CCDC • Mayor Gavin Newsom • Dyke March • Hillcrest Town Council Clean-up • Laura Jane

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Friday, July 17, 2009	“Is the San Diego retirement board poised to repeat the folly of deliberately underfunding the pension system and piling up a crushing multibillion-dollar debt for future generations to pay?” — U-T question in today’s editorial
Thursday, July 16, 2009	March with Mayor Gavin Newsom As everybody knows, tomorrow is the SD Gay Pride Parade, and San Diego for Newsom is looking for volunteers to march with the mayor. Meet at 10am near the corner of Normal & University where you will be directed to their staging area. If you have any questions, please email volunteer@gavinnewsom.com or call (415) 962-4532. ...plus a Town Hall meeting for Newsom You’re invited to a meeting with Gavin Newsom for a frank and unfiltered conversation about California’s future. This event is free and open to the public this Saturday, July 18 from 7-8:30pm at Clairemont High School, 4150 Ute Drive. Come early for special musical entertainment by Roman Alexander & the Robbery.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009	Hillcrest Town Council fundraiser this Monday morning after Pride weekend Please mark your calendars for Monday, July 20 — beginning at 7am to join the After Pride Clean-up and help put the shine back on Hillcrest after next weekend’s festivities. Meet on Park Boulevard just south of University Avenue by the Egyptian. Pride will donate $10 per volunteer hour to the Hillcrest residents’ group. Call in late to work (if you’re lucky enough to still have a job) and pitch in as long as you can. Volunteers will sweep trash from the gay pride parade route and the surrounding area to clean up the neighborhood after Pride weekend.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009	“I don’t think ignorance is an excuse I can buy. I think it was done knowingly.” — Councilman Carl DeMaio re: problems at the City’s Centre City Development Corporation (CCDC)
Monday, July 13, 2009	Fun at Sunday’s Dyke March & Fest Hundreds of dykes and their many supporters met at Balboa Park’s big fountain yesterday then marched to Ohio Street north of University Avenue for this year’s Dyke Fest, a free event for all ages which took place from noon until 6pm. A kiss-in took place at 3pm. Speakers included State Sen. Chris Kehoe & Abby Schwartz with entertainment by LMA, Rhythm Turner (at left), Jenn Jenn, Micha Cardenas, Nicole Torres, Abby Schwartz, Angie Evans, Tryce Czyczynska, Mary Dolan, Laura Jane, Rhythm & the Method and Bitter Sober. The fabulous Laura Jane (also at left) was Sunday’s mistress of ceremonies.
Sunday, July 12, 2009	“What they’ve put together (for a new eco-friendly City Hall) is very laudable and admirable, but it’s very light on detail. It just feels like they threw everything in here that they think might work. And, without doing the engineering and design, it’s a little meaningless.” —Irene Stillings, executive director of the San Diego-based California Center for Sustainable Energy
Saturday, July 11, 2009	Dyke March is tomorrow Wear walking shoes and meet at Balboa Park’s big fountain Sunday along Park Boulevard at 11am for this year’s Dyke March to Ohio & University in North Park for a free event for one and all until 6pm.
Friday, July 10, 2009	“I followed the law 100 percent, I didn’t distribute, I only sold to qualified patients, I followed the attorney general’s guidelines word-for-word and I still got arrested (for growing marijuana.)” — Eugene Davidovich who was recently arrested for cultivating cannabis

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