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Carl DeMaio paid for polling in possible mayoral run
The former councilmember reimbursed his Reform San Diego committee so as to avoid any potential violations.
Just how close did Carl DeMaio come to abandoning his run for congress in hopes of becoming San Diego's next mayor? Campaign documents show he was testing the waters when he used his Reform San Diego committee to commission an …
Manchester minion, other famous figures of San Diego crime and scandal fork over for Faulconer
Persons of interest stepping up to foot the bill for Republican’s putative TV commercial barrage
A veritable rogues' gallery of those linked to San Diego crime and scandal has been pouring money into the mayoral campaign of Republican city councilman Kevin Faulconer. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/sep/10/52953/ The wave of cash could help rival Nathan Fletcher and other mayoral …
Mayoral hopefuls Alvarez, Fletcher speak at labor-organized immigration reform event
Labor leaders yesterday afternoon (September 9) organized “a coalition of local business, faith, civil rights, community, and labor groups” Downtown to again demand action from Congress on passing an immigration reform bill. The event was also attended by a handful …
Group of 15 immigrants stranded at sea off the coast of Baja California rescued
Immigrants had paid to be taken to the U.S. by sea, but were left at sea for over 12 hours
A group of 15 immigrants were rescued by the Mexican navy after being left at sea for over 12 hours on Monday, September 9. The group had paid for travel to the United States, but was abandoned after the small …
Former customs officer gets 78 months for taking bribes
His Jaguar seized; accomplices also sentenced
Former Customs and Border Protection Officer Hector Rodriguez was sentenced today (Sept. 9) to 78 months in prison for taking bribes for bringing in aliens for financial gain. Among the items seized were a 2009 Jaguar and 12 luxury watches. …
Shames loses libel lawsuit against Aguirre
He previously lost in his suit against UCAN
Michael Shames, former executive director of watchdog Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN), lost a libel suit today (Sept. 9) against attorney Mike Aguirre. Aguirre represented two whistleblowers whose revelations about Shames led indirectly to his dismissal as executive director. Shames …
Bob White's California Strategies partners agree to $40,000 covert lobbying fines
Employees of San Diego marijuana lobbying firm founded by Bob White, aide to Pete Wilson from San Diego mayor through California governor, admit trying to influence state government without registering as lobbyists
Partners in California Strategies - the prosperous lobbying outfit founded by Bob White, who started his adult life working for fraternities at San Diego State and ended up as Pete Wilson's ultimate insider before going on to make a sizable …
Owner of Oggi's Pizza and Brewing files class action lawsuit over 2011 blackout
Owner filed class action complaint in federal court
Remember when the lights went out throughout Southern California back in September 2011? The owner of Oggi's Pizza sure does. On Friday, September 6, Robert Waldon filed a class action lawsuit in federal court against Pinnacle West Capital, the parent …
Open registration for SANDAG Rideshare Challenge
The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) has opened online signups for its annual Rideshare Corporate Challenge, in which companies spend the month of October competing against one another to log the most use by employees of alternative transportation to …
Fletcher gets cash from city leaseholder also backing Faulconer
Pay for play campaign of epic proportions shaping up as well-financed influence seekers and long time city power brokers, including ex-con, line up with open checkbooks
The two big Fs in San Diego's money race for mayor, Nathan Fletcher and Kevin Faulconer, appear locked in a tight battle over who can corral the most special interest campaign money from tony Rancho Santa Fe, one of America's …
Burglar caught in El Cajon
Neighbors saw man jump out window of victim's house
Sheriff’s deputies were able to track down a man suspected of several residential burglaries in eastern El Cajon Sunday afternoon with the assistance of several neighbors and a law enforcement helicopter. Shortly after 3 p.m., a burglary call was received …
OliverMcMillan's foreclosed shopping center goes up for sale
Chicago area apartment/shopping compound couldn't service debt
According to Chicago area media, the Glen Town Center of north suburban Glenview is now up for sale. The residential/retail property went up on land that was formerly the Naval Air Station Glenview, which closed in 1995. The village got …
Activists rally for, against military action in Syria
Several dozen activists gathered outside Congresswoman Susan Davis’s office yesterday afternoon (September 6), arguing both against and in favor of United States military action in Syria. Ray Lutz, a common fixture at such events representing Citizens Oversight Projects, called into …
Qualcomm's Jacobs fishing for funds for Fletcher
What will Fletcher's wife, Karl Rove apprentice, say about that?
Paul Jacobs, chief executive of Qualcomm, has sent out a letter asking donations for Nathan Fletcher in the upcoming mayoral race. Fletcher's rapid conversion from Republican to Independent to Democrat was probably tied to his Qualcomm affiliation. He went to …
Bond rating shows why Wall Street loves CPUC
Fitch lauds regulator as it gives SDG&E bonds good rating
Fitch Ratings has given an AA-minus rating to the proposed San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) $450 million issue of 3.6% first mortgage bonds due 2023. Fitch positively gushes over "the constructive regulatory environment" -- a euphemistic way of saying …
Developers chasing city deals cashing in heavily for Faulconer
GOP city councilman's first campaign money disclosure reveals roster of wealthy special interests, one looking for "wiggle room" at city hall
It didn't take long for Republican city councilman Kevin Faulconer to begin tapping into his deep base of real estate and city lease related political funders. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/sep/06/52696/ Days after his announcement for mayor, the former Porter Novelli PR maven has …
U.S. adds so-so 169,000 jobs in August, while June-July revised down
Unemployment rate drops to 7.3% because more stop looking for work
The U.S. added a modest 169,000 jobs in August, below the consensus forecast of 173,000, according to the Labor Department today (Sept. 6). Employment gains for July and June were dropped by a combined 74,000; the decline in the unemployment …
Combined convention center/stadium? Or neither?
Election question could be playthings versus essentials
The Chargers are continuing to pitch a combined convention center/stadium that, of course, would be financed by taxpayers. Neither the team nor City officials yet admit that convention centers are vastly overbuilt in the U.S. That's why centers, including San …
Teenage grocery worker files complaint over union dues
Boy finds representation through Virginia-based anti-union group
An Oceanside teenager has filed a complaint alleging unfair labor practices, claiming he was misled to believe that membership in the United Food and Commercial Workers union was compulsory at his part-time job at a Ralphs supermarket represented by UFCW …