Nude Dancing Magnate Loses Round Against San Diego Vice
William McClelland, operator of Ten's Show Club, a nude dancing emporium on the corner of Ohio Street and El Cajon Boulevard in North Park, has been turned down by California's Fourth District Court of Appeal in his bid to expand …
Sacramento Bee Blasts Vargas for Narcotics Agents' Bill
The many alleged conflicts of interest of Democratic state Sen. Juan Vargas — running for the congressional seat currently held by fellow Democrat Bob Filner, who is now seeking to become mayor of San Diego — have long been a …
Mayor's Aide, Noted for Stonewalling, Explains Practices to National Public Radio
Darren Pudgil, longtime public relations aide and defacto gatekeeper for San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders, is quoted today by National Public Radio about how he controls media access to his boss: "'We don't let anyone in that we're not familiar …
Will Ex-NBA Star's Arrival Here Further Disrupt San Diego's GOP?
As if San Diego Republican politics aren't filled with enough intrigue in the wake of the departure from the party by mayoral candidate and Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, a GOP political and sports star from the Pacific Northwest has announced he …
Another Jewel of the Copley Press is on the Block; Price: $10 million
From the 1950s until his death in 1973, San Diego's Jim Copley was a legendary Republican kingmaker. Having wrested his late father Ira's Copley Press away from brother Bill (both had been adopted by Ira), Jim befriended Richard Nixon and …
Big Snuff Makes Big TV Buys Here; Burnham Backs the Other Side
America's two biggest tobacco companies are spending big bucks to beat Proposition 29, the "Tobacco Tax for Cancer Research Act" on June's ballot, and a sizable chunk of the wealth is currently being spread to San Diego television stations. Meanwhile, …
San Diego City Council Members Chow Down, Stock Up on Local Equities
Annual statements of personal economic interests of the San Diego city council and Mayor Jerry Sanders, covering calendar year 2011, are in at city hall, and, as usual, gifts abounded. Termed-out GOP mayor Sanders spent his second to last year …
Nathan Fletcher Still Raising Corporate Cash in State Political Fund
Running for mayor in San Diego as a newly self-proclaimed independent, California state Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, a former Republican, continues to collect corporate cash in his 2010 legislative officeholder account. The latest contribution to the "Assemblyman Fletcher 2010 Officeholder Account" …
Lifestyles of the Rich and Doug Manchester
Ever since he bought the San Diego Union-Tribune, it seems that the Internet can't get enough of Douglas Manchester, La Jolla-based hotel mogul, Mitt Romney backer, and bigtime GOP donor. Latest topic of online conversation: a sprawling mansion that Manchester …
Lance Malone, Imprisoned in Strip Club Bribery Case, Opens Las Vegas Pizza Joint
Lance Malone, ex-Las Vegas cop, county commissioner, and bagman for Cheetahs strip club operator Mike Gagliardi, is out of prison and in the pizza business, according to a report by John L Smith in yesterday's Las Vegas Review-Journal. The by-the-slice …
Resigned SDSU Athletic Director To Find Colorado State a Coach
Former San Diego State University athletic director Jeff Schemmel, who in November 2009 left Aztec Mesa in ignominy after it was revealed that he'd used school funds to visit an alleged mistress in Alabama, is currently at work finding a …
Garrick Financial Filing Shows Receipt of Much Free Food and Drink
North County state Assemblyman Martin Garrick, who reportedly has his sights set on a state senate seat, spent last year being wined and dined by a bevy of those with an interest in legislative business, according to the Republican's 2011 …
Nathan Fletcher Exits GOP Via YouTube
Republican State Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher announced via a YouTube video uploaded late yesterday that he is leaving the GOP to become an independent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=glhfg9oXlZ0 According to an Associated Press dispatch running today in the San Francisco Chronicle, Fletcher, who has …
Insurance Lobby Throws Washington, D.C. Fundraiser for Juan Vargas
Locked in an expensive congressional primary race with Democratic former state senator Denise Moreno Ducheny, current Democratic state senator Juan Vargas has turned to the insurance lobby in Washington, D.C. to help raise campaign cash. Two key influence peddlers with …
While Running for Congress, Vargas Padded State Accounts
Democratic State Senator Juan Vargas, a candidate for Congress to replace 51st District incumbent Democrat Bob Filner, has continued to collect money in two of his California legislative campaign accounts, disclosure reports posted online yesterday by the state Secretary of …
Union-Tribune Owner Gives $5,000 to Local GOP Before DeMaio Endorsement
As it girds its loins to do battle on behalf of its chosen San Diego mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio, the Republican Party of San Diego County has been building up a sizeable war chest with contributions from a host of …
Democrats Put Almost $50,000 Behind Filner's Bid for Mayor
Congressman Bob Filner has always maintained that his ace in the hole in the race for San Diego mayor would be big financial backing from fellow Democrats, and a filing yesterday by the state account of the San Diego County …
SeaWorld Cited for Exceeding Mission Bay Effluent Limits
Time is running out for the public to comment on a $6000 settlement agreement reached between the California Regional Water Control Board and SeaWorld LLC regarding agency findings that the company's San Diego aquatic park exceeded legal amounts of ammonia …
Qualcomm's Jacobs Gives Yet More Money to Gavin Newsom
Precisely a month after Democratic Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom attacked a prominent critic of a controversial Balboa Park traffic and parking makeover plan being promoted by La Jolla billionaire Irwin Jacobs, the Qualcomm founder and his wife Joan contributed a …
Warning: Navy's National Terror Drill May Cause San Diego Traffic Woes
The Navy's national "Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield" anti-terrorism exercises, set to begin Monday, may mean traffic tie-ups in Coroando and at other bases and facilities around the region. According to a Facebook post by the public affairs office of Naval Base …