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San Diego Wants to Extend Red Light Camera Ticketing, Bid Document Reveals
It wasn't only the PR. Red light tickets are unenforceable. The fines for were essentially voluntary and there were virtually no tangible consequences for anybody who refuse to pay.The cases difficult to prove and LA courts have now say that violations caught on a photo are unenforceable, since there is no live witness to testify against an alleged offender. In OC, same thing. They have rejected the admissibility of red light camera photo evidence. If Ca requires personal service for all traffic tickets, and I'm not sure, you can throw the ticket in the trash and have no worries at all. FYI surfpuppy619, it depends on the contract and the company. One of the largest companies that does this is in Arizona, Redflex Traffic Systems. It depends on the specifics of the contact but for a fee, they do take care of mailing the citations.— August 23, 2012 2:45 p.m.
This is a long view of Montgomery Waller Park on Otay Mesa. John J. Montgomery is one of the pioneer
Is this the park with the B-24 wing? That looks like that is it in the pic. If so it's definitely not in CV. It's on the south side of Palm, just across from Montgomery HS. We knew someone who taught their for a while.— August 22, 2012 11:20 p.m.
Wall Street's High-Speed Gambling
"Keep in mind that I could have my head handed to me." Which has zero relevance. It's the act, not the results. I'm a generation younger, so I have a longer time frame to provide for. Maybe I'm not as greedy as some.We're just about to the point that we have shifted enough assets that another downturn won't have as large an affect as it once would have, not that it's something to look forward. You know the old saying, the only peope who get out at the top are liars and cheaters and I don't consider myself either. I'm more the leave too early rather than stay too late type.— August 22, 2012 5:18 p.m.
Wall Street's High-Speed Gambling
Understand that I'm not disagreeing with you. And we have made a lot of money in the last 2-3 years, much more than our investments were worth pre crash. And I also have no problem taking advantage of the current conditions, though I too have some concerns about the future. I guess the difference is that I don't write about how evil the Fed is or how much Bernanke and Geithner are screwing things up. It's hard for me to read your columns without having a little chuckle, knowing that while your put forth your sting ingcrtitcizms at the same time you're using those very things to your advantage, all in the name of the all-mighty dollar. Maybe a little hypocracy is good for the soul; it's definately good for the bank account and I guess that's the bottom line.— August 22, 2012 2:08 p.m.
Wall Street's High-Speed Gambling
You find the central bank strategy, which you always seem to write about in a critical manner, to be deplorable. Yet you continue to invest and profit greatly from that same strategy. Isn't that a bit hypocritical? If you're buying stocks and "profiting greatly" from them because of the tactics the Fed is employing how is it not a conflict of interest to then write anything critical of the Fed. It sounds as though you've become a practicioner of the "do as I say, not as I do" philosophy.— August 22, 2012 12:39 p.m.
Locker Room Talk May Get Her Job — but Not With Padres
I think he's in his 70's now so he is probably retired. I know he quit donig clinics a few years ago. He and his wife still live down in SD. They have been avid golfers for a long time. I he is or at least used to be, a member of the Coronado Men's Golf Club. My brother-in-law is a member and remembers him there. He was an asst. coach in Atlanta in '96, but I don't recall whether or not he was in Barcelona in '92. You don't need to look up anything about the women's team. Their season starts this weekend with the Aztec Invitational. We may be there for at least one match, since Cal is one of the teams. I don't remember how long ago SDSU dropped men's VB, but my wife and I know someone who played there. He does TV now.— August 22, 2012 12:20 p.m.
Locker Room Talk May Get Her Job — but Not With Padres
surfpuppy619, my wife and I completed out undergrad work in '72, just a few years before "the Play", so I don't think I even know anyone who was at school in '82. Everyone who watches college football knows about the play, and if you follow Cal, you probably know who Mariet Ford is, but do you know who Gary Tyrrell is, (probably the most famous one of all)?I have to admit, I didn't see it when it happened. Our youngest daughter was only about 3 weeks old at the time and she was pretty much commanding all of our attention at the time and I was probably sleeping at that time of the afternoon. Ford did go pro; he wasn't drafted, but signed with someone as an un-drafted free agent. But if I remember, he got cut during training camp. I read something during his trial that he played in the CFL, tried to get into the USFL and then finally got a real job. BTW, Ford is down your way, at Donovan.— August 22, 2012 11 a.m.
Canary Islands Getaway
Gran Canaria is not the largest Island geographically, it is largest in population.— August 17, 2012 1:22 p.m.
Locker Room Talk May Get Her Job — but Not With Padres
There's no umbrage. As I have said, it is disappointment... in you. As you just said, it was a gratuitous remark, one that earlier in your career, I don't think you would have even thought about making. I have no problem with things that are "not nice" being said, if they happen to have some basis in the truth, or even if they just expressed as being someone's own personal opinion. But when someone makes such a remark, simply because they "heard" something, well I think that's entirely different. Tell me, when you were a senior columnist would you have turned in a story containing such a remark, one that you "heard". Or when you were financial editor, would you have allowed a story to go to print with that type of remark, based only on what a reporter "heard"? Just my opinion. Opinions vary.— August 17, 2012 1:19 p.m.
Locker Room Talk May Get Her Job — but Not With Padres
Far more buildings are named for a big donor than for a scholar, probably because those donors are the ones that pay for the buildings to get built. To me that only heightens the magnitude of a building being named after some who actually accomplished something instead of donating a boatload of money to get their name on the building. Personally, I think if a Coca-Cola wanted to donate $50 million to Berkeley to get their name on the new School of Business building, I'd have no problem with it. Phil Knight has donated or pledged close to $500 million to the University of Oregon. I say good for them and if they name athletic building for him, the library for his mother, the law school for his father, and the basketball teams' arena for his son, well then good for him. Well worth it and a small price to pay in return for that kind of endowment.— August 17, 2012 1:06 p.m.