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In San Diego, Sherrod Says She'll Sue Breitbart
Not to defend the blogger here, but the administration fired her and the NAACP came out and condemned her AFTER both had the entire speech in their possession. The actions of the blogger were reprehensible, but this would have quickly gone away once the whole tape was released except for the actions of the administration and the NAACP. The NAACP went so far as to issue a statement saying: "We are appalled by her actions, just as we are with abuses of power against farmers of color and female farmers. Her actions were shameful. While she went on to explain in the story that she ultimately realized her mistake, as well as the common predicament of working people of all races, she gave no indication she had attempted to right the wrong she had done to this man. The reaction from many in the audience is disturbing. We will be looking into the behavior of NAACP representatives at this local event and take any appropriate action. We thank those who brought this to our national office’s attention, as there are hundreds of local fund raising dinners each year." Why in the world would they do that? They obviously had already gone over the whole transcript, because they explicitly mention the redemption part of the story.— July 29, 2010 1:27 p.m.
Journal Puts Floatopia on Page One
Response to #70: Surfpup, If it comes to a vote I would surely hope it doesn't pass, but the claim by you to which I responded was "Nope, no sales tax on ballot." If it is on the ballot in this town, it is not DOA. It will have strong union support (and money) along with the entire mayor and council, against very little in opposition dollars for the campaign. If they make a deal to sign up both Frye and DeMaio, it will probably pass.— July 27, 2010 4:18 p.m.
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Aguirre spoke? Did someone invite him to speak, or was he part of public comments? How was he received? It's been interesting to watch the mayor and council since they lost their battle cry of "everything is Aguirre's fault".— July 27, 2010 11:52 a.m.
Journal Puts Floatopia on Page One
The sales tax is absolutely not dead. Frye put herself in a strong position to negotiate some of the reforms she wants in exchange for her vote. DeMaio also said he would be interested if reforms were included. They still have two more weeks to work out a deal. Hueso's spokesman said the deal is now dead, which is a sure sign that it is alive and in negotiations. The mayors office and Hueso are pressing hard for the tax, including the aforementioned talks with the school board to get them to put off a parcel tax. I am really bothered with the sudden interest Sanders has taken in the school board and the early proposal to restructure the district and the school board. I am confident Sanders didn't come up with that on his own, so I wonder who is trying to loot the school district.— July 27, 2010 10:10 a.m.
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Surf pup: I meant to also add the next paragraph from the article: "Barrera said he became convinced that it would be extremely difficult for the parcel tax to pass this November with a city sales tax increase also on the ballot."— July 26, 2010 10:18 p.m.
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Response to #15: "Nope, no sales tax on ballot." =============================================== Look again, little surf dog. From the VoSD today: "School board President Richard Barrera will ask the rest of the San Diego Unified board tomorrow to withdraw plans for a parcel tax to fund local schools, less than two weeks after the board voted to put it on the November ballot. Barrera said he decided to reverse course on the school tax, which he'd championed, after he and Superintendent Bill Kowba had a series of meetings with Mayor Jerry Sanders and two City Council members over the weekend."— July 26, 2010 10:17 p.m.
Journal Puts Floatopia on Page One
Response to #15: "Would the measure have passed council if as many as you say oppose it?" ============================================================ Yes, it would. The backers of the measure (as well as the original temporary ban and the original ballot prop) are the wealthy land owners along the coast. They have a lot of wealth and a ton of influence with the mayor and council. The incident which spurred the original temporary ban was no big deal. It was blown out of proportion to push the ban. The police chief initially said he was against the ban because it was easier for police to know where the drinking would take place on the big holidays and heavily patrol that area. After hew was informed by the mayor and council that wasn't the correct position, he changed his mind. Since I have young kids, I rather like the beaches without alcohol, but I also know that the reason is so that rich and influential landowners won't have to deal with the riffraff while they still drink from their patios and their boats. Curious that the water ban doesn't extend to boats, and the beach ban doesn't extend to the illegal patios that owners have built along the boardwalk in Mission Beach, encroaching on the city's easement.— July 26, 2010 10:11 p.m.
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Response to #48: "the sales tax balloon was apparently shot down. So it won't go on the ballot -- yet" I don't think that is correct. The school board just withdrew their proposal for a parcel tax specifically because they didn't want it on the ballot at the same time as the sales tax, so I think the sales tax on the ballot is considered to be a done deal.— July 26, 2010 9:12 p.m.
Ballpark Study Confesses: "We Hastened and Greatly Worsened the Glut"
Response to #126: Sounds like a rough life. We worked our butts off all last year so that we could go watch the elk for a week in Wyoming. Right now my daughter would like nothing better than to move out by you (she is horse crazy). Of course in a couple of years, she would be begging to come back to Southern California to be by the beach! Go knock down a few fences and enjoy your elk.— July 22, 2010 1:40 p.m.
Ballpark Study Confesses: "We Hastened and Greatly Worsened the Glut"
Response to #124: My feeling is that the numbers say, for better worse, dense urban cores have been out of fashion for at least 50-60 years. Transportation and now information has become so distributed that dense urban cores don't hold the same advantage they once did. Parts can be moved from a world away fairly cheaply, so manufacturers don't need to set up shop next to other manufacturers. With the speed and quality of information access, hypothetically an investigative reporter could cover stories say in a city like San Diego while actually living in a much less crowded area several states away, such as Colorado. Strictly hypothetical, of course!— July 22, 2010 8:58 a.m.