Encore Capital Group, a publicly held San Diego company that buys bad debt cheaply and then pressures debtors to cough up, agreed Friday, January 9, to reform. The company reached agreement with the State of …
January 12, 2015
MichaelValentine
Please, no Encore
Wanted: New CPUC president's erased emails
This morning (January 12), Maria Severson of the law firm Aguirre & Severson will call for an immediate forensic investigation of all erased correspondence on the computers of the new California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) …
January 12, 2015
Unions declare San Diego wage war
San Diego and its national reputation for whale shows, golden sunsets, and big-money insider politics now has another distinction. At least that appears to be the message of labor-union bigwigs who staged what they called …
January 9, 2015
Another shake-up hits U-T San Diego
As Republican mayor Kevin Faulconer gets set to roll out his agenda in this year's state of the city speech — including possible word about a public funding scheme for a new Chargers stadium — …
January 13, 2015
Rake in $1 million a year! Pay no taxes!
Encinitas osteopath Dr. James Francis Murphy today (January 13) was sentenced to four years in prison and his wife, Denine Christine Murphy got a year under house arrest for paying almost no federal income taxes …
January 13, 2015
New sewer lines or new stadium fro San Diego? Your choice.
All recognize the infrastructure is ailing. Still, a subsidized stadium for a billionaire family may well prevail.
January 14, 2015
Mayor Faulconer's folly
In his state of the city address yesterday evening (January 14), mayor Kevin Faulconer said he wants to repair long-neglected infrastructure, take action on expansion of the convention center, and build a stadium for the …
January 15, 2015
Public relations — er, utilities commission chief speaks
At a meeting of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today (January 15), the new president, Michael Picker, acknowledged that the agency has had ethical problems and pledged reform. Picker conceded that there "is uncertainty …
January 15, 2015