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Thank heaven for good samaritan
An awful lot of "good Samaritans" wind up dead, injured, or mired in a lot of trouble. We do not live in a society of people who want everyone to be helpful. If we did, we wouldn't have laws protected criminals and assailants while handing out no meaningful punishments for their behavior and allowing lawsuits against those who "get involved and do something". And while I am a fan of dialing 911 to report problems, inevitably they're far more interested in me than in what I'm trying to report.— September 3, 2014 12:45 p.m.
Community turns on North Park attacker(s)
You seriously blame night clubs and liquor stores? You're free to move to Utah or a "dry county" in Texas if you really believe that'll make you safer. But restricting everyone's freedom because the bad guy just might have had a drink or been to a nightclub before committing his crime is assinine.— September 3, 2014 12:21 p.m.
Community turns on North Park attacker(s)
Let's all ask the Sheriff why, for decades, the basic human right to self-defense is not to be permitted to San Diego residents. The police have no duty to protect you. They can, very literally, see you being attacked, and just walk or drive away, and there is nothing that can be done against them. And if the cops aren't right next to you when an attack happens, all they can do is take reports and collect evidence to maybe build a case that maybe the DA will accept and might be prosecuted and might result in a conviction that might result in a meaningful sentence that might not get AB109ed down to nothing in a few weeks. Self-defense classes are a good start, but will not let a 110 lb. woman successfully fight off a determined or enraged 200 lb. male assailant, especially one with a history of violence. Pepper spray might work. It might not. A gun and the training to use it correctly is always your best last line of defense. That's an option that's available to most Americans, and even a lot of Californians... just not San Diegans. And that travesty needs to end. We need CCW issuance reform.— September 3, 2014 12:19 p.m.
From stupid girl to stalked
Nobody needs a gun. Nobody needs a CCW. Call the police. They will come instantly and save you. It's their job! Right?— September 3, 2014 12:12 p.m.
What? Drugs and nudity at a rock concert?
There are probably people who are all for drugs but don't like nudity. Why shouldn't their viewpoint prevail instead of yours? In my world, let there be nudity and drugs, and let everyone who doesn't approve turn the other way.— August 25, 2014 2:47 p.m.
Pave it
I want to see "express lanes" designed to keep traffic moving in them at all times. That means when the rest of the freeway grinds to a halt, keep raising tools so that average speed stays above 55 or so. Twice now, some kind of wreck has closed down part of the 15. What do they do? "Oh, let's open the toll lanes and make them free for everyone!" Result: "Express" lanes are instantly just as clogged as the rest. That's backwards. An obstruction in the open lanes should immediately raise the toll to $12 or $15, whatever is sufficient to keep everyone from crowding it to a standstill. Let us have a choice... stew in traffic for free, or pay a few bucks to move. It isn't my fault that my time is worth more to me than yours is to you, and I don't care if you're angry at how I value my time. It doesn't improve your life to make me stew next to you.— August 15, 2014 3:18 p.m.
Big money gambling emporium gets Brown break
What happens when things get better? Will they keep on paying a percentage of revenue... or will they be put back on the fixed fee? We should end the specially-protected monopoly status of gaming tribes. Let anyone open a casino wherever they can get local zoning boards to allow it. Tax everyone the same way.— August 15, 2014 3:14 p.m.
Later on, San Diego
This is what happens when demand exceeds supply, and then someone tries to "fix" the problem by pouring money into the system to "help people afford" what they want... prices head for the stratosphere. The ONLY ways to bring down housing prices (which no current owner wants anyway) are to A) increase supply by building more (where?); or to decrease demand. And how do you make people not want to live in San Diego, other then by having prices rise to the point that they leave? We will reach a point where prices will have to collapse. But, before that happens, anyone who can't afford to live in San Diego can, and should, leave.— August 15, 2014 2:06 p.m.
San Ysidro-Tijuana terminal soon a reality
Never work on spec. If you don't have a signed contract, you have to assume you'll get zero credit and money.— August 6, 2014 1:44 p.m.
Anti-wage boost group spends $114,000
Why should anyone be handed a raise for living and breathing? There are so many ways to EARN more than minimum wage. NASSCO has fired up their training program. Continuing Ed, ROP, community colleges... lots of ways you can learn real skill that's actually useful, and start earning more. But why should all of us face price increases to benefit the do-nothings who refuse to climb off the bottom rung of the work ladder? We all wind up worse off so they can feel a little better for a short prior of time before they start to cry again about how expensive everything is and need another free boost. If you can't afford to live in San Diego, move. There are lots of places with a much lower cost of living and the same minimum wage. You can boost your standard of living right now... oh, but you have human right to live at the beach, right?— August 4, 2014 2:26 p.m.