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La Jolla Cove is becoming a sea lion cesspool
The "smell" is in fact a stench and pinniped colonization of the rocks at La Jolla Cove has become a serious problem affecting sightseers, swimmers and locals as well as the area's economy. This is an excellent story -- and video -- that accurately describes the situation. I know other hard-core ocean swimmers at La Jolla Cove who are refusing to work out in those turbid waters. There are remedies that harmlessly discourage the animals and mitigate the stench -- Mayor Bob Filner got the ball rolling -- but no one else at the City seems to have the brains, resourcefulness or willpower to continue his effort. To be continued, I guess.— January 16, 2014 3:17 p.m.
Drone-maker draws a bead on mayoral Democrat
Probably someone who has qualms about the military/industrial complex. Of all the ink-stained wretches in this town, I never feel jerked around by Matt Potter's reporting in the Reader. In this case as in others, two sides are presented. I mean, how "buried" can something be when we're looking at eleven paragraphs total? And if Potter throws in the True History of Admiral Froman getting inappropriately "touched," well, it keeps both him and the reader awake and amused.— January 14, 2014 9:09 p.m.
Drone-maker draws a bead on mayoral Democrat
There seems to be a theme emerging here in recent comments to Matt Potter's consistent reportage on the money flowing into San Diego's mayoral race. Blaming the messenger with allegations of "partisanship, bias, hypocrisy?" I don't think so, phellas. Probably you should just defend your candidate Faulconer on his merits, if you can -- not on the money he is raking in (and sometimes misrepresenting) from developers, drone-makers and wheeler-dealers.— January 14, 2014 11:18 a.m.
More Stuck in the Rough cash for Republican Faulconer
It's pretty clear how the sides are lining up in the San Diego mayoral race. Voters will have to choose between candidate Goliath Falconer backed by developers, business interests and Chamber of Commerce types and candidate David Alvarez backed by Labor interests and ordinary citizens in neighborhoods with commonplace problems, hopes and expectations. In mayoral races last Fall, both Boston and New York elected populists who spoke to the concerns and needs of regular people. Is it a trend? We'll find out next month.— January 10, 2014 6:34 p.m.
Peters sets up fundraising committee with Arizona Democrat
Everyone who's grateful to have Congressman Scott Peters representing them instead of Brian Bilbray, whom Scott vanquished 13 months ago, ought to recognize that contestant Carl DeMaio is a lot worse than Bilbray ever was. Peters is a pragmatic centrist for a centrist district and deserves to be re-elected to the House. Those Hedgcocks really get around on the Right: Roger finances Faulconer for mayor and Cindy $upports DeMaio. What a pair.— January 10, 2014 6:06 p.m.
Hedgecock firm gives big to anti-Alvarez campaign
I didn't see any hit here, just some of the facts about Hedgecock's sketchy past and present generosity to Kevin Faulconer. No justification of Labor's contributions to David Alvarez either, though from the look of things, Alvarez is going to need every penny. Matt Potter didn't even mention Roger's post-mayoral nadir on KOGO Radio when he regularly organized Minutemen vigilante trips to the San Diego/Tijuana border to shine truck and car lights across no-man's-land in hopes of spotlighting undocumented crossers. With friends like Roger Hedgecock, Kevin Faulconer won't need enemies.— January 10, 2014 12:24 p.m.
The NFL ought to worry about TiVo
A 30-second TV ad will cost $4 million at the 2014 Super Bowl. What's the matter with that picture?— January 8, 2014 4:11 p.m.
City purchase orders: $110K spent on Chargers carpeting
Do we know if the carpets were laid prone or supine?— January 7, 2014 7:53 p.m.
FAA passes over San Diego as drone-testing site
Hats off to San Diego Veterans for Peace who show up every Thursday in the wilds of Poway to draw attention to General Atomics' manufacturing of drones. Drones are not "humanitarian," they spy on people and and, when armed, they kill people. Less-informed communities across the country got these FAA drone-testing contracts. In this hyper-military town, we can count ourselves blessed to have dodged a bullet.— January 3, 2014 12:48 p.m.
The Best Films of 2013
Earth to Scott: I can't even follow your response, it is so full of scorn and dismissive references to mall-world and USA Today. Set aside ego and outrage and tell us about the movies themselves. I get your "undying passion and devotion" and some of the "sense of humor," and I too appreciate Kensington Video, but I contend you lose me and other readers-as-moviegoers whom you might reach as the Reader's film critic. Isn't that the print movie reviewer's basic obligation? Even the Reader's long-time, gold-standard, controversial reviewer Duncan Shepard -- who expressed plenty of misgivings about the movie business and popular culture -- made that effort.— January 3, 2014 12:28 p.m.