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Professor Tells How Convention Center Stats Grossly Mislead
Response to #13 "While I have a high regard for Don Bauder, Heywood Sanders is a shoe-in for a negative comment on any convention center." Just because he comments negatively, doesn't make him wrong. His conclusions shouldn't be discarded because they are inconvenient, they should be discarded only if they can be shown to be false. The task force chose to misquote him, mischaracterize his opinions and to call him a "whack job" rather than address his issues. That does not instill confidence in their conclusion. You state that: "San Diego, with it's convention center, downtown, attractions, arts, beaches, climate, hotels, restaurants, gaming, golf, spas, shopping and wineries is truly unique". The funny thing to me, is that those are all (saving the cc itself) arguments why our tourism industry does not need the government subsidy and does not need the convention center to draw tourists. If the convention center disappeared tomorrow, what would be the economic impact? Outside of the specific hotels and restaurants that immediately cater to the convention center, my guess is that the impact would not be anywhere near enough to justify what we have spent to date, let alone what they are planning.— September 4, 2009 7:20 p.m.
Rumors: More Layoffs at U-T
The VoSD reported that Kittle got laid off.— August 12, 2009 12:16 p.m.
Mother of Quarterback Brees Dies after Getting Subpoenaed
Ponzi, It wasn't ever a secret. They were divorced long ago. She had too much in one bucket, and had to reallocate. http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/chargers/200…— August 11, 2009 8:43 a.m.
Mother of Quarterback Brees Dies after Getting Subpoenaed
Don, it looks like you have some company in the "Hit and Run" qudrant! STALLINGS, VALERIE KEEP THE FAITH VAL STALLINGS SD CITY COUNCIL— August 11, 2009 8:07 a.m.
Mother of Quarterback Brees Dies after Getting Subpoenaed
Don, this is a little random and only vaguely on-topic, but I just discovered the "Palm Court Plaza Brick Locator" for Petco Park that tells where all the bricks are located that people purchased and what the inscriptions are. http://mlb.mlb.com/sd/ballpark/bricks/bricks_c.jsp (It is under the "C" section, for Copley). Apparently there is a brick with your name on it located in the Hit and Run quadrant of the Palm Court at Petco Park. I assume this is somebody's idea of a joke and was not meant seriously? Copley Newspapers, FOR DON BAUDER FROM FANS OF THE NEW BALL PARK AT THE COPLEY PRESS APRIL 2004— August 11, 2009 7:33 a.m.
Mother Abby Sees New Bull Market. Time to Sell?
Speaking of financial advice, the Daily Show recently did a story that is well worth watching. It starts a little slow, but trust me, the payoff is worth it. http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-july-14-200…— August 6, 2009 9:56 p.m.
Platinum Has No Dreams of Editorial Expansion for U-T, Says Black
dbauder: "The attendance is worse this year than it was in the last year at Qualcomm as the team languishes in the basement." Don, it's much worse than that. Overall, MLB payrolls are up 81% since 1998. The Padres payroll is actually DOWN 5% from what it was in 1998, despite the fact we bankrolled the new stadium. The 1998 payroll was $46 million. The current payroll is $43,734,200. One player makes $11 of that $43.7 (Jake Peavey), and they have been trying to trade him. That would drop their payroll to $32.7 million, or 29% LESS than 1998. The drop in payroll is despite the fact that according to Forbes calculations, the Padres revenue in 2000 (the oldest year I saw listed) was $79 million, but the revenue for 2009 is projected to be $174 million. Moores bought the team in 1994 for $94 million, and it was reported sold in the off-season for between $400 and $425 million (largely due to the stadium we paid for). Mr. Moores, can we please have our money back?— July 28, 2009 9:48 a.m.
SDCERS Will Look into Looser Accounting
Response to #8: About 4 years ago Jerry Sanders defeated Frye by saying he could fix all of our problems by sticking his head in the sand, and bankruptcy was not an option. I remember Frye being interviewed not too many weeks after the election and saying (paraphrased) that she expected lots of future "gee, who could possibly have known things were this bad" moments throughout the Sanders tenure. That attitude from Sanders and his people has put us another four years behind the curve of dealing with the problem.— July 18, 2009 9:46 a.m.
SDCERS Will Look into Looser Accounting
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” -Albert Einstein— July 18, 2009 12:01 a.m.
Platinum Equity acquires Union-Tribune, hires Mad Dog Singer
"Response to post #15: We haven't heard from fumber for quite awhile. Best, Don Bauder" Haven't we? Based on this rambling and repetitive threat letter I am left wondering whether we have discovered Fumber's day job.— July 16, 2009 9:57 a.m.