“The rich school district gets the best teachers. That has not changed. Except here on Coronado we had a rich district with a poor tax base and citizens too mean to raise them."
August 10, 1995
News & Stories
Coronado ripped apart by 1966 school board fight
The Fed chase after fresh cash is not Ponzi scheme
Dear Matthew Alice: A few years ago, some of our socially prominent La Jolla citizens were sent to the slammer for running a Ponzi scheme, which pays off early investors with money from new investors. …
August 10, 1995
Surfing might join ballroom dancing as an Olympic sport
Matt: Has surfing ever been or will it be an Olympic sport? — [email protected] Funny you should ask, mhfractal. Just this past April the International Olympic Committee gave provisional recognition to a spate of sports, …
August 10, 1995
At least 50,000 Americans will have electrotherapy next year
Dear Matt: Exactly what is shock therapy, and does it work? If so, how? What is it supposed to fix? — Bill Hunt, [email protected] Shock therapy? Well, just last week we took Ma Alice to …
August 10, 1995
San Diego landscape: brutal eucalyptus and ridiculous palms
Walter Anderson, Jr., who runs the landmark Anderson Nursery on Pacific Coast Highway, said he remembers a photograph in the San Diego Union, circa 1970, of Teresa standing on Harbor Drive between a bulldozer and a palm.
August 10, 1995