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Hawkins Way uses San Diego's Procopio lawyers to lobby city hall for downtown evictions
Take a look at the two links Cassander offers: a deeply depressing rogues gallery of all the usual aiders and abettors.— March 20, 2019 9:49 p.m.
Downtown San Diego's Plaza Hotel goes; homeless parking proposed on Mission Bay
The Reader's crisis chronicles: In six years, the number of single-room occupancy hotels in San Diego have dropped from 123 to 37? This precipitous decline in minimal "affordable" housing has happened entirely on Mayor Faulconer's watch. Where's the outrage?— March 20, 2019 4:24 p.m.
KFMB's Elisabeth Kimmel caught in Georgetown admission bribe
I would say that is absolutely true, barring a murder charge. At Harvard College, tuition/room and board in 2019 at $67,580, if you are caught cheating on an exam as Ted Kennedy was, you are dis-enrolled for a year and then allowed to return.— March 20, 2019 2:40 p.m.
Scott Peters gift to Duke just coincidental?
No matter the innuendo about Scott Peters' son's job at a fancy college prep company in which the Congressman and his wife have invested. At least the kid is working. Scott Peters has been a moderate Democrat representing everybody well in a half-Republican district. Peters pioneered flipping a congressional seat from R to D, seems to have secured it, and has set an example for other Dem congressional victories in the county. In 2020 maybe Ammar Campa-Najar will be able to topple indicted Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter Jr. with help from established Dem officeholders like Scott Peters.— March 20, 2019 2:18 p.m.
Scott Peters gift to Duke just coincidental?
I would say that Jack McGrory, who later in life has taken a turn to the dark side, earns every penny he is paid as a member of the CSU board. He is responsible for snagging the Qualcomm Stadium site for San Diego State's planned expansion into Mission Valley and for keeping the terms of the deal murky. Will taxpayers be on the hook for the deal? Will there ever be a River Park? Will traffic in the area, once developed, ever move out of gridlock? No one seems to know or care.— March 20, 2019 2:01 p.m.
Charles and Diana: the difference between Mstislav Rostropovich and Duran Duran
Penny-wise and pound-foolish to furlough Jeff Smith, though I had noticed fewer and fewer reviews from him over the last year. There's a lot of theater in San Diego and it will be a pity not to have his Critic's Pick recommendations. I am sorry to see him go and The Reader will be poorer for it.— March 19, 2019 7:53 p.m.
San Diego cops release streetlight spy cam rules
For the third time, does anyone know if invited representatives from the ACLU and EFF actually showed up at this evening's SDPD-sponsored meeting at the Malcolm X Library on this topic?— March 13, 2019 9:37 p.m.
First public meeting on San Diego's surveillance via streetlight
SDPD Lt. Jordan said yesterday in this paper that American Civil Liberties Union and Electronic Frontier Foundation had been invited to the public meeting tomorrow at Malcolm X Library. Have ACLU and EFF representatives accepted? Will they show up? Hearing their perspective on all this surveillance matters.— March 12, 2019 1:27 p.m.
Hacker stalls Port of San Diego's video spy network
Here's a challenge and an invitation. But I'm not going down to the Malcolm X Library on a Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in stop and stop southbound traffic unless I know that the ACLU and the EFF have committed to attend the gathering. How about it, Lt. Jordon?— March 11, 2019 6:44 p.m.
Linda Vista's Skate World, you're fine, now go away
You are so right about bipartisan support for terrible ideas, especially ones that will bring money into politicians' re-election campaigns. Maybe some issues on which the entire City Council caves are worth remembering in order to vote people out of office at the next available opportunity. Plus signing the petition noted above and speaking up at the Council meeting where they plan to sell out. Skate World is worth saving. Also, candidates for Mayor need to reveal their positions on this question.— March 11, 2019 6:31 p.m.