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Duke’s stormy summer ….

August 19th, 2005

When it rains, it pours — or so it must seem for embattled North County Randy “Duke” Cunningham.
Today’s paper has a double-dose of new developments for the Duke: First, the feds are apparently seeking to block the sale of his Rancho Santa Fe home with suggestions the government may be pursuing bribery charges against the […]

On to Williamsport!

August 16th, 2005

North County’s Little Leaguers are on their way to the World Series ( this is Tuesday’s story: “RBV All-Stars begin trek to World Series” and here). The page collecting all the material and a terrific slide show is here.

The RVB players signed autographs at a rally Monday night.

School test scores

August 16th, 2005

Today’s coverage of school test scores can be found here. Data from the various districts is here. Bottom line is that unless we have a really good year starting this fall or the law changes, we’re going to have a flood of kids out of school with no high school diplomas. The consequences […]

Speeding Palomar motorcyclists targeted

August 16th, 2005

Part of the grant money will be used to discourage “sideshows,” which are unauthorized gatherings of car or motorcycle enthusiasts. While such gatherings are legal, authorities say they are often accompanied by illegal behavior such as public drinking, drugs, fights and racing.

translation:
Part of the grant money will be used to discourage “independent thought,” which is […]

Activists “Pack” Carlsbad Town-Hall Meeting - More Perspective

August 13th, 2005

The article in today’s paper written by William Finn Bennett isn’t exactly accurate when describing how the town hall meeting on illegal immigration was “packed” by anti-illegal immigrant activists.

Grammar - Minutemen protest

August 12th, 2005

From the Minutemen protest article:
“They traded barbs, a few epithets, accused one another of ruining America, and then disbursed.”

Come on, guys. “Disbursed”? You really mean to tell me that they traded barbs, then handed out money? Because that’s what disbursed means: handed out money.

Perhaps you meant “dispersed”? That would’ve been a […]

raspberry

August 10th, 2005

Here is part of the Roses and Raspberries from this morning’s (8/8) NCT:

The “Too Hot to Handle” award A raspberry to John Roach, the superintendent of Carlsbad Unified School District, who canceled a community forum hosted by Sen. Bill Morrow, R-Oceanside, to discuss immigration and its effects on North County. Roach worried that demonstrators […]

More info on Summer Jam

August 9th, 2005

The Summer Jam was a decent time - the shirtless guy mentioned in the article was actually there the whole time, dancing. Even when there wasn’t any music :) . I wish NCT had mentioned the little karate kids demo as they were one of the highpoints of the show though. I […]

raspberry

August 9th, 2005

Here is part of the Roses and Raspberries from this morning’s (8/8) NCT:

The “Too Hot to Handle” award A raspberry to John Roach, the superintendent of Carlsbad Unified School District, who canceled a community forum hosted by Sen. Bill Morrow, R-Oceanside, to discuss immigration and its effects on North County. Roach worried that demonstrators […]

San Diego County Breach

July 30th, 2005

As one of the experts interviewed for this article, I’d like to correct a couple of items. First, the fraud alert should just say- potential id theft victim, contact me prior to issuing credit. The first call will only post a phone number. You will have to write the Credit Reporting Agencies to add a […]