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Eat in silence, ASCAP’s listening
Ditto, pay to play. Chickbone doesn't own or have rights the music he is playing. If the music isn't worth $42.50 in extra biz, then you don't need it. BTW - had Smitty's Service asked ASCAP to start fresh, ASCAP would have dated a current license with no back fees. Their goal is to get you licensed, not be a bill collector. ASCAP has various forms of licenses, perhaps a standard restaurant license would be cheaper than a per performance license, which is what it sounds like was initially offered. Will ASCAP sue you for what they are entitled to under federal law - $50,000 per infringement (maximum $250,000)? No, but the local ASCAP rep. will be hounding you forever, and every other bar and restaurant in town pays ASCAP and BMI royalties, why not Smitty's? Yes you could get by without an ASCAP license by playing all originals, the undercover ASCAP guy won't be able to ID any songs by an ASCAP member, but eventually Chickbone will slip up and sing Happy Birthday to someone, one of the most copyright protected songs in the world.
— July 10, 2014 6:56 a.m.
NASCAR king Jimmie Johnson thanks El Cajon hometown at ceremony
Hey Mr. Mencken, You shouldn't mess with NASCAR and Mr. Johnson, funning around like you do. He's a good old all American boy from my neck of the woods. We don't take to kindly to you joker types messing with our folk. There ain't nothing better than watching 30 american made machines going 165 miles per hour, sucking up 2 gallons of gas per mile, making one big left hand turn for the next 500 miles. Its why the dinosaurs died, to give us this kind of enjoyment.
— July 6, 2014 8:17 a.m.
Tijuana puppy rescue
We adopted our three year old Collin the Collie from Dog Rescue Without Borders, adding to our family and our other collie. Collin was found wondering the streets, I believe in Rosarito. The agency took care of neutering. While we fostered at first, and got his sunburned coat and diet back to normal, who could say no to keeping this pure-bred farm collie. With us only three months, he has since learned to bark in English.
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2014/j…
— July 3, 2014 9:12 a.m.
No drunks drive through police checkpoint
The last DUI check point I went thru, it took all of 5 seconds. Cops can determine if there is a need for additional questions in that time frame. And unlike TSA or border patrol in the desert, they don't check everyone, the courts require it be random checking, like every 5th car, that it be publicized so no one can claim entrapment, and that there always be an "out", as in one can make a right turn just before the check point, if they are sober enough to see that. I did a story a few years ago at an accident scene where 3 drivers where arrested for DUI when they couldn't follow simple directions by CHP, upon driving up to the closed road, in simply making a U-turn. So in the meantime keep posting your "No Questions, Am I free to go" videos. They are hilarious.
— June 24, 2014 7:53 a.m.
Black and stopped in Utah
The Sheriff in Mono County just lost his job (voted out in a 2to1 margin) partially over a similar incident of a Cardiff man, search without probably cause. That and busting San Diego pot smokers coming back from Burning Man last Labor Day. [
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— June 24, 2014 7:40 a.m.
Fair fanatic's guide
Great suggestion Chef Marian. I'll be there! Are you in the Paddock, or in kiddieland? Not sure of the area you describe.
— June 20, 2014 3:19 p.m.
Big Bend Country, Texas
Finally, a place I can try to smuggle in 100 watt light bulbs from Mexico. Are the boat owners at Boquillas licensed to operate in U.S. waters? Probably not. Once again the National Park Service allows foreigners to use our natural resources for personal profit. And Obama continues to say he knew nothing about it until now. There should be an international blue ribbon commission established to stop this travesty. Perhaps a fence right down the middle of the river, where an American can take an American owned boat to the middle, then change boats to a Mexican owned boat on the Mexican side.
— June 20, 2014 8:24 a.m.
PriceSmart brouhaha in Jamaica resolved
Hey Don, for those less knowledgeable that you or I, please add the San Diego connection to PriceSmart,
— June 17, 2014 10:54 a.m.
Ringleader of casino kiosk scam confesses
I think "inside" rip off jobs are more common then we hear about. I had a $4,000 line of biz credit opened and within a few days it was maxed out from purchases at 4 Home Depots in L.A. , while the card was in my possession at all times. How would anyone have known of the account unless it was an inside job at Wells Fargo? I obviously got every penny returned quickly, but no follow up report.
— June 10, 2014 10:19 p.m.
Who killed this boy?
That is a really good idea eastlaker. The different agencies do cooperate more than previous decades. In the old days, if you got ripped off in Encinitas, the Carlsbad PD would know nothing about it and the bad guys could sell your stuff just a few miles from where they kiped it. Now they have to transport it out of county to sell, bikes, cameras, high end value stuff. So there is more mutual communication with local agencies, and multi-agency task forces, but as you say, maybe not enough in this specific area. Get it out there in the media sooner, but then we all don't read one specific "media" either for news. I would also think there should be a state-wide data base of hit n run car descriptions that all body shops should be required to check before performing any work. When on TV police shows, when the Capt. yells "Check all the body shops" that doesn't happen in real life. Then again, how many billboards and bumper stickers were there for Amber Debois and yet no one would find her until one guy confessed.
— June 10, 2014 7:29 p.m.
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Eat in silence, ASCAP’s listening
Ditto, pay to play. Chickbone doesn't own or have rights the music he is playing. If the music isn't worth $42.50 in extra biz, then you don't need it. BTW - had Smitty's Service asked ASCAP to start fresh, ASCAP would have dated a current license with no back fees. Their goal is to get you licensed, not be a bill collector. ASCAP has various forms of licenses, perhaps a standard restaurant license would be cheaper than a per performance license, which is what it sounds like was initially offered. Will ASCAP sue you for what they are entitled to under federal law - $50,000 per infringement (maximum $250,000)? No, but the local ASCAP rep. will be hounding you forever, and every other bar and restaurant in town pays ASCAP and BMI royalties, why not Smitty's? Yes you could get by without an ASCAP license by playing all originals, the undercover ASCAP guy won't be able to ID any songs by an ASCAP member, but eventually Chickbone will slip up and sing Happy Birthday to someone, one of the most copyright protected songs in the world.— July 10, 2014 6:56 a.m.
NASCAR king Jimmie Johnson thanks El Cajon hometown at ceremony
Hey Mr. Mencken, You shouldn't mess with NASCAR and Mr. Johnson, funning around like you do. He's a good old all American boy from my neck of the woods. We don't take to kindly to you joker types messing with our folk. There ain't nothing better than watching 30 american made machines going 165 miles per hour, sucking up 2 gallons of gas per mile, making one big left hand turn for the next 500 miles. Its why the dinosaurs died, to give us this kind of enjoyment.— July 6, 2014 8:17 a.m.
Tijuana puppy rescue
We adopted our three year old Collin the Collie from Dog Rescue Without Borders, adding to our family and our other collie. Collin was found wondering the streets, I believe in Rosarito. The agency took care of neutering. While we fostered at first, and got his sunburned coat and diet back to normal, who could say no to keeping this pure-bred farm collie. With us only three months, he has since learned to bark in English. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2014/j…— July 3, 2014 9:12 a.m.
No drunks drive through police checkpoint
The last DUI check point I went thru, it took all of 5 seconds. Cops can determine if there is a need for additional questions in that time frame. And unlike TSA or border patrol in the desert, they don't check everyone, the courts require it be random checking, like every 5th car, that it be publicized so no one can claim entrapment, and that there always be an "out", as in one can make a right turn just before the check point, if they are sober enough to see that. I did a story a few years ago at an accident scene where 3 drivers where arrested for DUI when they couldn't follow simple directions by CHP, upon driving up to the closed road, in simply making a U-turn. So in the meantime keep posting your "No Questions, Am I free to go" videos. They are hilarious.— June 24, 2014 7:53 a.m.
Black and stopped in Utah
The Sheriff in Mono County just lost his job (voted out in a 2to1 margin) partially over a similar incident of a Cardiff man, search without probably cause. That and busting San Diego pot smokers coming back from Burning Man last Labor Day. [http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2014/jan/21/st…] [1]: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2014/jan/21/st…— June 24, 2014 7:40 a.m.
Fair fanatic's guide
Great suggestion Chef Marian. I'll be there! Are you in the Paddock, or in kiddieland? Not sure of the area you describe.— June 20, 2014 3:19 p.m.
Big Bend Country, Texas
Finally, a place I can try to smuggle in 100 watt light bulbs from Mexico. Are the boat owners at Boquillas licensed to operate in U.S. waters? Probably not. Once again the National Park Service allows foreigners to use our natural resources for personal profit. And Obama continues to say he knew nothing about it until now. There should be an international blue ribbon commission established to stop this travesty. Perhaps a fence right down the middle of the river, where an American can take an American owned boat to the middle, then change boats to a Mexican owned boat on the Mexican side.— June 20, 2014 8:24 a.m.
PriceSmart brouhaha in Jamaica resolved
Hey Don, for those less knowledgeable that you or I, please add the San Diego connection to PriceSmart,— June 17, 2014 10:54 a.m.
Ringleader of casino kiosk scam confesses
I think "inside" rip off jobs are more common then we hear about. I had a $4,000 line of biz credit opened and within a few days it was maxed out from purchases at 4 Home Depots in L.A. , while the card was in my possession at all times. How would anyone have known of the account unless it was an inside job at Wells Fargo? I obviously got every penny returned quickly, but no follow up report.— June 10, 2014 10:19 p.m.
Who killed this boy?
That is a really good idea eastlaker. The different agencies do cooperate more than previous decades. In the old days, if you got ripped off in Encinitas, the Carlsbad PD would know nothing about it and the bad guys could sell your stuff just a few miles from where they kiped it. Now they have to transport it out of county to sell, bikes, cameras, high end value stuff. So there is more mutual communication with local agencies, and multi-agency task forces, but as you say, maybe not enough in this specific area. Get it out there in the media sooner, but then we all don't read one specific "media" either for news. I would also think there should be a state-wide data base of hit n run car descriptions that all body shops should be required to check before performing any work. When on TV police shows, when the Capt. yells "Check all the body shops" that doesn't happen in real life. Then again, how many billboards and bumper stickers were there for Amber Debois and yet no one would find her until one guy confessed.— June 10, 2014 7:29 p.m.