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Instant Checkmate defied Fair Credit Reporting Act
I believe these are the same people that stay camped out every single day in the clerk's office at the courthouse from the minute it opens until they shut the doors. It takes the equivalent of two full time clerks all day long to look up the information that these people are requesting. The problem is that in this era of massive budget cuts (new courthouse notwithstanding) these people who are only at the courthouse for the purpose of collecting data to be sold to a third party take away significant resources from people who are legitimately at the courthouse to do their business, including the attorneys. Personally, I would like to see Michael Roddy, the Superior Court Administrator, limit the number of inquiries that these people are allowed to conduct each day, or in the alternative, create a policy to simply pull the court files for them and let them figure out the information for themselves.— April 16, 2014 11:01 a.m.
San Diego Opera head says all want to save company
So when the opera is taking grant money from the city, it is in "remarkably excellent fiscal health...SDO remains stable and does not anticipate any significant reductions, nor deficits or any long-term debts in the future..." I would imagine that someone in a position of authority had to sign that statement attesting to it's truth to grab the grant money. So which financial position are you playing today, Ms. Cohn? To be fair, it seems reasonable to say that in general, investments in bonds and equities sustained significant losses between 2008 and 2009, and SDO was not immune to those market conditions. But that would have been the time for the Campbells to tighten their belts like everyone else did, not increase their salaries to deplete the capital of the organization. It appears that a small group of sycophantic insiders drinking the Campbell Kool-Aid has allowed this to happen, and anyone who has had the opportunity to observe Ian's behavior, either in or out of the workplace, will tell you that he is a classic bully and has a nasty habit of steamrolling right over everyone. T.Y. for the correction OperaBuff.— April 12, 2014 8:37 a.m.
U.S. Customs corruption is chronic, audit says
All law enforcement agency corruption is chronic. It's not just Border Patrol, it's SDPD, the Sheriff, Chula Vista PD...it's all a product of the badge and the gun and the attitude that they can play judge, jury and executioner all at once. Until there are some serious penalties and consequences for crooked law enforcement, the corruption and scandal will continue.— April 11, 2014 12:35 p.m.
San Diego Opera head says all want to save company
Wait. Let me get this straight. Now Cohn wants to do everything to "save" the opera? Is that why, according to KPBS, she has created a "core committee" consisting of approximately 9 people, herself and the two Campbells included, that is supposed to do all the talking now? That hardly seems transparent to me. Joan Kroc must be rolling over in her grave, because this whole thing reeks. Let's see, Ian and Ann file for divorce in September of 2012. Some five months later, in February of 2013, Ian signs an employment agreement with Ann, apparently without the signatures of the compensation committee, for an unprecedented $283,000/year plus benefits. It looks to me like Ian is trying to stick the opera with paying Ann for a portion of her community property assets and smacks of the worst kind of self-dealing. Who knows what kind of agreement they have with respect to their legal dissolution, but they were married for about 30 years, so you can bet she is going to get 1/2 of everything he owns, plus lifetime alimony. Why shouldn't he stick the opera with it? He can bury it in her salary and it's not his money. I guess he didn't contemplate that the little people would have the unmitigated gall to start asking questions. Consider the following: If Ann were to solicit even a $5,000/per person contribution to the opera, she is going to have to hustle up 56 different people just to justify her existence. No wonder donations are down. Is that figure calculated before or after the Campbell's salaries? Now that Cohn and the Campbell's are the focus of everyone's derision, my how their tone has changed. But if you look at the preliminary documents they have released with respect to upcoming liabilities, there are still plenty of gaps in the information and very little, if any, transparency. Maybe Ian decided to shut down the opera because he wants to get out of town to be with his new paramour, and he appears to be far too narcissistic to train an underling to take over for him.— April 11, 2014 12:15 p.m.
Homecare nurse accused of felonies was found guilty of two misdemeanors
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