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Krvaric's bad aim
GOP chairman smears Dave Potter, who for decades has volunteered his time on city boards and commissions That's another story
It takes longer than a few minutes to explain why some sex offenders need defending 7 p.m. is now in play
KPBS finally kills its classical-music baby RIP new city hall
Hope you don't mind a little 'catastrophic loss of life' in your civic buildings Not suitable for kids
Popaditch and his supporters turn Election Central into something completely different CityBeat's entering the next phase
The Aug. 17 issue will include a fresh design and new content Action = good
Homelessness initiative promises to move 125 people off the street in a month; we're stoked Say hello to San Diego CityBeat
Our goal is simple: to produce a weekly paper so cool it'll be difficult to forgive yourself for missing it. Friday in Mid City
A police ride-along produces a nasty gash, a curfew sweep and a ton of gab about politics Fuck you
Sanders gets all foul up in Francis' grill—more power to 'im.

Wednesday, January 25,2012
Editor's Note

Doug Manchester is the man in the mirror

New U-T San Diego owner and I have the ‘vision’ thing in common

By David Rolland

On Sunday, new U-T San Diego poobahs Doug Manchester and John Lynch said we “must not let the boundaries of our city’s enormous possibilities be limited by too-modest dreams of our own.” God, I totally agree.

Wednesday, November 30,2011
Editor's Note

I’m thankful for CityBeat’s freelance contributors

They don’t fully understand deadlines, but I love ’em all the same

By David Rolland

There are 14 people working in our office, not all of them full-time. Six of the 14 work in the editorial department, not all of us full-time. The rest of those folks you see closer to the beginning of our staff box at the bottom of this page are freelance contributors who get paid per piece of work.

Wednesday, August 10,2011
Editor's Note

CityBeat's entering the next phase

The Aug. 17 issue will include a fresh design and new content

By David Rolland

The last time CityBeat underwent a major redesign was February 2006, when we switched from a newsprint cover to a glossy. It’s time for another.

Wednesday, June 1,2011
Editor's Note

Krvaric's bad aim

GOP chairman smears Dave Potter, who for decades has volunteered his time on city boards and commissions

By David Rolland

More than 40 years of civic involvement for one man is bound to include some measure of controversy.

Wednesday, May 18,2011
Editor's Note

7 p.m. is now in play

KPBS finally kills its classical-music baby

By David Rolland

Kudos to KPBS this week for sizing up the hornet’s nest and giving it a couple of good whacks with a baseball bat. Making major changes to the radio schedule that are certain to send thousands of loyal listeners—and donors—into an apoplectic rage takes guts.

Wednesday, February 23,2011
Editor's Note

That's another story

It takes longer than a few minutes to explain why some sex offenders need defending

By David Rolland

I received a letter a couple of weeks ago from an anonymous correspondent who’d heard me talking about sex offenders on KPBS’s Feb. 4 Editors Roundtable radio show.

Wednesday, November 10,2010
Editor's Note

Not suitable for kids

Popaditch and his supporters turn Election Central into something completely different

By David Rolland

“That guy looks like a villain,” a pre-teen friend of mine said when he spotted Nick Popaditch at Election Central in the civic center’s Golden Hall last Tuesday night. No, no, I told him, he’s wearing an eye patch because he was injured in Iraq. And it’s good that he is, I added, because it might help kill the stigma of eye patches.

Wednesday, October 6,2010
Editor's Note

Whole lotta love

Frye, Sanders and Co come together in hopes of marginalizing Prop. D opposition

By David Rolland

Moments after a Catfish Club-sponsored debate over Proposition D ended in Balboa Park last Friday, an attendee approached San Diego City Councilmember Carl DeMaio and asked if he’d been polling the November ballot measure.

Wednesday, September 29,2010
Editor's Note

Action = good

Homelessness initiative promises to move 125 people off the street in a month; we're stoked

By Kelly Davis

I spent a few hours two Sundays ago at a training for volunteers participating in San Diego’s “Registry Week”—an effort to survey people living on the streets of Downtown to identify the most vulnerable and get them into housing.

Wednesday, September 1,2010
Editor's Note

I am a Padres fan

A lifelong Dodgers guy, I'm ready to temporarily shift my allegiance for a good story

By David Rolland

Most San Diegans would undoubtedly find some joy in one consequence of the Philadelphia Phillies’ sweep of the Padres last weekend: It did serious damage to the already slim chance that the Dodgers will make the playoffs as the wild-card winner. A lifelong Dodgers fan, I am not among those San Diegans. Go ahead, laugh it up.