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How high can Bankers Hill go?
Twenty stories? St. Paul's Cathedral? Even if it were ALL affordable housing, it would be utterly out of character with the neighborhood. This will open the door to more of same.You can put lipstick on a pig, but it will still be a pig. I am shocked.— July 17, 2018 10:10 p.m.
Out-of-town money pushing the room tax hike
I don't know that I'd call it "foreign control," but it's interesting to learn about what kinds of outside entities see fit to suck up to the Mayor and Chamber by supporting their ballot measure to raise the hotel tax and add to the sprawling Convention Center -- Airbnb and a private prison operator? Lobbying is protected by the Constitution, but this is ridiculous. Who at the City was responsible for corralling these groups? Thanks for the pie-chart.— July 13, 2018 5:37 p.m.
The Union-Tribune's revolving door
Also, the last I read from U-T writer Sandra Dibble, she was down in Baja uncritically reporting what may originally have been intended as good press for UCSD/SIO/U.S. Fisheries marine biologists. The local research team, with approval from Mexico, sought to harvest near-extinct vaquita porpoises from the Sea of Cortez/Gulf of California in order to herd them into Sea World-like "pens" for safekeeping and breeding in captivity. But incredibly, the captured vaquita did not go gently as expected. The animals reacted frantically, disoriented and crazed, and repeatedly slammed their bodies into the pen's fencing at great rates of speed. Alarmed, the human captors relented and set the vaquita free, lest they die in custody. We did not learn from Ms. Dibble if there will be other attempts. We hope not.— July 11, 2018 7:30 p.m.
The Union-Tribune's revolving door
It is a great loss for the people of City Council District 8 that principled Border activist Christian Ramirez was edged out of contention by only three votes for that seat. Not that it counts for much when running against the machine fave of Lorena Gonzalez and Juan Vargas, but it was a moral victory for Ramirez, a truly qualified high-quality candidate. The City needs him and I hope he will be back.— July 11, 2018 5:34 p.m.
For pennies, you got stake in marijuana company
Great reference! Many meanings over many years, but the description of "dope" in slang usage since 1981 is really interesting. Way to go, Reader commenter JustWondering, totally cool.— July 11, 2018 8:21 a.m.
For pennies, you got stake in marijuana company
You missed "dope." That's both the hallucinogen and the fool who uses it.— July 10, 2018 6:34 p.m.
KPBS shutters local paper reading
Good for Dave Rice for reporting this story. It's been an education about an area of need and provision of service about which I was completely ignorant. I appreciate the lesson and regret that Radio Reading Service has been shut down at KPBS. Surely there could have been some adaptation of technology to allow this service to visually impaired folks to continue, piercing their isolation.— July 10, 2018 6:17 p.m.
Romance of the beach fire tainted
"Her name is Francine." No, it's not, dwbat. Try, try, try to MYOB and stick to the subject.— July 9, 2018 11:22 p.m.
Pendleton general slapped by Pentagon audit
I personally loved that quote about different behaviors "in garrison" as opposed to the "fog of the combat zone." That's Marine poetry. And as for the "Aide," she sure sounded like a wife.— July 9, 2018 10:44 p.m.
KPBS shutters local paper reading
How did this program work? One reader to one listener in person?A special channel? It's KPBS loyal volunteers who are complaining, I gather, and who were unceremoniously dropped by KPBS management. Harsh all around. It reminds me of when they moved Terry Gross' "Fresh Air" from day to night, and then claimed she just wasn't that popular. (Recently I read that Terry Gross' interviews with authors and musicians is the number one-ranked program on NPR.) Dumping KPBS service to the blind and hearing-impaired kind of gives the lie to all that sob-sister stuff from general manager Tom Karlo who cloyingly claims during fund-raising drives to be "honored" to be part of this San Diego community. And then there is KPBS "producers' club" hooey that calls for big cash gifts in return for donors gaining access to party down with staff. Well, I don't have to worry about the halt and lame or getting an inside track: I can read and hear and have an "honorary" KPBS membership. That's the kind you don't pay a cent for, but they get to count you as a subscriber anyway.— July 9, 2018 10:25 p.m.