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How San Diego Progressives Ended Bob Filner's Political Careernew
For the first time, Donna Frye, Marco Gonzalez and Cory Briggs talk in detail about why they did what they did.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Rolland |
09-18-2013 |
Politics
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner's Got To Gonew
We believe Donna Frye, and we've lost our confidence in the mayor's capacity to see his policy vision through.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Rolland |
07-15-2013 |
Politics
Tags: sexual harassment
California Budget Cuts Squeeze Inmates Out of Prisonsnew
The budget upon which the governor and the Legislature recently agreed included a $1.2-billion cut in prison funding, and in order to save that much money, thousands of inmates would likely have to be released early.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Rolland |
08-05-2009 |
Crime & Justice
San Diego Area Officials Can't Wait to Get Their Hands on Federal Moneynew
Should President Barack Obama and the Congress follow through on their proposal to stimulate the economy by putting people to work on, say, large transit projects, bloodletting over where the money is spent in San Diego County likely won't be a big part of the process.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Rolland |
12-17-2008 |
Economy
John Dean on Civil Liberties, the GOP and the Imperial Presidencynew
These days, Dean seems too busy thinking about the present condition of the country to be dwelling on his principal role in the demise of the Nixon administration 34 years ago.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Rolland |
10-29-2008 |
Politics
Radovan Karadzic Arrest Recalls a Visit to Croatia and the Horrors of Warnew
I thought immediately of Novoselic and my time in Croatia when I heard the news that Radovan Karadzic had been arrested. I'd become intensely interested in the origins of the strife while abroad and picked up a copy of Misha Glenny's The Fall of Yugoslavia, which is how I learned about Karadzic's evildoings.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Rolland |
07-30-2008 |
Commentary
Political Representation Lags Behind San Diego's Latino Populationnew
Roughly 3 million people live in San Diego County, and nearly 900,000 of them are Latino--and exactly 12 of them are Latinos who currently occupy elected legislative office.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Rolland |
07-16-2008 |
Politics
The Two Faces of Steve Francisnew
In his 2005 mayoral campaign, he was the conservative Republican who pledged to run the city like a business and pushed the eventual winner to take any and all thought of new taxes off the table as San Diego grappled with the prospect of bankruptcy. Now he's back for a second run, this time running a campaign of much more "depth," he says.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Rolland |
02-27-2008 |
Politics
What Patriotism Meansnew
Considering the concept of love of country.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Rolland |
02-27-2008 |
Commentary
Absurdities on San Diego's Campaign Trailnew
The city attorney campaign has only just begun, and already, some people are behaving very badly.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Rolland |
02-20-2008 |
Commentary
Too Bad for Clintonnew
The politics of gender and the race for the presidency.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Rolland |
02-13-2008 |
Commentary
Walkie-talkienew
The life and times of well-traveled San Diego radio host Stacy Taylor.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Rolland |
01-02-2008 |
Media
Tags: radio
MoveOn Moves Susan Davisnew
Congresswoman agrees to cosponsor Iran resolution.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Rolland |
12-19-2007 |
Politics
Tags: Iran
Border Crossingsnew
To get to America, some people have climbed fences, hiked through deserts, lied their way past border agents or legally entered by wading through mounds of confusing paperwork -- these are the stories beneath the statistics.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan, David Rolland and Eric Wolff |
09-05-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Pure Poetry: San Diego CityBeat's Annual Bar & Club Guidenew
In honor of a good drink and a good rhyme, CityBeat broke out the rhyming dictionaries and hit up some of our favorite watering holes to create as accurate-as-possible lists of amenities.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kelly Davis, Edwin Decker, Sheena Hamilton, Troy Johnson, Kia Momtazi, Kinsee Morlan, Justin Roberts, David Rolland, Tina Safi, AnnaMaria Stephens, Kim Swain, Eric Wolff and Candice Woo |
08-30-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: bars & clubs
