Here's something you might be interested in.
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed
Big Screen — Movie commentary
Blurt — Music's inside track
Booze News — San Diego spirits
Classical Music — Immortal beauty
Classifieds — Free and easy
Cover Stories — Front-page features
Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes
Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts
Feast! — Food & drink reviews
Feature Stories — Local news & stories
Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore
From the Archives — Spotlight on the past
Golden Dreams — Talk of the town
The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it
Letters — Our inbox
Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites
Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans
Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists
Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news
News Ticker — News & politics
Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated
Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna
Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated
Poetry — The old and the new
Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers
Reading — The hunt for intellectuals
Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails
San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds
SD on the QT — Almost factual news
Sheep and Goats — Places of worship
Special Issues — The best of
Street Style — San Diego streets have style
Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves
Theater — On stage in San Diego this week
Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative
Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work
Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego
Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads
Your Week — Daily event picks
Taxing dinner with Lorena and the two Brians
There are no free dinners, except for San Diego politicos. That’s the word contained in a lobbying disclosure report filed by the County of San Diego last month. According to a recently amended statement with the California Secretary of State’s office, the county spent a total of $104,007 on lobbying expenses during the second quarter of this year: $54,961 was paid to Sacramento’s Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello, Gross & Leoni; $30,110 went to San Diego–based Carpi & Clay. And on May 29, three San Diego legislators, Republican assemblymen Brian Jones and Brian Maienschein, along with their newly elected Democratic colleague, Lorena Gonzalez, got treated to a free spread worth $79 each at Sacramento’s posh Esquire Grille on the K Street Mall near the capitol, thanks to county taxpayers.
“With its elegant décor, seasonal menu, and well-trained staff, Esquire Grill is the ultimate in downtown Sacramento dining,” says the eatery’s website. “Sip a cocktail in the bar or on the open-air patio. Clever takes on American cuisine are prepared using fresh, local ingredients, making Esquire Grill one of the best downtown Sacramento restaurants.” So, what was on the county’s lobbying menu? Among the hot issues pending, the report reveals, were monitoring of Medi-Cal managed-care programs, subdivision map expiration dates, fire prevention fees, an extension of so-called design-build programs for public buildings, setting up a storm-water pollution task force, and exempting bicycle transportation plans from mandatory environmental review.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Taxing dinner with Lorena and the two Brians
Taxing dinner with Lorena and the two Brians
There are no free dinners, except for San Diego politicos. That’s the word contained in a lobbying disclosure report filed by the County of San Diego last month. According to a recently amended statement with the California Secretary of State’s office, the county spent a total of $104,007 on lobbying expenses during the second quarter of this year: $54,961 was paid to Sacramento’s Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello, Gross & Leoni; $30,110 went to San Diego–based Carpi & Clay. And on May 29, three San Diego legislators, Republican assemblymen Brian Jones and Brian Maienschein, along with their newly elected Democratic colleague, Lorena Gonzalez, got treated to a free spread worth $79 each at Sacramento’s posh Esquire Grille on the K Street Mall near the capitol, thanks to county taxpayers.
“With its elegant décor, seasonal menu, and well-trained staff, Esquire Grill is the ultimate in downtown Sacramento dining,” says the eatery’s website. “Sip a cocktail in the bar or on the open-air patio. Clever takes on American cuisine are prepared using fresh, local ingredients, making Esquire Grill one of the best downtown Sacramento restaurants.” So, what was on the county’s lobbying menu? Among the hot issues pending, the report reveals, were monitoring of Medi-Cal managed-care programs, subdivision map expiration dates, fire prevention fees, an extension of so-called design-build programs for public buildings, setting up a storm-water pollution task force, and exempting bicycle transportation plans from mandatory environmental review.
Comments