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No one wants to talk about Oceanside's Sparsha Pharma
You're getting stonewalled, and that in itself raises suspicion. The fact that the company isn't willing to talk doesn't fill one with confidence. Either they just are afraid that the drug is now a toxic subject and want to lie low, or they fear that they will end up kicked out of the building and kicked out of Oceanside. We might wonder what sort of story the "Mare" of Oceanside will offer when questioned about this operation. Pete Weiss is on the hot seat for many other moves made by the city. He might reconsider holding the office.— May 1, 2019 7:33 p.m.
No one wants to talk about Oceanside's Sparsha Pharma
This is the sort of "clean", white collar (or white lab coat) business that Oceanside covets, Its business-friendly council and city hall would love to have a dozen more such businesses locate there. (They would really boost the tax take.) Not too big, not very visible, quiet and non-polluting, and generating a nice tax bill: what more can you ask for? Let's not lose sight of the fact that this operation is not so far accused of doing anything illegal, and it is not accused of selling fentanyl out the door to street addicts or drug pushers. Unless something very unusual is going on, they are operating legally and under strict controls. What happens to the drug in patches after it is shipped to legal buyers is the real question I think. Or is it that someone is honestly worried that some of it might escape and cause harm? That's a matter worth pursuing.— May 1, 2019 5:39 p.m.
Bay Area billionaires bankroll Mark Kersey
These uber-rich people who are so pro-charter school might be more convincing if the experience with charters in California had been better over the years (about 25) since the first charters were granted. I can't see the movement as other than an attempt to eliminate public education as we've known it for going-on two centuries. I'm sure they all claim, and many truly believe, that they are reforming public education, i.e. improving it. Unfortunately, many charter schools in the state have been abusing the system, and many also have been brought down by scandals, usually involving financial chicanery or hand-overs to corporations that pay the big-wigs huge salaries and starve the staff and faculty. The law was passed in haste and now we suffer for its gaps and loopholes. If the laws were made tight enough to prevent abuses and outright fraud, would these richies still be supportive and still be spreading money around to politicians? I doubt it. Kersey will take money wherever he can get it, a trait he shares with too many other politicians.— May 1, 2019 4:57 p.m.
San Diego political ethics fines down in 2018, but why?
How many such writers did the Light News Lay off in the past five years? Some of the recent hires appear capable of reporting as long as it involves printing a press release they received from a biased source. Now they want one staff writer who can write engaging news stories. Hmm. Engaging news stories are often editorials disguised as news. Another thing the U-T could use is an editor who knows grammar, spelling, and tense. I see things printed in that rag that wouldn't make it past the editor in a high school paper.— May 1, 2019 2:27 p.m.
Car theft thwarted by Stronghold Jiu Jitsu teacher and students
The SDPD actually showed up and arrested a car thief/vandal? Wonders never cease. So, will the DA charge him and send him to jail? THAT's the question.— April 29, 2019 4:58 p.m.
The moral dilemma of the chicken on La Rumorosa
If such a crash happened in the US, and we have them often, the cargo would be considered destroyed and unfit for consumption. That's typical US over-caution. If this chicken was truly still frozen, it might have been salvaged, and damaged or contaminated or not, sold in a supermarket within a few days. Do you want to eat chicken that was in a truck wreck? I don't. Therefore I don't see scavengers of the cargo as criminals. Just opportunists who won't waste the food.— April 29, 2019 4:56 p.m.
SDSU profs fight cuts to humanities
If World History is redundant, that has to mean (or at least imply) that the subject is already covered some other way. The only real method to accomplish that would be that the students have studied it already. And when was that? Seventh grade? If so, that is hardly the same thing as taking it at La Jolla High. The slobberin' school district strikes again, and proves that it cannot be taken seriously, if it ever could have been.— April 28, 2019 5:06 p.m.
How to spend Oceanside money – pools or police?
Ken, the Oceanside big-wigs probably won't like this being described as a "spree", even though it is. As far as both projects go, it sounds as if they can't really afford either of these big-ticket items. And if the new pool means the older pools are closed, then there is hell to pay with residents--who happen to be voters. A new police station doesn't have to be brand-new and purpose-built. In the coming years there will be plenty of former retail space sitting vacant. (Bricks-and-mortar retail stores are going to get fewer and smaller due to the 'net.) Dropping a tenth of a billion dollars on a new PD headquarters is just over-the-top at this time. The law and order folks don't see it that way, of course. Before the city starts to discuss a new police hq, it needs to have a police chief with 'way more credibility than McCoy. Why the heck is he still around?— April 27, 2019 9:58 a.m.
Anza-Borrego’s Lycium Wash via Split Mountain Road: a more primitive experience
You're right. But for future reference, the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park allows no dogs on its trails. In that general vicinity, but outside the park, you likely would be able to take a dog.— April 26, 2019 4:59 p.m.
Mara Elliott warns city council on Brown Act
This is not the first time she has put out a warning to someone at City Hall that the Brown Act matters. My take is that the city has played fast and loose with those open meeting and notice requirements as a matter of course for years. In some of the other cities locally, there is hell to pay when there's even a hint of a Brown Act violation, and the same thing applies to school districts. Maybe she will turn out to be an effective city attorney after all, but I'm not holding my breath.— April 25, 2019 8 a.m.