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Irwin Jacobs' loyalist Todd Gloria gets his reward
Gosh, Fred Sainz has done well since he left San Diego. Last I heard of him he was in Denver working for some LGBT organization. Now he's a big cheese at Apple HQ, being well-remunerated no doubt, for intelligence and incisive comment.— March 7, 2019 8:50 p.m.
Airbnb vans invade San Diego streets
Make that Hep-A outbreaks.— March 6, 2019 10:25 p.m.
Airbnb vans invade San Diego streets
Of course, AlexClark, the notion of "affordable" housing is a cynical hoax, based on the hope that saying something long enough will make it true.The "market-rate" housing boom (aka giveaway to developers) being hastily enabled by our departing Mayor and his friends at SkateWorld-obliterating CivicSD is a figment. Most of the "new jobs" being "created" are lower-wage than "old jobs" and that is why no one can afford to rent or buy a place to live. If anyone gave a damn, rent control would be authorized and permanent shelter for the homeless would be built, where social and public health services could be delivered. As for that embarrassing Sinclair Lewis-style-booster slogan of "America's Finest City," it would be a bi-partisan boon if it disappeared. it was founded in GOP and civic ignominy and perpetuated even in the face of Hep-C outbreaks on our streets.— March 6, 2019 6:50 p.m.
Clairemont braces for density
A great story, Julie Stalmer. It is astonishing and upsetting to read these facts about official end-runs, exclusion via technology, steamrolling over community preference and concern, totally rigging the outcome. Cassander is right: there IS law and they are breaking it. There needs to be a lawsuit. It sounds like a moment for Cory Briggs.— March 4, 2019 8:19 p.m.
Airbnb vans invade San Diego streets
In the not-so-long-ago, unidentified Mercedes vans idled for hours curbside in front of various homes in La Jolla's Barber Tract near the beach. Neighbors didn't like it and complained to the cops who were oddly unperturbed. It turned out to be part of then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney's entourage, discreetly awaiting his call for service. At the time, Romney owned an ocean-front house in the area. Now there will be inebriated spring-breakers in Airbnb vans vying for spots with homeless car-dwellers having overnights. Bring it on! There's an "affordable housing crisis" in San Diego! And an elitist law preventing too-tall structures in the beach zone! It's what happens when thwarted developers can't put up their dense apartment blocks without parking spaces!— March 4, 2019 6:11 p.m.
Linda Vista's Skate World, you're fine, now go away
Skate World fans from all over the county have to act now to demand that City Council kill this terrible plan to replace Linda Vista's 65-year-old landmark Skate World with a big box store. (Also, maybe I'm wrong, but it doesn't help to say three times in one story that SW is a great place for adults to drop off their kids to run errands!) It's important to save Skate World: it's historic, it's amazingly fun, its longtime owners want to purchase it and maintain their neighborhood relationships. Let's hope the newly-configured City Council will deep-six this typically soulless CivicSD development proposal.— March 3, 2019 8:07 p.m.
Poway Mayor Steve Vaus announces for Dianne Jacobs seat
I have to say that blond GOP Supervisor Kristin Gaspar, as photographed here, seems to have surpassed the California blond beauty zenith set by another blond GOP politician, Shirley Horton from South Bay. Whatever happened to her?— February 28, 2019 9:45 p.m.
San Diego County prepping radical vote counting change
Visduh, I'm sure Mexico has its share of shady vote-counting, but the official system followed by Mexico elevates the act of voting to the status of a democratic Holy Day of Obligation, not the workaday confusing mish-mash we now have here. As for your contention that the only 100% honest Mexican presidential election is the one that gave the world Vicente Fox, I have to disagree. Probably Coca-Cola orchestrated that one for its favorite son.— February 28, 2019 5:47 p.m.
San Diego County prepping radical vote counting change
Whatever they do to "improve" our voting systems, just make sure there is always a paper ballot available to the voter. Personally, I think there are too many options now -- by mail, at your precinct, at the Registrar of Voters or at the new voting centers, early, on the day, mail-ballot turn-in at your precinct, machine or paper -- it's nuts. How about declaring a Sunday in November US Election Day, closing the bars and everyone going somewhere to vote a paper ballot? It works for Mexico.— February 27, 2019 9:20 p.m.
San Diego cops control streetlight spy video
Three years ago San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulkner sold out to tech entrepreneurs for re-election campaign cash, allowing installation of spy streetlights at undisclosed locations around the city. Until now, there was no public discussion by elected representatives or public information in the local media before millions of taxpayer dollars were spent. Data collection from these spy streetlight stations is allegedly held only by the police. Why don't I feel relief, more secure? Do the cops share this information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or Customs and Border Protection in contravention of the laws of California's sanctuary state? Why do I feel shocked and concerned? How is this different from East German Stasi police that routinely collected information on its citizens and used it against them?— February 26, 2019 9:54 p.m.