http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/ San Diego Politics en-us patrick_finucane@hotmail.com 2006-04-17T17:57:07+00:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/000256.html Sorry... Haven't been bloging much lately I am been working on a new site. www.sdpolitics.com Check it out.... 256@http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/ 2006-04-17T17:57:07+00:00 http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/000255.html The Union Tribune is reporting that the Race for city council in the 2nd District is still too close to call. ...Registrar of Voters expects to finish counting about 2,500 provisional and absentee ballots not included in Tuesday night's unofficial... 255@http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/ 2006-01-12T23:07:33+00:00 http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/000254.html CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT NO. 2 KEVIN FAULCONER 14050 50.99% LORENA GONZALEZ 13506 49.01% CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT NO. 8 Vote for: 1 BEN HUESO 6039 71.03% LUIS ACLE 2463 28.97%... 254@http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/ 2006-01-11T22:50:58+00:00 http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/000253.html "Feds indict 5 in pension case " from the Union Tribune - A federal grand jury indicted the former top executive of the San Diego pension system, its lawyer and three former trustees on conspiracy and fraud charges yesterday in... 253@http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/ 2006-01-09T22:20:00+00:00 http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/000252.html Is it just me or does the Union Tribune sometimes read like a political hit peice.. from the Union Tribune - Jan. 8 (UNION-TRIBUNE) Family (plus Metallica and poker) helped Zucchet cope with scandal: A couple of weeks after a... 252@http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/ 2006-01-09T22:06:33+00:00 http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/000251.html From TIME - Sources familiar with the situation say Cunningham, a California Republican who pleaded guilty Nov. 28 to taking $2.4 million in bribes — including a yacht, a Rolls Royce and a 19th Century Louis-Philippe commode — from a... 251@http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/ 2006-01-06T21:22:42+00:00 http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/000250.html From the Union-Tribune: ... The fundraising leader continued to be former public relations executive Kevin Faulconer. The Republican brought in $170,500 between Nov. 27 and Dec. 24, pushing his campaign total to more than $400,000. His opponent, environmental attorney Lorena... 250@http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/ City Council 2006-01-05T19:00:28+00:00 http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/000249.html Don't forget that there is a election in the San Diego City Council 2nd and 8th next tuesday the 10th.... 249@http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/ 2006-01-05T18:48:39+00:00 http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/000248.html So I have been on vaction for the last couple of months, I am back and will pick up where I left off. Thanks Patrick... 248@http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/ 2005-12-09T19:37:34+00:00 http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/000247.html UPDATE - Quote of the Day - From Time - "They are throwing money out - they are shoveling it out the door" -James Albertine Washington lobbyist and past president of the American League of Lobbyists, on the ease of... 247@http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/ 2005-09-20T16:09:33+00:00 http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/000246.html From the Washington Post - The Bush administration's top federal procurement official resigned Friday and was arrested yesterday, accused of lying and obstructing a criminal investigation into Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff's dealings with the federal government. It was the first... 246@http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/ 2005-09-20T15:15:29+00:00 http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/000245.html From the Union Tribune - Private auditors have found that San Diego overstated its net assets by more than $640 million in fiscal 2002 – a problem that portends greater difficulty for the city's restoration to sound fiscal health. ...... 245@http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/ 2005-09-17T18:56:19+00:00 http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/000244.html Sports... Really, with all the important things going on around the state and county. Arnold likes golf so it is important that he runs for govenor again. The canpaign should have done better than that. From the Union Tribune -... 244@http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/ 2005-09-16T22:41:19+00:00 http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/000243.html From the Union Tribune - BALBOA PARK – A wildcat escaped from its enclosure at the San Diego Zoo about 1 p.m. yesterday, getting about 45 minutes of freedom on a hillside before zookeepers surrounded her and returned the animal... 243@http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/ 2005-09-15T21:33:35+00:00 http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/000242.html From the Union Tribune - After hearing tales of government abuse, two San Diego City Council members Monday ordered city officials to research procedures used in condemning and acquiring private property in redevelopment areas. Donna Frye and Brian Maienschein, members... 242@http://www.patrickfinucane.com/Weblog/ 2005-09-14T21:51:40+00:00