Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
Opinion: Years ago, The New York Times drew parallels between Enron and the City of San Diego because both cooked the books to paint an overly rosy, if not outright misleading, financial picture to lure investors…is this still the case?
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Tags: Administration Building, audit, carl demaio, City Hall, City of San Diego, county of san diego, Eduardo Luna, Enron, Grantville, kevin faulconer, Mel Shapiro, redevelopment, SDNN
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
Opinion: If the goal is nothing more than a bipartisan solution to health care reform, I am not encouraged as it could just turn into health insurance reform.
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Tags: Chamber of Commerce, clinics, congress, democrats, health care legislation, obama, olympia snow, republicans, SDNN, Statistics, studies, taxpayers association
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
Opinion: The question going forward for both parties is whether recovery will bring with it a return to the labor market demand of the boom years, or whether a more fundamental economic realignment will emerge that generates less immigration demand.
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Tags: Blogs, border, democrats, Economy, illegal immigrants, immigration reform, jobs, labor, legislation, obama, recession, republicans, SDNN, State of the Union, undocumented immigrants
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Opinion: The dream of 1981 is closer than ever to reality but it’s time for those who will use the high-speed rail system to weigh in.
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Tags: american recovery and reinvestment act, arra, california high speed rail, congress, house of representatives, obama, Schwarzenegger, SDNN, stimulus
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Opinion: Do you know what happens in your own “backyard”? Here’s to understanding that sometimes monstrous things happen to good people.
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Tags: Humans, Investigations, Jerry Sanders, Kimberly Hunt, law enforcement, Military, police, prostitution, Runaways, SDNN, sex, Statistics, traffickers, trafficking
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Opinion: The public debate over the merits of the Carlsbad desal project are over and it’s time for opponents to accept this reality.
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Tags: Bonds, california air resources board, California Lands Commission, california water, carb, Carlsbad, Coastal Commission, Credit rating, desalination, drought, gas emissions, greenhouse, investment, Regional Water Quality Control Board, SDNN, Surfrider, Surfrider Foundation, water shortage
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
Opinion: Poseidon’s Carlsbad desalination bond rating is “BBB-,” making the project a risky investment for all Californians.
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Tags: Bonds, California officials, Carlsbad desalination plant, drought, investors, ocean water, Poseidon, SDNN, standard & poor, State Water Resources Control Board, waste water, water shortage
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Opinion: Organizations that use psychological methods to shut down important debates in Congress are a direct threat to democracy.
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Tags: campaigns, Clinton Administration, congress, Corporations, finances, health care legislation, health care reform, SDNN, u.s. supreme court
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Opinion: Authorities in Port-au-Prince do not doubt that human traffickers have descended on the chaos of their city. It would be miraculous to save the children who’ve become vulnerable to the traffickers.
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Tags: Aftershocks, child abduction, children, Crime, earthquakes, Haiti, human traffickers, illegal, Port-au-Prince, restavek children, SDNN, slavery
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Opinion: It is clear that if we do not unite, our neighborhoods will continue to crumble, the level of municipal services will further erode, and more of us will total our cars in unfilled potholes.
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Tags: Add new tag, Chet Barfield, Donna Frye, Jerry Sanders, marti emerald, phil rath, redevelopment, San Diego City Council, SDNN, Sherri Lightner, Stephen Whitburn, Steve Hadley
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