charge" does not impress us. We must and we will stand up so that everyone who looks down on us will now need to look UP at us, as we will stand for the truth, for the best education for our young people, and for honest caretaking of our community assets.— October 30, 2013 1:36 p.m.
Cops kick out public from Sweetwater board meeting
How believable is it that those documents do not exist?! More evidence of fraud, I would have to say.— October 30, 2013 1:25 p.m.
Lowe Enterprises seeks to develop Mission Valley's Town and Country hotel
Piggybacking on corporate images, (even at the subliminal level) could somehow make a group seem more professional? Just a guess.— October 27, 2013 5:15 p.m.
Cops kick out public from Sweetwater board meeting
So--if McCann has not fully recovered from the car accident, yet wants the public to believe he is just fine--wasn't there a letter from an attorney stating that McCann was AOK, that vaguely threatened those who insinuated otherwise? Very odd. Ok? Not ok? In therapy? Yet just fine? Yet needing Brand to tell him what to do next? Or has he always needed Brand to tell him what to do next?— October 24, 2013 11:13 p.m.
Detroit's "laughable" pension tomfoolery akin to San Diego's
Wow. Interesting that this is still going on. I feel sure I have read several articles on how the pensions were much more under control... My question is, how many individuals are getting these 13th paychecks? And is there a way to find out the range of amounts? And is there a way to make this end? Thanks for the report!— October 24, 2013 10:47 a.m.
Cops kick out public from Sweetwater board meeting
If we, the taxpaying public, try to be very kind to this board, we might be able to say that they must be easily influenced by their real estate friends, and simply have too much money on their hands, it just burns holes in their pockets! Yet we know reserves have been spent to almost nothing, $40 - 50 million is MISSING from Mello-Roos accounts, Ed Brand keeps trying to make deals--sketchy, dicey, questionable deals--with sketchy and dicey groups and individuals, the Board pulls a bait and switch on teachers' and staffs' health benefits--the list really is endless. If we were allowed to vote right now, wouldn't it be great if we could send them all packing?! But---we get precious little cooperation from most of the news outlets in this area. Remember, Ed Brand has his deal with the U-T, because he 'needed some time to get everything running on track, and the critics just made it so difficult'!!! So his pals at the U-T end up conspiring in a news blackout. Or if not a blackout, a soft-soap rendition that allows all of Fast Eddy's multiple sins to be washed away...nauseating. And we have the local Star-News, which is very dependent upon local real estate ads. We know they don't really have it it their power to speak out with complete honesty, unless they want to lose all their ad revenue. And we also don't really know who the real estate advisors are who keep getting this board to purchase more and more property. Which should be a matter of public record. So what do we do? Prayer is always an option. Faith can move mountains, I have been told. I just hope it can move Ed Brand and all his corrupt friends and co-workers away to a place far more suitable--some state pen, perhaps.— October 24, 2013 10:39 a.m.