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Filner takes on the Downtown San Diego Partnership
EXCLUSIVE!
The transcript's not out yet, but here's a taste of the Filner act that had San Diego's greederati kicking up a twitstorm! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/08/39772/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/08/39773/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/08/39774/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/08/39775/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/08/39776/
A closer look at the lighting at Bob Filner's speech to the Downtown Business Partnership
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Irwin Jacobs donates $3 million for Plaza de Panama Speed Circuit
"If the people of San Diego want cars in the Plaza de Panama, by God, I will give them cars in the Plaza de Panama. Very fast cars."
"From here on out, the only way anybody is going to see the Museum of Man is by whizzing past it at 160 mph, baby." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/07/39714/
Horton Plaza announces new free parking plan
"4S Parking Pass" seeks to maintain GHQ
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/07/39711/ Won't somebody please think of the hotties? SAFELY INSIDE THE VELVET ROPE, FLUXX NIGHTCLUB - San Diego's Gaslamp has been in an uproar ever since Westfield Horton Plaza announced yesterday that it would no longer provide free validated parking …
Irwin Jacobs seeks consolation after Balboa Park debacle
The billionaire has had it up to here with people complaining that he has both things he wants to do and the money to get them done.
Sometimes, a kind word can come from the unlikeliest of places.... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/06/39658/
UCSD responds to its critics
"Somewhere along the line, you people seem to have confused "non-profit" with "non-wealthy."
Statement from University President Morris "Mo" Munni: "The University of California at San Diego has always prided itself as one of the foremost educational institutions in the nation when it comes to research. Specifically, research into effective moneymaking initiatives. We …
Atheist advocacy billboard goes up in Encinitas
Something to cheer you up during your afternoon commute? The San Diego Coalition of Reason, a collection of local groups of non-theists and church-state separation activists, has teamed up with American Atheists, a national organization, to purchase ad space on …
Entire San Diego Boy Scout troop comes out to each other
"Wait, you mean we're all gay? That's kind of anticlimactic."
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/30/39270/ When the word came down that the Boy Scouts of America was discussing the elimination of its universal ban on homosexuals - instead leaving the question up to local sponsoring organizations - Bankers Hill Boy Scout Jack Johnson knew …
Breaking! New Chargers coach "Mike McCoy" revealed to be Chargers counsel Mark Fabiani
Leaked memo outlines "new strategy" in struggle for new stadium
Change the part on the hair, plump the nose, tweak the ear angle, clean up the eyebags, and voila! Documents obtained by SD on the QT have revealed that new San Diego Chargers head coach Mike McCoy is not, as …
Mayor Filner to impatient pot proponents: "Quit harshing my mellow."
Mayor responds to chargers that he lacks motivation.
"What a drag," said Sunshine Sparklepony, owner of the Rolled Gold medical marijuana dispensary next to the First Impressions Daycare Center on North Park's Ray Street. "Filner had everybody feeling groovy when he told that square [City Attorney Jan] Goldsmith …
NAVAL NINNIES: Vandegrift scandal reveals so-called "P***y Protocol"
Our boys just don't have what it takes to go toe-to-toe with the Russians
HANGING OUR HEADS IN SHAME DOWN AT THE VFW HALL - Fallout continues following the Navy's astonishing decision to not only relieve Commander Joseph Darlak of his post following his frigate's rather liquid stopover in the Russian port city of …
Representatives of United States reprimanded for accurately representing United States
After two months without a break, Navy sailors dock in Russia, get drunk, and visit strip club.
Relieved Commanding Officer of San-Diego based frigate Vandegrift: "What else, exactly, were they supposed to do in Vladivostok?" http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/24/38980/
Peanutty: Peter Robbins has a moment of clarity
It really helps if you imagine the Peanuts adult "Waa-Waa" voice lecturing throughout... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/24/38974/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/24/38975/
Peter Robbins: see you in the funny papers
Poor Peter Robbins. Did he learn nothing about failure and regret from his years spent voicing Charlie Brown? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/24/38963/
Filner takes on the La Mesa sewage spill!
Mr. Mayor dares to work a little blue - or in this case, brown.
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Filner takes on Mickelson!
The stand-up Mayor on the famous golfer's tax-rant.
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I have a dream...
...a dream of a getaway for two at Baja's favorite beachfront hotel!
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San Diego Symphony debuts innovative new fundraising technique
Pleasure is just the absence of pain!
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Telesco, McCoy, and Whisenhurst lay out strategy for Chargers' future
"Together, we've got decades of experience - from our days in Indianapolis, Denver, Arizona, and even Pittsburgh - with trying to make sure the Chargers lose. We're just gonna do the opposite of all of that, and the wins should follow as a matter of course."
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/18/38646/ We can't lose!
Chargers hire Terry Richardson as new Charger Girl photographer
Team owner Spanos: "The 2012 Charger Girl swimsuit calendar just didn't do it for me. It was time for a change."
Among the hundreds of staff changes at the San Diego Chargers this off-season, perhaps none is more important to team owner Alex Spanos than his hiring of famed photographer Terry Richardson to create his beloved Charger Girl swimsuit calendar. "It …