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U-T San Diego issues apology for Filner typo
No kidding. Filner, whom fellow Dem. Peter Navarro once labeled, The Grand Canyon of A$$holes," is a gift that keeps on giving to Mencken.— July 12, 2013 2:10 p.m.
Big people talk about issues; small people talk about people
Should we pay more attention to something that happened in Austin in 2010, or something happening in our own city right now?— July 11, 2013 6:31 p.m.
First picture of City Hall debauchery emerges
About sums it up.— July 11, 2013 3:38 p.m.
La Sala's The Cove
Monaghan: your message seems to be, "I've never heard of it, so it must be new age crap. No... don't bother me with evidence to the contrary. I'm the infallible of the Pope of the Church of Me, and I have spoken." By the way, people drank during Prohibition.— July 8, 2013 1:04 p.m.
Pala tribe cuts dissident members off rolls, including former tribal chairman King Freeman.
So much for the gambling money bringing Indians their dignity back. Disgraceful.— June 12, 2013 9:52 p.m.
South Bay Drive-In goes digital
What about the audio... I saw the Hobbit there -- curse you, Peter Jackson -- and the sounds was so faint and crackly that I started to long for old speaker on a pole thing.— June 3, 2013 4:32 p.m.
The job-stealing scam — Texas is the biggest con
So... given the fact you just stated, shouldn't we work to keep them here? Or, should we keep making it harder for them to do business then complain when they leave for Texas and Nevada? See my point? You want to bitch about companies and bitch about Perry and Texas, but you don't want to remove the beam from California's eye. The fact is, this is a poorly governed, fiscally mismanaged state in which running a company is difficult.— May 30, 2013 12:43 p.m.
The job-stealing scam — Texas is the biggest con
But is it "corporate welfare" that Texas is offering, or simply a better tax situation? I believe what you call corporate welfare occurs when a company says to a state, "We can't/won't do business under your current tax code." So the state, wanting to keep jobs and tax revenue, cuts them a tax break. The root cause of the whole situation was the untenable tax rate. As far as CA is concerned, with the population and resources we have here, we shouldn't have any trouble attracting and keeping companies. It's a beautiful state with great weather, great transportation, great ports, great universities. But our state government has been so shoddy for the last 30 years that they've killed the goose that lays the golden eggs. To gripe about Texas and Rick Perry makes us look like idiots.— May 29, 2013 5:30 p.m.
The job-stealing scam — Texas is the biggest con
Why is it people on the left feel entitled to use racist epithets like "white trash" all the while claiming to be the friend of the poor?— May 28, 2013 9:38 p.m.
The job-stealing scam — Texas is the biggest con
But Mr. Bauder, we want them to stay here, don't we? And we want new businesses to open here, don't we. They employ millions of Californians. So we Californians -- and the people who represent us in Sacramento -- need to make our state a place they want to be. You cry "corporate welfare!" I call it self-preservation.— May 28, 2013 9:37 p.m.