Even Mike Aguirre haters were rolling their eyes in acute discomfort Saturday night at a fundraiser for Copley YMCA. David Copley was there smiling, seemingly oblivious to the tackiness. Herb Klein, corporate welfare lobbyist, was guest of honor at the shindig in a posh La Jolla hotel. Among other things, the entertainers reeled off, David Letterman style, the ten things they dislike most about Aguirre. There were other tasteless jabs. The newspaper's hate obsession with Aguirre carries over into its social engagements. Will the next fundraiser for KPBS feature a similar hate fest? After all, the KPBS building bears the Copley name, and the public radio-TV station caves in to the paper's influence.
Even Mike Aguirre haters were rolling their eyes in acute discomfort Saturday night at a fundraiser for Copley YMCA. David Copley was there smiling, seemingly oblivious to the tackiness. Herb Klein, corporate welfare lobbyist, was guest of honor at the shindig in a posh La Jolla hotel. Among other things, the entertainers reeled off, David Letterman style, the ten things they dislike most about Aguirre. There were other tasteless jabs. The newspaper's hate obsession with Aguirre carries over into its social engagements. Will the next fundraiser for KPBS feature a similar hate fest? After all, the KPBS building bears the Copley name, and the public radio-TV station caves in to the paper's influence.