Let's be straight-up clear here: The purpose of the STRONG MAYOR is to LEAD THE CITY The purpose of the CITY ATTORNEY is a STAFF position.
The current City Attorney, Jan Goldsmith, is a shill for the downtown banks and developers and always has been. The City Attorney's office is the most expensive part of the City bureaucracy, with staff making $300,000/year and up. Their are 100 lawyers in Goldsmith's office and they have a lot to lose if reforms are implemented. Even more if their outside connections are exposed as corrupting the City Government.
Filner is reformer, he came to fix the City, and Goldsmith is part of the old guard that fears such reform. "TONE" means nothing when you go into a den of vipers, you just pull out your sword and cut off their heads. Even if the community college professor thinks differently, we can play nice with people's feelings once we have a functioning city.
---- Let's have Goldsmith on KPBS once per month to answer for his unethical actions.
Actual watch the video of Goldsmith's Press Conference.
City Attorney Goldsmith approved the City Council decision to move booking and sales of the Convention Center to the private Tourism Authority through a Quid Pro Quo arrangement. The No-Bid Contract did not follow Managed Competition guidelines.
The deal included that the Hoteliers would not vote against the new 2 percent TMD or 3 percent Special tax in exchange for moving Convention Center Booking to the private Tourism Authority.
The Hoteliers have stated they wanted to move the lucrative smaller medical convention from our public Convention Center (that pays down our annual $14 million public debt for Phase 2) to private Hotels owned by Tourism Authority Board Members. Major Conflict of Interest.
I heard KPBS, Maureen Cavanaugh, claim that kids <10 made 1/3rd of the population in 1970 and 1/5th of the populaion of CA in 2030. This is an outrageous lie.
'A report by USC's Price School of Public Policy and the Lucille Packard Foundation for Children's Health says children will make up 21 percent of the state's population by 2030, down sharply from 33 percent in 1970."
First, children are defined in this study as people under legal age of 18, not 10. Second, the US Census in 2010 found that in CA we have 25% children! http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/stat...
It is getting so that we can't trust KPBS to report the facts. We need FEWER kids! Overpopulation of the planet is threatening global survival and 50% of the species are predicted to become extinct in 100 years.
Too bad there aren't a bunch of smart kids in the USA who will work for peanuts. Oh, wait, there are ... so why go to Mexico? The math education in TJ can't be that much better than San Diego? That's the real story.
I'm reading these comments and see those who work in the tourism industry posting advertising links to their web propaganda, but their arguments are specious. If you think tourism in San Diego will die without a PUBLICLY FUNDED multi-million dollar ad campaign you're nuts. If the big hotel corporations really want to maximize their potential they will shell out for the ad funding. That's why they are paying these shills above to make fake accounts and publish their propaganda.
The idea that our National Debt is at 100% of GDP is a fallacy, the purpose of government is to protect our security. We should be producing at twice this level or more, and if we were, we would have twice+ the tax revenue. The reason we ARE NOT producing at that level, is because the Banking Crisis has sucked all the capital investment out of the economy, shunting it into the hands of the rich, who are squirreling all their profits into treasuries and overseas investments, rather than reinvest in our declining economy.
The solution is to hire US Workers, and since there is no profit in that, the Federal Government is the employeer of last resort. We should be spending at least $2-Trillion today on building a sustainable, national renewable-energy infrastructure. Training and hiring millions of US Citizens directly. No job should pay more than $100,000/year, and none of those 'no-bid' Halliburton contracts, no bonuses for CEOs, etc.
By pouring money into the base of the economy, we will restart the economic engine with fuel for consumers to buy their basic needs. Just as FDR built the national transport and energy infrastructure in the 1930's. The Federal Deficit is decreasing, we are getting out of the business of destruction, and we need to get into the business of creation.
A voluntary Tourism Market District is fine, but it doesn't make ANY sense to join in a 40 year tax deal with the hotels. That locks the City into a deal that will short change us. We need the ability to adapt to changing conditions.
Sounds like the Hotel Developers and Corporate Owners are going into a long unnecessary legal fight, and the will lose, either in courts or in public opinion. They should just agree to share the wealth with their employees, fund the safety services that help tourists (like Lifeguards), and pay their fair share of the City's logistics. Time for the corporations to become good citizens.
It's not just about slave wage jobs cleaning up after tourists, it's about good union jobs, that can support citizens who live and work downtown. The City Council will either evolve, or be replaced as the economy stagnates. Votes beat money, again and again. Welcome to the new era if cooperation.
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Goldsmith Doesn't Want Office Lawyers To Go To Mayor Filner's Office Alone
Let's be straight-up clear here:
The purpose of the STRONG MAYOR is to LEAD THE CITY
The purpose of the CITY ATTORNEY is a STAFF position.
The current City Attorney, Jan Goldsmith, is a shill for the downtown banks and developers and always has been. The City Attorney's office is the most expensive part of the City bureaucracy, with staff making $300,000/year and up. Their are 100 lawyers in Goldsmith's office and they have a lot to lose if reforms are implemented. Even more if their outside connections are exposed as corrupting the City Government.
Filner is reformer, he came to fix the City, and Goldsmith is part of the old guard that fears such reform. "TONE" means nothing when you go into a den of vipers, you just pull out your sword and cut off their heads. Even if the community college professor thinks differently, we can play nice with people's feelings once we have a functioning city.
----
Let's have Goldsmith on KPBS once per month to answer for his unethical actions.
http://www.10news.com/news/mayor-bob-...
Actual watch the video of Goldsmith's Press Conference.
City Attorney Goldsmith approved the City Council decision to move booking and sales of the Convention Center to the private Tourism Authority through a Quid Pro Quo arrangement. The No-Bid Contract did not follow Managed Competition guidelines.
The deal included that the Hoteliers would not vote against the new 2 percent TMD or 3 percent Special tax in exchange for moving Convention Center Booking to the private Tourism Authority.
The Hoteliers have stated they wanted to move the lucrative smaller medical convention from our public Convention Center (that pays down our annual $14 million public debt for Phase 2) to private Hotels owned by Tourism Authority Board Members. Major Conflict of Interest.
March 14, 2013 at 5:05 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Chula Vista Train Station Shooting Friday Night Directed At Trolley Cops
What would make someone want to shoot those nice UPS guards?
March 14, 2013 at 3:37 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Location Will Make A Difference In Price Of Health Insurance
I always thought insurance gets cheaper if the pool is larger, why divide up the pool?
March 12, 2013 at 9:54 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Location Will Make A Difference In Price Of Health Insurance
I'm moving to a cheaper area.
March 12, 2013 at 9:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
California Isn't Getting Any Younger, New Report Shows
I heard KPBS, Maureen Cavanaugh, claim that kids <10 made 1/3rd of the population in 1970 and 1/5th of the populaion of CA in 2030. This is an outrageous lie.
'A report by USC's Price School of Public Policy and the Lucille Packard Foundation for Children's Health says children will make up 21 percent of the state's population by 2030, down sharply from 33 percent in 1970."
First, children are defined in this study as people under legal age of 18, not 10. Second, the US Census in 2010 found that in CA we have 25% children!
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/stat...
It is getting so that we can't trust KPBS to report the facts.
We need FEWER kids! Overpopulation of the planet is threatening global survival and 50% of the species are predicted to become extinct in 100 years.
STOP HAVING KIDS!
March 4, 2013 at 10:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Is Tijuana The New Tech Mecca?
Too bad there aren't a bunch of smart kids in the USA who will work for peanuts.
Oh, wait, there are ... so why go to Mexico?
The math education in TJ can't be that much better than San Diego?
That's the real story.
March 2, 2013 at 6:48 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
City Council Shows Strong Support For Tourism Marketing District
I'm reading these comments and see those who work in the tourism industry posting advertising links to their web propaganda, but their arguments are specious. If you think tourism in San Diego will die without a PUBLICLY FUNDED multi-million dollar ad campaign you're nuts. If the big hotel corporations really want to maximize their potential they will shell out for the ad funding. That's why they are paying these shills above to make fake accounts and publish their propaganda.
February 28, 2013 at 1:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Economists See Budget Cuts Putting The Recovery At Risk
The idea that our National Debt is at 100% of GDP is a fallacy, the purpose of government is to protect our security. We should be producing at twice this level or more, and if we were, we would have twice+ the tax revenue. The reason we ARE NOT producing at that level, is because the Banking Crisis has sucked all the capital investment out of the economy, shunting it into the hands of the rich, who are squirreling all their profits into treasuries and overseas investments, rather than reinvest in our declining economy.
The solution is to hire US Workers, and since there is no profit in that, the Federal Government is the employeer of last resort. We should be spending at least $2-Trillion today on building a sustainable, national renewable-energy infrastructure. Training and hiring millions of US Citizens directly. No job should pay more than $100,000/year, and none of those 'no-bid' Halliburton contracts, no bonuses for CEOs, etc.
By pouring money into the base of the economy, we will restart the economic engine with fuel for consumers to buy their basic needs. Just as FDR built the national transport and energy infrastructure in the 1930's. The Federal Deficit is decreasing, we are getting out of the business of destruction, and we need to get into the business of creation.
February 28, 2013 at 12:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Elementary School Principal Named New San Diego Unified Superintendent
Follow Michelle Rhee's Lead
http://obamaed.blogspot.com
February 28, 2013 at 12:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
City Council Shows Strong Support For Tourism Marketing District
A voluntary Tourism Market District is fine, but it doesn't make ANY sense to join in a 40 year tax deal with the hotels. That locks the City into a deal that will short change us. We need the ability to adapt to changing conditions.
Sounds like the Hotel Developers and Corporate Owners are going into a long unnecessary legal fight, and the will lose, either in courts or in public opinion. They should just agree to share the wealth with their employees, fund the safety services that help tourists (like Lifeguards), and pay their fair share of the City's logistics. Time for the corporations to become good citizens.
It's not just about slave wage jobs cleaning up after tourists, it's about good union jobs, that can support citizens who live and work downtown. The City Council will either evolve, or be replaced as the economy stagnates. Votes beat money, again and again. Welcome to the new era if cooperation.
February 26, 2013 at 6:25 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )