Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed
Big Screen — Movie commentary
Blurt — Music's inside track
Booze News — San Diego spirits
Classical Music — Immortal beauty
Classifieds — Free and easy
Cover Stories — Front-page features
Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes
Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts
Feast! — Food & drink reviews
Feature Stories — Local news & stories
Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore
From the Archives — Spotlight on the past
Golden Dreams — Talk of the town
The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it
Letters — Our inbox
Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites
Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans
Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists
Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news
News Ticker — News & politics
Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated
Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna
Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated
Poetry — The old and the new
Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers
Reading — The hunt for intellectuals
Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails
San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds
SD on the QT — Almost factual news
Sheep and Goats — Places of worship
Special Issues — The best of
Street Style — San Diego streets have style
Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves
Theater — On stage in San Diego this week
Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative
Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work
Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego
Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads
Your Week — Daily event picks
Few details on Sweetwater district's student-data-sharing deal
oskidoll - be advertised in local media? You mean the way a certain audit committee was? Guess I have no choice but to go digging in the trash for the local PennySaver I threw away the other day. I am most concerned regarding the 'rumor' mentioned above that good old Grossman is in the mix. Other than the obvious reasons that I have commented on regarding said Grossman, another issue is the fact that he is married to a SUHSD Administrator. Why would WE, the community - after enduring YEARS of special interest votes want to see yet another person on our Board whose wife's career and financial security is dependent on Ed Brand? I am not interested on handing that fox the key to the hen house - even though his alleged friendship is suppose to be a secret. We, the community, have fought too long and too hard for more of the same! Kevin O'Neill, now that is a candidate I would TRUST, not always agree with but TRUST! Grossman, no way, no how - just ain't happening!— January 2, 2014 3:38 p.m.
Few details on Sweetwater district's student-data-sharing deal
studentsfirst - I find it extremely ironic that those entrenched in the deceit of the SUHSD have no defense when challenged with facts. Throwing out a name, as if sending a form of intimidation - you have accomplished the exact opposite - now the investigators have a name to ask for and the community has another hero to add to the list. There are many alleged 'Helen's', far more than you 'good old boys/girls'.— December 31, 2013 8:33 a.m.
Few details on Sweetwater district's student-data-sharing deal
Visduh - we are ALL accomplishing what we set out to do - Get rid of 'the gandara' - put an x in that box Send Bonny Garcia packing - box with a big x in the shape of a dollar sign Clean house on the board - thanks to DA and her valiant staff - another x Sooooo, we have/ are realizing our INITIAL goals, Little did we realize the 'alleged corruption' would continue. Little did we realize that John McCann would bring Ed Brand back. So 'our' work continues, and we WILL keep on keeping on until Ed Brand, and several of his fair haired. 'consultants' are gone. For the record, WE WILL NOT STOP until integrity and fiduciary responsibility are returned to the taxpayers, students and parents. The issue addressed in this article and other questionable issues will no doubt bring the weight of the DA down on Brand. The State, the FEDS, them too. Dept of Ed - add them to the list. Hopefully those Brand has reached out to are seeing that the 'antagonists' and CAVE people have been RIGHT on every single solitary issue. ****** - for the record while I would have preferred felonies, they are gone and going - mission accomplished, well almost! The DA staff should be thanked as I have no doubt they worked their tails off for us. While I am in the minority I would respectfully ask what good would us paying for their prison time do? I just never want to look up another dais ever again and see their sorry faces or listen to their pompous self serving speeches - no more public office, EVER. Ed Brand is NOT GOOD FOR THE DISTRICT!!!!!! Brand once personally told me he had the DA's office on speed dial - that, along with 99.9% of what Brand claims I DO NOT BELIEVE. The DA is far smarter than Brand, far smarter!— December 29, 2013 11:36 a.m.
Few details on Sweetwater district's student-data-sharing deal
At what point are the authorities, all of them, going to converge on this 'allegedly' corrupt District and rid us of the cancerous plague that is eating away at all that is needed to provide a quality education for the Districts students. I am talking the FBI! the STATE, the IRS, the DEPT of ED. Where the hell are they??????????? Has Ed Brand learned any lessons from 'the largest corruption case in San Diego history'? Guess he, like the infamous rapper believes 'CAN'T TOUCH ME' - oh contrar! Each and every person involved in this scandal should be FIRED immediately. All monies to South Bay Community services STOPPED immediately until they too are investigated. Brand not providing The READER - Ms. Luzzaro information requested. It appears he is attempting to keep the truth hidden. We are talking about public monies here, ALL of this should be PUBLIC information. Furthermore, I find it most troubling that 'point' persons are stepping forward - 'those who have nothing to hide, hide nothing'! IF South Bay Community Services believes this is all going to go away, they are sadly mistaken. You see we taxpayers are sick and tired of all the 'pretenders' using our students vs. serving our students. Where are all of the very influential persons connected with South Bay Comm Services?, persons who stand/will stand before up us and pledge to represent us via good government. Seems a pair of Jimmy Choo's or Lucchese Classics would be far better to have in ones closet vs. a skeleton like this wouldn't you say? This news article along with several in the past seem to be indicative as to why Dr. Alt was fired. Transparent, honest people don't seem to work well with Ed Brand for some reason.— December 29, 2013 9:21 a.m.
Sweetwater school district invites more suspicion
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!!!! I am honored to have met, on this board, so many truly GOOD people on this journey. Shirleyberan, bbq, eastlaker, LaLucha, oldchulares, oskidoll, joepublic, margaretmead , and Reader2 just to name a few. You all and many others have been the silver lining surrounding the dark cloud referred to as 'the alleged corruption of SUHSD'. I made some banana bread for Santa - left a loaf out in hopes he will bring my Christmas wish - Board changes and a new superintendent. Perhaps I should also sit a bottle of Harvey's in a CHEERS! bag next to that banana bread loaf!!!,— December 24, 2013 8:26 p.m.
Sweetwater school district invites more suspicion
All of these politicians names - a preverbial plethora of whose who in the political world. Me, a nobody has a simple question - where in the hell have they been for the past 4+ years and even before (Brands first term)? What would a board seat mean to them now - hopefully an opportunity to serve.— December 23, 2013 8:03 a.m.
Sweetwater school district invites more suspicion
Pandora Bracelet by Jared - Christmas gift to commemorate life's journey Lets see what charms would I buy to commemorate the last 4 years 1- beauty pageant trophy - 2- coin - memories of ALL those BORING McCann self promotional speeches prior to football game coin toss 3- 24 ct. Gold tree - couldn't find a 'wedding' tree in the catalogue 4- American flag - reminder that the values this Country was founded on mean something and are worth fighting for AND,,,,, looking forward to next year - perhaps a pair of handcuffs - gold of course!— December 22, 2013 9:28 a.m.
Sweetwater school district invites more suspicion
Be sure to hit next, I overlooked it the first time page 2 seems to indicate that the presentation Mr. Calhoun gave to the community was less than forthcoming - for some strange reason that offer by Mr, Lichman was never divulged - and WHY????? What Calhoun did share was his 'alleged' wonderful relationship with a previous colleague at the City of Chula. Now we hear he made the decision to hide/bury/keep secret the Lichman offer - troubling yes, but a surprise NO - after all this is the same person who stated 'all was well with the fire alarms' BEFORE THE CHANNEL 10 story, before the actual fire at Chula High. But hey what do I know, I am one of those who has been labeled a CAVE person (citizens against virtually everything) by our soon to be deposed super - Mr. Brand we are pretty sure you being every day with a 'TUMS' and The READER - something tells me this is a 3 day TUMS morning - YOU NEED TO GO!!!!!— December 21, 2013 9:53 a.m.
Sweetwater school district invites more suspicion
Where would this community be without the factual news reporting of Ms. Luzzaro of The READER? It is NOT just this story I am referring to - ALL OF THIS BEGAN with the reporting of Luzzaro, even before the antagonists and all of the other unsung heroes committed to exposing the truth about Southwestern and Sweetwater there was Luzzaro. Non political, unbiased - what a novel concept for a news organization The READER, who would have guessed? THANK YOU!!!!!!!— December 21, 2013 9:34 a.m.
Sweetwater school district invites more suspicion
It is clear that with Ed Brand running the show the SUHSD will NEVER EVER progress. Transparency is the exact opposite of how Ed Brand conducts his business. Mr. Brand OPEN up those dark shades and let the light shine in - allow those of us who live IN the District and PAY taxes in the District to know the TRUTH about what is happening. I for one am glad that Mr. Kevin O'Neill was on this committee. I TRUST THIS MAN - we do NOT always see eye to eye but he is NOT afraid to listen to others points of view. But most importantly he is a person who is all about 'doing the right thing' and HE CAN NOT BE BOUGHT with money, title, or notoriety - a simple kind of guy who he makes his own honey (well the bees make it, he gathers it) - Short story - I attended a City Council meeting in National City where a young man stood before the City Council asking for financial help from the City for a community service project he wanted to do. After the meeting as the young man and his father were standing in back of me I overheard Mr. O'Neill walk up to the two and offer help. The young man was overcome with excitement and his Dad could not express enough Thank You's. Have we heard about this at football games coin tosses - that would be a NO.. Did you read about it because O'Neill sent in a press release to the UT - another NO. THIS folks, persons like O'Neill do exist in the South Bay - there are many of them. Hopefully once Brand is gone we can find more persons like this - persons wanting to pay it forward by SERVING!— December 21, 2013 9:04 a.m.