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February 13, 2008 01:29 PM
New York Times Op-Ed
By ROBERT B. REICH
WE’RE sliding into recession, or worse, and Washington is turning to the normal remedies for economic downturns. But the normal remedies are not likely to work this time, because this isn’t a normal downturn.
The problem lies deeper. It is the culmination of three decades during which American consumers have spent beyond their means. That era is now coming to an end. Consumers have run out of ways to keep the spending binge going.
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December 6, 2007 02:29 PM
By Tanya Mannes
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
December 6, 2007
CHULA VISTA – Two recent surveys of Chula Vista voters offer differing opinions on Gaylord Entertainment's plan to transform the city's bayfront with a $1 billion hotel-convention center.
Both polls asked about union labor and local jobs.
Gaylord has promised that if its project is approved, it will give hiring preference to local construction workers. The unions say the only way to ensure local workers is a binding agreement to use union labor, which the company won't sign.
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November 9, 2007 10:51 AM
by DONALD COHEN
The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071119/cohen
Despite a tragic history of regular disasters--earthquakes, hurricanes, bridge collapses and fires--Americans seem unwilling to prepare for the inevitable. This may have something to do with the forty-year conservative assault on government and the resulting skepticism about things that can't be justified as fighting terrorism.
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October 9, 2007 02:45 PM
San Diego Union-Tribune
October 9, 2007
By Tanya Mannes
San Diego-based Pacifica Cos., which has been working since 2000 on a plan to build condos and at least one hotel on the Chula Vista bayfront, has agreed to scale down the project and move it to a new site - across from the Chula Vista Marina - to protect wetlands.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20071009/news_1m9pacifica.html
August 14, 2007 06:21 PM
Voice of San Diego
August 1, 2007
By Evan McLaughlin
Union officials said today they rejected the proposed labor agreement Gaylord Entertainment sent to them last week, saying the company's last-ditch effort to resuscitate the stalled convention center and resort development plans was "dishonest."
http://voiceofsandiego.org/this_just_in/#blurb3
August 14, 2007 06:20 PM
NBC San Diego
August 8, 2007
The $1.3 billion resort hotel, convention center and retail mall project proposed by Nashville-based Gaylord Entertainment also faces serious environmental challenges.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/13852276/detail.html
August 14, 2007 04:35 PM
The Daily Transcript
Developer at odds with unions over South Bay plans
Friday, August 10, 2007
By Jeran Wittenstein
Shares of prospective Chula Vista bayfront developer Gaylord Entertainment Inc. fell Friday after an analyst questioned the company's strategy of building in areas with abundant land that could be developed by competition.
http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=20070810czc
August 14, 2007 04:33 PM
Official: $308 million for Chula Vista resort was not 'subsidy'
By Tiffany Stecker
Monday, August 13, 2007
Chula Vista is fighting union allegations of a corporate handout of $308 million for the construction of Gaylord Entertainment's proposed resort….You are not currently logged in at San Diego Source. To view the complete article please enter your login information below.
http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=20070813tbb
August 1, 2007 06:23 PM
San Diego Union-Tribune
August 1, 2007
By David Washburn
Union leaders Wednesday rejected a “last ditch” proposal from Gaylord Entertainment to revive a $1 billion hotel and convention center deal on Chula Vista's bay front.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070801-1158-bn01gaylord.html
July 31, 2007 06:34 PM
San Diego Union-Tribune
July 31, 2007
By Tanya Mannes and David Washburn
CHULA VISTA – Gaylord Entertainment has made an overture to local unions, raising the hopes of city and port officials that the developer may revive plans for a $1 billion hotel and convention center on the Chula Vista bayfront, despite walking away from the bargaining table last month.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070731-9999-1m31union.html
July 31, 2007 06:27 PM
NBC San Diego
July 31, 2007
The developer that recently halted plans for a $1 billion hotel and convention center in Chula Vista is trying to revive the project, according to a published report.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/13788442/detail.html
July 31, 2007 06:24 PM
Voice of Dan Diego
July 31, 2007
Labor group outlines its concerns about Gaylord in letter to Chula Vista mayor.
By Rob Davis
Tom Lemmon, business manager of the Building Trades & Construction Council, has outlined his requirements for negotiating again with Gaylord Entertainment on the Chula Vista bay-front project.
http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2007/07/31/this_just_in/219labor073107.txt
July 28, 2007 06:31 PM
San Diego Union-Tribune
June 28, 2007
By Tanya Mannes
Gaylord Entertainment reportedly is threatening to cancel its development plans for the Chula Vista bayfront if the company can't reach an agreement with labor unions by Saturday
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070628/news_7m28labor.html
July 27, 2007 06:29 PM
Voice of San Diego
Café San Diego
July 27, 2007
We’re proud of standing up for Chula Vistans.
Before I sign off, I’ll answer the most common question people posed today: why did Gaylord’s offer fall short? Well, it fell short because they wanted over $300 million in public money, but they didn’t want to make a legal commitment to hire workers from Chula Vista and the surrounding area. Plain and simple, the agreement we negotiated with them is the only way to do this. We compromised on every other issue.
http://www.voiceofsandiego.com/articles/2007/08/01/cafesandiego/189lemmon3072707.txt
July 20, 2007 06:33 PM
San Diego Union Tribune
July 20, 2007
By David Washburn
The nation's top labor leader met secretly this week with Gaylord Entertainment executives in an attempt to salvage the broken deal for a $1 billion hotel and convention center on Chula Vista's bayfront.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070720-9999-7m20gaylord.html
July 7, 2007 06:32 PM
San Diego Union-Tribune
July 7, 2007
Company pulls out of Chula Vista project
Tanya Mannes and David Washburn
A redevelopment deal that would have erased decades of failure to build up the Chula Vista bayfront -- and made the city a big player in the national convention business -- is dead.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070707-9999-1n7gaylord.html
May 13, 2007 06:26 PM
San Diego Union-Tribune
May 13, 2007
By Gerry Braun
A fascinating thing happened Tuesday at a meeting of the San Diego Port Commission: A developer was chewed out in public for attempting to enlarge a project without telling anyone.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/braun/20070513-9999-1m13braun.html
