Tuesday, February 15, 2005 | The Kettner Blvd. College of Turkey Surgeons and Airport Relocation Committee is encouraged by the appearance online of Voice of San Diego. “I am very excited to be returning to journalism and starting the next chapter of my life as the CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Voice of San Diego,” said […]
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School Board Needs to Focus on Policy, Not Personnel
Tuesday, February 15, 2005 | Mitz Lee and Shelia Jackson, newly elected to the school board of San Diego Unified, spoke a few weeks ago at the Business Roundtable for Education. Asked about the role they expected the new school board to play, Ms. Lee responded “Our job is to set policy.” A recent action […]
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The School of Love
Monday, February 14, 2005 | It was Valentine’s weekend, and these women were looking for love. But the 300-strong who flocked to the Hilton Mission Valley on Saturday didn’t rise-and-shine to pore over bachelors at a charity auction like beef buyers at a livestock sale, nor did they file into the hotel’s ballroom ready to […]
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Common Ground
Monday, February 14, 2005 | Here we were – 12 executive women from technology companies, six from San Diego and six from the Middle East. On a recent evening, we shared life stories and challenges and found a lot of common ground as we discussed how to manage our jobs, our men, and our compensation. […]
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Bersin Paints Gloomy Picture For Public Education
Monday, February 14, 2005 | Departing San Diego City Schools Superintendent Alan Bersin blasted the teachers’ union and spoke of the need for dramatic change in public education at an education forum on Feb. 9. “Unless we change fundamentally the way we structure the system, we will never meet expectations,” he said. Although Bersin said […]
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SAY — “GOOD NIGHT DICK”
Monday, February 14, 2005 | Thirty years ago, this was a line that bought tears of laughter to TV audiences. Today it’s heard again, and the tears have been replaced with somber reflection of the task ahead. Those financial institutions that were given a chance to re-establish their credit ratings and the trust and confidence […]
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Winning Back the Respect and Trust of San Diego
Monday, February 14, 2005 This year is going to be a time of great change for our city. My primary focus will be implementing my action plan to restore San Diego’s fiscal health and reputation. Our future hinges on getting our fiscal affairs in order. With some hard work and consensus building to implement my […]
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San Diego-Tijuana: Reinventing a Border Crossing
Friday, February 11, 2005 | How do you design a border crossing for the 21st century? And then set it down in the middle of the most urbanized international boundary region on the planet? That is a question facing the cabinet- level General Services Administration (GSA), the agency tasked with the “San Ysidro Port of […]
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Around the Bar
Friday, February 11, 2005 | Several prominent securities attorneys agreed City Attorney Mike Aguirre laid out a sound argument when claiming that several of San Diego’s top elected officials engaged in civil securities fraud and that the council members’ reliance on experts does not exonerate them from responsibility over financial statements they approved. “Mike Aguirre […]
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City of San Diego Financial Timeline
Friday, February 11, 2005 | 1997 – City begins its practice of intentionally underfunding its pension plan in an agreement known as Manager’s Proposal 1. Because of annual variations in investments and benefits in a multi-billion dollar plan, the city’s contribution to the pension plan differed greatly year-to-year. The city and the San Diego City […]