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Park peddlers permitted to proceed
I think we should allow them to sell in the parks with permits as long as they agree to wear conical aluminum foil hats.— December 23, 2014 5:33 p.m.
Facts about staggeringly high rates interrupt Peevey lovefest
These calls for District Attornies to get involved - well what about the state legislature and, of course, the Governor's office? There is either tacit approval by them of the PUC's actions or else compete negligence: I suspect it's lot of both. California state government, it's finances, and it's ability to address the most pressing policy issues is a massive fail. The old line about rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic comes to mind. Instead we have a state legislature where the important issues of the day are banning plastic grocery bags and shaming Shamu's owners. Mike Peevey and the PUC is a visible example of what is wrong with state government, but sadly there is so much moral corruption and incompetence among our alleged leaders that Peevey is not an anomaly, but business as usual.— December 23, 2014 5:30 p.m.
The case of the Caltrans engineer's illicit remodel
I worked at the headquarters for the California State Parks Dept and saw firsthand how this kind of thing is very common in state government. If this guy was high enough on the management scale he probably would had been promoted following his misappropriation of state property ("Oh, you mean theft?")— December 23, 2014 4:56 p.m.
Facts about staggeringly high rates interrupt Peevey lovefest
Of course Don we should all join in the lovefest, as in "Love to see you go Mike!" Peevey is the posterboy for the hypocrisy and institutional corruption in Sacramento, where both parties (remember his PUC term was a product of Davis & Arnold with further butt-kissing from Brown) prove again and again that their first interest is the insider weasels with perceived power and/or money, not the people of California. How much money has unfairly flowed from the public to private utilities because of the PUC under Peevey? If you're a liberal how could you not wonder about a system that openly promotes gouging of the public while simultaneously professing to be concerned about the plight of the working poor? How much poorer are they because of Peevey? (I was going to come up with a similar line about the conservatives, but since there are none with any infliuence in state government, it doesn't matter what they think.) Peevey's retirement party may have been a lovefest, but his legacy at the PUC is a shamefest.— December 22, 2014 10:03 a.m.
UCSD to lose vice chancellor of rainmaking
"The cash came from billionaire T. Denny Sanford, who piled up big money at South Dakota's First Premier bank issuing high-interest credit cards" We'd like to thank the credit-impaired for making this stem cell research possible: your poor choices and misfortune will provide a nice workplace for generations of USCD docs, post-docs, PhD's and even the lowly biologists with just a BA (themselves good candidates for T Denny's loansharking).— December 19, 2014 3:15 p.m.
Casino to Jamul: Drop Dead
It has been a really big bummer for we white guys (remember the Spanish were Caucasians too) because we had no idea when we took California from the Indians and gave them crap land in the foothills and mountains, that they'd actually find a way to make a decent living from what it. It was assumed that these remote rock and brush-covered wastelands known as "Indian reservations" were good for nothing but rattlesnake farms. Not to be an Indian giver (no offense intended, naturally) but maybe we should take the reservation land too and put an end to this casino nonsense. As we've seen, once one Indian reservation found they could make a living from casinos, other reservations were also inspired to mess up the lives of the peaceful white guys of Jamul and other back country communities. We can't have the Indians going around acting like they used to own the place, now can we?— December 19, 2014 3:07 p.m.
Life on minimum wage at City Heights Burger King – for family of six
"while another 14 percent have completed bachelor’s degrees.." I always wondered where the Women's Studies and English lit majors got jobs.— December 18, 2014 10:04 a.m.
Manchester borrows $295 million for Texas hotel
When you look at the numbers, there doesn't seem to be a big difference: lower income is offset by a lower costs of living. Austin's median household income is $52,431, which is slightly above the national average. San Diego County's median household income is about $10,000 more than that, but it gets more than devoured by high housing, fuel and electric costs, among others. The median price of homes currently listed in Austin is $340,000. The median rent in Austin is $1,450. The median price of homes currently listed in San Diego is $509,900 The median rent in San Diego is $2,100.— December 16, 2014 9:25 a.m.
Half Door swinging open soon
Nicely written press release.— December 12, 2014 9:11 a.m.
Today's makes way for Schooners Station
Thanks goodness... I was just thinking we need more sports bars.— December 8, 2014 6:33 p.m.