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Property-tax hikes ahead, San Diego
This is fair: during the years when a property's market value was much lower than the assessed value reflecting the high purchase price they paid (being "under water"), the lowered assessment helped ease the owner's tax burden while paying a high-priced mortgage. Theoretically, it also made it easier for the owner to sell the property. Now that the property's market value is back to what it was (or possibly more) when the owner bought, the original assessment can be fairly restored. A lot of very savvy investor-owners took advantage of the County's offer to lower assessments after the RE bust. Time to pay a fair share again.— July 28, 2014 3:01 p.m.
The Paleo diet can hit the road
A good read about Paleo diets: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/07/28/ston… And then contemplate the fabulous agriculturists of 5500 years ago, in the Orkney Islands: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/08/neolith…— July 27, 2014 1:52 p.m.
In this corner, a Fish Shop taco
*Mahi* means "strong" in the Hawaiian language; "very strong" is conveyed by repeating the word and hyphenating: *mahi-mahi*.— July 27, 2014 1:50 p.m.
We're targeting bad behavior
OBeceans have a problem with bad behavior in Sunset Cliffs Park: http://obrag.org/?p=85250 Can the Elites help out there?— July 27, 2014 1:28 p.m.
UCSD cash speaks with loud Voice
The background info reported here is helpful in demonstrating how serious a PR machine the Voice is and has been over the years of its existence. The Voice and the UT (along with SDCTA, Neighborhood Marketing Association, Chamber of Commerce, etc.) are the ones who "amplify the growing sense that the city and state aren’t friendly to business." If you examine the many very business-friendly Council actions, you get a much more accurate sense of just how advantaged businesses are in San Diego.— July 25, 2014 9:06 a.m.
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
Intriguing story, great reporting. I love the public statements: smoke, fire, general awareness, and a risk of smuggling everywhere. ... We know nothing but it's all working as intended. With curious off-track dealing in San Diego, always check the bottom of the hopper for former mayor Jerry Sanders.— July 18, 2014 4:46 p.m.
The Paleo diet can hit the road
Wow, as foodie cults go, I'll skip this one. Grains as part of a healthy diet seem OK to me, for starters. And milk. And eggs. Neanderthals did eat these things (when they could get them), according to the latest analyses of Neanderthal tooth tartar scrapings. But on to the idea of wild boars. Whew. So, where are they when they are killed, and how do they die? Spears? Traps? Lead shot? Are they imported from Texas, Colorado, Arkansas, Georgia, Indonesia, Latvia...? Per some online wholesale wild-boar meat sellers, there may be a shortage, so obtaining the ground pork (excuse me, "wild boar") might not be easy right now. It goes for a hefty price, up to about $120 for 10 pounds. Frozen. Shipped. Then there's the issue of why the shortage: porcine epidemic diarr ... never mind. But all over the place, huge ditches of dead domestic pigs are causing contamination and stench. According to the [Pig Site.][1] I guess wild boar can also get sick. The USDA doesn't much like wild boars. They call them "[invasive species][2]." USDA even has a [mapping system][3] so you can report wild boar. Maybe you should report your stomach upset? At least to the food truck. [1]: http://www.thepigsite.com/swinenews/37026/weekly-… [2]: http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/animals/wildbo… [3]: http://www.wildpigconference.com/proceedings09/co…— July 10, 2014 3:42 p.m.
Who owns Rancho Tembabichi?
Interesting story. Tembabichi exists in Baja, near Loreto. A [Jan 2014 story][1] reports a legal battle involving eviction of 27 families who have lived there for generations. Maybe the backstory to this would tell something about the Jory-McHaffie land claims. A [blog by someone][2] on a Baja sailing adventure describes the town in 2010 and includes a snapshot of an early 1900s photo of the founders. The shell of the large casa built by the original founders (paid for by the sale of several 4- and 5-carat pearls found in a nearby creek) still stands. [1]: http://colectivopericu.net/2014/01/31/litigio-por… [2]: http://esteladecometa.blogspot.com/2011/01/el-nav… http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2014/j… http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2014/j…— July 10, 2014 12:20 p.m.
Dinosaur Democrat
Scott Peters is not a Progressive Democrat. You can claim it all day long, but it doesn't make it true. More accurately, Peters has always been a well-publicized solid vote on small issues that seem progressive, but the conservative money sniffed out by his arrogant nose is where his other votes go. Alex Roth is a long-time right-wing-biased reporter with the same kind of nose. I'm sure his former buddy at the UT, Jennifer Vigil, will now give him some press at the Times of San Diego. In the years that they were at the UT, those two wrote articles that were favored re-posts by the Free Republic and other ultra-conservative groups. I'd say, watch out Peters: you may have given access to your camp to one whose inside status you will ultimately regret.— July 9, 2014 5:34 p.m.
Mayor Faulconer said it was okay
More good discovery and reporting on the tainted team of Faulconer/Goldsmith/et al. Woe to San Diegans. I wonder how Luna has managed to hang in there.— July 7, 2014 6:56 p.m.