PhotosTaxpayers’ fineChronically troubled Poway Unified School District, which recently took to local TV news to bemoan its increasingly strapped finances and argue for the desperate need for voters to pass new school bond debt, now …
November 20, 2024
Matt Potter has been a staff writer and editor at the San Diego Reader since 1989. He reports on politics and local institutions such as the Union-Tribune, UCSD, SDSU, and the City and County of San Diego.
He is the author of the weekly Under the Radar column.
Besides breaking the Cheetahs corruption story a year before the FBI raided the offices of the San Diego city council, he has written extensively on governance, medical ethics, and human experimentation issues at the University of California San Diego.
Some notable Potter stories:
June 1, 1989:The Egg Women (Mayor O'Connor, Joan Kroc, Helen Copley, and the Faberge eggs)
April, 25, 1991 Mayor Moves to Create Death Valley-like Wasteland in Point Loma (O'Connor house landscaping)
June 20, 1991: A Son by Any Other Name (Helen Copley's adoption of son David revealed)
Aug. 8, 1996: Welcome, GOP Delegates to San Diego, City of Shame
May 22, 1997: La Jolla Gentlemen and the Party Boy (secrets of Andrew Cunanan, gay serial killer)
Oct. 25, 2001: Did Bin Laden's Brother Lead a Secret Life in San Diego?
Nov. 29, 2001: Did Casey Gwinn Try to Get Don Bauder Fired? (City Attorney vs. tough reporter)
July 31, 2003: Fun with Ralph (Inzunza's eating companions at Dobson's)
Articles by Matt Potter
Poway’s schools, faced with money squeeze, fined for voter mailing
SDSU to City College students: Drop dead
SDSU’s un-transferredCommunity college students from San Diego and elsewhere around the state are losing out on a quality education, and much of the blame lies with California’s university system, particularly San Diego State University. So …
November 13, 2024
Luxury addiction treatment on Country Rose Circle
Detox luxeA newly released state audit report is calling out the concentration of luxury residential drug and alcohol detox centers along posh Country Rose Circle in Encinitas. “We found several small facilities with the same …
November 6, 2024
Todd Gloria gets cash from McDonald's franchise owners
Supersized campaign cashA developer-backed independent campaign committee being used to rescue the mayoral bid of incumbent Democrat Todd Gloria is also trying to beat back a California rent control measure. The group, officially titled San …
October 30, 2024
Why did Harrah's VP commit suicide last summer?
Rincon’s splashy suicideBig time gambling interests are playing a major role in the Republican-based Lincoln Club’s hit-piece effort to take down Democratic County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer. On October 12, fresh money rolled into the club’s …
October 23, 2024
San Diego Port District CEO Joe Stuyvesant gets wings clipped
Captive lobbyingStrike at least one would-be influence peddler from the ranks of ex-government insiders who want to sell their big-money services to corporations seeking to get their way with San Diego’s Port District — at …
October 17, 2024
Steven Richter comes up with $1 million for Lincoln Club
A spam king and his dadA widely proclaimed ex-king of spam and YouTube influencer with a big-money slot machine channel who hails from Colorado — along with a million-dollar contribution to San Diego’s longtime hit …
October 9, 2024
Scott Peters aide gets free travel and hotel from Big Pharma
Summer of drugsDillon Cooke, an aide to House Democrat Scott Peters of La Jolla, picked up some free travel and a stay in San Francisco from Center Forward, a non-profit group known for pushing pro-Pharmaceutical …
October 2, 2024
Union-Tribune owners push San Diego Smash
U-T’s strange volleyball daysThere was a time not long ago that the Union-Tribune was the mouthpiece for San Diego professional sports. In those old days, the paper hustled mightily for the Chargers, denying for two …
September 25, 2024