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City Attorney Jan Goldsmith's Campaign Committee Donates $25,000 to Romney Super PAC
City Attorney Jan Goldsmith is one of three San Diegans to have donated to Mitt Romney's super PAC, Restore Our Future. According to a federal Election Commission disclosure report, on March 31, Goldsmith moved $25,000 from his campaign committee to …
Dueling Endorsements in the CA-52 Race
Scott Peters is trumpeting the endorsement of another sitting Democratic politician in the race for the newly-drawn 52nd congressional district: mayoral hopeful Bob Filner. “Congressman Filner’s endorsement was a great surprise, and a tremendous honor,” said Peters in a release …
New Format Permits Dailies to Report Circulation Gains
Changes in the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) format for reporting newspaper circulation permitted dailies to report gains in the most recent statistics published this morning (May 1). The figures are for the six months ended March 31 of this …
Local Workforce Index Drops
The workforce index compiled by the San Diego Workforce Partnership dropped to 83.98, in January, down from 86.26 in November, which had been the highest in three years. Moving in an unfavorable direction in January were the county unemployment rate, …
Telemarketer Indicted in Mortgage Scheme
A federal grand jury has indicted telemarketer Jose Ruiz for mail and wire fraud, money laundering, and other alleged offenses. The indictment was unsealed four days ago. Ruiz ran telemarketing operations under various names, including "Equity Choice," "Casa Nuestra," and …
Wrongful Death Suit Fingering Sheriff Deputy, CHP Will Proceed
Jennifer Medina’s wrongful death suit against a San Diego Sheriff deputy and California Highway Patrol officers will be allowed to proceed to trial after attempts to dismiss the case were overturned. Her husband Robert, an active duty Marine, was shot …
Uptown Planners to Discuss Transitional Housing Facility for Combat Veterans
Battle lines have been drawn in Old Town over a proposal to build a transitional housing facility for combat veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. For months, community members and administrators of the Old Town Academy have fought …
Non-Partisan Political Action Committee with a Partisan History to Host Dumanis Fundraiser
San Diego County district attorney Bonnie Dumanis, seeking to become San Diego mayor, has labeled the mid-campaign switch from the Republican party to no party by opponent Nathan Fletcher a "contrived soap opera." But the GOP's Dumanis is set to …
Gen-Probe Agrees to be Bought; Stock Soars
Stock of biotech Gen-Probe is up 18.8% to above $81.68 this morning (April 30) as the company agreed to be purchased by Hologic for $3.7 billion in cash. That comes to $82.75 in market price. Gen-Probe, maker of diagnostic products …
Filner Sets Fundraiser at Oceanview Mansion of Once Imprisoned La Jolla Lawyer
San Diego Congressman Bob Filner, the lone Democrat in the race for San Diego mayor, is staging a fundraiser at the posh La Jolla digs of fallen La Jolla lawyer Bill Lerach and his wife Michelle. "It's spring!" says an …
Sempra Chief Exec Dumps Almost $1 Million of Stock
Debra Reed, who was named chief executive officer of Sempra Energy on June 27 of last year, on April 24 told the Securities and Exchange Commission that she has sold 15,000 Sempra shares worth $966,000. The sale took place April …
Firm of "Movement to the Middle" Leader Seeks Favors at City Hall
On Wednesday, Scott Dickey, president of the Competitor Group, led a news conference at the Registrar of Voters office in Kearny Mesa to announce formation of "Movement to the Middle," a group whose members say they are renouncing their political …
Television Stations Now Required to Post Political Ad Files Online
For the past few weeks I have been visiting television stations and cable providers and asking to view political ad buys made by mayoral candidates, and others. The law requires these ads be made available to the public. But, it …
New State Law Could Affect Prop A
California Senate Bill 829, which denies state funding to any municipality which has enacted a ban on project labor agreements, was signed into law yesterday by Governor Jerry Brown. The bill was backed by unions, contractors that use union labor, …
Tom Blair Laid Off by UT
Tom Blair, longtime columnist in San Diego, has been laid off by the UT. He has told friends by email of the layoff. Blair assisted Neil Morgan at the former Tribune, then moved to become three-dot columnist at the Union. …
Business Group Announces Prop B Opposition
The Greater San Diego Business Association, which bills itself as “the second largest lesbian, gay and supportive [chamber of commerce] in the nation,” has issued a statement announcing its opposition to Proposition B, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Pension Reform …