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High dudgeon: Jan Goldsmith's default state of mind?— August 5, 2014 3:10 p.m.
33% of the profit? No problem — hey!
Isn't that the truth! There is certainly work here for someone like him.— August 4, 2014 10:07 p.m.
If we were transparent...
If we were transparent...it wouldn't be San Diego!— August 4, 2014 10:03 p.m.
Between open government and a hard place
If only.— August 4, 2014 11:37 a.m.
33% of the profit? No problem — hey!
So true, anniej. We absolutely need to ensure that everything adds up: candidates must live in the area in which they are running. But--what if someone rents an apartment, maybe using it for an office--and declares that to be a residence for the purposes of running? We will need all this checked out! Time for all local people to work together--we need to change the 'business as usual' to what benefits the students--and what is a responsible usage of tax and bond funds. Down with the Ed Brand Pet Projects--Up with Clean Dealing! We cannot afford to give away public funds to Ed Brand's friends--why were he and Russo being so generous, anyway? Were there any kickbacks involved? Who can order a forensic audit? Can Interim Superintendent Glover order one--who would select the person or persons in charge of the audit? Because it would need to be someone outside of the Russo-Brand circle. Which is to say, someone trustworthy.— August 4, 2014 6:40 a.m.
33% of the profit? No problem — hey!
Precisely. Here are some more names: Juan Vargas? Shirley Weber? Marty Block? Apparently there are allegiances hidden. Does anyone out there give a rip that our schoolchildren have been systematically robbed for decades?— August 3, 2014 7 p.m.
Joseph Abramowitz scoffs at Alzheimer’s tests
Some people have posited, however, that just as there are individuals whose bodies manufacture insulin, but are insulin resistant, there might be a category of individual whose system is capable of manufacturing T3, but whose system is resistant somehow--which might be why some people have levels that look ok, but they are still symptomatic/hypothyroid.— August 3, 2014 6:12 p.m.
33% of the profit? No problem — hey!
The layers of deceit begin to be peeled away. How many more layers until we reach the substance of the thing, the truth? Where does the complicity start, and where does it end? Is this why it has been so difficult to get anywhere with all the problems in Sweetwater? Too many people are tied into the "deals", so they would rather the public be ignored and stuck paying all the bills, like the suckers they intended us to be? While the school children are being robbed of their right to a reasonable education? These appalling examples of breathing, walking creatures of deceit. What has it gained them? Why go to such lengths? Surely it isn't just so that Sweetwater gains a new administrative building? Surely all these careful levels of trickery involve something of benefit for someone? I do hope we find out, and that this time the judge at work will be someone who actually has some judicial integrity--unlike Espana.— August 3, 2014 6:05 p.m.
Joseph Abramowitz scoffs at Alzheimer’s tests
Intriguing. I've been told though, that heart conditions can be exacerbated by excessive synthroid. And that during the 1960s, some doctors were prescribing synthroid for weight loss, and then there was a backlash.— August 3, 2014 11:33 a.m.
33% of the profit? No problem — hey!
Oskidoll, what you write certainly rings true. The all-pervasive corruption might be why no one pressed charges against the head of food services who was running her business on district time, selling products to the district, charging the district for her travel expenses as she went to product fairs, hiring relatives, etc., etc., etc. Those charged were the underlings who had been selling district provisions at flea markets--no wonder as my daughter said when she was in middle school--"There's never any food, even when you are there at the early lunch break!" Yes, in a corrupt environment, people seem to figure out where they can get their cut. Except the honest people...who sometimes are punished simply because they will not be dishonest. What a place. What a mess. What a much-needed forensic audit would do to peel away the layers of corruption and deceit. Meanwhile, let's all be unrelenting, and let all areas of law enforcement and government know that we will not tolerate this insidious and malevolent situation.— August 2, 2014 1:43 p.m.