Coronado Police Commander Mike Lawton, Chopper the Biker Dog and Coronado Councilwoman Barbara Denny at Law Enforcement Night on Tuesday, August 30th.
Last night was the Law Enforcement Night at the Chick-fil-A restaurant on Sports Arena Boulevard in Point Loma. The community was invited to attend the event by all five Chick-fil-A restaurants in San Diego. This was the second year that the restaurants partnered with San Diego Regional Law Enforcement agencies to collect teddy bears for Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego. Attendees who brought new teddy bears to the event were rewarded with a free Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich meal or a Chick-fil-A Nuggets meal.
The Teddy Bear Drive was started by Coronado Police Officer Brian Hardy in December 1990. This year's San Diego Regional Law Enforcement Teddy Bear Drive will be held on December 13th, beginning at the USS Midway and ending at Rady Children's Hospital.
Law Enforcement Night included family-friendly activities and appearances by law enforcement personnel and police vehicles and equipment. Children also had the opportunity to take pictures with the Chick-fil-A “Eat Mor Chikin” Cows.
Councilwoman Barbara Denny, Coronado Police Officer Jason Hurley and Commander Mike Lawton at Law Enforcement Night.
Here's an entertaining video—showing some of the tactics utilized by the San Diego Police Department S.W.A.T. (Special Weapons and Tactics) Team—that you might enjoy.
I'm sorry, what about this blog is "common"? Your top link in your Common Sense FYI section is Councilwoman Denny's website; this article, while purportedly about a really great fundraiser, seems very focused on Ms. Denny (who's in every picture; I'm surprised she's not in the SWAT video); and while I haven't read all the letters to you, I have yet to find any which refer to the rest of the City Council or the Mayer in positive terms.
Politics includes grandstanding, of course. It also involves the ability to work with others. And Ms. Denny's approach to her job (including the discussion at the 16 August Council meeting) shows that she is not doing her job, she's auditioning for Mayor. The language she uses about the court case, and about the Mayor and other Council members, shows she really could care less about the putative "issue" at hand.
More to the point, the way she went about bringing the issue up was so combative that her fellow council members wouldn't even second her motion. How is that a success? Unless, of course, her objective is to build a library of sound bites ("I have zero-tolerance for wasting taxpayer money"), or to build a spinnable story about how she "tried" to get the rest of the Council to look at this issue, but they don't care about taxpayer money. If Ms. Denny really cares about me as a taxpayer, why can't she get results measurable in dollars rather than sound bites?
Please try for objectivity on this blog - it's a great premise, but (starting with your VERY FIRST article in 2008 - an interview with Barbara Denny) it looks like you're more of a mouthpiece than a news source.
Posted by: Partisanship stinks | August 31, 2011 at 11:15 AM
Personally I enjoy this blog. I am a Coronado resident who loves seeing pictures and reading up on things around the community. I don't find the blog biased, but either way, it's someone's blog. They can do what they want with it. Don't read if you don't like it. In fact, make your own blog instead of complaining. :)
Posted by: Shaina | August 31, 2011 at 12:27 PM
Dear Partisanship stinks—
Thanks for voicing your concerns. Let me try to address them.
The top link in Common Sense FYI is Ms. Denny's website because the sites are listed alphabetically by the blogging service.
As for the very first post on Coronado Common Sense, it was a quote from Abraham Lincoln — "I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring them the real facts." It was purposely chosen. I try to research my facts so that they are as accurate as humanly possible and most often include the link. It is up to the reader to use those facts to make their own decisions. If you don't agree and wish to correct my information with solid fact, then I am always happy to make corrections. If the post contains a personal opinion, I will always tell you that.
The very first article in CCS was about Coronado Candidates running for Mayor and Council and was posted on August 23rd, 2008. It was followed on August 25th by "About The Candidates" and another about "Political Sign Regulations."
Looking for additional info on the candidates at that time, Ms. Denny was the only one that had a website listed on her political paperwork. So that is where I started and that is the article you referred to (posted on August 30th).
Back on September 27th, 2008, I received a comment much like yours in a letter written by Mayoral Candidate Tom Stickel. Here is part of my reply to Mr. Stickel: "The comment about me being unbalanced was of concern to me so I went back and checked the archives. To date, I have written one article each about Peter Jensen, council; Frank Tierney, mayor; Phil Monroe, mayor; Michael Woiwode, council; Pete Fagan, council; Tom Stickel, mayor; and Barbara Denny's husband. I now have campaign information and am preparing to write articles on Casey Tanaka, Tom Stickel and Barbara Denny. I would love to have information on Carrie Downey and Ledge Hakes and if those candidates would like to provide some then I will gladly publish it."
Though written nearly three years ago, the story is much the same. Readers are constantly sending in information for stories along with photographs, and Ms. Denny is sometimes in the photographs. The woman is active in the Coronado community. Everyone is welcome to send in their articles and I will gladly publish them. As for Ms. Denny being in the photos of the Law Enforcement Night, she was obviously present as were our fine Coronado Police Department. Regarding the comment about the S.W.A.T. Team video, I'm not so sure that Ms. Denny is not somewhere to be found in there!
Hope you have an enjoyable evening! Best—
Posted by: Susan Heavilin | August 31, 2011 at 05:39 PM
I read Coronado Common Sense because it IS unbiased and actually lets you know whats going on in Coronado . . . right away! I tell everyone about it. It's great and so are you Susan.
Posted by: Sara | August 31, 2011 at 07:35 PM