May 16,
2007
— U-T
columnist Gerry Braun imagining “move on, nothing to see here,
folks”
- U-T editorial: City’s Sunroad mess a disgrace
- Goodies from today’s letters to the U-T editor
May 15,
2007
Wanna be a Pride Volunteer?
700+
volunteer positions are available for
ticket sales, parade support, beer garden, setup, medical, safety and
much more. Volunteer crewmembers who work a five-hour shift at either
the parade or the festival will receive two-day festival admission, a
meal ticket per shift, a souvenir T-shirt and an appreciation BBQ for
volunteers scheduled for August 12.
Sign up on the Pride website or attend one of the upcoming volunteer sign up sessions at The Center (3909 Centre Street) held on Thursday, May 24, at 7pm and Saturday, June 16, at noon.
Sign up on the Pride website or attend one of the upcoming volunteer sign up sessions at The Center (3909 Centre Street) held on Thursday, May 24, at 7pm and Saturday, June 16, at noon.
May 14,
2007
Political Statements
Seen Around Hillcrest
If you’ve traveled north on Vermont Street between Essex and University Avenue, you might have wondered what the homemade “STW” sign hung between the rows of potted succulents means. It becomes clear on your return trip as you notice the matching yellow vinyl banner on the back of the resident’s truck. Today the number of American military casualties in Iraq reached another sad milestone of 3,400. (3,261 have been killed since “Mission Accomplished” was announced by the Commander in Chief.)
May 13,
2007
The Bon Temp Social Club is throwing a fun fest at Spanish Landing Park this weekend for the 6th annual Gator by the Bay. Highlights include great music like Billy Dee & the Swamp Critters (right) and local favorite Sue Palmer & her Motel Swing, free dance workshops, cooking demonstrations and a Creole food court. If you want some zydeco, Cajun culture, wall-to-wall music along with your crawfish (they flew in three tons from the Louisiana bayous), the festival continues today from 10:30am-8pm. Take your mom for Mothers Day!
May 12,
2007
Town Council Collects Interim Height Signatures
Community
members of the Hillcrest Town Council collected signatures outside
Ralphs grocery today for
the proposed Interim Height Ordinance (IHO). Earlier this
week the HTC overwhelming voted to support this ordinance, and some
residents are helping to gather signatures from other Hillcresters.The next meeting of the Hillcrest Town Council will be at 6:30pm on Tuesday, June 12 at the Joyce Beers Community Center. Everyone is welcome. Hillcrest residents (and those living in a wide buffer zone) are allowed to vote on neighborhood issues.
May 11,
2007
< last
month in front of Balboa Park’s Botanical Building...
...it was
tax day!
May 10,
2007
— UCSD spokeswoman Leslie Franz
said in a statement yesterday re: next week’s regent vote
May 9,
2007
Approve Interim Height Ordinance
The Hillcrest Town Council held their monthly meeting yesterday evening at the Joyce Beers Community Center. After a presentation by the the crime committee a motion was made to recommend action to permanently close the recycling centers at the Ralphs and Vons grocery stores in Hillcrest. The motion overwhelmingly passed. Mission Hills resident and attorney Barry Hager then made a presentation to the group about the proposed Interim Height Ordinance. (Hillcrest residents & business owners may sign an endorsement this Saturday at Ralphs). The development committee presented a motion for the HTC to endorse the interim ordinance which proposes a 65' height limit. It passed with one resident voting against and one abstaining. The development committee closed the meeting with a plan for locations of new signage for the gateways into Hillcrest. It is hoped that the city will have the signs in place in time for Hillcrest’s 100th birthday on Thursday, August 2. Next month’s meeting will be held Tuesday, June 12 at the Joyce Beers Community Center in the Uptown District. (HTC meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30pm)
