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Bullet train folly inspires sci-fi-esque breakthrough?
The lead story on Drudge for part of the weekend was about SpaceX and Telsa inventor-guru-visionary Elon Musk championing Hyperloop, a new type of travel system that he claims could move people faster than the speed of sound. That may
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‘Transit workers vs. just plain workers’
A renewed BART strike could bring chaos to the Bay Area on Monday. But as CalWatchdog founder Steven Greenhut points out in his U-T San Diego column, the BART labor strife isn’t prompting the public reaction that transit unions may
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Filner: Hey, Mexicans, I demand you speak English!
For liberals who have fought for decades to help women secure a healthy, productive, routine role in the workplace, San Diego Mayor Bob Filner’s serial sexual harassment of staffers, constituents and other women unlucky enough to cross his path should
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Expect Richmond’s eminent domain mortgage ploy to backfire
Los Angeles attorney Gideon Kanner has for 40 years been a fierce opponent of the abuse of eminent domain law. His credentials are so extensive that it is impossible to list them all here. I always found his opposition to
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East Coast front opens in Filner war on women
Wednesday was a very bad day for Bob Filner, who was purportedly in his third day of an intensive two-week rehabilitation for his sexual-harassment addiction. The worst development for the San Diego mayor was the word from several political pros
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Report: Grand jury could push Filner out
County grand juries are often derided in Southern California for the spotty quality of their work, at least when it comes to their reports on government agencies. But in San Diego, they could ride to the rescue if other efforts
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Santa Ana: No link between pay, performance
A Voice of OC story details the extraordinary pay that the city of Santa Ana lavishes on its top managers: “According to city documents, [newly hired City Manager David] Cavazos would earn $558,625.85 his first year, $515,395.08 his second year
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Bill targets ‘shakedown’ lawsuits
Proposition 65, “The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986,” has morphed into “The Unsafe Doing Business in California and Toxic Lawsuit Act of 1986-2013.” It was intended to keep chemicals that cause cancer and birth defects out
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BART fight spurs anti-union backlash — from Democrats
The prospect that well-paid Bay Area Rapid Transit system workers with lavish benefits and little-known perks might inconvenience rich white-collar liberals in the San Francisco area has finally triggered an intraparty battle of the kind that California Democrats have somehow
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Strategic error in Filner recall bid? Maybe
The Bob Filner saga continues to unfold in San Diego. The biggest news is that a gay-baiting gay activist is apparently backing off what once looked like a clear attempt to sandbag a nascent recall of the grabby mayor. This
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