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Three RB Neighborhoods Didn't Get Warnings
Don, define "city officials". The FD certainly knew what was about to hit RB and had trigger points for evacuation established and the PD was directly tied in with the FD. I believe I saw written somewhere that the mayor's office makes final approval of Reverse 911 calls?!?! I don't know. What I do know is that the mayor spoke correctly at 11 PM on the news. The Witch Fire was just west of Ramona. But the Guajito Fire started much closer to the city and was destroying homes much sooner than the Witch Fire would have. Was there still time to activate Reverse 911? I don't know. Here's my question for you -- had the Guajito Fire started directly at the base of the Trails in RB, would people still be saying that the city failed to notify them?— November 2, 2007 12:42 p.m.
Levitt Agrees With Aguirre
And, I suspect that's why the SEC has not FINED nor punished the taxpayer further. Mr. Levitt, has parlayed his previous gov't job into a multi-million boondoggle. Sucking San Diego taxpayer dry before going on his self serving media tours. The levels of greed versus the public good, in all segments of our culture, will untimately be its undoing.— November 2, 2007 8:26 a.m.
Union-Tribune Circulation Plummets, Says Trade Magazine
I believe readership levels, and the dramatic drop therein, is directly tied to the "freshness" of stories. A “daily newspaper” is already stale the moment it leaves the loading dock for morning delivery. With radio, TV and now the Internet, I have instantaneous access to information, making the so-called print media as obsolete as the horse and buggy. It’s just part of the “Information Age” technologically evolution affecting all of our lives. Additionally, why would I pay twice for the same information? The UT “publishes” SignOnSanDiego.com daily, and it includes updates made repeatedly during the 24 hour news cycle, leaving no need to wait till the next morning for my paper. With my free WI-FI access, I can read it and other sources of news all day long if I chose to do so. There’s also one other BIG benefit of the new information age, leading to the demise of print media. I no longer have to hunt for my morning paper, lodged somewhere in the bushes, sopping wet in my front yard, when it’s on the screen in my breakfast nook.— November 2, 2007 8:18 a.m.
Three RB Neighborhoods Didn't Get Warnings
Don, as you look at the UT this AM, you'll see what I was talking about the other day regarding fire behavior.The Guajito Fire, not the Witch Fire hit RB.Does this explain why the Reverse 911 calls never came for some folks?No.But it does explain why the fire got to RB so quickly.— November 2, 2007 6:33 a.m.
Levitt Agrees With Aguirre
Don, it appears that U-T Establishment puppets in City Hall not only burn San Diego taxpayers with never-ending "false financial statements" but now they are burning San Diego literally with their firestorms caused by lack of resources due to larceny of taxpayer money to subsidize the U-T establishment. It’s time to send Duke some cellmates like Murphy and Sanders to bring an end to the “U-T Burn San Diego” era so we can get bond ratings to allow us restore quality of life in San Diego once again. Anon92107— November 2, 2007 2:15 a.m.
Levitt Agrees With Aguirre
Don, Can you estimate what the real debt of the city of San Diego is? Sorry, but I could not get the registration system to work. I am happy to identify myself if that matters. Thanks [email protected]— November 2, 2007 1 a.m.
Union-Tribune Circulation Plummets, Says Trade Magazine
Though I'm no particular fan of the Union-Tribune, I'm disheartened to see such a steep decline. I'd venture it results from trends unrelated to any political slant to news articles. My impression is that the paper's headline writers/copy editors aren't really clever enough to pull such stunts off consistently. (And probably fewer than 10% of the UT readers ever do more than glance at the editorial pages.) Rather, I suspect that San Diego's intense cable/WiFi/New media penetration has rendered the newspaper habit superfluous for younger people in greater numbers than seen in the dropoff in young readers for papers nationwide. I also doubt that the vast majority of the people who pick up the Reader do so for either the cover story or for City Lights; they want the entertainment listings and the free classified ads. If they could find those packaged as comprehensively online as in the Reader, your weekly distribution would decline rapidly as well, I would wager, even though it's free.— November 1, 2007 8:17 p.m.
Copley YMCA Fundraiser Turns Into Aguirre Hate Fest
You sure it was Herb Klein and not his Madame Toussaud wax double?— November 1, 2007 8:05 p.m.
Union-Tribune Circulation Plummets, Says Trade Magazine
As I was reading your report on the Editor & Pubisher, I was thinking back to today's (November 1, 2007) Union-Tribune "Business" section that was all of 2 pages long (OK, 4 pages if you count both sides). Maybe the U-T should could use a new motto, along the lines of "All the distilled news that's fit to print"?— November 1, 2007 7:07 p.m.
Two Years Ago, Think Tank Warned of Inadequate Fire Protection
Actually Don, as we learned the hard way during the latest San Diego Firestorms, there are grave consequences to the U-T establishment’s “corporate welfare”/larceny, as televised daily during the firestorms on their new U-T Establishment Reality Show “San Diego Burning” featuring their brainless peacock "media manipulation" conferences constantly trying to cover-up the fact that San Diego now has a new, reduced four year firestorm cycle. The star again was Ron Roberts, who co-starred with Dick Murphy in the 2003 Firestorms, and the only change this time was that Murphy was replaced by Sanders, plus their new Evacuate San Diego scenarios. Their new four year San Diego firestorm cycle proved that U-T Establishment larceny of taxpayer money rules San Diego, with burned out landscapes representing the consequences of the U-T establishment rule. No wonder Editor & Publisher reported yesterday that U-T circulation continues to experience exceptionally “steep” declines; hopefully The Reader will replace the U-T soon so San Diego can rebuild and restore quality of life. Anon92107— November 1, 2007 12:47 p.m.