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Jail diplomas in demand
Maybe some Readerwriters could moonlight over at the ethics commission providing grist for the mill, since the tally of actionable items seems to be down by a dozen "stipulations and orders" in the last year. Is it possible everyone is better behaved under Mayor Sunny?— March 9, 2016 9:36 p.m.
Audit breaks up city workers' purloined scrap metal party
I saw TV footage of the city manager of Del Mar discussing its City Council deliberations about possibly empowering themselves to cut down diseased Torrey Pines trees on private property to protect against spread of a bad pine beetle infestation. I thought to myself, wouldn't it be great if San Diego still had a city manager who could make things happen? Mayor Sunny was never cut out for such work.They're busy making Charter-change proposals downtown: maybe we could get our own strong city manager back.— March 8, 2016 10:53 p.m.
Big Khosla is Watching
I'm not sure UC Davis Chancellor Katehi's working for money from fly-by-night private DeVry University is "more egregious" than UCSD Chancellor Khosla's working for DARPA or to improve spyware at Avigilante. What is with these "educators?" Where is the commitment to humanist ideas and ideals that are the foundation of learning and the university? Is Khosla's gig an example of the fashionable STEM push that is eclipsing art, literature, languages and history in our schools? Maybe State Senator Marty Block can do something about these moonlighting chancellors before he has to retire from the Legislature to make way for ex-Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins.— March 7, 2016 8:20 p.m.
Master and Commander coat stolen
Thanks for this great column detailing the nautically seamy side of America's Finest City. It's exciting down at the harbor! Falling masts, pirates boarding yachts from dinghies, Russell Crowe's master and commander coat pinched! Plus a lot of crashing and bashing, thanks to too much Demon Rum. Harbor Police have their work cut out.— March 7, 2016 7:45 p.m.
Romney rips Trump in speech
I heard speculation tonight that Congressman Paul Ryan might get recruited as savior-candidate at the GOP convention. Deja vu all over again. Mitt looked every bit the waspish loser WASP today as he unloaded on the uncouth Donald Trump. Romney looked foolish and should never have given that speech, ever -- not today or months ago. He was revealed for what he is -- a priss to the manor born, and still unseemly ambitious. Similarly, Dean Baquet, the self-satisfied editor of the New York Times was grilled on CBS This Morning about why he let Trump go off the record at a "meeting of the editorial board of the New York Times" (stentorian tone.) He admitted he was curious and "just wanted to see the show." So shallow, you're fired! The media succumbed to ratings fever and are culpable for Trump's rise. And that self-important "without fear or favor newspaper of record" hustled to endorse Hillary Clinton long before voters ever had a chance to speak through the primary election process. Such hubris. You're tone-deaf to the American people!— March 4, 2016 12:39 a.m.
Romney rips Trump in speech
Actually, Don, that "city on a hill" thing comes from the Pilgrim Mothers and Fathers. Reagan speechwriters lifted it.— March 3, 2016 5:02 p.m.
The Chargers stadium and a vanished Faulconer political operative
All things considered, one cannot blame Mayor Sunny for wanting "higher office." Any office other than this one would be more attractive, even if he is essentially unopposed in his re-election bid.— March 3, 2016 4:55 p.m.
Romney rips Trump in speech
Rich Mitt Romney is the GOP patsy tapped to derail rich Donald Trump. A former head of the despised World Bank is one of the guys who signed Mitt's letter. That alone will reap a boatload of more votes for The Donald. (Mitt even criticized the "the" article in front of Trump's first name, though it is a distinction that any politician would die for.) I don't think angry Trump voters will appreciate Mitt's elitist intervention. The Donald is outrageous and larger than life, over-the-top, the ultra-American, funny when he is combative with his weird fellow-candidates -- but not when he's slamming Mexicans or Muslims or women or endorsing waterboarding or nuclear brinkmanship with Russia or China. Trump's angry voters should wise up and direct their precious franchise toward Bernie Sanders who DOES have a plan for substantive positive change from the past 35 years of gilded domestic excess and expensive global adventurism that have fed our present stunning economic inequality. Bernie has plans for a more peaceful world, for environmental sanity, for economic and social justice at home. Sanders is the real deal -- not Trump and not the Clinton re-run.— March 3, 2016 4:45 p.m.
Wage hike campaign begins
Aside from currying favor with Labor by pushing the minimum wage hike or whitewashing abuse of office by the only black trustee (now resigned), I wish our school board members paid as much attention to class size ( too big), teacher supervision and direction (too little) and recent open conflict on the campus of low-achieving Lincoln High School (too much.)— March 2, 2016 10:48 p.m.
Will Oscar freebies change Union-Tribune’s destiny?
Adios to Mr. Greenhut. It took a while for him to realize there's been a change in U-T management. As for the Academy Awards ticket grab by Tribune Company bigwigs, these days even stolid businessmen succumb to the lure of celebrity. And don't forget, LAT editor Davan Majaraj cut loose brilliant LAT cartoonist Ted Rall because the LAPD didn't like Rall's funny critical cartoons. Then Majaraj stifled reader outrage over that hatchet-job: not one letter to the editor was ever published.— March 1, 2016 6:11 p.m.