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Will a $46,000 federally funded COVID-19 drone fly in El Cajon?
It's not harmless. These are the trappings of a particular culture that is too often deadly to Americans of color. Today we learn about yet another African-American man, suspected of a crime and detained by Minneapolis police, who was held on the ground with the cop KNEELING on his THROAT until he expired on the spot. The officer and a colleague were immediately fired -- a rare occurrence that likely will be litigated -- but that police behavior was beyond the pale. Maybe excessive ornamentation of uniforms and emphasis on rank contributes to the closed clubbiness of police work over the notion of cops as community helpers.— May 27, 2020 11:51 a.m.
Will a $46,000 federally funded COVID-19 drone fly in El Cajon?
You can't get a good aerial shot of COVID-19 graves being dug or drive-by 'rona funerals in progress without a drone and the sheriff knows it. Good he plans to re-work his request. Great quotes from those good-ol'-boy Southern politicians protecting privacy rights.— May 22, 2020 6:53 p.m.
Tesla cash backs Democrats Atkins, Ward, and Weber
Now you're reporting news, Matt Potter, that we need to know. Incredible that former schoolmarm now-Assemblymember Shirley Weber is getting money from Tesla, but I guess that comes with being a California state legislator. Spoiled Elon Musk will need favors down the road, so he might as well pave it with political campaign contributions. In my book, this is way more depressing than Lorena's crude cocktail-hour tweet.— May 15, 2020 9:39 p.m.
San Diego pandemic protests bring out everyone with an opinion
Your First Amendment-protected expression of a misogynistic opinion of Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez is "what's wrong," Ponzi, and it's impossible to defend it. You may not like it, but Lorena is smart, outspoken, a Labor leader and a rising star in California politics.— May 13, 2020 3:05 p.m.
Lorena Gonzalez’s Twitter "F*ck” to Elon Musk
You might think Matt Potter would lead with the current story of a Twitter takedown of rich-and-spoiled quarantine-buster Elon Musk by our own social media-savvy Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, but no, Potter starts by reminding us that County Supervisor-candidate State Senator Ben Hueso got busted years ago for drunk-driving up in Sacramento. Doesn't seem strictly kosher to me....— May 13, 2020 2:43 p.m.
San Diego Police buying 1200 more tasers
I have no idea to what story this comment is being attached, but I'm sorry to say the new web format/layout is confusing and hard to read and feels, well, very temporary. I hope at least it was on sale. And what's with those annoying presumptuous labels denoting how much time it takes to read a particular story? You have no idea how long it takes a reader to read the Reader, so don't tell us. It feels almost tronc-like. Maybe it's so hip we don't even know how we're supposed to feel about what seems an intrusion on our private reading experience. If there were rating-thumbs, mine would be trending downward.— March 26, 2020 10:14 p.m.
Susan Davis dumps Alaska Airlines, Royal Caribbean, loads up on Chinese surveillance giant Baidu
If I had had holdings the likes of our well-to-do Democratic Congressional representatives, I too would have unloaded them before the stock market tanked. The bull market is eleven years old, after all.The handwriting was on the wall for some time and I don't think protecting your resources is against the law. (What those two Republicans did actually looks more like insider trading, but maybe not literally.) Still, making big financial moves like this is fair game for reporting and probably is embarrassing to the plutocrats. Poor babies.— March 24, 2020 8:03 p.m.
Susan Davis dumps Alaska Airlines, Royal Caribbean, loads up on Chinese surveillance giant Baidu
Who wrote this column? No byline .— March 24, 2020 5:51 p.m.
Patrick Soon-Shiong thins editors, reporters
Shilly-Shally? Cheapo? You are wrong. It took a long time to strike a deal with the predators from ridiculous "tronc" who were running former (Chicago) Tribune properties into the ground and to extricate southern California newspapers from their grasp. Also, Dr. Soon-Shiong paid $500 million to achieve his goal, many times more than was paid by John Henry to acquire The Boston Globe from the New York Times -- maybe more than anyone ever has paid to date for a big-city daily. The way the newspaper business is going, Soon-Shiong is unlikely ever to see a profit from his new acquisitions: he did the deed as a public service to the community he lives in.— March 22, 2020 10:46 p.m.
Patrick Soon-Shiong thins editors, reporters
I read the Union-Tribune on-line as a local source after the Los Angeles Times to which I subscribe. I realize the U-T is not what it used to be, but I'm actually grateful for that fact. U-T Watchdog writers are first-rate and the education writer is good. Coverage of local events is brief but informative even though there may be insufficient reportorial depth. But I think editor Jeff Light has made much with little and I'm glad we still have a daily local paper. Matt Potter chronicles the decline with his reports, but I don't know why regular commenters here are always so vehemently negative and nasty, unless you're just yearning for the bad old days of influencers Neal Morgan, Bob Kittle and General Krulak.— March 21, 2020 8:18 p.m.