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Mayor Dedina welcomes Marines to I.B.
"No administration has ever deployed active duty troops within our own borders". Actually, that is incorrect. In the late 50's, Eisenhower sent elements if the 101st Airborne to Arkansas to help enforce integration and protect the black students. Also, during the LA riots, Bush federalized about 10,000 National Guard troops, making them active duty soldiers, and the supplemented those troops by sending in about 2500 soldiers from Ft. Ord and about 1500 Marines from Pendleton, all on active duty. It was little before my time, but I remember reading about Grover Cleveland sending in US Army troops to shut down rioters during a railroad strike. I get your point, but...— November 12, 2018 3:34 p.m.
Barry Minkow movie is finally out
Look at the comment again. It's a spammer.— November 12, 2018 7:59 a.m.
The slow end of the Kalasho regime
I think you have already provided ample proof of that.— November 12, 2018 7:58 a.m.
Too bad, San Diego
Interesting reply, though a typical one. I am curious as to exactly how you would have had access to wage and benefit rate information for employees of a private company, if for no other reason than privacy laws would generally prevent the public release of individual pay and benefit information of said employees of a private company. As for SD city employees, a simple search reveals both City of San Diego Salary Table Data and actual salary information, including names, regular, overtime, other and benefit pay for SD City employees, some 1500+ pages worth. What is NOT found is the cost of pension benefits on an employee level because the city does not release that information publicly. Oh, and BTW, according to Google, that search took all of 00.55 seconds. I suspect that, as usual, you simply made an extremely broad and general statement without having any actual specific knowledge of the facts. But no worries, we are all used to it. Just my opinion. Opinions vary.— November 12, 2018 7:57 a.m.
Phil Rath fined again
Just to clarify someone's misunderstanding, you obviously don't understand sarcasm and mocking. And while you clearly have been involved in journalism for a long time, apparently too long at this point, your current claim of professionalism is laughable at best, except in the strictest interpretation in which you get paid for your endeavor. So let me ask, do you actually have a Master's in journalism? Have you by chance worked as a reporter in in cities like Chicago, New York, Washington D.C., the San Francisco Bay area and Silicon Valley and Los Angeles? Have you perhaps won the Associated Press Public Service award and been recognized for your work by the Society of Professional Journalists and the San Diego Press Club. I believe you may have referred to yourself as a freelancer at one point, so have you maybe had your work appear in news outlets such as the Los Angeles Times, the San Jose Mercury News, the New York Daily News, Wired.com, the San Jose and San Diego Business Journals, the San Diego Union Tribune and Reuters? If you have done those things, then you could justifiably refer to yourself as a professional reporter and journalist, much like Marty Graham, who actually IS a professional. There's on old saying. If you have to keep telling people how good you are and how much you've done, well, I think you know how the rest goes.— November 10, 2018 6:43 a.m.
The slow end of the Kalasho regime
I would wonder if those that were dumb enough to vote him into office in the first place are smart enough to see what is going and do they even give a rat's a$$.— November 9, 2018 6:08 p.m.
Phil Rath fined again
A couple of thoughts. Perhaps you need to read my comment again. I never said they put people in jail. What I said was the FPPC does handle criminal matters and they are the ones who refer cases for prosecution. From the FPPC website: During an investigation the Enforcement Division may uncover evidence of criminal misconduct, or an outside agency may uncover evidence of local violations of the Act. It is common in these circumstances for each agency to notify the other and collaboratively enforce California law. In addition, the FPPC also assists district attorneys and authorized city attorneys in analyzing, investigation and **prosecuting** local violations of the Act. So, according to their own website, your statement was indeed INACCURATE.— November 9, 2018 4:45 p.m.
Obscenely delayed police response
You would know, what with you being the king of predictability and unoriginal thought.— November 9, 2018 3:41 p.m.
Phil Rath fined again
A couple of points. I highly doubt that most of the readers here actually know what the FPPC does and were in fact NOT aware of the information provided. Secondly, the FPPC does handle criminal matters and is specifically authorized to be represented by its own lawyers in criminal court, unlike most state agencies, but normally refers enforcement. ie prosecutions due to time and financial constraints. You may have done "legal reporting over the years", what ever that means, but most certainly I do not consider you to be a reporter. A know it all, yes, but a reporter, most certainly not. And I sincerely doubt you knew anything of what I said. If you did, you would not have had the need to ask your original question. Just my opinion. Opinions vary.— November 9, 2018 3:38 p.m.
Too bad, San Diego
alexclarke, I wonder. Since you mentioned it, what is the difference in pay and benefits between EDCO and SD city drivers? Please be a little more specific.— November 9, 2018 10:50 a.m.