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The fall of Horton Plaza
Matt has pulled many threads together and encapsulated the history of the misbegotten mall. The whole idea of trying to bring retailing back to downtown had an appeal at the time, but I always thought Pete Wilson expended too much of his time, energy and political capital on getting it going. Now I understand the reasons for his big push. Too bad for him and us that "Dirty Ernie" Hahn was the developer of the place. Hahn was notorious for his abuse of sub-contractors, and many just chose to avoid bidding on his work. Sadly, the mall didn't function as a jump-start to overall downtown rebirth. It was far later that the residential boom in the area got started. And note that with all that residential property in the area, the mall is sliding into oblivion. Westfield may have mismanaged the mall, but it cannot be blamed for all its ills. Malls are failing everywhere, and the few that still do well are the exception.— July 1, 2018 7:13 a.m.
Angry PB residents don’t like mayor’s plan
This is a classic case of having laws on the books that are not enforced. Governmental units at all levels are good at passing laws, regulations and ordinances, many of which are hard-to-impossible to enforce. When such laws are difficult to enforce, the next step is to ignore them until a pattern of violations becomes a political hot potato. That's where this short-term rental business is now. Kev-boy tries and tries to satisfy everyone and keep smiling, but it doesn't work, and his performance gets worse with each passing day. What a sad excuse of a strong mayor!— June 30, 2018 4:54 p.m.
Doctor reprimanded for not reporting girl’s woes
Is there more to the story, as in have the parents or others been accused with abuse? The whole matter is dangling with no real resolution of the particular patient's situation.— June 30, 2018 4:44 p.m.
County neurosurgeon Lokesh Tantuwaya
My personal knowledge of Pacific Hospital is a few years old. Seems my late father, who lived in LB, was taken there to the ER two or three times over the years by EMT's. He called it "a hellhole." When I visited him there on one occasion, I came out thinking that I would do whatever possible to keep him out of there if I could. When billed for the first time by the hospital, the bill was labeled something like "fourth and final notice" on each occasion. I don't know if that was pure administrative ineptitude wherein they could not get bills out on a timely basis, or if it was they way the hospital treated all its patients. Just a totally unlovely excuse of a hospital, and its involvement in this scandal isn't surprising at all.— June 30, 2018 4:41 p.m.
Can synergies and layoffs save the U-T?
I still find it totally crazy that a billionaire (who didn't become one by making bad investments) paid nearly $600 million for those papers. He must think that they can be somehow made profitable and that the old days of fat profits for big city dailies can be resurrected. In fact, I'd have thought that tronc might have paid someone to take the papers off its hands (and off its balance sheet.) So, regardless of the new owner's carefully crafted messages and sentiments, we all should wait and see. This is uncharted territory for media.— June 22, 2018 7:21 p.m.
Radio’s Ray Lucia wins at Supreme Court
Agreed on the merits of the case. If Ray was peddling those things, I may have to take my words back. I just have a generic predisposition to those who encourage thrift, investment, and wealth accumulation. Dave Ramsay, whose radio show sells the idea of getting and staying our of debt as a first step to financial independence, isn't everyone's ideal. But he does more good than bad by far. I was putting Ray in the same category, perhaps erroneously.— June 21, 2018 6 p.m.
Radio’s Ray Lucia wins at Supreme Court
This win is on a technicality, a very big technicality for sure, but a technical issue nonetheless. It doesn't say the discipline handed out by the SEC was not based on facts. But I've said before that he probably did more good than bad for most clients because he got them deferring consumption and investing the savings. Far too few baby boomers have set enough aside to provide an adequate retirement and they'll suffer for that. Ray, and others like him, were reminding them that they needed to take retirement seriously, and those who did heed his advice are better off than those who did not.— June 21, 2018 2:59 p.m.
A home built by city-designated master builders
That's a lot of years, and the house seems to have survived in its historic configuration. It would be interesting to know the owners over the years, and how they went about keeping it in excellent condition. `Many of the other fine homes built in that era are just history now, or if they still stand are in poor shape. Either that or they have been endlessly remodeled and are just shells of what they once were.— June 21, 2018 2:47 p.m.
Jamul tribe denies casino imploding
After overcoming all the complaints of neighbors and those who have to share highway 94 with the casino-goers, don't expect the band to admit they made a mistake. That monstrosity could and maybe should be a monument to the excesses of Indian "gaming." Erica Pinto is absolutely amazing for her chutzpah, and will continue to proclaim the place as a success, even when/if it shuts its doors for good. While I don't have a very high opinion of Diane Jacob--or any of the other supervisors for that matter--she sure got this one right.— June 21, 2018 9:56 a.m.
Appellate court tells CPUC to hand over documents
The "good people of California" had a good dose of Jerry Brown as governor in late 70's and early 80's. He slunk (or should have) out of office with the nickname "Moonbeam" which was a label of derision. That should have been the end of him politically. But no, he arises from the dead and is back as governor again, only this time he isn't just a flake, he's a crook. Just what he plans to do at his age, and just what sort of legacy he wants to pass on, isn't clear at all. But the level of arrogance he shows to the state and its taxpayers has never been equaled. His legacy, whether he likes it or not, will be on a guy who left the state in worse shape than any governor before him, worse even than his father.— June 20, 2018 8:10 p.m.