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How CityBeaten thinks
Mr.Mencken, what a witty riposte! We really truly deeply appreciate it. Love the picture of the Publisher with graffito! He looks so kindly: who knew he was so evil? Or that CityBeat could sink so low? Or that The Filner Lesson was zero tolerance for sexual harassment? All along it seemed like zero tolerance for liberal Jewish Democratic mayors in this paradise lost.— November 16, 2014 10:59 p.m.
Congressman Peters and the dark arts
Please, high-minded Readerreader speculators who refuse to let go. Almost 5,000 more 52nd District voters wanted to keep a moderate Democrat in the U.S. Congress than wanted a Tea Party Republican. We fervently hope DeMaio now will leave us in peace after this second local defeat. As for Jeff Light's soul: he can always go to confession if he was lying -- which I doubt, because in that case he just would have stayed quiet.— November 15, 2014 11:24 a.m.
Congressman Peters and the dark arts
Where's the headline linking defeated congressional candidate Carl DeMaio with the "dark arts?" Every political race involves "opposition research." If it's an expensive hard-fought race, "opposition research" is purchased by both sides. It may or may not be accurate and it may or may not be used. I don't think Matt Potter has told us yet how much money was spent by Carl DeMaio on "opposition research" or revealed the names of companies used. Is there any way to account for accuracy or false charges leveled by either side? (I for one was skeptical about over-reach in DeMaio ads noticing Peters' BMW expenses while he was on City Council and false claims that Peters made money from official Congressional votes.) Mainly, it's great to have surcease from the relentless TV barrage. Time to acknowledge that the best man won. Tme to move on.— November 14, 2014 6:23 p.m.
A special-interest blowout reformers love to hate
Scary "before"-style photograph Jeff Marston, who has absolutely no standing (along with newscaster John Beatty and that over-opinionated prof Carl Luna ) to weigh in on political campaign civility. The same for Steve Peace, famously one of the rudest legislators ever to walk the halls of the California State Capitol.— November 13, 2014 3:31 p.m.
Yakety kayak
It's a miracle that plain beachgoers can access La Jolla Shores at all anymore. Kayak classes fill the water, the boat-launch area, sidewalks of the Shores business district. Kayak entrepreneurs have taken over Shores storefronts. Fortunately there are major interminable sewer repairs in the area that will dampen everyone's enthusiasm for hitting the sand at La Jolla Shores.— November 13, 2014 3:20 p.m.
Your move, sexy Grandmaster
The question is does Patrick Daugherty know chess or is this an incredibly clever contrived piece of writing? It seems vishy to me anand I'm not the only one who wonders. Also, why the gratuitous USA!USA! slap at Vladimir's Sochi ? Russia was smart enough to bid for the tournament, probably got a good deal, and the maligned "Dead City" of Sochi gets a notice in the San Diego Reader.— November 12, 2014 5:21 p.m.
SeaWorld stock takes another plunge
There was plenty the matter with "Blackfish" as a film, but SeaWorld's shortcomings are so much worse that it's no wonder stock is plummeting. Holding marine creatures captive and putting them onstage for "shows" with human "trainers" is no longer an acceptable business model. SeaWorld sounds like Carl DeMaio -- blaming the press and competition. SeaWorld needs to change or die: it's what capitalism is all about.— November 12, 2014 5 p.m.
The family Falic
Juan Vargas, Tony Young, the Huesos, Rachel Laing. Sellouts every one to 1) insurance moguls; 2) anyone at all; 3) anyone Latino; 4) craft beer and weed interests. I challenge Matt Potter to find one story about a politician who did something good for his/her constituents. Please.— November 12, 2014 4:51 p.m.
Hunter's helper on jungle junket
For what it's worth, your photo of the Gorongosa Experience showing a splash of red wine in a red-wine glass does not depict the junketing Ms. Middleton: it's just a marketing photo of some other anonymous white woman getting waited on.— November 12, 2014 2:26 p.m.
Fat pay boost for SDSU's Elliot Hirshman
Nobody thinks the less-than-men's-wages salary structure is a strange thing to complain about, Visduh. High-profile women taking high-profile jobs should require the same pay as any male predecessor, period. And if they happen to be Queen or Chancellor or President of UC, they should not turn around and slap UC students' families with tuition increases.— November 10, 2014 1:38 p.m.