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Don't get an ARM and don't get a 40 year loan. If you can't get a fixed rate mortage, lower your sites until you find something you can buy with a 30-year fixed.— February 27, 2008 8:36 p.m.
The Rise and Fall of the Copley Press
How did Jim Copley manage to "adopt" David when the boy already had a father? Did the father die or relinquish his parental rights? Or was the adoption merely a name change or perhaps even a fabrication?— February 27, 2008 2:48 p.m.
Union-Tribune Warns Union of 40 Percent Wage Slash, Healthcare Cuts; Teamsters To Resume Campaign To Cut Paper's Circulation
So much for the big ralley. A packager friend of mine said only about 10-15 of those people picketing were actually packaging employees!!! The rest were teachers union, teamsters from other unions, and other union honks not employed by the Union Tribune. It seems that if the packers really supported this union, there would have been better turnout.— February 26, 2008 7:29 p.m.
Union-Tribune Warns Union of 40 Percent Wage Slash, Healthcare Cuts; Teamsters To Resume Campaign To Cut Paper's Circulation
Don't forget, Don, that the UT blew millions on a Spanish-language endeavor called Enlace. The company could not understand the Hispanic market. The UT could also not face the fact that other alternative niche weeklies (such as the Gay & Lesbian Times) were grabbing advertisers such as auto dealers.— February 26, 2008 2:41 p.m.
Union-Tribune Warns Union of 40 Percent Wage Slash, Healthcare Cuts; Teamsters To Resume Campaign To Cut Paper's Circulation
#30, Great point about the Guild's treatment of Helen. Following that logic, most of the unions treat upper management personally bad. Just look at the name calling going on here. I can't even imagine what happens in the packaging and press department. Something tells me Gene, Karin, and Bobbie aren't sitting in an office calling union heads stupid names like "I Dream of Gene Bell" and "Newsdoll Karin Winner". By the way #30, is there really a need to spew hatred at the end of your fine blog by blasting gays and hispanics. Come on.— February 26, 2008 7:27 a.m.
Union-Tribune Warns Union of 40 Percent Wage Slash, Healthcare Cuts; Teamsters To Resume Campaign To Cut Paper's Circulation
Don ... it was Helen who hired King & Ballou back in '89. At least two things triggered her rapidly anti-union stance: Helen used top throw an enormously lavish Christmas party each year for the newsroom. One year the union got it into its head that it would be fun to RVSP yes and then no-show -- leaving Helen standing alone at the punch bowl, so to speak. Another was a flier the Guild distributed showing Helen's head grafted on to a Nazi biker-chick's body. Who knows why the lady took these personally? Now, on the other side, Helen wanted good people but for whatever reason she also froze the tenor of the paper in 1974. She never could let it evolve to match the changing city after Jim died. Maybe he could not have evolved either. Jim was running the place in a small time sleepy San Diego as a cushy retirement job for Navy officers. "Hey, come on over and we'll find you something to do at the Trib!" Difficult to say whether today's San Diego of gargantuan Gay Pride Parades and Hispanic population would have made Jim turn tail and run forever to his Borrego hotel.— February 26, 2008 6:20 a.m.
Dreamy
It's protection money, plain and simple. Moores (Spanos too) gives a lot to politicians. This is how he has evaded prosecution for his massive Peregrine and ballpark frauds. This is yet another example of how there are two sets of laws in this country. Fat cats like Moores, (who openly bribed public officials and defrauded investors of hundreds of millions with Peregrine), can get away with anything. It's short-sighted though. Eventually, we might get so angry that Moores and his ilk could be decorating lamp posts. All the money in the world might not save him from what the angry mob could want do when they find out just how deeply evil this man is, and just how much he has done to destroy our city.— February 25, 2008 9:16 p.m.
Union-Tribune Warns Union of 40 Percent Wage Slash, Healthcare Cuts; Teamsters To Resume Campaign To Cut Paper's Circulation
Comment #9 makes the exact point. A fireman makes $20/hour and a packager makes $16. Logic would tell me, why in the hell would I risk my life day in and day out for a mere $4 more per hour. Perfect point. Firefighters and police are underpaid, and these packagers are overpaid. Don, put your feelings aside about the paper and admit that these people are overpaid. The story about your son is unfortunate and touching. And yes, I agree, one cannot live on $10/hour. However, that doesn't mean that these basic laborers should make what higher skilled or higher educated people should make. I've read that some of those packagers make as much as $30/hour!!! Outrageous!!! Give me one of those jobs. I would urge your readers to use their own brain when making their assesments. Check the want ads, and see what you would make doing manual labor.— February 25, 2008 8 p.m.
Union-Tribune Warns Union of 40 Percent Wage Slash, Healthcare Cuts; Teamsters To Resume Campaign To Cut Paper's Circulation
While I do agree with a ton of your CEO pay issues, they are all making way to much in compared to the average worker, I don't understand all of you peoples issues with David's yacht. The dude was lucky enough to be born into a massively wealthy family. I don't quite get bashing him for being on his yacht. If I was worth a billion, I would probably have a nice yacht too. I am sure there are plenty of owners, newspaper business and not, that just live on the wealth and let others worry about the businesses. I think this argument is stupid and misguided jealousy.— February 25, 2008 7:53 p.m.
Union-Tribune Warns Union of 40 Percent Wage Slash, Healthcare Cuts; Teamsters To Resume Campaign To Cut Paper's Circulation
Of course, this is more than likely just posturing from the UT to force the union into a contract ... or to make the employees decertify the union. I know for a fact that the UT did not care a bit about the union protests. The paper's numbers said that San Diego in general was not pro-union and no one was cancelling over the GCIU. I-Dream-of-Genie Bellboy used to direct then Production Director Ralph Imhof to make sure that fresh fertilizer was spread on the lawns around the building during protests. Then Bell and HR Queen Bobbie Espinosa would sit in her ground-floor corner office and laugh at the protestors. One time some employees were having a department picnic at SeaWorld. The GCIU got wind of it and called the SeaWorld general manager. They told him that they were going to shut down the park by blocking access to the parking lot. The SeaWorld guy then called Herb Klein, who called newsdoll Karin Winner. The SeaWorld manager had apparently enjoyed some brioche with the elite. But la Winner was upset to have to 'fess up that she had no control over what protestors do, and this chilled SeaWorld/UT relations for a bit.— February 25, 2008 2:18 p.m.