Morning Report: Fact Check: The Hotel Head Count
Mayor Bob Filner’s brawl with hoteliers appears to be over but we still thought it prudent to vet a claim made by a Tourism Authority official about the effects of the standoff. Kerri Kapich, the...
View ArticleMost Popular: March 25-31
These were the most-read stories for the week of March 25-31. 1. The City Attorney’s Seven Biggest Letdowns The city has seen big projects fall apart, doled out settlements and failed to foresee some...
View ArticleMorning Report: Schools Have Plan After All
Earlier this week, we reported that the San Diego school district would have to start from the beginning to figure out how to gauge the quality of local schools. Turns out we didn’t have the full...
View ArticleFalse District 4 Claims Still False
False claims are flying in the San Diego City Council District 4 election with less than a month to go. The conservative Lincoln Club of San Diego County sent out a mailer in the district attacking...
View ArticleDistrict 4 Race Is ‘Bought,’ Consultant Says
Myrtle Cole’s supporters were angry last night. One by one they came up to the microphone at a District 4 City Council debate in Lincoln Park to ask Cole’s opponent, Dwayne Crenshaw, to stop an...
View ArticleMorning Report: District 4 Heats Up
A very small turnout is likely in the District 4 City Council race, which is heading to a runoff. The two candidates have very few differences on policy. Both are Democrats. But labor and business...
View ArticleMorning Report: Schools Chief Opens Up
Cindy Marten, who will soon take over as chief of San Diego schools, has a surprise in her past: seven years spent teaching at a private school in University City. As she told us in a chat in front...
View ArticleAn Ethical Violation: Fact Check TV
Two Democrats are vying to represent District 4 residents in an upcoming special election but that hasn’t stopped the conservative Lincoln Club of San Diego County from getting involved in the race....
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The District 4 Endorsement Scorecard
One way to tell the difference between two longtime Democrats who have similar positions on most issues: the company they keep. We’ve compiled a handy scorecard of endorsements for District 4 City...
View ArticleMorning Report: A New Lease on Lease Savings
Many outlets, including this one, reported earlier this week on the mayor’s last-minute deal to move some city workers to a new building at a much cheaper price. But Scott Lewis explains (with...
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A Council Candidate’s Ouster: Fact Check
Statement: “Dwayne Crenshaw was fired from the Coalition of Neighborhood Councils after mismanaging money that was intended for the community. He got a lot of money from CNC … and then spent it on...
View ArticleMorning Report: Campaign Claim Fails a Fact Check
A new campaign mailer tries to malign Dwayne Crenshaw, one of two candidates running to fill an empty seat on the City Council. The facts in the mailer are true. The implications? Not so much. Yes,...
View ArticleMorning Report: The Mayor’s Special Dispensation Gambit
Ideally, lawmakers don’t craft laws to affect a single person, although they sometimes try. (Remember Terri Schiavo?) But what about a special dispensation to a specific person? In this case, Mayor...
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Cole’s Whack Crack Attack
In an increasingly nasty City Council campaign, District 4 candidate Myrtle Cole has sent a mailer falsely accusing her opponent Dwayne Crenshaw of being mixed up in a drug deal more than 20 years...
View ArticleMorning Report: The Latest D4 Drama: a Crack Attack
The District 4 City Council race has been high on drama and low on any substantive discussion of the issues. There’s a reason for that: The two candidates, Myrtle Cole and Dwayne Crenshaw, largely...
View ArticleDoubling Down in District 4: Fact Check TV
District 4 voters will choose between two Democrats with similar views in Tuesday’s election but outside groups have tried to emphasize the candidates’ differences. The San Diego-Imperial Counties...
View ArticleCole Claims District 4 Victory
Midway through Myrtle Cole’s speech at a union hall Tuesday night, a supporter stood up behind her holding up signs with photos of Cole and San Diego Mayor Bob Filner. Victory, the signs read. When...
View ArticleThe District 4 Election Hangover
This morning a supporter of Dwayne Crenshaw, who lost the District 4 City Council election Tuesday night, said he was done. The past 30 days in #D4 is leaving me feeling sick. There’s got to be a...
View ArticleMorning Report: So Much for that Open Gov Department
The departures of two top staffers have doomed — at least temporarily — Mayor Bob Filner’s vision for an open government department. The department was central to Filner’s promises of openness and...
View ArticleThe Most Notorious Fact Checks of 2013
Forget those best-of-2013 lists. Let’s take a look at the lowest of the low: our most notorious fact checks of 2013. We’ve covered lots of ground this year. We’ve checked dozens of statements about...
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