Sports Beat: OB Pretenders suffer first loss to Stilted Stix

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by Denny Doyle

The good news is the Pretenders scored 15 runs on 19 hits, and scored in each inning we played (5).

The bad news is the other team called in the score, as we had our first loss, 17 -15, with Tilted Sticks …

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San Francisco Labor Council Condemns SEIU’s Raid On Other Union Unite-Here.

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In a well attended raucous meeting on April 13, 2009, of the San Francisco Labor Council – representing nearly all the unions in San Francisco – the Council unanimously endorsed a resolution condemning the raid by the president of SEIU International Andy Stern on Unite-Here throughout the country. (SEIU stands for Service Employees International Union – and is one of the most influential unions in the country.)

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Arizona Pastor Beaten and Tasered by Border Patrol

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Pastor Steven Anderson of Tempe, Ariz., says he was Tasered, assaulted and denied medical treatment after he refused to submit to a search by Border Patrol officers at an immigration checkpoint east of San Diego. The ACLU has called the area a “Constitution-free zone” where such abuse has become commonplace.

The pastor of a Baptist church in the Phoenix area says he was stopped at an internal Border Patrol checkpoint, Tasered and beaten.

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… news from around San Diego’s web town …

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THE READER: Old Money Talking –
Sheriff Bill Kolender has thrown the race for his successor into a tizzy by deciding to resign on July 2, giving his support as expected to Undersheriff Bill Gore…

SAN DIEGO CITYBEAT: What moves you? Public transit plan rethinks the way we get around …

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Mayor’s Budget Solution Not a Mystery to All …

SDNN: California senate votes to let harbor seals stay …

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Obama Promises to Defend Interrogators, But No Promise on the Bush Lawyers Who Signed Off

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This afternoon (4/16/09) the Obama administration released lightly redacted versions of four previously classified legal opinions from the Bush Justice Department approving CIA interrogation techniques now widely catalogued and condemned by many to have constituted torture.

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“America’s Finest?”

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by Rhythm Rancher

I was reading the “Letters to the Editor” in the latest issue of City Beat this morning when I came across this letter from a fellow OBcean. While I believe that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, the fact that he’s a City of San Diego employee who “deals” with the homeless was sad to me to say the least.

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The OB Rag blog just had its best day ever !

 Frank Gormlie  April 15, 2009  7 Comments on The OB Rag blog just had its best day ever !

April 14th, 2009, turned out to be our best day ever – in terms of visits – since we began October 25, 2007.

We registered 660 “unique visitors” during the 24 hour period represented by April 14th. We had been cruising at 350 to 500+ visitors a day for weeks, then it just took off.

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“It’s great that you heard us about our library, Mayor Sanders, just don’t pit us against the unions.”

 Frank Gormlie  April 14, 2009  13 Comments on “It’s great that you heard us about our library, Mayor Sanders, just don’t pit us against the unions.”

As expected, Mayor Jerry Sanders held a press conference this morning in front of the Ocean Beach library. And as expected, Mayor Sanders announced that in his new city budget proposal, no libraries or library services will be cut for this year’s budget.

“We heard you, Ocean Beach,” the Mayor said. “There will be no library cuts.” The crowd applauded.

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News you may have missed: 30 year ban on Monty Python’s ‘Life of Brian’ finally lifted in Welsh town

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In case you missed it, a thirty-year ban on public viewing of the hilarious comedy “Life of Brian” made by the English comedy team, Monty Python, was finally lifted in a Welsh town. The town is Aberystwyth – which I have no idea of how to pronounce. But the movie had been considered “blasphemous” by some Christians who perceived it as a mockery of Jesus Christ. Most of the rest of the planet considered it one of the funniest films ever produced.

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First Annual OB Global Rock Fest, April 18th, 2009

 Jon Carr  April 14, 2009  19 Comments on First Annual OB Global Rock Fest, April 18th, 2009

By Jon Carr

The first annual OB Global Rock Fest is taking place at the pier parking lot on April 18th, 2009.
The event is being promoted as “Carbon Neutral” because the stages will be powered with Solar energy and there will be plenty of environmentally conscious vendors in the grassy area between the wall and Abott street.

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READER RANT: ‘She begged them to keep the Children’s Energy Center open’

 Frank Gormlie  April 14, 2009  5 Comments on READER RANT: ‘She begged them to keep the Children’s Energy Center open’

Chris Yule is far to modest. My family has known Chris for years, she is my closest friend.

She begged both Funke and Winkler to keep the school open. At the time of its closing, less than $3,000.00 in repairs would have kept the school open. The school was refurbished long AFTER its closure.

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