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This is a job for the master of disaster
"It is clear in his representation of the Chargers that he wants to turn San Diegans against the team, which really wants to decamp for L.A." -- Fabiani works for Spanos. Fabiani is antagonizing San Diego not because he's bored or cranky, but because that's what Spanos wants. I think that Spanos used to just want San Diego to build the Chargers a new stadium at no cost to Spanos, but that when the Rams owner started making his moves toward L.A., the Chargers concluded that if another NFL team was in L.A., the Chargers, to maximize their franchise value, had to also be in L.A. and not in San Diego. They decided that the franchise would be worth more (when the Spanos family ultimately sells) as one of two teams in L.A. than it is as the team in San Diego.— April 30, 2015 11:11 p.m.
Yay! Got the cash and pills
Watanabe just gets owned by Pfingst at every turn in this case, doesn't he? Has Watanabe ever obtained a guilty verdict from a jury at a homicide trial for which the defendant was not represented by a public defender?— April 14, 2015 3:40 p.m.
Nathan Fletcher's $3000 triplet flip-flop fine
To summarize the state of San Diego politics: $3,000 donated by Reef founder Fernando Aguerre to Nathan Fletcher's campaign -- Fletcher has to pay it back personally. $3,000 donated by La Jolla architect Timothy Golba to Kevin Faulconer's campaign -- Faulconer keeps the money and makes Golba the new chairman of the San Diego city Planning Commission.— April 14, 2015 3:36 p.m.
AEG pulls out of L.A. stadium negotiations
The NFL doesn't have to sweet-talk Kroenke. They just have to tell him that in order to get enough owners to vote in favor of his move, he'll have to agree to let a second team play in his stadium. But the NFL isn't going to make Kroenke share his stadium for free. If he builds it, he will be able to charge a fair rent and/or get a sizable investment in the project from the second team. Shouldn't be too difficult to determine what a fair rental rate would be, because when the Jets moved into the old Giants stadium (before they built the new one that the teams co-own), the Jets paid rent to the Giants.— March 12, 2015 12:09 a.m.
AEG pulls out of L.A. stadium negotiations
Perhaps not 100% absurd, but still very unlikely. The Carson financing ideas seem very shaky and would probably cross over into absurd if only one team wants to move there. In other words, if the Raiders aren't there along with the Chargers, it won't happen. The NFL isn't going to put 3 teams in LA, or build 2 stadiums. A Carson stadium can only get built if all of these things come to pass: (1) Spanos finds enough NFL owner votes to keep Kroenke out of LA, or finds another way to block Kroenke; (2) Kroenke doesn't sue to overturn that block; (3) The NFL then votes to allow both the Chargers and Raiders to move to Carson; (4) The NFL doesn't charge either team a "relocation fee" (neither team can afford it, so the relocation fee would kill their move); (5) Goldman Sachs and the NFL finance the entire Carson project with neither the Chargers nor the Raiders putting in any money up front (again, the teams can't afford it).— March 11, 2015 11:57 p.m.
AEG pulls out of L.A. stadium negotiations
The AEG proposal was serious, but the driving force behind it was Tim Leiweke, who was forced out of AEG by Anschutz a couple of years ago.— March 11, 2015 11:43 p.m.
DeMaio’s gold
What's the over/under on the number of times DeMaio and Fletcher will run for political office in San Diego? I say the O/U is 4 more times for each. Place your bets.— March 11, 2015 11:32 p.m.
Chargers departure could hit U-T where it hurts
... unless the city finds a way to commit the money without a public vote. I bet they have staff working on nothing but combing through statutes and regulations, trying to find a loophole through which they can drive a Chargers subsidy without a vote.— February 25, 2015 7:24 p.m.
Chargers departure could hit U-T where it hurts
My guess -- worth no more than a guess -- is that the Rams and Raiders end up playing in Inglewood, and Faulconer caves in and gives the Chargers a shiny new stadium at San Diego's expense.— February 25, 2015 12:32 a.m.
When reporting a fire, best to use a land line
Hey, police/fire/emergency responders: We are not living in 1965 any longer. If your system only runs best when people use land lines, then it's time for you to update your systems ASAP so that you can respond just as quickly when people use their mobile phones.— February 25, 2015 12:30 a.m.