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Amidst Jacobs family crack-ups, can charity prevail?
Gary is another Jacobs son who has generously-funded these well-run charter schools which have a good reputation among their students' families.— July 17, 2016 5:37 p.m.
Amidst Jacobs family crack-ups, can charity prevail?
Wow, Visduh, traitors? Irwin and Joan Jacobs' philanthropy has righted many shaky local cultural institutions, put them on an even keel, ensured their excellence and endowed their longevity. San Diego Symphony, San Diego Opera, La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla Music Society, the Central Library are names that come to mind. The problem has become Irwin Jacobs' naivete? hubris? ego? in allowing himself to be importuned to expand his generosity to support local political hacks like Alan Bersin and Jerry Sanders and Nathan Fletcher as well as bankrolling cockamamie political ideas like gutting the elected Board of Education and building a parking garage in Balboa Park which destroys the historic Cabrillo Bridge. It's sad -- for all of us.— July 14, 2016 10:46 p.m.
Amidst Jacobs family crack-ups, can charity prevail?
Sad news about the divorces of Irwin Jacobs'two sons -- time-share language about how the children will be divvied-up is poignant. Even worse for the city, this bad news of gross plans to destroy the human-scale harbor-accessible Seaport Village and develop the daylights out of the area. First Balboa Park, now Seaport. With progre$$ like this, the place soon will be unrecognizable.— July 14, 2016 8:23 p.m.
Hillcrest Cinema's summer remodel
The Loma ("Staying Alive" with John Travolta) and the Grossmont Theater ("Gandhi" with Ben Kingsley) were better giant screens than Cinema 21 in Mission Valley which regularly used to flood during heavy rains. I think the last movie I saw there was the hokey "Titanic." But there were many better smaller movie theaters -- pre-"multi-plex" -- all over this town that have been shuttered for eons. (And I'm not talking about skin-flicks in the old Gaslamp.) Maybe Scott will write about how we got here from there -- a rumination on movie-making economics and film distribution and whatever happened that's led to the present moment.— July 14, 2016 7:59 p.m.
Hillcrest Cinema's summer remodel
Hilarious! True! Thank you, Scott. They have managed to make movie-ticket-buying major megillah annoying. But I admit to irritably having asked where exactly is the screen on the seating chart. Not that such map-reading matters: in the pitchy black interior you stumble around looking for your assigned seat. But the giant barca-loungers are a lot more comfortable than seats at the Ken. As for food, eating in the dark is expensive and weird and I never do it.— July 14, 2016 7:31 p.m.
America’s absolutely worst restaurant and food
Well, I've never been there either, but I know people who like this place and this "review" manages to offend everybody regardless of patronage. It is NOT a "tradition" at reputable publications -- quite the contrary -- and it will be unfortunate if the Reader is heading toward what you whitewash as "strong personal points of view" found in other journals that do not depend on advertisers. It is ludicrous to invoke free expression here, but okay, I'll buy it: freedom to choose what you read and where you advertise go along with it.— July 10, 2016 4:41 p.m.
Judge admonishes city attorney's office over Filner case
We have had whack-jobs for City Attorney for a long time -- three guys and counting. Maybe this is our chance to get it right with a woman, Mara Elliott.— July 10, 2016 4:20 p.m.
City's bike-share program needs help, says report
A great suggestion to advertise "sponsorships" of our sold-out elected officials. DecoBike's contract was approved by former Mayor Jerry $anders who now heads the $D Chamber of Commerce. Though the beat goes on, this "last mile" baloney and "densification" of development along "transportation corridors" are destroying San Diego. And the sheeple are expected to take what's proffered. More bigger wider freeways -- take a harrowing drive on ever-expanding I-5/I-805 heading North. More multi-story condos built along bus-routes that once were bordered by a mix of human-scale residential and commercial structures -- longtime fave white-stucco-and-red-tile Su Casa Restaurant on La Jolla Blvd. is slated for tear-down and redevelopment. More confusing Kelly green streets sacrifice curbside parking allegedly to accommodate cyclists AND cars in a confusing mish-mash -- but what rules apply to these green roads? It's no accident that what once was called the City Planning Department is now called Development Services.— July 9, 2016 9:59 a.m.
America’s absolutely worst restaurant and food
But do we need to read it in Reader restaurant reviews? I am profane from time to time -- okay, from minute to minute -- but it doesn't mean I publish what I say so everyone else can be offended by it. Are there no editorial standards and practices at the Reader? Or do we have to be crude and rude to prove our hip youthful mettle? (Wink-wink yourself, dwbat.) One thing's for sure: the Cheescake Factory will not be advertising in the Reader.— July 8, 2016 8:31 p.m.
City's bike-share program needs help, says report
DecoBike sucks. Its balloon-tire bikes are meant for flat places, its "kiosks" are unsightly and take up too much space and the company (based in Miami) was unceremoniously denied access to La Jolla locations. No loss. It's un-American lo let these guys set up in P.B. where longtime bike rental shops try to eke out a living.— July 8, 2016 1:07 p.m.