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Death of a thousand cuts
— August 4, 2014 6:42 p.m.
Between open government and a hard place
This does not appear to be a very good deal from Jan Goldsmith's perspective. If the City gives Briggs $100,000, Goldsmith can keep his emails concerning the Filner imbroglio secret. If the City pays Briggs $100,000, there's no guarantee another lawyer won't file a similar records request for the same emails.— August 3, 2014 1:58 p.m.
Some of that California money
Maybe those well-heeled donors will reach deep into their pockets and give Papa Doug enough dough to pay off the bank consultant's judgment.— July 30, 2014 10:44 p.m.
Padres play dead ball
Toledo was hit particulary hard by the stadium scam, having built a new baseball stadium and later a new Hockey stadium. The area around the new stadia was redeveloped with massive public subsidies. Many entreprenuers bought into the scam that the area surrounding the stadia would be filled with customers 24/7 foaming at the mouth to spend money. The Youtube below shows that the area around the new stadium is filled with empty buildings and abandoned businesses. What happened in Toledo is criminal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzQDlWPwHgQ— July 20, 2014 11:37 p.m.
Padres play dead ball
Beer King Ron Fowler needs to condut himself like Ray Kroc. He should get on the public address system from his skybox and start berating Padres players who screw up. If a player strikes out, Fowler should call the guy a stupid son of a bitch like Kroc did to motivate him to try harder. Kroc knew how to motivate his players to give their all to the team.— July 20, 2014 9:32 a.m.
Jobs numbers rise, but so does jobless rate
Most local employers fill middle-class type jobs by recruiting experienced workers from outside the area. As a result, recent college graduates are stuck with minimum wage jobs and cannot reach the first rung of the middle class ladder. Local unemployed workers with middle-class job skills are forced to compete against hundreds of applicants from outside the area for a single job opening. This explains why there's always high unemployment even when the local economy is producing jobs. The jobs are being filled by transplants, not locals who already live here. This has the effect of driving apartments rents and housing pricing into the stratosphere, while creating a large underclass of college graduates who will never escape their minimum wage jobs. San Diego's economy has evolved into something that is truly sick and perverted.— July 19, 2014 11:51 a.m.
Sex-lube maker sues La Jolla Playhouse
The Reader editors ought to wash your mouth out with soap!— July 17, 2014 5:38 p.m.
Run silent, run the risk
Every time its hot Arizonans infest San Diego like cockroaches, taking up all the parking spots at the beaches keeping residents who pay local taxes from enjoying the beach.— July 16, 2014 7 p.m.
Water hogs' lament
I'll start conserving water when Charles Brandes drains his swimming lagoon and pool, and the private golf course surrounding his estate turns brown. This is the type of corruption we've learned to expect from Governor Brown: fine the little guy $500 for washing his car while looking the other way while the wealthy waste as much water as they please. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2014/j…— July 16, 2014 1:50 p.m.
Water hogs' lament
If I am forced to pay for a car wash that destroys the paint on my car, then every time I pay for the car wash I am going to run 1,000 gallons of water down the bath tub drain for the hell of it.— July 16, 2014 8:01 a.m.