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OB FLASHES – News, Calendar, Whatever – July 30, 2010

Frank Gormlie — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:06:04 +0000

ALL DETAILS AND LINKS INSIDE: OB Library Gets a New Rug __________ "Terriers" airs on September 8th __________ World War Two Weather ? __________ 3 Out of 4 Readers Against Publicly Funded Downtown Football Stadium __________ Police Praise OB Heathens __________ Woman Jogger Hassled Along Sunset Cliffs __________ Ground-breaking on New OB Entryway in October __________ $7000 From Supervisor Cox for Abbott Street Trees __________ Who were Dusty Rhodes and Bob Kenny anyhow? (Help us out.) __________ OBMA Historical Tour - Online __________ OB Town Council to hold elections in August __________ Planning Board General Meeting August 4th __________ OB Centric: Creating community - one art project at a time - August 5th, 17th and 23th __________ Pepe's Annual Tomato Contest - August 15th __________ Historical Society: "Hot Curl" Cartoonist Michael Dormer - August 19th __________ Get Ready for the Jazz 88 OB Music & Art Festival! - September 11th

Beaches should be ad-free zones

Source — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:44:26 +0000

By Susan Wormsley / Comment to Sign On San Diego / Originally published July 23, 2010 I read with extreme consternation the article last week in the Union-Tribune regarding the unanimous decision by a San Diego City Council committee to move forward with a plan to raise revenue by expanding corporate sponsorships to lifeguard towers, beaches, benches and walkways at city beaches. Over the last 20-plus years, I have been able to stop the illegal use of corporate signage in and around San Diego’s beaches and bays.

OB Town Council Guest Speaker Peppered by Salty Audience

Frank Gormlie — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:19:31 +0000

Nearly every chair was filled last night at the OB Town Council monthly general meeting. Many of the some thirty folks in the audience had come to hear Scott Himelstein speak about his group's "reform" plans for City schools. Himelstein had invited himself to deliver another spiel about "San Diegans 4 Great Schools" and was the night's guest speaker. The group is going around town in an effort to get their message out to community groups. OB was the second stop on Himelstein's rounds. Last week he had been in Tierrasanta.

Mayor Sanders Spins the New Central Library Without City Workers

Anna Daniels — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:03:26 +0000

Editor: The City broke ground yesterday on construction of the new Central Library in downtown San Diego. On hand for us as witnesses were Anna Daniels- a former City librarian - and her hubby Rich Kacmar toting a camera. Anna filed the following observations: _________ To be honest, I never thought I’d live long enough to see a much needed new central library in this city. The City Council gave the green light last month to its construction but it wasn’t until we were all invited to this morning’s groundbreaking that I felt it was truly going to happen.

Shadowy “Great Schools” Group To Address OB Town Council Meeting – Wed July 28th

Doug Porter — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:41:58 +0000

Scott Himelstein, the spokesman of the newly named “San Diegans 4 Great Schools”, has been visiting various civic groups around the city spreading the word that his group is disappointed with test scores in San Diego Unified schools and that “governance” is the problem. Tonight, Wednesday, July 28th, at 7 pm, he is slated to address the OB Town Council in a meeting to be held at the OB Masonic Temple (1711 Sunset Cliffs Blvd).

Flashes from the Empire

Source — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:39:04 +0000

ALL LINKS AND DETAILS INSIDE: Federal Judge blocks parts of Arizona's new immigration law _______________ Antiwar Left Grows in Congress With Latest War-Funding Vote _______________ Michael Moore Is Right About Obama _______________ Bernie Sanders: No to Oligarchy

San Diego City Council OKs recycled water demonstration project

Staff — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:55:19 +0000

The San Diego City Council voted to award a $6.6 million contract to build a demonstration plant that will treat recycled wastewater and turn it into safe drinking water. This historic turn-around for the Council reflects a shift in their and the public's thinking about recycled water. The Council voted 4 to 2 for the project, with Councilwoman Sherri Lightner and Councilman Carl DeMaio voting 'no'. Water treated at the demonstration facility, to be built at North City Water Reclamation Plant, will be added to the city’s graywater system and not be added to the drinking water.

Separate fenced area for small dogs approved by Dusty Rhodes board.

Source — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:41:07 +0000

On July 22nd, a meeting of the Dusty Rhodes park board was held and numerous locals attended with complaints of the recent rash of small dog mauling and deaths from larger dogs (see here for our earlier coverage). Monica Honoré 0f the City of San Diego Park and Recreation Department was in attendance. Finally, the local board voted to approve a separate fenced area for small dogs. The city has obtained bids for the fencing. Enough money is available in the dog park reserve fund plus a recent allocation of $3,000 from Councilmember Faulconer's office for fencing, a fountain, labor and the associated requirements of ADA compliance. ....

City Schools, Services Face Cuts As City Hall Fiddles.

Doug Porter — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:18:14 +0000

The slippery slope of San Diego politics got a little slicker this week, and when the dust settled around City Hall, both the proposed sales tax increase and the schools’ parcel tax were burning hulks, sitting on the side of the Sanders' feel-good expressway. The battle arena over increasing revenues for local city services and/or public education has now shifted from the voters in November to the back rooms of Sacramento, where, rumor has it, a pending deal between Republican and Democratic legislators will delay upcoming corporate tax breaks granted in past years’ budget negotiations and allow the legislature to ease the budget cut backs for next year that are threatening local finances.

California’s Cannabis Culture – a Short film

Source — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:42:39 +0000

by Amanda Van West I'm a 24 year old filmmaker from Santa Clara, California, currently finishing my MA degree in International Broadcast Journalism at Westminster University in London. I've worked on short documentaries in California, Mexico, Nicaragua, and London. "California's Cannabis Culture" is a short documentary that was created for my final MA project. I filmed everything around Northern California between May and June, and finished the documentary in London. It's an exploration of the marijuana scene in California, in light of the upcoming possibility of Proposition 19 passing in November. California has long had a reputation of being marijuana-friendly, so I wanted to showcase a bit of the culture and investigate what changes might happen, if any, should it become fully legalized in November.