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Wednesday, May 8,2013
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Nathan and the giant pitch

The blowup over Citizen Fletcher’s switch to the Democratic Party

By John R. Lamb
Fletcher also wrote that he watched former President Bill Clinton’s Democratic National Convention speech three times “trying to find something I disagreed with. I couldn’t. It was clear—at least to me—that I was a Democrat.”
Monday, April 29,2013
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Plaza de Filner

Will the mayor's quicker, cheaper plan for Balboa Park's core fly?

By John R. Lamb

After Mayor Bob Filner had finished unveiling his proposal to rid Balboa Park’s Plaza de Panama of parked cars by Memorial Day, one stunned local resident queried: “Are you talking about all of this happening this Memorial Day, or 2014?” “Next month!” Filner boomed from his seat.

Wednesday, April 24,2013
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A hurdle for Myrtle

District 4 runners-up hop on the Dwayne Train

By John R. Lamb
When the primary dust had settled, local labor’s sweetheart, Myrtle Cole, found herself with more than twice as many votes as her nearest competitor, San Diego Pride executive director and community activist Dwayne Crenshaw.
Wednesday, April 10,2013
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Reclaiming Balboa Park

Let’s start the conversation, post-Jacobs Plan

By John R. Lamb
Over beers and the occasional shot of whiskey, urban designer Howard Blackson and Australian-born transplant Pauly De Bartolo, began brainstorming about ways to reconnect Balboa Park to its truncated past.
Wednesday, March 27,2013
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Victory for the San Diego GOP!

Granted, it comes at community-planning level

By John R. Lamb
Imagine a Republican Party victory in San Diego these days minus fanfare. No chest thumping on social media from local party chairman Tony Krvaric that the end days are approaching for “socialists” and “union stooges.”
Wednesday, March 13,2013
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San Diego, the ‘blank slate’ city

Esteemed panel confronts our collective identity woes

By John R. Lamb
Before a not-quite-capacity crowd at Balboa Park’s Mingei International Museum one evening last week, an artist, architect, scholar and urban designer shared a couch and their thoughts on San Diego’s ongoing struggle with its identity.
Wednesday, February 27,2013
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Five more District 4 hopefuls

The other City Council candidates you should know

By John R. Lamb
On March 26, voters in the City Council’s District 4 will choose the successor to Tony Young, who’s resigned. That decision will determine, at least on paper, the partisan slant of the supposedly nonpartisan council.
Wednesday, February 13,2013
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An open letter to Irwin Jacobs

Rise above the surprise

By John R. Lamb

“Never let defeat have the last word.” —Tibetan Proverb

Monday, January 28,2013
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Adios, Plaza de Panama project?

Judge tentatively rules that City Council approval broke municipal law

By John R. Lamb
Could this coming Friday mark the end of the road for Irwin Jacobs’ contentious $45-million makeover plan for Balboa Park?
Wednesday, January 16,2013
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The Filner treatment

It’s no accident that it’s called the ‘bully pulpit’

By John R. Lamb
This blast of arctic air came gift-wrapped for local media consumption via our newly anointed mayor, Bob Filner, the Sultan of Swat-downs, directed at our newly minted City Council ringmaster, Todd Gloria.
 
 
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