The Truth About School Borrowing: VOSD Radio
San Diego city schools officials will be pushing hard this fall for voter approval to borrow more than $2 billion. There’s one important thing they might not mention that you should know: It’s funded...
View ArticleMorning Report: A Big Move by Big Hotels
We’re asking our community to join forces in an unprecedented local effort to crowdfund Politifest 2012. We’ll have a mayoral debate, idea tournament, city 101 speed sessions, kid zone, live music,...
View ArticleMorning Report: U-T CEO: ‘Get a Life’
Doug Manchester is clearly trying to bring some class to U-T San Diego’s 1970s-era Mission Valley building. He’s added a restaurant, signed prints by the likes of Picasso and Chagall, and a showcase...
View ArticleAdministrator Pay Cut Important Symbolically at City Schools
In a move that will go some way to quiet recent criticism of San Diego Unified school administrators, the district has signed a tentative agreement with the union that represents administrators like...
View ArticleMorning Report: A Fix for the Infrastructure Glut
In the neighborhood of Grantville, as in many parts of the city of San Diego, the rules that say what can be built on each piece of land are outdated. That means that the people who want to build...
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10 Privatization Fact Checks: Roundup
We’ve examined a bunch of claims over the years about privatizing government services, and one of the biggest issues has been a bidding process known as managed competition. Government employees are...
View ArticleMorning Report: 5 Things to Discuss About a New Stadium
The two guys running for mayor — City Councilman Carl DeMaio and Rep. Bob Filner — are keeping quiet about lots of important issues regarding the prospect of a new stadium, as our Scott Lewis...
View ArticleMorning Report: A Few Bright Ideas from VOSD Readers
It’s almost time to vote for the winner of this year’s Idea Tournament at Saturday’s Politifest event, and now you can see which bright ideas are eligible to win. While attendees get to choose the...
View ArticleSchool Officials Pitch Prop. Z As The Only Alternative to Exotic Loans
San Diego Unified officials have pitched Proposition Z, a $2.8 billion bond on the November ballot, as a desperately needed cash infusion that will help pay for everything from leaky roof repairs to...
View ArticleOpinion: Vote Yes on ‘Game-Changer’ Prop. 32
As president of the only countywide business political action committee, I’m often asked why The Lincoln Club of San Diego County is such a strong supporter of Proposition 32 — the Stop Special...
View ArticleOpinion: Vote No on Prop. 32, It’s Not What It Seems
There are many kinds of schemes. Some kinds make it onto statewide election ballots and it’s up to voters to see through them and reject the damage they would cause. Proposition 32 on November’s...
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Culture Report: Art Expiring
A series of artworks that resemble whimsical street signs along Park Boulevard may come down. The city paid $11,000 in 1989 to display the series, called “Night Visions,” for 10 years. They’ve been...
View ArticleWhat We Learned Last Week: Filner Demands Dough
Just a few hundred million dollars to support other city services. That’s what Mayor Bob Filner told Scott Lewis in a classic exchange about what he is demanding from hotel owners as they furiously...
View ArticleMorning Report: The City Audits You Can’t Read
Last April, an employee of the city auditor’s office broke her elbow when she fell off a piece of exercise equipment at work. But this would not be your typical slip-and-fall case. It would mushroom...
View ArticleMorning Report: Schools Chief Quitting
Bill Kowba, who took over San Diego Unified School District three years ago after a string of superintendents came and went, has decided to step down. He’ll be gone after June. Will Carless provides...
View ArticleMorning Report: Leaving Money on the Table
As San Diego Unified School District struggles to get out from underneath the weight of a $92 million budget deficit next year, it decided to start selling off land. We’ve debated the wisdom of that...
View ArticleMorning Report: Legal Snafu Imperils Mayor’s Port Plan
Last week, we kicked off our spring membership campaign with a goal to reach 200 new members and $80,000 to help keep us on track to meet our budget. So far, we’ve raised almost $10,000 and gained 39...
View ArticleCulture Report: San Diego Flavor
Part of the airport’s Terminal 2 expansion includes a hub of local restaurants like Phil’s BBQ, a Tender Greens spinoff, Saffron and Stone Brewing Co. The Mexican food spot chosen to be among them...
View ArticleUSD’s Kris Bryant Hits Lots of Dingers
Truth be told, I had never heard of Kris Bryant before today. Brady Phelps, the prolific blogger of random cultural ephemera and all things Padres at LobShots.com, tweeted this dreamy photo of the...
View ArticleSports Report: The Chargers-to-L.A. Rumor Surfaces. Again.
The San Diego Chargers once against shocked the football world Monday night when they beat the Indianapolis Colts in a game that nobody thought they could win. How did they do it? Well, Chargers...
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