San Diego News Roundup - May 13, 2008
Posted by: Mighty Thor | 05/13/2008 8:58 AM
Today's top stories from sunny San Diego:
Council rejects mayor's labor contract plan -- SDUT
Mayor Jerry Sanders will bypass the City Council and appeal to voters to change the city's pension system in the fall, after the council refused to impose his contract on three unions yesterday.
City employees union offers its own pension plan -- SDUT
San Diego's largest city employee union made its case Monday for lowering its own pension benefits - a pre-emptive effort to forestall a plan by Mayor Jerry Sanders.
Hundreds pack meetings on proposed Powerlink -- SDUT
They flocked to the desert by the hundreds yesterday for the opportunity to tell four decision-makers how they feel about a proposal to build a 150-mile electric transmission line across the county.
Reelect Sander -- VoSD
A word of advice for the incumbent mayor and his campaign team. The apostrophe comes after the S, not before it. Unless you really are Jerry Sander.
Thalheimer Goes from Foe to Friend for Developers -- VoSD
Four years ago, developers -- and anyone having anything to do with them -- were personas non grata in Phil Thalheimer's campaign for San Diego's District 1 City Council seat.
FPPC Explains Trip Prohibition -- VoSD
When it meets May 19, the state Fair Political Practices Commission is poised to ban the types of trips that county Supervisor Ron Roberts has taken to China. Roberts has repeatedly traveled abroad on trips paid for by the San Diego World Trade Center, a nonprofit business group that he has directed at least $854,000 in taxpayer-funded grants to since 2001.
More on Horn vs. NCT -- VoSD
I just chatted with Craig Benedetto, a lobbyist and spokesman for Cricket Communications, who contested a North County Times story we wrote about last week.
County's help for uninsured may widen -- SDUT
Legal U.S. residents who are uninsured, seriously ill and earning up to nearly $3,000 a month may receive help with their medical bills if county supervisors broaden a program today to comply with a court ruling.
State fees might make Ivy League look cheap -- SDUT
Ivy League and other elite colleges may soon be cheaper for some of the state's top students than California's public universities.
Council rejects mayor's labor contract plan -- SDUT
Mayor Jerry Sanders will bypass the City Council and appeal to voters to change the city's pension system in the fall, after the council refused to impose his contract on three unions yesterday.
City employees union offers its own pension plan -- SDUT
San Diego's largest city employee union made its case Monday for lowering its own pension benefits - a pre-emptive effort to forestall a plan by Mayor Jerry Sanders.
Hundreds pack meetings on proposed Powerlink -- SDUT
They flocked to the desert by the hundreds yesterday for the opportunity to tell four decision-makers how they feel about a proposal to build a 150-mile electric transmission line across the county.
Reelect Sander -- VoSD
A word of advice for the incumbent mayor and his campaign team. The apostrophe comes after the S, not before it. Unless you really are Jerry Sander.
Thalheimer Goes from Foe to Friend for Developers -- VoSD
Four years ago, developers -- and anyone having anything to do with them -- were personas non grata in Phil Thalheimer's campaign for San Diego's District 1 City Council seat.
FPPC Explains Trip Prohibition -- VoSD
When it meets May 19, the state Fair Political Practices Commission is poised to ban the types of trips that county Supervisor Ron Roberts has taken to China. Roberts has repeatedly traveled abroad on trips paid for by the San Diego World Trade Center, a nonprofit business group that he has directed at least $854,000 in taxpayer-funded grants to since 2001.
More on Horn vs. NCT -- VoSD
I just chatted with Craig Benedetto, a lobbyist and spokesman for Cricket Communications, who contested a North County Times story we wrote about last week.
County's help for uninsured may widen -- SDUT
Legal U.S. residents who are uninsured, seriously ill and earning up to nearly $3,000 a month may receive help with their medical bills if county supervisors broaden a program today to comply with a court ruling.
State fees might make Ivy League look cheap -- SDUT
Ivy League and other elite colleges may soon be cheaper for some of the state's top students than California's public universities.
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