Marijuana Dispensaries in Hillcrest • Valentine’s Day • Hillcrest Universal, James Brennan • Hillcrest Clean T.E.A.M

Tuesday, February 16, 2010	“While driving my daughter to work on Presidents Day, we marveled at the lack of traffic. It was then I realized how many people in San Diego work for the government in some form. Everything seems to function when they are not on the job. So who needs so many of them?” — Chuck Anderson in today’s letters to the editor of the U-T
Monday, February 15, 2010	“I think it just came down to a completely undercapitalized project, and the chances of an undercapitalized project succeeding are slim to none. We lost financing right before it opened, money that would have gotten all the contractors paid off, which is what the lawsuits and lawyer bills stemmed from, so that prevented us from spending money on the business.” — James Brennan talking about his former Hillcrest nightclub, Universal, which closed in 2009
Sunday, February 14, 2010	Showing the love.... Happy Valentine’s Day to one and all. did you receive roses?!?
Saturday, February 13, 2010	Clean-up puts a shine on Hillcrest The Hillcrest Town Council’s Neighborhood Improvement Committee (NIC) spearheaded a community pre-Mardi Gras cleanup throughout the neighborhood this morning with several Hillcresters showing up at 8:45 under the Hillcrest sign to enjoy coffee donated by Peet’s and City Deli cookies (thanks, Mike) before grabbing their brooms, bags and trash cans and setting off throughout the neighborhood to pick up trash. The groups filled dozens of bags with street litter and removed discarded mattresses, furniture and large items that had been left in alleys. Some of the worst areas were the alley just off University between Third & Fourth avenues (come on, American Apparel, help us out) and event promoters whose crew discarded thousands (yes, thousands) of postcards promoting events at local clubs. (The photo at left shows Hillcrester Luke Terpstra with 100s of fliers picked up by Evan Kohler along just one block of Fifth Avenue north of University.) A reporter from CW-Channel 6 covered the clean-up effort. It was shown on the 10pm news. Free orange t-shirts were given to all volunteers... and gift certificates donated by Baja Betty’s and Urban Mo’s were shared at the end of the effort. Thanks to all the volunteers for pitching in to make Hillcrest look even better by putting the shine on the neighborhood just in time for Fat Tuesday. The Hillcrest Clean T.E.A.M. was formed in November 2005 to clean the sidewalks and gutters of Hillcrest. These valiant volunteers now sweep at least once every quarter being led by the NIC of the Hillcrest Town Council. For more information or to become involved contact Tim Gahagan at 260-1322.
Friday, February 12, 2010	“Hillcrest is not all of San Diego and the attitudes for medical marijuana dispensaries is entirely different. We have to balance your perspective with perspectives from other parts of town.” — Stephen Whitburn, vice chair of the medical marijuana task force, speaking at this week’s HTC meeting
Thursday, February 11, 2010	“Too many community leaders do not understand — or they choose to ignore — the reams of information describing the minuscule impact of teams on local economics and the ways in which the four major leagues control the number of teams and manipulate revenue-sharing programs to victimize taxpayers and sports fans.” — from the book Major League Losers
Wednesday, February 10, 2010	Free H1N1 flu shots today at The Center Wednesday from 3-7pm anyone may receive a free flu vaccine in the auditorium at San Diego’s LGBT Center (on Centre Street just north of University Avenue). All eligible persons are welcome, including children ages 6 months and older. Bring your families and neighbors! There is no charge for the vaccine. For questions, call the County Epidemiology and Immunization Services at (866) 358-2966.

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