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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 7 p.m. is now in play
KPBS finally kills its classical-music baby That's another story
It takes longer than a few minutes to explain why some sex offenders need defending Not suitable for kids
Popaditch and his supporters turn Election Central into something completely different RIP new city hall
Hope you don't mind a little 'catastrophic loss of life' in your civic buildings 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 I’m thankful for CityBeat’s freelance contributors
They don’t fully understand deadlines, but I love ’em all the same

Tuesday, February 12,2013
Editor's Note

The Dave Maass Era ends

Goodbye to perhaps San Diego’s best investigative reporter

By David Rolland

Lots of San Diegans have wanted Dave Maass to Shut! Up!—mostly those who find themselves in his argumentative crosshairs on Twitter. He certainly has a way about him.

Wednesday, November 7,2012
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Reunions and elections

My necessary weekend getaway to the past

By David Rolland

I’m sitting on a bench at my alma mater Calabasas High School. I’m looking over toward a walkway leading down from the softball field where I lost consciousness after Matt Behrens and I collided with each other on a pop fly.

Wednesday, October 10,2012
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Adios, Aaryn Belfer

One of our longtime columnists calls it quits

By David Rolland

Aaryn Belfer’s biweekly “Backwards & in High Heels” column first appeared in CityBeat’s Jan. 24, 2007. Her last column for us appears in this issue.

Wednesday, October 10,2012
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Goodbye, Gloria Penner

KPBS icon’s impact on CityBeat

By David Rolland

San Diego lost one of its most well-known and important figures on Saturday, when journalist Gloria Penner succumbed to the cancer she’d been battling for more than a year.

Wednesday, September 19,2012
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Romney’s assault on government assistance

Add our voice to the chorus of commentary

By David Rolland

Romney said that 47 percent of Americans pay no income tax, and those are the people, he said, who are safely deposited in Barack Obama’s electorate bank.

Wednesday, August 29,2012
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Mike Aguirre, Jerry Sanders and CityBeat

Former city attorney rips us while the mayor honors us with a day of our own

By David Rolland

When Mike Aguirre was the city attorney in San Diego, he’d sometimes call me to talk excitedly about how CityBeat could help define a vision for future San Diego. I would enjoy those calls.

Wednesday, August 22,2012
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What grinds our gears

Our top 10 editorial passions

By David Rolland

Wednesday, March 14,2012
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A milestone and a crossroads

We’ve hit our 500th issue, and we need your help

By David Rolland

Ironically, thanks to a declining print-publishing industry in general and the worst economic downtown since the Depression, the better we’ve become, the more we’ve flailed financially.

Wednesday, March 7,2012
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UCAN’t be serious!

Don’t be too quick to judge amid allegations against utility antagonist

By David Rolland

If you made a list of all the prominent people in San Diego and ranked them according to how likely it would be that they’d be accused of cooking books, laundering money and improperly feathering their own nest, Michael Shames’ name would probably be near the bottom.

Wednesday, January 25,2012
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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.