Peace gets a chance with Sempra-bankrolled web design
The political action committee that won't die comes to life once more with Sempra work done by familiar sounding political outfit
When last we checked in on the Independent Voter PAC, the political fund run by David Takashima was helping to the advance the agenda of Proposition 30, the successful November 2012 tax hike by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K9chLGt49Q&feature=player_embedded#t=0 It …
Bad actor surfaces among top San Diego cops
Owner of uniform store and police museum commissioner faces sentencing in federal court here next month on kickback conspiracy count
San Diego being the kind of rough-and-tumble law enforcement, military and border intelligence town that many say it is, it may not be too surprising to find lots of interesting characters on the board of commissioners of its non-profit police …
If Filner falls, so rise the Kochs?
Newly arrived U-T San Diego editorialist worked for non-profit news outfit linked to conservative oil and chemical magnates by Columbia Journalism Review
The billionaire Koch brothers, David and Charles of Wichita, Kansas, don't enjoy much obvious clout in San Diego politics, but that could soon change, depending in part on the fate of Republican spearheaded recall efforts to oust Democratic mayor Bob …
San Diegans could be last to know who's paying for Filner recall
No limits on amount of recall donations and lack of reporting make for big money mystery and uniquely San Diego-style media and political intrigue
Who is funding the big money recall effort to oust embattled San Diego mayor Bob Filner? So far, no one is saying, and - unless someone steps forward to sue the city to force greater disclosure - that seems to …
Hooters workers’ case rages in San Diego court; media mum
Big downtown developer law and lobbying firm long linked to U-T San Diego owner Doug Manchester does epic legal battle with allegedly underpaid and ill-treated young waitresses
Hooters, the big national franchisee of bars and eateries whose business model is based on a young female wait staff dressed in distinctively revealing outfits, has been making some big headlines in San Diego news media and among rightward leaning …
Manchester, Sempra, and Jacobs gave heavily to sexually accused Schwarzenegger
Big cash means big difference for two high-profile politicos accused of sexual harassment
Before Bob Filner there was Arnold Schwarzenegger, but besides their obvious physical differences, their crisis management skills and abilities also appear to be widely divergent While the GOP’s Schwarzenegger skated past a host of sexual harassment allegations - handily batting …
Schwarzenegger's sexual harassment history featured in Democrat's Issa hit
New front in partisan war of alleged sexual behavior opened by top California political advisor, recalling "sexual gratification" charges leveled against U-T owner
Embattled Democratic San Diego mayor Bob Filner, his offices reportedly swarmed by federal agents; investigators reporting to GOP Sheriff Bill Gore; and a sizable percentage of the town's numerically dissipated version of the Fourth Estate, continues to make national headlines. …
Top port cop gets provisional intelligence moonlighting OK from state watchdog
Fabled "Sheriff of Baghdad" and Marine reserve Lieutenant Colonel gets conditional go-ahead to cash in on links to anti-terrorism intelligence
The assistant chief of the Port of San Diego's Harbor Police, an expert in Islamic counter-intelligence, has received conditional approval from the state's Fair Political Practices Commission to go freelance with his legendary anti-terrorism and criminal intelligence experience. But a …
Manchester-backed recall leader was sued by David Copley for trespassing
Head of Filner take-down war accused in 2011 of illegal road building and grading by late GOP publisher regarding environmental damage allegedly done to mother's Fox Hill estate
These days La Jolla surveyor Michael Pallamary, leader of the recall against Bob Filner, is a stand-up guy, at least according to U-T San Diego, the mini media empire of Douglas Manchester, a laissez faire land developer and hotel magnate …
Transparency lags as GOP fundraisers fan out for anti-Filner drive
City ethics chief says check back next week regarding when and whether special interests will have to disclose cash stake in ousting mayor
Two high-profile voter signature drives in California, one aimed at putting the issue of a new basketball arena on the ballot in Sacramento, the other to recall embattled San Diego Democratic mayor Bob Filner, are casting new light on the …
Feds deny import permits for beluga whales for SeaWorld
San Diego marine park one of five U.S. facilities that sought to obtain rare beluga whales from Russia
The U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service has turned down an application by the Georgia Aquarium and four associated marine exhibit facilities, including SeaWorld of Florida, SeaWorld of Texas, SeaWorld of California and Shedd Aquarium in …
Hotel magnates, developers, ex-Union-Tribune editor put cash into D.A.'s pocket
Republican Bonnie Dumanis personally gets $25,755 in partial payback for $50,000 invested in failed mayoral campaign
In hindsight, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis didn't have much of a chance in last year's mayoral derby against congressman Bob Filner, city councilman Carl DeMaio, and Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher. But Dumanis jumped into the race anyway, bagging the support of …
Sheriff reportedly plotting mayor's ouster got funds from Lynch, Blue, hotel interests, report says
L.A. Times relates plan by GOP's Gore and state attorney general's office seeking to short-cut recall by putting mayor on trial for "egregious misconduct in office."
The effort to depose embattled San Diego mayor Bob Filner, accused of sexual harassment by a growing cast of alleged victims, appears to have gotten a bit more Machiavellian. According to a Los Angeles Times report today, San Diego sheriff …
ICE special agent, sitting judge, U.S. magistrate, newscaster, prostitution client put cash into D.A. race
Law enforcement money looms large as Filner foe Dumanis and challenger Brewer battle it out in fight for special influence funding
What would Eliot Ness make of it all? As G-men, G-women and other gumshoes from an alphabet soup of federal agencies swarm city hall trying to get the goods on embattled San Diego Democratic mayor Bob Filner, his erstwhile Republican …
Mobster's associate Molasky fuels DeMaio's dreams
The FBI, Obama's U.S. Attorney, media, government informants, drug war, the mob, and cold cash all have mentions in "Day of the Locust"-style San Diego recall spectacle
When it comes to the mob, media, and law enforcement, San Diego has long been a town of dirty little secrets. Throughout the city's history, the three have often been linked in a murky alliance of cops, bad guys, informants, …
As Filner recall gathers, U-T San Diego owner bankrolls local GOP
With personal millions at stake, hotel mogul Douglas Manchester's financial holding company leaps into Filner fray with political cash the day after paper reports recall effort
It's not exactly a big surprise to locals who read and tune into U-T San Diego, the mini media empire run by La Jolla hotel magnate Doug Manchester, that the long-time Republican is not a big fan of embattled Democratic …
Not a story, says Maienschein of his lobbyist dating
San Diego Republican, famous locally for MTV party house fundraiser, makes Sacramento headlines by dating lobbyist for California Medical Association
Rack up another sex and politics case for San Diego's voluminous record books. While a horde of San Diego reporters has been chasing harassment allegation-plagued Democrat Bob Filner, one local Republican has been caught making his own hay, and headlines, …
More special interest cash rolls into Filner's political fund
Embattled mayor collects $39,400 from variety of those with business at city hall; money pays for ex-Hedgecock aide Tom Shepard and San Francisco political law firm
As previously reported here, San Diego mayor Bob Filner, now under fire in a sexual harassment scandal, has since February been accumulating money in a fund called the Mayor Bob Filner for San Diego Committee. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/30/50305/ At the time, speculation …
Feinstein, tops in Predator maker’s political cash, talks Filner recall
California Democrat and Filner critic tops list of General Atomics giving; only Democrat in Predator-maker's big five, she outranks GOP members by far, accounting reveals
Will one of America’s deadliest weapon makers put huge money behind a recall of San Diego mayor Bob Filner? That could be the message telegraphed over the weekend on CNN by Democratic U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. As previously reported , …
Drone maker's Feinstein-announced fiancée says mayor touched her
Retired rear admiral and longtime companion and employee of CIA's Predator drone maker and national conservative GOP kingpin Linden Blue jumps into Filner fray
San Diego's already dizzying Filner follies just got even more interesting. Among four local women bigwigs who stepped forward on the set of San Diego State University's KPBS yesterday to say they'd been molested by Democratic mayor Bob Filner was …