Fox Sports lobbies up in ongoing civic war over Padres TV blackout
Southwest Strategies reveals new lobbying client late the same day city council passes resolution in baseball cable dispute
As reported here yesterday, Time Warner Cable has retained the services of San Diego super lobbyist Paul Robinson in the seemingly forever battle over whether Padres games should be aired on all cable TV operations here. Now another local big …
GOP super-lobbyist long tied to U-T San Diego publisher enters Padres TV fray
Growing intrigue over possible ties between "Padres to the People" bid and Time Warner Cable trench cut fee deal
As first reported here last July, U-T San Diego columnist Matt Hall kicked off his "Padres to the People" campaign - an effort to get San Diego cable operators to carry the team's baseball games - with a sidewalk rally …
City ethics commission won't release Maas investigation documents
Executive director turns down public records act request for emails and other material, saying, "Commission could decide to re-open a closed matter"
It's without a doubt San Diego's most sensational political story so far this year: yesterday's UT San Diego exclusive about developer Fred Maas and his efforts to dig up and publicize alleged dirt about then-GOP city councilman Carl DeMaio in …
Filner seeks "change agent" in new chief operating officer, recruiting brochure says
No salary set for key management position; document says San Diego mayor is "similar to the Governor or the President"
San Diego's Democratic mayor Bob Filner has been busy lately handling everything from seal kicking to a lawsuit filed by the city's GOP hotel moguls in an attempt to get him to sign a funding contract negotiated by Republican ex-mayor …
Big Texas money enters San Diego's fourth district city council fray
Austin real estate executive and African safari goer who handles luxury San Diego holdings becomes third major donor to Williams' cause
It's not quite the Rick Perry campaign, but a big-time Texas real estate maven has just kicked in $6750 to that well-heeled independent expenditure committee backing Republican-turned-Democrat Bruce Williams for the fourth district city council seat. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/22/42413/ Brenda Tworoger of …
Big labor spends $75,000 for Democrat in fourth district council race
Campaign committee run by San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council lays out more than $75,000 for cause of Myrtle Cole, according to filing
With the special election for city council in San Diego's fourth city council district already shaping up as a classic money battle between labor unions and the city's well-heeled real estate and development interests, San Diego Works!, an independent expenditure …
Ex-firm of judge in moguls' anti-Filner case revises disclosure to show more campaign contributions
Downtown's Sheppard Mullin, a major hotel developer lobbyist, amends filing four days after story on contributions of its lawyers to failed GOP mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, a city hall lobbying mainstay for members of San Diego's hotel development industry, La Jolla's tony Bishops' School, as well as San Diego Gas & Electric and a host of other major corporate and industrial …
Wife of port scandal figure gives big to Bruce Williams cause
Out-of-district developers heaping cash on Fourth District council race
Some of San Diego's richest and most controversial developers are pouring money into one of its poorest city council districts in a well-funded effort to elect a top aide of the man who quit the seat in the midst of …
Lobbyist White makes hay simultaneously handling city of Malibu and U2's the Edge
Potential conflict of interest involving Pete Wilson’s ex-top political guru and high flying lobbying business detailed in L.A. Times
Today's Los Angeles Times is it out with a report on the rapidly growing amount of cash the state's cities and counties are spending on Sacramento lobbyists. According to the Times, lobbyist spending by local government topped $96 million during …
Former law colleagues of judge in moguls' case against Filner gave big money to DeMaio
Sheppard Mullin lawyers heaped cash on failed mayoral campaign of local Republican stalwart against Democratic mayor now under fire in GOP hotelier's suit
Attorneys at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton - the big downtown law and lobbying firm where San Diego Superior Court Judge Timothy B. Taylor worked for two decades before being appointed to the bench by Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in …
Judge in Filner case discloses link to Tierney, denies knowing Gloria or hotelier
Timothy B. Taylor declines to remove himself from mayor's case after making disclosure to parties regarding facts first reported here
He's never returned our phone calls, but the judge in the San Diego hotel moguls' case against mayor Bob Filner has issued a statement regarding our report last week that his nominating petition was circulated by veteran city hall political …
Brown’s Mission Valley grading violation goes unreported by neighboring hotel magnate’s paper
Owners of San Diego's biggest newspaper and Mission Valley's biggest hotel complex hatch plans for development of flood-prone San Diego River
U-T San Diego publisher Doug Manchester and Atlas Hotels president C. Terry Brown - who is leading a Manchester-backed legal war against mayor Bob Filner – can be said to have at least four things in common. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/13/41829/ Both are …
Ex-supervisor gives $250,000 of leftover campaign cash to San Diego Opera
Slater-Price, who got major campaign cash from culture executives during county career, turns over remaining six-figure re-election stash to arts and other groups
During her many years as a member of the San Diego county board of supervisors, Pam Slater-Price generated her share of controversy for taking free trips and tickets from local cultural groups to which she helped direct taxpayer subsidies. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/12/41652/ …
Confidential email reveals Irwin Jacobs's powerful hand in Balboa Park project
Qualcomm billionaire wanted mammoth parking garage to be "almost human-free," spurned idea his money could be used to fix potholes
San Diego's richest man, Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs, always said that since he was putting up the money for his now-defunct Balboa Park traffic and parking makeover plan, there should be no arguments about how he wanted to spend it. …
Late filings reveal formidable fundraising clout of San Diego sheriff
Aide says lawman's office didn't know of law and learned of possible penalties from news reports of $37,500 fine levied against Sacramento mayor
In an apparent case of better late than never, a top aide to San Diego county Sheriff Bill Gore says two so-called behesting disclosure statements were filed months late by the sheriff because his office wasn't aware of the California …
Chargers' Fabiani, wife, and Jack McGrory spread wealth to L.A. pols
Subsidized stadium champion and rich ex-city manager and a variety of well-heeled San Diegans and La Jollans place bets in Los Angeles political derby, disclosures show
Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel and City Councilman Eric Garcetti, who got through that city's mayoral primary this week, are already back on the campaign trail, duking it out in advance of the May general election. Garcetti got 33 …
Todd Gloria, staffer, hotelier and spouse signed nomination paper for judge who ruled against Filner
Taylor backers with stake in hotel moguls' legal attack on San Diego mayor include Evans Hotels’ chief financial officer Robert H. Gleason and spouse
Superior Court Judge Timothy B. Taylor - who yesterday ruled that GOP hotel magnates could expedite their lawsuit against Bob Filner - has benefited from key political backing by several of the major players arrayed against the Democratic San Diego …
In Filner case, tangled tale of four GOP leaning judges
By representing himself in court, Democrat Filner steps into a clubby world of Republican judicial cash and big business ties
San Diego mayor Bob Filner - who appeared before San Diego Superior Court judge Timothy B. Taylor today to unsuccessfully argue against an expedited hearing of the lawsuit brought against him by hotel moguls - is more familiar with the …
Golf ranks high on Hueso's special interest gift list
Cost of care, feeding, and travel for Assembly Democrat by big gift givers in 2012 may top San Diego delegation
Who was the biggest gift recipient of all among California legislators from San Diego in 2012? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/04/41054/ All filings aren't in yet, but according to a spreadsheet analysis of the delegation's personal financial disclosure statements recently posted online by the …
San Diego legislators got plenty of free travel, lodging, and food in 2012
Koch brothers-backed ALEC picks up tab for GOP's Anderson; Democrat Atkins books trip to Russia, thanks to Moscow's Duma
Some fine times on the road were no doubt had last year by the members of San Diego's state legislative delegation, judging from their personal financial disclosure reports just posted online by California's Fair Political Practices Commission. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/03/41011/ Perhaps not …