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Encinitas City Council Candidate Tony Kranz Accused of “Attack”
RE #20: There is no report of what was said prior to the alleged assault, and any comments made to Kranz are conveniently left of of the video. In this sort of political exchange, it would be difficult to get at the truth without a complete audio and video recording of the entire incident, and this apparently is not available. To some Kranz may appear to be a hothead; others may see him as a courageous hero. It seems to depend only on the political viewpoint of the observer, as the credible unbiased evidence here seems to be rather short in supply. In any case, outsiders such as myself still have no real clue from anything written here of what precisely those actual political views might be as they relate specifically to Encinitas, and it would have been nice to have them reported to provide some context for the alleged thrashing. As far as I can tell, fighting at Filner rallies in Encinitas is more or less OK as long as nobody pulls some hair or gives someone else a wedgie.— October 28, 2010 11:51 p.m.
Keeping Southwestern College Credits If Accreditation Is Lost
I am hoping to reach more Southwestern College students about this... mess. Right now tonight, I am trying to chase down the text of the Centre City Redevelopment Project Area legislation adding $6 billion to CCDC's tax increment cap...— October 28, 2010 9:58 p.m.
A Power Greater Than Ourselves
I believe in God precisely because I am a rational person when I am not stark raving mad. Despite the madness (or because of it), I do have a degree with honors in mathematics. One of my favorite books is Elliot Mendelson's INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL LOGIC, the text in Dr. Stacy Langton's USD math-logic course of the same name back around '94. The only other person insane enough to take that class with me was a physics/ philosophy double major, and with only two students, it was like private tutoring from a CIT graduate who knew what in blue blazes he was talking about... without ever referring to notes, all from memory. http://www.worldcat.org/title/introduction-to-mat… Based on the formal symbolic logic (of consistent and complete first-order theories with equality) that avoids the semantic ambiguity of most atheistic arguments (especially the dogmatic atheist ones as part of an unprovable system of religious beliefs), I am now working on a unification theory that unites Jews, Christians and Muslims into one nation under God on a path to peace that even allows for atheists to come to God. The entire concept of this jelled after reading A. Garrett Lisi's articles on grand unification theories uniting standard model particle physics with gravity. http://arxiv.org/pdf/1004.4866 http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1006/1006.490… http://arxiv.org/pdf/0711.0770v1 Ultimately, empirical science will prove the existence of God. Some of us will call it Judgment Day. By the way, for people thinking this is just so much trash, look at the organizing ideals for originating the University of Southern California about what they have to say about this.— October 28, 2010 1:03 p.m.
Public Records Suggest Southwestern College Used Public Funds Frivolously
Thanks to Susan Luzzaro for bringing this article to publication, and for essentially forcing me to re-visit accreditation issues that Drs. Jeanne Atherton and J. William Wrenrich had us address at San Diego City College in the San Diego Community College District beginning over two decades ago. Their approach was both collegial and professional, and students were involved in nearly all aspects of College and District master planning, governance, disciplinary actions and accreditation. Our student access to SDCCD decision-making processes and structures was great enough that we had little concern over not being on faculty search committees; after all, the faculty did not choose us as students once we met course prerequisites. Shared governance may not be popular with some current chancellors and college presidents, but for the President of City College and the Chancellor of the San Diego Community College District when I was an active student representative, it did matter then. John C. Gonzales, AA, AS 1988-89 Associated Students president San Diego City College— October 28, 2010 11 a.m.
San Marcos Officials Conceal Federal Fire Map
In its entirety, this news item speaks to the devaluation by "San Marcos Officials" of ordinary citizens as stakeholders in emergency preparedness. In the 2007 San Diego county wildfire complex of national significance, a small but significant number of county residents, feeling ignored after the 2003 Cedar fire, themselves ignored mandatory evacuation orders to save their homes and those of their neighbors. While initial responses by county officials expressed concern over those residents remaining behind in the absence of local firefighting resources, these individuals were later hailed as local heroes for their efforts beyond the call of evacuation. Residents of San Marcos and anywhere else that SDG&E has overhead power lines, prepare yourselves regardless of what city officials tell or don't tell you.— October 28, 2010 9:07 a.m.
Mortgage Mess Could Hit Banks, Housing
Sorry... "open years" was supposed to be "open ears"!— October 28, 2010 7:20 a.m.
Mortgage Mess Could Hit Banks, Housing
RE "I respect him [Davis] and wouldn't have a problem talking to him on the top-secret Sacramento scam (as I have labeled it), either. We welcome differences of opinion": And that's the way it should be. We can't have a relatively free market for the expression of ideas and ideals without having open years to receive that expression... and open minds to weigh their value. When all there is happens to be party-line bickering with no room for compromise, intelligent things do get devalued in that marketplace to the point that the noise prevents the majority of listeners from paying attention and just makes them tune out.— October 28, 2010 6:08 a.m.
Mortgage Mess Could Hit Banks, Housing
I assume that the Peter Q. Davis quoted above is the same Peter Q. Davis who was formerly top gun at CCDC and wrote the recent U-T editorial letter in praise of secret negotiations to raise San Diego's tax increment cap by $6 billion for CCDC's benefit.— October 27, 2010 1:51 p.m.
San Diego City Auditor Busts Scrap Metal Scheme
RE "Why should City Employees act any differently when they have Sanders and the Council as an example??????": Because maybe the Unionized Ones actually want Proposition D to pass?— October 27, 2010 11:53 a.m.
SDG&E Executive Conflict of Interest Prompts Payment Return by Roberts Campaign
I believe that when Keegan Kyle wrote his VOSD article and mentioned the Robert's APCD connection, Kyle was leaving it to his readers to figure out that Niggli did not wish to offend Sempra Energy investors by making a campaign contribution to a de facto local "regulator" of SDG&E activities as to air pollution. I could be wrong, but: SDG&E is making novel, very complex arguments in advancing several rate hike proposals before CPUC, and both City of San Diego and County of San Diego have just been granted opposition party status in the WEBA scheme rate hike proposal to bill customers for the utility wildfire legal costs that insurance companies refuse to cover. SDG&E executives making nice with any APCD director/county supervisor after the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. SDG&E guilty verdicts in 2007 need to take care after the FBI/EPA/APCD-supported guilty verdicts were overturned when District Court threw out NVALP-compliant asbestos bulk sample test results, leading to a dismissal of Defendants' requested retrial late last year.— October 27, 2010 10:33 a.m.