Green City Intrigue; TEX-MEX Alliance?; Gems Losing Luster: Your Top 3 Weekly Numbers

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To read some of the great Edgy Interviews of San Diego notables over the years, click here! To be added to the Competitive Edge email list and receive these weekly, please send a request to info@cerc.net. Sources: https://dailyprogress.com/news/nation-world/business/billionaires-plan-new-city-in-rural-california/article_051fbae0-13eb-5481-aa3c-34ed8045f5e5.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/could-mexico-help-texas-become-110000541.html https://www.jewellermagazine.com/Article/12542/Declining-demand-GIA-slashes-laboratory-workforce

Hard Time for Mark Ridley-Thomas; Local Control of Homes Goes To Supreme Court; Beyonce at Levis Stadium: Your Top 3 Weekly Numbers

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To read some of the great Edgy Interviews of San Diego notables over the years, click here! To be added to the Competitive Edge email list and receive these weekly, please send a request to info@cerc.net. Sources: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/mark-ridley-thomas-sentenced-3-12-years-prison-corruptly-securing-benefits-son-school https://www.dailynews.com/2023/08/24/orange-county-leaders-to-appeal-housing-decision-to-state-supreme-court/ https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/beyonce-renaissance-world-tour-levis-stadium/3303209/

CA State Worker Raise; Homeless Disparity; Stealing Home: Your Top 3 Weekly Numbers

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To read some of the great Edgy Interviews of San Diego notables over the years, click here! To be added to the Competitive Edge email list and receive these weekly, please send a request to info@cerc.net. Sources: https://www.seiu1000.org/article/member-protest-arrests-drive-state-back-bargaining-table https://www.kalw.org/housing/2023-08-21/california-officials-visit-texas-for-advice-on-homelessness-crisis https://sports.yahoo.com/dodgers-max-muncys-home-burglarized-180703975.html

All media stories now follow this pattern

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Michael Schwartz shares his latest gem… Here’s the pattern for any story these days: NEWS: This is the biggest thing to ever happen. Your neighbors are all gonna die because they aren’t watching us for information on this horrible catastrophe that we promise we aren’t exaggerating for ratings. GOVERNMENT: Do everything the news tells you to do, and do what …

The Unheavenly City

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Although California faces many crises—housing, energy, affordability generally, public disorder bordering on mayhem—none is more vexing than homelessness. It is no accident that most of the problems referenced above have at their root some misguided government policy. However, unlike those problems, homelessness has the additional misfortune of resulting, to a large degree, from the dysfunction of an individual human. In …

First results in County Supe 4

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Update: Wed morning, August 16, 2023… Amy Reichert has pulled slightly away from Janessa Goldbeck in two late Tuesday tally updates, increasing her numbers from the 28.67 percent shown below, first to 28.87, then to 29.00. Goldbeck dropped overall to 25.32. Those are small amounts, but do indicate a trend in Reichert’s favor to hold the second spot, meaning she …

The Guns of August

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The president and his Department of Justice have unleashed forces they do not understand and cannot control.  It will not end well. Having just finished watching the BBC miniseries 37 Days about the month or so leading up to WWI, I am newly reminded of how miscalculations, ambition, and “good intentions” can lead to calamity of biblical proportions.  Barbara Tuchman’s …

Tyranny—California Style

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We are constantly being told that California is a place of endless possibilities where a person can choose his identity, his gender, and who he loves all while living off the state’s generous social welfare, even if he (or she or ?) is in the country illegally. Or as Gavin Newsom said in his second inaugural speech: “Whether your family …

Another newspaper folds; Schools’ E-Waste Crisis; Tony Bennett Leaves His Mark: Your Top 3 Tuesday Numbers

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To read some of the great Edgy Interviews of San Diego notables over the years, click here! To be added to the Competitive Edge email list and receive these weekly, please send a request to info@cerc.net. Sources: https://www.independent.com/2023/07/23/santa-barbara-news-press-files-for-bankruptcy/ https://www.extremetech.com/computing/thousands-of-chromebooks-are-expiring-forcing-schools-to-toss-them-out https://www.today.com/popculture/music/tony-bennett-i-left-my-heart-in-san-francisco-history-rcna95544

As Breen leaves the Union-Tribune, some thoughts on political cartoons

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If you missed Steve Breen’s farewell cartoon in The San Diego Union-Tribune yesterday, it’s worth seeing, along with his departing message. I shared it on Facebook, resulting in a couple messages from those who apparently don’t always appreciate Breen’s politics. As a student of journalism and the history of journalism, I came to love the history of editorial cartoons in …

Happy Kidnapping Ending; Undo the CA Travel Ban; Evasive Otter: Your Top 3 Weekly Numbers

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To read some of the great Edgy Interviews of San Diego notables over the years, click here! To be added to the Competitive Edge email list and receive these weekly, please send a request to info@cerc.net. Sources: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/bay-area-woman-home-kidnapped-mexico/3273411/ https://sd39.senate.ca.gov/news/20230714-bridge-project-sb-447-garners-support-san-diego-passes-first-assembly-committee https://www.ksbw.com/article/santa-cruzs-surfing-otter-continues-to-escape-fish-and-wildlife/44553195#

Road to White House, Redux

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In May I wrote that the only way a Republican could win the White House (“The Republican Road to the White House Goes Through the House”) was if there were a contested election that threw the decision to the House of Representatives. The only real way to get a contested election (one in which no nominee wins 270 electoral votes …

Supe Watch: Labor mails in support of Reichert

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The Labor Coalition knows what we all know. The 4th District County Supervisor race to fill the now vacant Nathan Fletcher seat will go to a runoff. None of the four candidates can achieve over 50 percent in the August primary. That established, Labor wants to ensure its chosen candidate, Councilwoman Monica Montgomery-Steppe, doesn’t have to face Janessa Goldbeck come …

Celebrating Chula Vista Woman’s Club 110th Anniversary

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The Chula Vista Woman’s Club has provided quality activities and support to charities in the Chula Vista community for over 110 years.  The women have been extraordinary leaders in making Chula Vista a better place. The Chula Vista Woman’s club was founded on July 13, 1913 by a group of 26 women. By September 1913, the membership had increased to …

Supporting our Seniors in Chula Vista

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Supporting our Seniors in Chula Vista I was excited to open two new Pickleball courts and do a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Norman Park Senior Center, which is located at 270 F Street. This was part of a $2.4 million investment in the Senior Center. It included adding three Bocce Ball courts and two Pickleball Courts for our seniors …

Getting Homeless Off the Streets in Chula Vista

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I am pleased to announce that the City of Chula Vista opened Chula Vista Village at Otay, the first bridge shelter for the homeless in South County.  The facility will be a transitional shelter that will provide a pathway out of homelessness for those living on the streets of our City.  The new bridge shelter is located off of Main …

Supporting our First! First! Responders

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As Mayor, public safety and keeping our communities safe is my number one priority. I have always been a fierce advocate for Chula Vista’s First Responders and the employees that are a critical component in supporting our first responders in doing their job well.  When you call 9-1-1 for Chula Vista Police, the first person you will talk to will …