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Big people talk about issues; small people talk about people
Filner's issues should remain in forefront, but he has tough battle ahead
People are correctly attacking Mayor Bob Filner for personality problems, but citizens, including those of his own party, should not forget the issues on which he was elected. Wisely, he is eating humble pie on the sexual harassment revelations, apologizing …
Poway set to begin large-scale street repairs
Poway is set to begin a major street resurfacing project this Sunday (July 14), as 4.8 million square feet of roadway along both residential streets and major arteries will receive crack sealing, deep patch repairs, asphalt overlay and slurry seals. …
Sex scandal and secrecy nothing new at benighted San Diego city hall
San Diego's controversial history of sexual allegations and a secret settlement has taken toll on previously distinguished city officials
Democratic mayor Bob Filner - under the gun today for as yet unspecified transgressions in office regarding alleged sexual harassment - is only the latest in a long line of San Diego city officials to find themselves enmeshed by scandal …
How corrupt is Congress? Here's an indication
House, backed overwhelmingly by big money, voted down bill to reform accounting
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, a private watchdog group that was actually created by Congress, has been critical of the large accounting firms for accepting information from their corporate clients and blessing it without doing independent inquiries. The accounting …
Study finds massive decline in local fish population
Overfishing not a factor, authors say
Local fish populations have dropped dramatically in the last 40 years, according to a new study in the scientific journal Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science led by Eric Miller of MBC Applied Environmental Sciences in Costa Mesa and John McGowan …
Bridgepoint stock zooms as Ashford gets accreditation
Overall market soars as Bernanke says spigot will stay open
Stock of controversial Bridgepoint Education is up 20.94% in early trading today (July 11) as its Ashford University, which accounts for almost all of company revenue, was given accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The threat of …
Judge's ruling in Brittany Killgore murder case
Prosecutor was denied access to papers found in the jail cell of one defendant
The prosecutor in a high-profile murder case was denied access to papers found in one defendant’s jail cell, by a ruling in San Diego’s North County Superior Courthouse today, July 10, 2013. Judge K. Michael Kirkman ruled in favor of …
Vargas aide junkets to Malaysia
Meetings with Melinda Gates and First Lady of Malaysia top non-profit world population groups' itinerary
Freshman Democratic congressman Juan Vargas lost his junketing maidenhood earlier this year on a free trip up the coast to a posh oceanfront resort. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/10/48899/ Now it's the turn of his newly broken-in staff to hit the road. In the …
City accused of subverting public records law in lawsuit over Convention Center expansion
Lawsuit alleges that Chief of Staff for former mayor Jerry Sanders used private email accounts to broker a deal with labor union in exchange for support of $520 million expansion
San Diego's elected officials have had a long and well-documented history of backroom dealings. Whether it be a midnight deal to boost redevelopment funding or letting developers dictate the size and footprint of their development, residents often find themselves in …
Brandes loses case against Venezuela
The local money management firm lost when phone company nationalized
San Diego-based money management firm Brandes Investment Partners has lost a case revolving around the nationalization of the leftist nation's telephone company. According to venuezuelanalysis.com, the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes agreed with Venezuela that the …
Trial begins for California firefighter accused of abuse
Raul Licon Jr. pleads not guilty to six felony counts
Testimony began yesterday in the trial of a California firefighter accused of abusing a boy in his care over a two-year period, starting when the child was fourteen, in 2009. The accuser is now a young man of 18 years, …
Escondido man charged with knifing wife in bed
Abdul Ibrahim first brought into court 2 weeks after arrest
A 67-year-old man was charged with murder today, more than two weeks after he allegedly walked into police headquarters to announce his wife’s death. Escondido police said Abdul Rehman Ibrahim arrived at 3:36 a.m. on a Sunday morning and “spontaneously …
Water Authority considering hydroelectric power at San Vicente
The San Diego County Water Authority and the City of San Diego are considering adding a 240-to-500-megawatt hydroelectric generating system to San Vicente Reservoir, the Water Authority announced yesterday (July 8). The power project, which would only be used during …
Edison "stonewalling" on what happened at San Onofre, says Aguirre
SD lawyer wants names of engineers working on project; Edison balks
Southern California Edison, which owns almost 80% of the now-closed San Onofre nuclear facility, is redacting names of its engineers so investigators can't depose them, says San Diego attorney Mike Aguirre. In a filing yesterday (July 8) with the California …
Symphony lobbyist raises big cash for GOP Lincoln Club's city council contender
Eager to clear the field of other Republicans, downtown influence peddlers going all out for hand picked candidate, lobbyist disclosure reveals
As previousy reported here, the city's establishment Republicans and their lobbyists are vigorously working to clear the sixth district city council field of other members of the GOP to make way for their handpicked candidate, Chris Cate, vice president of …
Dismissal denied: county DA must face charges of sexual misconduct by former deputy, federal judge rules
The San Diego County District Attorney’s office will face charges that a former deputy district attorney fabricated evidence and then tried to trade assistance in mitigating damages resulting from his fraudulently obtained conviction in exchange for sexual favors, a federal …
San Diego top marathon city, says Facebook
But it's not one of 10 fittest cities
Facebook has culled a list of cities dedicated to fitness. The calculation is based on user activity such as fitness-related status updates, gym check-ins, use of fitness apps, and fitness-related life events between January 1 and March 31 of this …
Recount required after Baja California governor’s election error
Winner announced, only to be retracted after error was found
A winner was declared in the Baja California governor’s election, Sunday July 9, only to be retracted after officials declared an error may have occurred during the counting process. The first results showed the National Action Party (PAN) candidate Vega …