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Shocker: San Diego Opera to fold
If....and I don't have evidence but I have reason to suspect, someone was persuaded to donate recently, and was not told that he was donating for generous pensions and severance pay, but was told that donation was for continuing programming, that person was defrauded. Mr. Campbell has confessed he's been thinking of this for years, and not told donors the whole story. This is loathsome, but the horrific slander he perpetrates against Opera and this City, that there is not love or money to make Opera live here, enrages me more. The great Operas we enjoy premiered to crowds no larger than what we get here, and the great geniuses who created them composed for a tiny pittance compared to the great cash out Mr. Campbell receives. Ignore the growlings of this monster, Opera is made of love, not money, and lives in this city.— March 21, 2014 10:34 a.m.
Shocker: San Diego Opera to fold
When I first heard of this, my first thought was a crooked scheme by management to cash out the Opera endowment to pay exorbitant severance packages, then move on to swindle the next suckers. Nothing I've heard since has made me think anything different.— March 20, 2014 10:35 p.m.
San Diego Opera calls it quits
This really smells of cashing in endowments and nice severance packages. This town is so stupid.— March 20, 2014 2:27 p.m.
Shocker: San Diego Opera to fold
The only way to "leave with your head held high" is to hang yourself. If you think this can be done so cleanly, you may be mistaken. Many donated to the Opera in long term bequests, in the belief that their money would support music. If I were them I would sue to get my money back and donate to a new company. If recent events in our City prove anything, it's that intelligent, well meaning people can be swindled. Anyone who gave real money to the Opera should get an accountant and a lawver. And please, please start a new company if this one can't be saved.— March 20, 2014 1:15 p.m.
Shocker: San Diego Opera to fold
Opera exports to the Orient, and prospers in Latin America.— March 20, 2014 10:59 a.m.
Shocker: San Diego Opera to fold
These people should resign confessing their failure, and turn the organisation over to others. "End it with our heads held high." sounds a lot like suicide to me. I wonder what their books really look like, and whether the stipulations of various endowments make it possible to pay generous severance packages to the leaving management, while they move on to more lucrative positions. I do know Mr. Campbell is a master of self promotion, and has made a name for himself in ads supposedly promoting the Opera, while I can't name single singer or conductor under contract.— March 20, 2014 10:55 a.m.
Shocker: San Diego Opera to fold
I don't like the smell of this. It's certainly possible to perform Opera on some scale in San Diego. Usually Opera is sold out, but even if 25% of the seats are empty, thousands attended. Read the news carefully, we're told they're quitting even though they can meet all debts, and their last season wasn't on a tight budget, instead they performed some big warhorses with some expensive established stars. This suggests that if they scaled back on expenses, they might break even. Opera has enchanted audiences around the world, if we count the new converts in the Orient, It may well be more popular than ever. I'm certain that Opera will return to San Diego should this organization fold. I'm not certain that we're not hustled like the televangelist tearfully telling the faithful that the revival tent will be repossessed unless donations come in.— March 20, 2014 2:17 a.m.
Mayor Faulconer kills proposal to purge emails
***BREAKING NEWS: MAYOR AGREES TO OBEY LAW!!!*** I'm as shocked as anyone about this, but my amazement is tempered because there was little chance he could get a judge to agree, and because it's very difficult, perhaps impossible, to completely erase a cyber trail, even if you can pull a judge out of your pocket.— March 19, 2014 11:13 a.m.
State police departments using cell-phone trackers
Matt101 hit the real issue. "The Government", that entity that everyone complains of; has no physical existence. It's a concept used by individuals for their own purposes, selfless and selfish. Behavior authorized for selfless action can easily be misused by the selfish, especially when shrouded in secrecy. As long as the devices described exist, they will be misused, I suspect that misuse really sells these devices, if it wasn't, they would leave them in the possession of the judges authorizing the warrants. As for the Filner matter, the laughable charges pled to obviously were intended to avoid more serious prosecution, that's the nature of a plea deal. That the alleged crimes were impossible bothers only a few. What bothers now is the new attempt by the City to fight their liability for events that took place in the Mayor's office. This may be continued extortion. City Attorney Goldsmith confessed the City's liability months ago.— March 17, 2014 1:56 p.m.
Dear Mayor Faulconer: repeal the email retention policy
Faulconer's just trying to forestall an injunction, I suspect. Everyone involved knows the deletion scheme is illegal, but believes open obstruction of justice is preferable to revealing what's in those Emails.— March 14, 2014 11:45 a.m.