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Big money fails to save San Diego convention center tax hike
I'm not sure that Matt was the one who could/should/would have covered the story. (It wasn't reported in the YouTee either, was it?) This is the first I've seen of it, and it is most interesting. The Chinese are extending tentacles of influence into just about every nation on the planet. They hope to have such influence that they will not be opposed when they make moves.— March 8, 2020 9:46 a.m.
Big money fails to save San Diego convention center tax hike
I'll be darned; you just cannot buy an election in SD by spending bucks. (Well you can, but these dopes just didn't pony up enough to make the case to the usual brain-dead SD city voters. On the other hand, Sara Jacobs did buy her primary victory in the congressional race with a half million of her own money and with some help from her "friends.") If the measure had passed the bulk of the funds collected from visitors would have been squandered on an oversized white elephant convention center. The tourism cabal still seems to think that a bigger convention center will bring more and larger conventions to town, and line their pockets, and that's what this push from Kev-boy has been all about for as long as he's been in the seat. There's no guarantee that any number of bigger conventions would show up. Show attendance is on a downtrend which will likely continue, and convention centers around the US are in price wars to convince shows to come to their cities.— March 6, 2020 8:22 p.m.
El Cajon's Jimmie Johnson hangs it up
Good news is that he is one of not-so-many race car drivers who will likely die a natural death. (Most of them die on the track.) And he may get to live for many more years and do good deeds. I doubt that this current El Cajon city government would attempt another embarrassing move like that street renaming. It will be interesting to see how he lives out his twilight years. He can do many good things, and one might be to promote safe driving habits to young drivers, those who seem to be involved in fatal crashes due to risky and aggressive moves.— March 5, 2020 7:29 p.m.
San Diego County's war over Roundup
Boiling water? I think you are really serious. So, how do you get rid of weeds on a quarter or half acre with boiling water? Sheesh.— March 5, 2020 8:44 a.m.
Encinitas Sunset School gets reprieve
I don't think Alex is inconsistent at all. What he expresses frequently is a belief that the "worker bees" or "folks in the trenches" or "rank-and-file" who actually do the work in organizations are not properly compensated. In this case he was referring to a managerial class of administrators; those school superintendents are too often pompous and usually grossly overpaid. I blame school boards that don't have the guts to say "enough" when it comes to overpaying educrats and deferring to them when they are just plain wrong. In this case the board did the right thing.— March 4, 2020 9:07 a.m.
Conductor Eun Sun Kim kept the orchestra in check during the Sibelius
Ahh yes, contemporary composers. I'll go farther and say the truth: I don't care for much of anything written by Shostakovich, Stravinsky, or even Aaron Copeland. So much of it seems atonal (if that's the right term) to me. It is a good thing that those newer composers have an audience of music lovers who appreciate the stuff. I'm just not one of them.— March 4, 2020 8:58 a.m.
San Diego County's war over Roundup
Weed whackers are a poor replacement for herbicides. It is an easy process to spray the weeds early in their growth cycle. They wither and never get tall. Let them grow to a point where you can cut them down mechanically, and that's hard, time-consuming labor. And it seldom kills the weeds, so they grow back again and again. I'm seeing that right now on a parcel of land owned by a neighbor. He's been out with the whacker three times already, and if we are lucky enough to get some rain soon, will need to do it again. With some judicious use of Roundup or its generic equivalent, I've not needed to use my line trimmer in over a year. And that is good news for me. So far I've heard or read nothing in the way of proof that glyphosate is harmful. For such a widely-used product, that is surprising indeed. Banning the stuff just 'cause someone thinks it might be harmful in some strange way is going too far. How about some real tests and research? That wouldn't take long at all, and might put the question to rest for good.— March 4, 2020 8:47 a.m.
Encinitas Sunset School gets reprieve
And so another "supe" gets egg on his face. Rather than pull back gracefully, he stonewalls on a promise to survey for opinions, and now has been smacked down. (Yes, I said "smacked down.") For those educrats any board action that goes against their desires is a vote of no confidence. So, we may soon see him riding off to the next career stepping stone in some other district.— March 3, 2020 8:32 a.m.
Legislative Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender and Queer Caucus fronts effort for Todd Gloria
Hmm. Becoming mayor of San Diego was Kev's stepping stone to higher office. LOL If he'd done some things that really counted, he might have earned some chops. But he didn't do much at all, and seemed to spend his political capital on the ridiculous convention center expansion, which it seems will fail at the ballot box.— February 27, 2020 7:14 p.m.
The Mt. Helix of William Gross and Ed Fletcher
That's an unusual area of the county for sure. Some years ago we had a family member who bought a house in that "Grossmont Colony" area. It was quite a house, hugging the hillside, with the main feature of the living room being a huge boulder. They really liked the place, but after a decade or so, decided to move on to digs that were more conventional. Thanks for explaining where the "Gross" in Grossmont originated. Some of the local San Diego County history is really fascinating.— February 26, 2020 5:54 p.m.