Voice of San Diego

The Panic in City Schools + DeMaio's Money

voiceofsandiego.org — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:16:13 +0000

By Andrew Donohue On the latest episode of VOSD Radio, we tackle the back-and-forth over whether the second-largest school district in California is broke and we examine what we can learn from how Carl DeMaio made his money. Plus, we have a Fact Check of Bob Filner and our Hero (Scott Barnett) and Goat (John Lee Evans) of the Week. Listen here. VOSD Radio also airs on FM News and Talk 95.7 and AM 600 KOGO on Saturdays at 7:30 a.m. Subscribe to the podcast here.

Radio: Fletcher v. Manchester

voiceofsandiego.org — Mon, 07 May 2012 21:08:16 +0000

by Andrew Donohue The emerging feud between U-T San Diego and mayoral candidate Nathan Fletcher caused us to reflect on the differences between party and principle in the latest edition of VOSD Radio. We also offered up some thoughts on Bob Filner's long-awaited pension plan, did a fact check of Carl DeMaio and handed out our Hero (U-T editorial page editor Bill Osborne) and Goat (Drug Enforcement Agency) of the Week. VOSD Radio also airs on FM News and Talk 95.7 and AM 600 KOGO on Saturdays at 7:30 a.m. Subscribe to the podcast here.

Radio: Election Predictions

voiceofsandiego.org — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:06:01 +0000

By Andrew Donohue Neither Scott Lewis nor I are very good at predicting elections. Actually, we're downright bad. So that's the first caveat in our first-ever Election Predictions show on VOSD Radio. The second: a prediction is not an endorsement or a desired outcome. We'll revisit our predictions after the election just to see how badly we did. Plus, we offered up a major Fact Check and our Hero (the Padres) and Goat (U-T San Diego) of the week.

Radio: What the Neighborhoods Care About

voiceofsandiego.org — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:31:48 +0000

By Andrew Donohue In the latest episode of VOSD Radio, we focus on what people on the street and in the neighborhoods are telling us is important to them. In City Heights, it's getting registered to vote and just crossing the street. In Grantville, it's the fear of becoming another Mission Valley. And in Rancho Bernardo it's the haunting ghost of past fires. We also delve into two fact checks of mayoral candidate Bonnie Dumanis and offer up the Hero (Salvador Torres) and Goat (Carl DeMaio) of the week. VOSD Radio also airs on FM News and Talk 95.7 and AM 600 KOGO on Saturdays at 7:30 a.m.

Radio: The City's Emerging Bike Power

voiceofsandiego.org — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:14:38 +0000

By Andrew Donohue Sam Ollinger is a leader in a group that seems to be growing in influence around San Diego — the bike lobby. She's managed to accumulate her clout the new-fashioned way. She hasn't donated a dime, but she pestered the mayoral candidates on Twitter to come up with plans for making San Diego more bike-friendly, and sure enough, candidate Nathan Fletcher grabbed some attention when he did just that. Ollinger has a great story about how she got involved in San Diego civic life and, frankly, just how she ended up here to begin with. She was my guest host on the latest VOSD Radio. We talked about how to get power without money, and assessed the state of biking today in the city, and she even dropped some news about candidate Bob Filner's failure to follow through on his own bike plan. Plus, we handed out our Hero (Jan Goldsmith) and Goat (Filner) of the Week. Listen here. For more from Ollinger, check out our Q&A with her last year, follow her on Twitter (@BikeSD) and go to her website bikesd.org. VOSD Radio also airs on FM News and Talk 95.7 and AM 600 KOGO on Saturdays at 7:30 a.m. Subscribe to the podcast here.