Bersin and Napolitano Offer Latest Spin on Border Drug War
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin (left), once chief of schools here, hooked up with a bevy of other Obama administration law enforcement bigwigs today to release their Southwest Border Counternarcotics …
San Diego State University Near Top of Fastest Growing Tuition List
San Diego State University ranks near the top of a newly-released U.S. Department of Education roster of public universities with the fastest rising tuition and fees. According to the department's website, the College Affordability and Transparency Center, tuition at SDSU's …
SPAWAR-like Kickback Scandal Hits Newport's Naval Undersea Warfare Center
The Providence, Rhode Island Journal is reporting that a kickback scandal at Newport's Naval Undersea Warfare Center bears striking similarities to the small business fraud scandal that broke two years ago at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in …
San Diego State Wants Someone to Find It Big Money
Beset by the state's financial woes, money-hungry San Diego State University is on the prowl for a temporary rainmaker to hit the road with the aim of researching and attracting a fresh shower of cash from heavy-hitting donors. Under ex-president …
Bilbray Aide Briefs Doctors on Biomedical Bills, Gets Free Lodging
It's no secret that GOP congressman Brian Bilbray has been a major political beneficiary of the bio-tech industry. According to the Sunlight Foundation's Influence Explorer website, Bilbray's top campaign contributors from 1993 through last year included Health Professionals ($362,000) and …
A.G. Spanos Co. Seeks 23-year Tax Break from Albany, New York
A.G. Spanos Cos., run by Alex Spanos and his Chargers-owning clan — in perennial search of a taxpayer-subsidized pro-football stadium here — is angling for a complicated 23-year tax break from the city of Albany, New York on a posh …
Disaster Training at San Onofre Lax, Says NRC Report
The non-profit investigative news site ProPublica.org is out today with a lengthy analysis of safety reports released by the Nuclear Regulartory Agency in May, finding problems at 60 of 65 of the U.S. atomic plans inspected following the Japanese nuclear …
"Paycheck Protection" Measure Gets Lincoln Club Money
A group of heavyweight San Diegans are lining up to help bankroll circulation of a new initiative, intended for the 2012 ballot, that would ban labor unions and corporations from the use of automatic payroll deductions for political contributions. It …
Subsidies for Rich Farmers Hit; Rancho Santa Fe Farmer Agrees
The Washington, D.C.-based Environmental Working Group is out with its annual database of federal farm subsidy recipients from 1995 through 2010, searchable by zip code, and more than a few downtown San Diego, La Jolla, and Rancho Santa Fe addresses …
Harry Reid Bashes Georgiou; San Diego Delegation Raises Cash
Photo on left: Byron Georgiou Democratic Sen. Harry Reid has come out swinging against Byron Georgiou, the ex-San Diego lawyer who worked for Bill Lerach and is now living in Nevada and running in that state's Democratic senatorial primary against …
Big-Time Lawyer-Lobbyist Headlines Dumanis Campaign Fundraiser
A raft of high-powered San Diego lawyers are hosting a campaign fundraiser tomorrow evening for District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, who is running for mayor. An invitation for the cocktail bash, to be held at the law offices of Casey Gerry …
Mark Fabiani to Spin Chipotle Undocumented-Alien Woes
Reuters is reporting today that Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. has picked up the services of La Jollan Mark Fabiani to manage the public-relations angle of the firm's ongoing troubles with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. An ICE audit of Chipotle …
Mitt Romney's La Jolla Ties Attract Increasing Notice
Curbed, a national website covering celebrity and other high-end digs, presented a guided tour of the houses of GOP presidential candidates yesterday, including an aerial photo of ex-Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's house on the La Jolla coastline: "The former CEO …
Assemblyman Martin Garrick Arrested in Sacramento on DUI Charge
The Sacramento Bee's CapitolAlert blog reports this morning that former GOP Assembly Leader Martin Garrick was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving last night. Elected in 2006, Garrick is set to be termed out next year. The Bee says Garrick's …
Anthony Weiner Owned Shares in San Diego Subprime Outfit
It's no doubt among the least of New York Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner's problems these days, but based on his official financial disclosure reports, he apparently once owned between $1,001 and $15,000 worth of preferred stock in Accredited Home Lenders, …
DEA Warns of New Hits Against Border Agents
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has quietly told its law enforcement partners along the border that they should be prepared for a new wave of cross-border violence aimed squarely at them, according to the website Homeland Security Today, which says …
Palin Email Reveals Sempra Energy Pipeline Scheme
As we first reported in September 2008, back in 2005 Sempra Energy helped enlist the backing of then-ex Wasilla, Alaska mayor Sarah Palin regarding a scheme to build a liquified natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to Valdez for …
FBI Feud Derails Border Corruption Cleanup
Mexican drug lords are corrupting U.S. border patrol and customs agents at an increasing pace while supposed watchdogs in the Department of Homeland Security and San Diego FBI officials feud with each other over how to clean up the mess. …
Filner Reports $13,325 from Public Employees Retirement System
Now that Bob Filner has jumped into the San Diego mayoral race, online researchers will have a ball looking him up on the many D.C. websites dedicated to following members of Congress. One good starting point is OpenSecrets.org, which features …
Filner Reports $13,325 Pension Payment from Public Employees Retirement System
Now that Bob Filner has jumped into the San Diego mayoral race, online researchers will have a ball looking him up on the many D.C. websites dedicated to following members of Congress. One good starting point is OpenSecrets.org, which features …