Yet Another Free Foreign Junket for Susan Davis
She's been forced onto Washington's campaign fundraising circuit after being burned in the Kinde Durkee embezzlement scandal, but that hasn't cramped Democratic congresswoman Susan Davis's chronic world traveling habits. This time, Davis was off to Barcelona, Spain from September 24 …
The Marines Are Looking for a Few Good Re-Tweets
Pugil sticks, close order drill, bayonet training, martial arts: all play crucial roles in the arduous training regimen of the United States Marine Corps. Now comes another battlefield fraught with hazard: online social networking. To meet this 21st century challenge, …
Ninth Circuit Refuses to Reconsider Soledad Cross Ruling
The U.S Ninth district federal appeals court today rejected a request by the city of San Diego and the federal government to reconsider its ruling that the Mt. Soledad Cross is unconstitutional. According to Courthouse News Service, Judge Carlos Bea …
Billionaire GOP Yachtsman Shuns Tea Party
Actor Morgan Freeman is scheduled to put in an appearance at the San Diego Yacht Club on October 23, where he will be inducted as chairman of the honorary advisory board of the National Sailing Center & Hall of Fame …
Sac State Still Trying to Collect $9 Million from Alex Spanos
Sacramento's Capitol Weekly has a follow-up today on its earlier report that Stockton-based Alex Spanos failed to come up with all of the $10 million he pledged to build a new sports complex named after the Chargers owner on the …
Stalking the Residential Real Estate Portfolio of Union-Tribune's Tom Gores
Those who live in Beverly Hills and other parts of L.A. where the rich and famous reside are used to movie star tours and the maps sold on Hollywood Boulevard. Now comes a virtual tour, including plenty of photos, opinions, …
John Boehner Makes Good for Brian Bilbray
The spat with president Barack Obama over the national deficit kept House Speaker John Boehner tied down in Washington the last time he tried to come to San Diego to raise campaign cash for fellow GOP congressman Brian Bilbray (pictured). …
Susan Davis Turns to D.C. Lobbyists for New Campaign Money
Democratic congresswoman Susan Davis, who told supporters in a letter last month that "We’ve been robbed," is still trying to make up financial ground in the aftermath of the Kinde Durkee campaign treasurer scandal. Davis said Durkee “may well become …
Copley Press Sells Six Aging La Jolla Cottages for $5.9 million
Once upon a time, way back in 1979, there was a Republican San Diego county supervisor named Roger Hedgecock who went into partnership with his old friend and Pacific Beach builder Mike Turk to put up some solar powered condos …
Spanos and Family Reported Second Among NFL Political Donors
The blog at OpenSecrets.org is out today with a report that should be of interest to followers of the San Diego Chargers and their owners, Stockton-based Alex Spanos and family. In the U.S. political contribution derby, Spanos and his team …
Will Big-Money Lobbying Win the Airport Parking Battle?
Ace Parking, founded more than sixty years ago by Evan Jones, has long had a virtual monopoly on running San Diego’s publicly owned parking venues. Insiders note that one key to the company’s success has been staying friendly with local …
Sanders Launches Street Sweeper Outsourcing
Latest candidate for outsourcing under the so-called managed competition plan of San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders: street sweeping. We've got the full request for proposals here. Experts in such matters are invited to take a look and let us know …
Small World: An Interesting Deal between Casey Wasserman and Tom Gores
If the effort to build a new, taxpayer-subsidized downtown stadium for the Chargers ever gets to the serious stage, the topic of naming rights is certain to come up. Qualcomm got quite a bargain back in 1997 when the city …
Filner Demands Ethics Investigation of Supreme Court's Clarence Thomas
Congressman Bob Filner, currently engaged in a campaign for San Diego mayor, has joined 19 of his fellow House Democrats, led by House Rules Committee ranking member Rep. Louise Slaughter of New York, in calling for an investigation of Supreme …
"Papa" Doug Manchester Continues Political Giving
"Papa" Doug Manchester, the wealthy La Jolla developer and Republican who drew the wrath of same-sex marriage proponents when he supported the passage of California's Proposition 8 three years ago, hasn't backed away from supporting his favorite candidate and causes. …
Daimler Lobbied City Council for Electric Car Plan
What happens to neighborhood parking when 300 free-roaming little electric cars hit town later this year? San Diego is about to find out. The city council's quick approval earlier this month of a two-year pilot program to allow electric "car …
Spanos Slow to Make Good on $10 Million Sac State Stadium Pledge
Is Alex Spanos and his family running short on cash? Most likely not, but Sacramento-based Capitol Weekly, which bills itself as "the newspaper of California government and politics," is reporting that the Chargers owner hasn't paid up on the bulk …
Perry, Brown Likely No-Shows at Ensenada Border Governors Confab
The U.S.-Mexico Border Governors Conference starts tomorrow in Ensenada with both high hopes and major fears. The event has been held annually for more than two decades, intended to help governors of the four U.S. and six Mexican border states …
La Jolla's Kayak Lobby Facing Epic Battle
The great war of the La Jolla Shores kayak vendors is about to enter its next major round, and in light of its colorful history of political fireworks along with well-timed campaign contributions, as chronicled by Moss Gropen on our …
Russian Covets GA's Attack Drone Success
The English version of the Moscow Times website is out with an an op-ed piece heaping praise on La Jolla's General Atomics and the success of its Predator drones, operated by the CIA in Pakistan and other war zones around …