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"I’m going to bury your little railroad."
So can anyone tell me why Mr. Cox would be so very aggressive and hostile over this? I agree with the writer, both projects could well have existed, and even complemented each other. We have had some strange goings on with various planning groups and our representation. Wish I could figure out why— December 19, 2014 12:08 p.m.
Moldy showers and organized crime
Well, the hope is that by providing a stable place for the homeless, you will also be providing them an opportunity to clear their heads and focus on making some changes for the better. Surely it is better to live in a hopeful world, and try to help than it is to just leave people on the street, and have them succumb to violence or health crises or any number of unnecessarily sad outcomes.— December 14, 2014 7:50 a.m.
City to retake De Anza Cove real estate
Does anyone remember the guy from Florida who was active in the comments on various real estate issues here a year or so ago? He kept repeating that he thought San Diego could be the "new South Beach" or something like that? Who knows, maybe someone was listening. I certainly hope ten or so eighty story buildings won't be built there. I hope that the public is able to keep height limits to a reasonable level at least.— December 13, 2014 7:10 p.m.
It would have been prudent...
Something more to keep track of...— December 11, 2014 9 a.m.
Lost the election, won the plum
I'm not sure he has any pals at Southwestern College, but maybe he found a gig somewhere. I can't think what he would be qualified to teach, however. We can only hope that the recount brings a good result.— December 10, 2014 9:53 p.m.
It would have been prudent...
anniej. I agree--but, when voting last time around, I noticed that most of the judges have no one running against them. That could be a problem.— December 10, 2014 2:28 p.m.
Lost the election, won the plum
Susan and anniej, isn't it amazing that we need to be ever vigilant here in the South Bay, as apparently we are seen as easy targets for so many schemers. But I think the fact that we are catching on will work in our favor. Just as Sweetwater needs to start playing by the rules, so does the city of Chula Vista--Chula Vista needs to start maintaining a city plan that means something, a city plan that actually reflects what the people who live here want in their home town. Not what developers want to extract from it. And, as light dawns on us, we see that cooperative politicians are rewarded by sweet positions that may only require allowing developers to do just what they please. We will need to watch what the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority is doing, or not doing. Again I say, amazing. The salt plant never really looked like much--so what sort of development would they have in mind. They would have to substantially alter that area of the bay front to be able to build much of anything, right? I have heard that there is supposed to be a large hotel going in on the southern-most part of Imperial Beach (where the condemned apartment buildings now are) and supposedly there is a plan to replace the trailer park that sits just north of 75 on the bay with condos. That and the proposed expansion of Navy facilities would seem to make IB quite the happening spot. The sharks must be smelling blood in the water. I hope all the citizens of IB and the southern reaches of San Diego will wake up so that what will be built will benefit the larger communities and the people who live there--and not just be a few more fast bucks for those who really know how to work corporate welfare for their benefit.— December 10, 2014 9:06 a.m.
Lost the election, won the plum
Just as you say--perhaps there are some who do not know that in suburban DC very recently a plane did crash into a house, killing a young mother and her two children. This was a plane that was attempting a landing at a smaller airfield. The reason I brought up Brown Field is that as Jim Janney will be getting a rather nice salary, there might be those who will hope or expect him to produce something...along the lines of something that would benefit that dear aggregate, the developers, who seem to be popping up just about everywhere these days. If I am off the mark or just plain wrong, please forgive me, as I am just trying to figure out what is going on around here.— December 9, 2014 6:07 p.m.
It would have been prudent...
Well, now I have a little more information, courtesy of http://judgepedia.org/Ana_L._Espana#Education She was appointed by Gov. Schwartzenegger, reelected and her current stint is over in 2017. Undergrad & law school at USD. You would think they would have told her that the Ed Code exists!! Kinda sorta looks odd to me.— December 9, 2014 4:47 p.m.
It would have been prudent...
Yesterday I happened to tune in to the local PBS radio station where there was a panel discussing grand juries. Much of the discussion had to do with the recent situations with unarmed black men being killed by police officers, and the grand juries finding that there wasn't enough evidence to prosecute. However, one attorney brought up Sweetwater as an example of a grand jury that found evidence to prosecute when in that attorney's opinion there was not evidence to prosecute. Pity I didn't get his name. Apparently his client had been charged, and had pled down. He wasn't challenged on that by the PBS host or anyone else on the panel. What I find intriguing here is the continued effort by some to try and sweep everything under the rug--meanwhile, in San Ysidro, they are trying to get Manuel Paul to return the $200,000-plus he was given. I am sorry that our local PBS station is no longer as accurate and objective in its reporting as it once was. Judge Espana certainly didn't do justice to much of anything. Who appointed her?— December 9, 2014 12:45 p.m.