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Oceanside cop overtime puts city on the line
Alex, the point of this article is to once again inform the voters--those who might care enough to appreciate knowing--what is going on in that sorry city. The city council has been known as the "snake pit" or the "pit of vipers" for far too long, and nothing seems to change. City managers come and go, usually under a cloud. The PD is one of the weakest in the county, and has had a history of discrimination and harassment claims. The current police chief should have been replaced years ago. And so it goes. Now we learn that the PD and other departments pay huge overtime and then justify it on the basis that it is cheaper (!) than hiring more cops and employees. Heard enough? It gets worse the deeper you dig. It seems that no matter who is elected in the seaside city, the results never improve. That's the point.— August 27, 2019 7:49 p.m.
Could Burning Man come to In-Ko-Pah?
Burning Man, as it now is conducted, requires an immense flat desert and a huge amount of parking for all the attendees. Someone with an attachment to BM might, and I stress "might" find some way to use that property for something like Burning Man. But whatever it would be would not be a blow-off on the scale of Burning Man. Yeah right, "there’s plenty of room to develop more parking". I don' theenk zo, Senor. A few dozen more spaces to park cars, trucks and RV's won't make it a place for a gigantic coming-together such as Burning Man. No, any ambition for the place needs to be far more modest, and innovative. Let's get real here, Leorah.— August 27, 2019 7:33 p.m.
Kaiser to face largest strike anywhere in 20 years
Kaiser has been either loved or hated for as long as I can remember. Many of its subscribers think it does a wonderful job, and would not go anywhere else. At this time it offers a Medicare plan that costs less than just about any other such plan. (I'm not in it.) How Kaiser can afford to operate on a narrower profit margin and still deliver adequate, not to mention superior, care is a mystery to me. It could be better management, and doing things that the others cannot or will not do, that makes for efficiency. I do know that its labor relations have been rocky for a long time, and this potential strike illustrates that.— August 27, 2019 7:50 a.m.
L.A. Times writers plead with readers
Wasn't the "rich man" who bought the newspapers going to spend heavily to improve them? He paid a huge price for them, and now may be getting buyer's remorse. If he wants to make the papers better, he has a strange way to doing that as he alienates the reporters (and presumably the few remaining editors.)— August 23, 2019 4:57 p.m.
Vista's Paseo Santa Fe starts out as war zone
I live in Vista, and I cannot imagine why this work is taking so long. That sort of underground utility work can be done in the matter of a few weeks if the contractor gets with it and decides that it has to be done quickly. The city council in Vista has been filled with village idiots for too long. They rubber stamp crowded and unwise housing developments without a murmur. The city recently extorted a roundabout on Mar Vista Drive from the developer of new housing at Mar Vista and So Santa Fe. The darned thing is weird, narrow and can be confusing. It has "soft curbs" that allow long vehicles and trailers to run up over the curbs. In just a few weeks since it was completed it has ten years worth of tire scuff marks on it. The whole thing is a mess, but the village idiots smile, nod, and pat themselves on the back.— August 23, 2019 4:43 p.m.
Appellate court turns back Hosking's fake cattle ranch
Those ultra-rich brothers, now in their 80's, never have enough. Brother Neal was in a huge fight about developing some property just outside Telluride, Colorado about a decade ago. Without attempting to go into details, it would have destroyed the ambience of a pastoral valley and was emphatically opposed by nearly all of the people living in the area. But he was going to push ahead with a scheme to develop the property he owned in the valley with luxury hotel(s), condos, retail and dining. Finally the locals prevailed with a scheme that is costing them dearly, but the development didn't occur. He and Linden are owners/operators of mining properties in that state that are flagrant polluters. This move by Linden really boggles the imagination, and takes plenty of nerve. The ranch is getting a tax break by staying a ranch, and now he wants to develop some of it and keep the tax-favored status. He shouldn't get to have it both ways. And the board of supervisors has rubber-stamped the deal. I'm disgusted with them, but especially "Bulldozer Bill" Horn, the guy who should have called foul, and with Diane Jacob too. It won't be too soon that she will be off the board.— August 23, 2019 8:08 a.m.
Someone else's trash in Escondido is not your treasure
"Careless with numbers, and like to be paid in cash." Sounds shady and dishonest to me.— August 19, 2019 4:54 p.m.
Someone else's trash in Escondido is not your treasure
Cougar Pass Road in north Escondido has been a favorite area for illegal dumping for years. It is a curvy and rough unpaved road that reaches the western entrance of Daley Ranch. The dumpers must like it because much of the road is out of sight of any house. There was a spot there a few years ago where a local homeowner (I assume) set up a metal pole and mounted camera on it. That seemed to inhibit the dumping right at that spot where the road crosses a tiny stream and is shaded by oaks. But eventually the camera seemed to be knocked out of action and finally someone cut down the pole. Frankly, I think the camera was fake and that it was connected to nothing. But if you were an illegal dumper, you would think twice about doing your dirty business in front of a camera, and probably head elsewhere.— August 19, 2019 4:04 p.m.
Faulconer ethics fine revealed after Campland bags sweetheart lease
The excuses offered are the usual ones; administrative error or inattention, all inadvertent and unintentional, of course. Kev-boy isn't up for reelection, and if anyone remembers these revelations, it won't matter in San Diego at least. But he's dirty and there's no denying it. If/when he tries for some other office, the stink of these contributions probably won't follow him, even though they should.— August 19, 2019 11:17 a.m.
Jane Fonda helps an old San Diego friend
So this candidate talks up the veteran status of her grandfathers, yet takes campaign funds from "Hanoi Jane." Which is it, Terra? While the numbers of Vietnam vets and their families shrinks every year, there are still significant numbers of us left in the county. Gaspar has a campaign issue, and it's one that she will never need to mention. Others will make sure the electorate knows of the Fonda tie-in. There's a character issue here, folks.— August 17, 2019 3:12 p.m.