Carl DeMaio A to Z

Our case against San Diego's most objectionable politician

By Kelly Davis, David Rolland, Dave Maass

Coherent presentation of all the problems we have with Carl DeMaio’s candidacy for mayor of San Diego cries out for an organizational theme. We’ve chosen the alphabet.

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Wednesday, April 4,2012
Food Issue

The Food chain

San Diego County’s restaurateurs pay it forward

By David Rolland

The food chain can sometimes feel vulnerable, especially when busy restaurant owners take forever to respond to my desperate pleas to recommend the next link. But it can’t be broken! Since 2008, I’ve been asking folks in the San Diego food scene to turn my readers on to restaurants they’ve maybe never been to, and, last year, we left off with Roger Nakamura, owner of Hane Sushi in Bankers Hill, flattering the hell out of North Park’s The Smoking Goat. So, this year, I started with the Goat, and the chain made a beeline northward. Here we go!
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Wednesday, March 14,2012
Editor's Note

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
Editor's Note

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, February 29,2012
News

San Diego Unified: A lose-lose situation

District and its teachers union battle over an evaporating pool of education money

By David Rolland

Scott barnett, a member of the San Diego Unified School District’s Board of Education, is talking about forcing the district to wave the white flag, admit failure and run itself out of money. Insolvency.

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
News

Scott Peters thinks he can take down Brian Bilbray

In a Q&A, the former City Council president talks taxes, Republicans, Occupy Wall Street, Obama, immigration and more

By David Rolland

We interviewed Congressional candidate Scott Peters about the city’s pension mess, the securities scandal that blew up during his tenure on the City Council, his policy priorities, President Obama, Occupy Wall Street, the Republicans and more.

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, November 23,2011
Shenanigans

Rock & Rolland

Editor Dave Rolland provides this list of open band names as a public service

By David Rolland

Dear musicians: Are you having trouble coming up with an original band name? CityBeat editor Dave Rolland has you covered.

Wednesday, October 5,2011
News

Enviros and labor folks aren’t thrilled with Sherri Lightner

City Council member has some explaining to do if she wants certain endorsements and campaign help

By David Rolland

From the outside, Lightner has appeared enigmatic, a Democrat unafraid of angering the Democratic base. Her 2008 campaign benefited to a degree from the support of unions and environmental groups, some leaders of which are now scratching their heads, unsure what to make of Lightner’s votes and largely disappointed in her tenure so far.