The City Council has docketed its final approval of the $185 million "lease-lease" bond issue for this Tuesday as Item 50 on the Consent Agenda. That's right the "Consent" Agenda. I intend to go down and "pull" this Item [Read entire story]
03/11/10 Is Municipal bond debt the next Wall Street scam?
April 10, 2010
Last Tuesday, March 9, 2009, San Diego City staff from the Debt Management Department and from our City Attorney's office acted as salespeople for J. P. Morgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and other Wall Street [Read entire story]
03/09/10 Voting while under the influence – of money.
April 10, 2010
A recent land use vote at City Council provides a fascinating peek into the moral characters of our six Democratic City Councilmembers. The issue at hand was a proposed street vacation in front of the La Jolla home of [Read entire story]
Cabbage patch kids
February 18, 2010
The difference between you and a leafy green vegetable. [Read entire story]
You talking to me?
February 4, 2010
Citizen activist Ian Trowbridge is officially seeking an apology from Port Commissioner Steve Cushman, for referring to opponents of port projects as negos. [Read entire story]
Stadium builder’s bucks criticized
February 4, 2010
A developer intent on building a professional football stadium near Los Angeles and bringing the NFL back to the area was criticized Thursday for a campaign contribution. [Read entire story]
Port commissioner is critical of ‘negos’
February 3, 2010
He says they're standing in the way; Frye doesn't like the term [Read entire story]
County assessor race gets new player
February 2, 2010
A new candidate has joined the race for county clerk-recorder-assessor in a big way. [Read entire story]
Council issues amazing proclamation
February 2, 2010
Today is not just Groundhog Day, it's also "Meghan and Cheyne: Amazing Race Winners Day" in San Diego. [Read entire story]
Black Eyed Peas announce San Diego show
February 1, 2010
Tickets for the April 3 show at the San Diego Sports Arena go on sale Saturday. [Read entire story]
Media in the tank for state high-speed rail
February 1, 2010
On the San Francisco Chronicle and Fresno Bee editorial pages, a sliver of positive news about the state bullet train project is celebrated while a mountain of bad news is ignored. [Read entire story]
Lockyer defends record as AG
January 29, 2010
The spokesman for the state treasurer takes exception to my potshot at Lockyer in a post going after Jerry Brown. [Read entire story]
Mayor Sanders is cast for Prop. 8 trial
January 29, 2010
Actor played Con Stapleton in "Deadwood" [Read entire story]
UC students were protesting over fee hikes they don’t have to pay
January 29, 2010
First came the groundless whining over San Diego State's changed admissions policy. Now it turns out that most UC students' whining over tuition hikes was even more groundless. [Read entire story]
Will Pringle, gov’s aide go along with rail authority parsing?
January 29, 2010
The big news about the California bullet train this month isn't the fact the federal government has provided $2.34 billion toward its projected $40 billion cost. It's that the LAO says the California High Speed Rail [Read entire story]
Jerry Brown’s single-payer stonewalling: More from Nexis
January 28, 2010
The next governor almost certainly will have to decide whether or not to sign a bill forcing a state takeover of health care. Why is he mum about it? Cuz he knows it's political dynamite. But what has he said about it in [Read entire story]
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