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Scott Lewis

@scottmlewis.bsky.social
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CEO and Editor-in-Chief Voice of San Diego. Softball dad. Coach.

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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I just came here to post it. We aren’t going fast enough. Our moment is fleeting.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
“Simply put, many of LA’s legendary palm trees are approaching the end of their lifespan. The question is: What comes next?” www.sfgate.com/la/article/l...
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California has a palm tree problem
LA planted thousands of palm trees before hosting the 1932 Olympics. Now they're approaching the end of their lifespans.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
And yet you didn’t
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
I wrote a commentary for the New Year. voiceofsandiego.org/2025/01/01/i...
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In 2025, San Diego Can't Look Away from the Screaming
A few weeks ago, a man in the alley behind our house began screaming. Screaming is not unusual around us, unfortunately. But usually it comes and goes – less frequent […]
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
very good
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
I think it's the throttling. I feel like for five years Twitter has just routinely insulted me as a power user.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
fascinating that this appears to have more engagement than the one on X
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Nah just like Encinitas they’d be stoked to fight it.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
(But also, being neutral is not staying out of it. Being neutral is a position.)
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Exactly. Perfectly fine approach as D1 rep. Inappropriate for a leader of the city who could shape this outcome. The city deserves leadership on core questions.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
I suspect you tell your kids what you think and why you think it while encouraging them to think for themselves. We don’t need to pretend that being unwilling to do that is some master chess move.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
So your theory is he’s against it and is unwilling to say that and he’s treating them like a parent would treat immature children but HE has a higher opinion of them than I do? 😂
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Yeah nothing ever goes wrong in politics when you assume people will rationally come to the conclusion they’re wrong...He owes his constituents—now citywide—clarity about his position on things like “should the city exist as it is.” Being against it but unwilling to articulate why is disappointing.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Whatever credibility he has is lost on the other side as one of the two top leaders of the city as a whole. Hard not to question every move he makes as a citywide leader if he’s leaving open the possibility that it could or should happen.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
It is one thing for the City Councilmember from the district that includes La Jolla to be open or even supportive of secession. But as a leader of the city, shouldn’t he be willing to say the city’s interests take priority?
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
To me, this is just as weird as if the city attorney did not have an opinion on whether the city attorney’s office should exist.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
no
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
New San Diego City Council President @joelacava.bsky.social is open to his neighborhood, La Jolla, seceding. He is not opposed to the push. "La Jollans clearly need someone who will just give them objective answers to their questions. That’s the role I’m playing right now," he said today.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I don’t get it. Why run like he did if he’s just going to get caught with the gun and manifesto and IDs all there? Why not just stay at the scene? Just to drum up more interest?
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Sure but they’d know exactly where it went. The surveillance state as it is can track anyone from there, camera to camera, and they can go back before the shooting from the Starbucks. He wants to be identified
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Either some super clever murdering going on or a statement being made. Either way I want the story
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Kind of obsessing about this assassination of the UnitedHealthCare CEO. The gunman went to Starbucks and then did murder and then rode a CitiBike away? Hard to imagine what more he could have done to leave a better trail. www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
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UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Is Fatally Shot in New York City: Live Updates
The executive, Brian Thompson, was shot in what the police described as a “brazen targeted attack” outside a hotel where the company was holding an investor meeting. The assailant was last spotted in ...
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
FWIW I still think the grossest pardon/clemency was Schwarzenegger’s commutation of Fabian Nunez’s son after he killed Luis Santos at SDSU. “Considering Nunez's limited role in the killing…” www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/n...
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Schwarzenegger Commutes Esteban Nunez's Sentence
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has commuted the manslaughter sentence of Esteban Nunez, the son of former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
If this place is just you two that may be enough.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
That was well past my prime.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I haven’t watched a full NFL game until now this season. I was raised a Broncos fan. But I feel like these new unis look like the Chargers old dark blues too much from far away?
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Here’s the deal, guys. I had a black belt in Twitter. I was a six sigma answerer of “What’s happening?” But they kept fucking with it and every time it felt worse and disrespectful to junkies like me. So I pulled way back. The idea of restarting here is exhausting.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
They’re circling, waiting for space to land.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
You could’ve credited our names without seeing the post. But how about we just give each other a break and recognize we had no ill intent with our omissions?
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Well my thing is people sharing valuable content without credit and subtweeting them rather than just calling out someone directly. “Local political reporter” lol
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
As I said, I thought the eastern most precincts included those. But go off.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
“Local political reporter” here, I appreciate that you want instant response but I hadn’t heard back yet from Vince. I thought the eastern most precincts in our map covered those precincts.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I don’t see any big spike for the third parties. Turnout was just low
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
The results of the presidential race in San Diego County compared to 2020. Trump got about the same number of votes but the Democratic ticket saw a steep drop off. Turnout: 2020: 83.5% 2024: 75.7%
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Matt Stucky @mstucky.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Listening to the VOSD podcast with @seanelorivera.bsky.social and @scottmlewis.bsky.social discussing a similar topic regarding city parking lots. It would be cool to charge market rates for impacted lots and sell $50 resident placards for annual unlimited use, with nonresidents paying full price.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Ooh send me a few
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Anyone know of a good book or essay on how the country could realistically help the many people addicted to opioids get off them? It feels like there’s a lot available about the problem but so little about what possible solutions there are.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I share this and NIN with you
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I decided to read all the post apocalyptic novels. I think I’m through the good ones (do I have to do Left Behind?). I’m watching The Stand (1994) now and is it so bad. I read it straight through. Amazing cast. But they’re like children reading lines in class.
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a bald man in a red shirt is standing in front of a window looking up .
ALT: a bald man in a red shirt is standing in front of a window looking up .
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Is it really a perk? Everyone can ask for donations to their pet causes. But unlike normals, elected officials have to disclose it when it works.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Voice of San Diego’s Beef Week is back. San Diego vs Public Restrooms is first up. Lots of Beeves to go through. It’ll be more like Beef 10 Days. voiceofsandiego.org/2024/11/26/i...
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It’s Impossible to Pee Legally in San Diego
A brief and sordid history of the public restroom in America sheds light on why it’s impossible to take a private piss outside the home.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Wait’ll The New York Times finds out all water is recycled. It’s gonna blow their minds.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Posting is a chore for me. Lost my fire for it. Trying to see about this site.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Looks like Oceanside’s mayor is going to be re-elected. And while Measure E is done, the margin closed and the margin is going to drive them nuts.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Guess we're doing this again. If you're a city politician considering some signaling around the words "sanctuary" don't be stupid. My column from the last time Trump was re-elected. voiceofsandiego.org/2017/02/21/n...
voiceofsandiego.org
Neither San Diego – Nor California – Is a Sanctuary for the Undocumented
Last year, San Diego based immigration officers removed 23,729 people in the region from the United States. More than half were not criminals.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
What’s Thursday?
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I probably should rethink the trajectory I’m on if this is destined to be my legacy but whatever gets the donations, amirite?
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
It appears the bulk (43,000) of the remaining ballots are conditional voter registration ballots, which require significant verification steps ... but still.
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Scott Lewis @scottmlewis.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Is that East County or North County?
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