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Hailed as a Grower, Now Guilty of Fraud
Yan Skwara had worked on Wall Street 20 years when he arrived in San Diego a few years back. He called himself a farmer -- a grower of aspragus, aloe vera, and other things. His company was named U.S. Farms, …
Union-Tribune Owner's Family Members Climb Aboard Romney Presidential Bandwagon
As noted here earlier, Union-Tribune owner Douglas F. Manchester has been a long-time financial supporter of presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Back in January, Manchester gave $25,000 to the Romney-backing Super PAC, "Restore our Future," on top of the …
La Mesa-Spring Valley School District Receives Negative Bond Rating From Moody's
As if there isn't enough bad news for school districts across San Diego County. Yesterday, Moody's Ratings Agency downgraded general bond obligations for the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District. According to Moody's the outlook on the rating is now negative. …
Planning Commissioners To Vote On Plaza de Panama Project
Tomorrow, June 7, San Diego's planning commission will discuss the plan to remove traffic from Balboa Park's Plaza de Panama. And, if the agenda is any indication, commissioners are anticipating a lengthy debate. The proposal is the only project listed …
San Diego Unified Raises Price Tag On Mission Beach Center
The starting bid for the 2.3 acres of beach and bayfront property in Mission Beach has just gone up. If San Diego Unified board members decide to approve the sale of seven excess properties at a June 19 hearing, bids …
UCAN Lays Off Two
Financially ailing watchdog Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN) has laid off two employees because of a paucity of funds, according to an outsider who is very close to the organization. There are now only three employees plus the new executive …
Political Parties Gave Last-Minute Cash To Mayoral Candidates
As the registrar of voters continues to tally the votes, I thought I'd look at some of the large, last-minute donations that the four Mayoral candidates received in the final weeks before today's election. The vast majority of those last …
Escondido Organic Soap Magnate Wades into Colorado Pot Fray with $50,000.
David Bronner, president and CEO of Escondido-based Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, a prosperous maker of organic cleaning products, is anteing up $50,000 for a marijuana legalization campaign in the state of Colorado, according to news reports from Denver. An account …
More Republicans Returned Mail-In Ballots Than Democrats
Going into election day, Republicans have returned nearly 20,000 more mail-in ballots than Democratic voters, according to stats released by the County Registrar's Office. Not surprising in a county with such high numbers of military voters, Republicans returned 105,975 ballots …
Tim Sullivan Tells His Side of the Story
Fired UT sports columnist Tim Sullivan has told his side of the story to a publication called The Sherman Report. First, and perhaps foremost, Sullivan mentions a column he wrote in 2006, in which he said current UT CEO John …
Corporations Pour Last Minute Money into Downtown Interests' PAC Backing Steve Danon
California redevelopment may be a thing of the past, but San Diego's downtown redevelopment lobbying group is still in business. According to disclosure filings posted online by the San Diego county Registrar of Voters, the Downtown San Diego Partnership's "San …
Scott Peters' Campaign Responds to the Attack Ads From Both Sides of the Aisle
Now in the final hours before the Primary election, candidates in tight races are doing all they can to be left standing on Wednesday. Attack ads are more personal and party lines have blurred. This is evident in the race …