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Old lifeguards and low funds imperil beach safety
not exactly true, there is a long line of want-to-be lifeguards, but they need basic training, area knowledge, ocean qualifications, and proof of character. We usually end up with narcissists and jocks, not a lot of empathic leaders. The facts don't lie, look at the lifeguard group pictures for the last 50 years, and wonder how in a Mexican town next to the border with 52% female population, we have an all blond Arian brotherhood playing hero at $100,000/year? It's a clan, we need to recruit and nurture all San Diego's youth to become heroes.— May 31, 2015 2:08 a.m.
Old lifeguards and low funds imperil beach safety
No worries, I was out there today. Made the rescue, even though I wasn't on duty. .— May 31, 2015 2:03 a.m.
Old lifeguards and low funds imperil beach safety
I don't think they will starve; https://peninsulademocrat.files.wordpress.com/201…— May 30, 2015 1:58 a.m.
Will Walmart hubby take Chargers away?
We don't need to pay for a stadium, when the charge $1,000,000 for a 30-sec. commercial. They can afford to pay to play.— January 7, 2015 10:36 p.m.
Navy SEAL punches cabdriver at Bayfront Hilton
There are plenty of things that don't quite make sense here. It happened over a year ago, so the gaps in the story should have been cleared up. My question is this, if a Navy SEAL punched this guy in the face 6 times in a hotel lobby, and split his lip, why didn't he take a picture of the massive destruction on his lower face? Why not use the hotel video? Why only a picture of a bump on his head? I've fought SEALs they are fast and strong, they tend not to pull punches. That window should be broken out and the guy would likely be dead. So, if this is real, why not use the pictures and hospital medical report to sue for damages? And, if the assassin who throws iPhones would just comment on why he offered to pay for something he didn't do?— January 3, 2015 6:30 a.m.
DeMaio's foe backed by big spending biotech lobby
Well, this article has nothing to do with "DeMiao's Foe" but a little to do with then nature of politics in the USA. This reads like a bad gossip column, yet with out the relevance. Who cares if some unrelated former staff person of some long forgotten politician from another state is now a lobbyist for the biotech industry? The entire BIOCOM industry spending only $155,000 on ALL Federal Elections! THAT is the lead, why bury it? The paltry figures listed here are a like a fine mist from an ocean breeze when you consider the depth of the corruption in our government, and we'll need more men like Scott Peters and fewer like DeMaio if you want to have publicly-funded elections and a Constitutional Amendment to overturn Citizens United, but the real question is why is the READER publishing such a headline 3 days before the election?— November 1, 2014 2:47 a.m.
He works for McDonald's — he is our spy
All these tow companies are extortionists, they should be banned from the city. We all need to write down our experience and deliver it to our City Council, then end the city contracts that allow them to tow our cars and charge us through our state income tax returns. The municipal code is unaccountable, there are no appeals, and they make the rules without public input or notice. http://www.sandiego.gov/city-clerk/officialdocs/l…— April 1, 2014 9:45 p.m.
As new fee imposed, university exec gets a raise
Just curious, What EXACTLY is it that they do which makes them worth these salaries (>5X average household income of those they server)? I just want to know so that I can pick the right major and get into that carrier field. (Do they have a major called - "It's not what you know, but who you know.")— March 21, 2014 11:39 p.m.
Filner's accusers and their interesting connection to KPBS and the Port Commission
Filner may not be totally innocent, but he's not done anything actionable. No one even ACCUSED the Mayor of using his 'office' to try and get laid. (as far as I can tell, no one says he even slept with them) Only one person is accusing him of actual sexual harassment, and she worked with him for six months, then wanted to remain anonymous (and Filner denies her charges). No proof (i.e. video recording, witness affidavit, etc. ) that he ever "touched people without permission" was offered, and no criminal 'assault charge' was ever filed. This is all gossip and hearsay. (you should hear what people say about your mother) You and I, both know that a single hug, one-time kiss, or public pat on the bottom, doesn't constitute sexual harassment, much less assault. If it did, I could put at least a hundred women in jail tonight. We've both been out at parties where 16 is a good night. These ALLEGATIONS were over at least EIGHT YEARS! Mostly by women who were after something from a Congressman, yet strangely never felt inclined to report or document these alleged incidents. Even if he was guilty of being a bad date, with these women lobbyists trying to get something from his office. Even if he was a sex addict who indiscriminately asked for women's phone numbers and told them he loved them, as a single male he's allowed to sleep with as many women as will have him. The only reason he has lost his job over it is because he scared the established business interests in San Diego. "I am responsible for providing ammunition. I did that," Filner said. "But there are well-organized interests who have run this city for 50 years who pointed the gun, and the media and their political agents pulled the trigger." Yep, that sums it up. This is a common political tactic. It worked on President Clinton, it worked on Elliot Spitzer in NY. When they can't beat you in the election, they dig up dirt, then try and extort action. If you have the balls to stand up to that, then they use the press to assassinate your character. Making it impossible for you to get anything done politically, it is just as good as bullet, and now the Jacobs family will get what they paid for from the 'Investigative Journalist Division' at KPBS.— August 23, 2013 7:39 p.m.
Filner may be the winner in last two accusations
Overheard at City Hall between two secretaries: "I was just in the Mayor's office and Brad Pit just walked in, grabbed my ass, and asked if I had a boyfriend." "Really? What did you do?" "I told him to meet me in the parking garage, then told Mayor Filner that I was feeling sick and needed the afternoon off." "What did he do?" "Same thing as Brad, but I didn't shag him in my car." d— August 20, 2013 3:47 p.m.