Gonzalez punishes Gloria and Lightner

Tony ManolatosTony Manolatos 11 Comments

[captionpix imgsrc=”http://sdrostra.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/lorena.jpg” captiontext=”Lorena Gonzalez”] Politics & Media Mashup There was a short but very telling story in Friday’s U-T San Diego. On the surface, “Labor gives ‘F’ grade to five on S.D. council” does not look like much more than a few inches on B2, but the story highlights how cutthroat politics can be at City Hall. The piece, written …

BREAKING: Sources say Tom Blair out at U-T

Tony ManolatosTony Manolatos 4 Comments

[captionpix imgsrc=”http://sdrostra.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/tom-blair.jpg” captiontext=”Tom Blair”] Tom Blair, a veteran Metro columnist at U-T San Diego, is no longer with the paper, sources said today. Two people who wish to remain anonymous because the U-T has not announced the move confirmed Blair and the paper parted ways. They said Blair was asked to scale his column back to a day or two …

Gettin’ Hot in the 2012 Kitchen

Erica HollowayErica Holloway 1 Comment

So, it’s only January 2011 and already, we’re seeing some folks filing papers to run for office. Good thing, ’cause some of us just can’t stand a breather. [See full list of candidates who have filed so far at the County Registrar of Voters for 2012] Of course, tongues were wagging last week when Republican San Diego City Councilman Carl …