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Tragic history for sale at downtown library auction
Thanks Matt Potter, for this important segue from San Diego Library furniture auction to the remembrance of San Diego's distinguished children's librarian Clara Breed who worked to help Japanese-Americans who were interned by the government and unconstitutionally deprived of their property, their livelihoods, their liberty and the "pursuit of happiness" guaranteed us all by the Bill of Rights. Executive Order 9066 in 1942 was a dark period in our history for which reparations were paid to victims' families only years later. I am glad to know about Clara Breed.— June 11, 2016 5:22 p.m.
Public Utilities Commission reopens San Onofre case
Congratulations to law partners Mike Aguirre and Mia Severson for fighting for ratepayer justice and prevailing to get this "settlement" reopened. As for a criminal prosecution of the CPUC for collusion, it will never happen as long as collaborators and CPUC buddies Gov. Jerry Brown and Attorney General Kamala Harris hold office. Largely because of Kamala Harris' self-serving approach to doing her job, I urge a vote for her opponent LORETTA SANCHEZ for UNITED STATES SENATE. Sanchez fights for the public interest much as retiring Senator Barbara Boxer has always done, plus she is Latina and from SoCal. We could use some representation for a change.— May 10, 2016 12:15 p.m.
Manchester: "No affiliation with anybody in Panama"
How about any entities bearing the name "Clinton?"— May 10, 2016 noon
Movie Madness with Scott Marks
I would be there in a flash, but I'm getting a knee replaced that week, and I will be flying on Oxycontin which, according to the LA Times yesterday, doesn't last the full 12 hours as billed and thus predisposes patients to higher dosages and addiction. I really would rather hear Scott's talk.— May 9, 2016 7:35 p.m.
Chula’s Mission nurtures San Diego's motherless girls
A wonderful wonderful story for Mother's Day, Barbarella, and a perfect photograph.The loss of a parent at a young age marks a person and affects one's world-view forever. Adults who have sustained such a loss early in life feel a deep special connection with children who are experiencing this unique loneliness, sadness and confusion. Your description of the founders, mentors, kids and program at Chula's Mission is terrific and I hope it will help the organization expand and thrive. Our world needs places like this.— May 6, 2016 9:10 p.m.
Good People
Now I get to have the Last Word -- which is not as satisfying or surprising as Patrick Daugherty's "The Sporting Box" columns always were. I couldn't believe my eyes last week to read that he had up and died on us. No hint of trouble, no warning, no notice. A single line on the cover, bidding goodbye to the Sports Guy. I always loved "The Sporting Box." I emailed some around the country to mad golfers and sent some others to Outward Bound types who now live in the lower 48 but still dream of Alaska. It always seemed to me that Daugherty achieved the perfect cool California tone -- note the "I profoundly don't care" above -- while writing about amazing "other topics" that drew his attention and imagination. I mean, we first learned about dragon boat races in Patrick's column! Thanks for everything, Patrick, and RIP.— May 5, 2016 8:52 p.m.
Pre-nursing home billionaires ante up for UCSD naming rights
WESTLiving may have neglected to flip the fragile elderly Mr. Nunes while he was in situ, but I have to commend the parent company for protecting patient privacy. WESTLiving's claim to maintain patient privacy rights stands in sharp contrast to Sharp Coronado, a long-term-care nursing facility here. Two years ago Sharp Coronado welcomed KPBS' sister enterprise Inewsource to FILM openly and NAME brain-damaged and permanently impaired patients IN THEIR BEDS at the Sharp Coronado care facility. Inewsource ran the story on KPBS and marketed it to National Public Radio as well. I understand Inewsource reporter JoAnn Faryon has left town, but her sidekick Brad Racino remains. The Inewspurce team filmed family members and even physicians who spoke openly about patients' dire prognoses, pejoratively called the facility a "vent farm" (because so many patients there must use ventilators to be able to breathe.) They openly discussed and displayed an entirely helpless population which had the misfortune to endure personal catastrophe without a written and signed "advance directive" for "end of life." WestLiving's COO Patrick Collins may be covering his ass, but Inewsource's exploitation of Sharp patients was blatant, unjustified and reprehensible.— May 5, 2016 7:49 p.m.
Leisure class Issa
Maybe it's just sort-of a Democratic think-tank event, much like the Democratic Leadership Council and former President Bill Clinton. Once you cross over, demarcations become fluid, flexible, blurry. Kind of like Bill himself and his wife, Hillary Clinton -- rich as Croesus and hawkish on foreign policy.— May 4, 2016 9:17 p.m.
Cell-phone companies want more antennae in parks
If the citizens behind "Don't Cell Our Parks" prevail in court, I would not be surprised to see the City Charter changed to allow this exploitation to continue. But first things first, and I wish the community groups well as they try to protect our kids playing in public greenspace.— May 3, 2016 6:54 p.m.
San Diego Symphony: Mahler in smash mode
It's over now, but not one word about the huge size of the orchestra for this intense performance -- two harps, bunches of different tympani, seven French horns, a lot of every instrument including cowbells? And no description of the weird box-with-massive-hammer that got slammed three portentous times? I was privileged to witness this performance which was an uninterrupted tour de force, and it had touching personal and professional significance for maestro Jaja Ling. Our symphony orchestra is pretty darned good.— May 3, 2016 6:46 p.m.