Dueling DeMaio Ads: Both Carl DeMaio and Anti-DeMaio Group Buying TV Time
It's official, Councilmember Carl DeMaio's ad campaign has begun. One day after unveiling his new ad on FOX, DeMaio has dozens of contracts out at San Diego's five largest television stations, ABC, CBS, KUSI, FOX, and NBC. In all, the …
San Diego Execs Meet Nathan Fletcher In The Middle
San Diego's version of a Super PAC has hit the middle ground and is running. Today, a group of successful San Diego business and community leaders announced the launch of "Movement to the Middle." "We want an end to the …
Carl DeMaio Launches Television Ad Campaign
Today, appearing on Fox5, Carl DeMaio premiered his new television ad, which features him leading a group of supporters while touting his push for pension reform and his opposition to the defeated sales tax measure. DeMaio is now the third …
Big Tobacco Spends Big On Ads Against Tobacco Tax
If you haven't yet seen a commercial featuring a doctor dressed in doctor's garb urging you to vote 'no' on Prop 29, a $1.00 tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products, then you will. If you watch any amount of …
City to Implement "Pay First, Litigate Later" on Disputed Tax Assessments?
City Attorney Jan Goldsmith wants to "place the City in a more defensible posture" against those looking for refunds on tax assessments. Goldsmith plans to do so by adding a new section [Section 22.1708] to the City's code which sets …
Nathan Fletcher To Run 950 Ads on Cox and Time Warner Cable
With a little over a month until the primary election, two of the four mayoral candidates are beginning to reveal strategies behind their ad campaigns. District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis plans to spend $94,756 to run ads for the month beginning …
Bonnie Dumanis Wages War for Women's Vote
As national media outlets continue to report on the "war on women", one San Diego candidate for mayor has waged a war of her own in this coming primary election; a war for women's votes. According to political ad buys …
Bonnie Dumanis Prepares to Launch Television Ad Campaign
With only a little over a month and a half before the June 5 primary, San Diego voters will begin to see more political ads when watching television. That was clear this month, when Nathan Fletcher purchased more than $110,000 …
Nathan Fletcher Buys Flurry of Local TV Ads
When looking at Nathan Fletcher's run for mayor, one has to wonder if this was all part of a master plan. One week, polls showed him at the back of the pack, with a slim chance of making it through …
"Invisible Children" May Have Spied For Ugandan Government
A government cable published by WikiLeaks shows that San Diego-based nonprofit Invisible Children, whose video about Lord's Resistance Army warlord Joseph Kony became an internet sensation, may have acted as spies for the Ugandan Government. If accurate, Invisible Children violated …
Fat City Hotel Proposal to Be Heard Tomorrow at CCDC Committee Meeting
Fat City is back and bigger than ever. The developer of land across the street from Solar Turbines manufacturing plant will appear at a CCDC Real Estate Committee meeting to pitch a new plan; to build two separate hotels on …
Committee To Discuss Lease Agreement With Carlton Oaks Golf Course
For a number of years, TY Investment, owner of Carlton Oaks Golf Course in Eastern San Diego, has wanted to add to their golf course. In order to do so, the owners of the Santee-based company hoped to purchase a …
City Council Expected to Dissolve Golden Hill Maintenance Assessment District
What will Golden Hill and South Park residents do with all their extra time, now that the fight over the Greater Golden Hill Maintenance Assessment District is over? They will finally be able to answer that question on Tuesday when …
Hundreds of Residents Speak Out Against SDG&E Proposal
More than 600 people converged on the Al Bahr Shriners Center in Kearny Mesa yesterday in opposition to a proposal from SDG&E to raise utility rates as a way to recover costs from the 2007 wildfires. Residents spent much of …
Doug Manchester: A New Breed of Newspaper Owners
Doug Manchester a trendsetter? That what some media experts are saying after New Jersey insurance executive and democratic powerbroker, George Norcross announced he and a group of investors were purchasing Philadelphia's two major dailies; the Daily News and the Philadelphia …
Mitt Romney's Son: Dad's La Jolla House Is "Pretty Small"
Another day and another quote about Mitt Romney's wealth has surfaced. Today, progressive commentary website, AMERICAblog, run by former Economist writer, John Aravosis, posted a YouTube clip which showed a speech from Mitt Romney's son, Josh, describing a Thanksgiving weekend …
Fight Over Old Town Transitional Housing Facility For Combat Veterans Continues
Residents of Old Town, veterans, and parents with young children, more than 50 in all, converged on the Joyce Beers Community Center in Hillcrest for the monthly meeting of the Uptown Planners. They were there to give input on whether …
Montalban Quintet Announce Casbah Gig
"De playin', De playin" Over the weekend, members of the Montalban Quintet announced they booked what will be their first show at the Casbah on April 24. The band, whose sound can be filed under, well, anything from jazz, to …
Meeting on Downtown Property and Business Improvement District Postponed...Again
What's another couple of months when three years have already passed? That's what some downtown residents must be thinking after hearing that the Audit Committee will not discuss an audit of the Downtown Property and Business Improvement District at this …
City Releases Environmental Report For One Paseo in Carmel Valley
One Paseo, the largest development project ever proposed for Carmel Valley, is one step closer to becoming a reality. Today, the City posted the Draft Environmental Impact Report on its website. The project from Kilroy Realty Corporation, consists of 1,857440 …