http://www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/articles.sec-45-1-editors-note.html 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.]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> More than 40 years of civic involvement for one man is bound to include some measure of controversy.]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> In September 2008, in this space, I dreamed a little dream. I imagined a grand public place on the Downtown San Diego waterfront. I saw a spectacular crash-and-burn of Doug Manchester’s big hotel project on Navy Broadway Complex land, and in its place, I spied a new city hall and a new main library as majestic bookends on either side of a beautiful public park.]]> Port pulls funding for developer’s plan to re-invision the embarcadero]]> Staff changes at CityBeat bring bad news and good news]]> Frye’s willing to take all the way up to the filing deadline to make her decision on a run for county supervisor]]> In a perfect world, our elected representatives should]]>