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Never mind Bullock’s — Target is the future of dying malls
The one we have is into office space. I predicted long ago that that was going to be hurtin' too. The one that screwed us a few years ago was into retail.— July 29, 2016 9:21 p.m.
Everybody's lives matter
Regarding: "Who’s in Charge? "Hmmm. The government chops down a perfectly good tree by mistake." See my post at http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2016/jul/15/st…— July 28, 2016 10:02 p.m.
It was a perfectly healthy tree in Clairemont
It might have been the right thing for the wrong reason. The tree was obviously not properly maintained during most of its life; it was leaning and bending, apparently due to indifference or ignorance of proper tree maintenance principles. It may have been chopped off (improper practice) by the power company because of the supply cable extending from the power pole across the street to the house at 4982 Mt. Frissell Drive. Additionally, root pruning weakens the tree's anchoring roots. There are not many places in the Clairemont Mesa area that are suitable for the planting of trees that can grow large enough to kill people when they fall. Many soils are stratified with "hardpan" near enough to the surface to prevent the development of a healthy anchoring root system. The rupture of sidewalks is an indicator that the roots are not developing deeply enough. This is most commonly caused by two management errors--failing to make sure that the soil is deep enough for the proper development of a strong anchoring root system, and failing to insure that the tree's root system is watered deeply enough for such a system to develop. I suspect that it had all these factors against it. The new tree could develop similar problems. The City, not the homeowner, should first make a determination that the soil depth is adequate for the development of a strong support system. If the City is going to require that the adjacent homeowner is responsible for properly pruning as well as irrigating and fertilizing, they should provide exact instructions. Unfortunately, many so-called professionals know little more than inherited folklore about trees, much of it not only wrong, but potentially (if not certainly) dangerous. Trees are wonderful forms of life, but humans seem to believe that they somehow miraculously can take care of themselves despite the abuse they suffer at the hands of humans.— July 28, 2016 9:58 p.m.
Never mind Bullock’s — Target is the future of dying malls
We have a REIT that's divesting. We will lose money. Same thing happened a few years ago with another REIT. We're still writing off the losses. Shell-games.— July 27, 2016 10:36 p.m.
San Diegans have less stress
"The more you generalize about a population, the less you know about any individual in that population." --Henry Geiger— July 26, 2016 11:19 p.m.
U-T's lauding of Bush II presidency might seem stupid
Sawdust.— July 11, 2016 2:07 a.m.
U-T's lauding of Bush II presidency might seem stupid
If Hillariously tone-deaf Hillary were actually Elizabeth, I would vote for her. I probably would, just to keep jackoff-boy out of the White House. But the Democrats are in serious danger of, by hanging on to Hillaryous, of handing the election, in a close vote, to Little Boy Trumpty-Dumpty. If the Democrats had any sense, they would get behind Bernie, who would draw a lot of pissedoff Americans away from that idiot. But, they won't. So wait for the bowling alley to be replaced with roulette wheels (secret decision-makers of our destiny).— July 11, 2016 2:06 a.m.
U-T's lauding of Bush II presidency might seem stupid
Not to mention those of the puppeteers.— July 11, 2016 1:58 a.m.
U-T's lauding of Bush II presidency might seem stupid
From lazy and stupid to active and stupid? (As the Kaiser said of the latter, "I have them shot!!") "Men are either active or lazy; intelligent or stupid. The active and intelligent make excellent field officers, the lazy and intelligent make excellent staff officers, the lazy and stupid make excellent privates . . .— July 10, 2016 10:57 a.m.
U-T's lauding of Bush II presidency might seem stupid
This needs shouting from the rooftops!— July 9, 2016 5:29 p.m.