The Starting Line – Saving the Grand Old Party: They Got One Part (Old) Right
The long awaited post election analysis and plan of action for the Republican Party was released in Washington this morning. While there are reportedly 219 recommendations, we’ll give you the short...
View ArticleHotel Interests Battle to Preserve Business As Usual in TMD Fight
Mayor seeks to turn over a new leaf in San Diego governance. For decades San Diego has been governed by the principle that what’s good for our big corporate employers is good for San Diego as a whole,...
View ArticleWhy Should You Take A Moment to Support CMED?
by Kevin Singer/Calitics.com In 2011 alone, California produced a grand total of approximately 200 million barrels of oil and 230 billion cubic feet of natural gas, making our state the fourth largest...
View ArticleFilner Frustrated by Lack of Cooperation
Preliminary ruling favors mayor in TMD contract dispute--UPDATED: Statement from Mayor Filner During the first four months of his administration, Mayor Bob Filner has received precious little...
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Proposed City of San Diego Medical Marijuana Dispensary Regulations with Map...
Mayor Filner Proposed 2% tax, $5000 annual licensing fee, and collectives / cooperatives in limited commercial and industrial zones; Full Council Votes March 25th From Americans for Safe Access / March...
View ArticleThe North Park Main Street – Interview with Executive Director Angela Landsberg
Walking into the office of the North Park Main Street, the main business association for the commercial area of the North Park community centered around University Avenue, I immediately recognized...
View ArticleHotel Pharaohs, please break matzah with us
By Rabbi Laurie Coskey My grandmother had two seasons, each lasting half a year: Before Passover and After Passover. For Jewish families, the festival of Passover is the biggest holiday of our year....
View ArticleSan Diego For Free: Income Tax Preparation
A weekly column dedicated to sharing the best sights and activities in San Diego at the best price - free! We have a great city and you don’t need to break the bank to experience it. Address: Various...
View ArticleThe North Park – Mid-City Project Has More Bike Lanes – Commercial Routes or...
The second Community Advisory Group (CAG) Meeting for the North Park - Mid-City Bike Corridors Project took place March 6, 2013 at 6 PM at the Sunset Temple in North Park (3911 Kansas Street, 92104)....
View ArticleYour New House is a Car
By Bob Dorn Not so long ago, a car was regarded as the worst investment a person could make. It would lose about a third of its value as soon as you’d bought it. It was out of the question as an...
View ArticleThe Starting Line – Score One for the Taxpayers; Hoteliers Reach Agreement...
Oh, the sweet, sweet irony. Mayor Bob Filner’s refusal to sign off on an operating agreement for the San Diego Tourism Marketing District has led to a firestorm of criticism over the past two months....
View ArticleNeighborhood Solar Power
By Jay Powell Last week state Public Utilities Commissioners at a March 21 hearing threw down the gauntlet. Declaring that the sun don’t always shine and we have to guarantee reliable power for SDGE...
View ArticleA Tale of two City Council Meetings
The contentious, adversarial nature of one meeting gives way to the spirit of cooperation and common ground. What a difference a couple of days make, eh? Last Tuesday the San Diego City Council—save...
View ArticleDesde la Logan: San Diego Free Press to Focus on Barrio Logan this Month
My esteemed editors here at the San Diego Free Press, with the ok of us hardscrabble community journalists, have decided to focus our attention during the month of April towards the neighborhood that...
View ArticlePharmaceutical Corporations Gouging US Customers Out of Billion$ Every Year
But Indian Supreme Court Rules Against Big Pharma America spends about $200 billion a year on prescription drugs. It's becoming part of American culture from preschool, where kids are started on...
View ArticleHealth Care Industry Charging an Arm and a Leg
Now Doctors are Turning Away Cancer Patients According to an article in the Washington Post on April 3, 2013, doctors are now turning away cancer patients who can't pay out of pocket. We previously...
View ArticleThe Starting Line – Mission Valley Hilton Hotel Management Tactics Prompt...
Employees and the community supporters at the Mission Valley Hilton will be engaging in a five day hunger strike starting today in protest of a decision by the property’s new management company to...
View ArticleThe San Diego Nine Walk in the Footsteps of Martin Luther King
The San Diego Nine picked the perfect week for a hunger strike. They may not have known it, but the ghosts of Memphis were haunting the Mission Valley Hilton. What’s the connection? Last week was the...
View ArticleThe Starting Line – ‘AdRateGate’ Inquiry Underway; UT-San Diego Accused of...
Our local daily newspaper continues to ignore the story about themselves, rolled out last Friday by inewssource/KPBS, concerning deep discounts in advertising rates given to GOP candidates Brian...
View ArticleDefinitely Not Business As Usual at City Hall
Filner commited to changing the culture of city government By Andy Cohen Last spring, then mayoral candidate Bob Filner promised anyone who would listen that should he be elected Mayor of San Diego...
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