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Judge May Sanction Robbins Geller Firm
According to Forbes magazine, a federal judge in Spokane, Washington, said he plans to sanction San Diego class action law firm Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd for submitting expenses in a class action suit "that included excessive air fare and …
Storied Mobster's Associate Gives Big to Prop B and DeMaio Campaigns
A longtime associate of storied Las Vegas mobster Moe Dalitz has become a major backer of the campaign for Proposition B, the so-called pension reform measure that has been a key talking point for San Diego city councilman Carl DeMaio …
Fair Political Practices Commission Finds "Yes on Prop A" Ads Violate State Law
The "Yes on Prop A" folks have a bit of work to do in upcoming days. At the top of the list, stop airing television ads with inadequate disclaimers at the beginning and end. Today, the Fair Political Practices Commission …
Candidates Running Without Opponents Give Campaign Cash to Political Parties
For most local candidates, the June 5 Primary Election will be the end of a year's worth of campaigning. The candidates have spent much of that year looking for donors willing to contribute to their campaigns. But for the three …
Liquor Store Group Run by Outspoken Chaldean Leader Mails Hit Pieces Against Filner
The Neighborhood Market Association, a La Mesa-based trade group of liquor stores and markets run by Mark Arabo, an outspoken Chaldean Christian leader, has mailed at least two separate hit pieces against Democratic Congressman Bob Filner, a candidate for mayor …
Costs Surrounding San Onofre Shutdown Continue to Climb
Costs resulting from the prolonged idling of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in northern San Diego County are all but certain to exceed $100 million, the website InsideClimate News is reporting. These expenses include daily purchases of alternate power …
U.S., San Diego Home Prices Still Struggling
U.S. home prices ended the first quarter of this year at new post-crisis lows, according to today's (May 29) release of Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller numbers. "While there has been improvement in some regions, housing prices have not turned," says David …
SD Firm, Individuals Disciplined
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has hit San Diego penny-stock peddler World Trade Financial Corp. with a disciplinary action for selling a thinly traded penny without a registration statement in effect. Brokers Frank Brickell and Rodney Michel were fined …
Fletcher Campaign Receives Over $56,000 From Donors Outside of San Diego County and State
From March 18 to May 19 Nathan Fletcher raised a total of $302,866 in campaign donations, second only to Carl DeMaio, who raised $373,590. Since Fletcher's announcement that he was jumping ship from the GOP, the two candidates have gone …
Redevelopment Woes: Chula Vista Files Against California Dept of Finance
Chula Vista's Redevelopment/Successor Agency is not going out without a fight--a legal one. In April, a state-mandated oversight board convened to assume the task of dismantling the city's former redevelopment agency and paying out remaining contractual obligations. The oversight board …
Duke Cunningham Can't Have Gun
U.S. District Judge Larry Alan Burns has told former Congressmember Randy "Duke" Cunningham, now in prison, that he can't have a gun when he gets out. In a letter filed with the court this month, Judge Burns says he has …
Don't Diss "Papa Doug's" Friends in UT Book Section
National media commentators are writing about how "Papa Doug" Manchester, owner of the UT, is using the publication for his personal propaganda purposes. Another example showed up in the May 25-27 weekend edition of Counterpunch. Thomas Larson, a Reader contributor, …
Bilbray and Issa Aides Take Off on Posh Congressional Chiefs of Staff Retreat
In February we reported that two members of Republican congressman Darrell Issa's staff had hit the road, thanks to well-heeled special interests. First, Laurent Morgan Crenshaw, an Issa legislative aide, headed for Las Vegas to attend the gadget-filled Consumer Electronics …