Southwestern School Board race could get interesting IF the names floating around get into the race: Mitch Thomspon, interim Chula Vista councilmember; Tim Nadar, ex-Chula Vista mayor; and Norma Hernandez, former SWC Superintendent.
Update on Pearl Quinones. Quinones laid-off with 5 months left before being eligible for full retirement benefits, this after working in San Ysidro for 19 years. Apparently the board member leading the charge to lay-off Quinones was Raquel Marquez Madden (editor’s note we made a mistake in the orginal that we fixed on the web version) who also works for Ben Hueso who is running for assembly against Quinones. Politics being played here? You decide….
Enlace, the Union Tribune version of a Hispanic press… now down to two employees. Last week long time editor, 25 years, Aida Bustos was let go, along with their sports editor Abraham Nudelstejer…
The watch is still on to find out what ever happened to the investigation of Chula Vista city council person Steve Castañeda that the city attorney turned over to the LA attorney to the tune of $200(?) dollars per hour back in Nov. ’09. After three months you would think a report would be turned over. Man the bill for this one is going to be a whopper….
For a city that is facing major budget problems sure is spending the dinero, there is that Castañeda investigation, and now $2 million for the police brutality case that was awarded to ICE agent Sergio Lopez…
For Chula Vista Police this is not the first time for them: in 2008 Christian Morales was stopped in the driveway of his home after being “mistaken” as a trailer thief and was beaten… he collected $400,000 from the city.