FROM #BCLIBREDETAUROMAQUIA
6 San Diego Reader April 21, 2016
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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS By Reader stringers
SDSU The Fight for $15 wages on university’s doorstep “President Hirshman would pay you $2 an hour if he could.” Shortly after 8 a.m. on April 14, approxi- mately 100 people rallied in front of SDSU’s East Com- mons and next to the offices of Aztec Shops in protest of student and other workers’ pay on campus. Many wore red, black, and white shirts that read on the back, “When we unite we win.” Random shouts of encouragement broke out here and there. Speaking through a megaphone in front
Graduate teaching assistant Bo Elder
of the crowd was Bo Elder, a graduate teach- ing assistant employed by the university. After firing up the crowd with condemna- tions of the low wages, Elder led a collective chant: “President Hirshman, you’re no good/ pay your workers what you should.” Elder noted the president’s $420,000 sal-
ary, a figure that drew loud boos. “Presi- dent [Elliot] Hirshman would pay you $2 an hour if he could,” Elder declared. He then marched the group up Aztec Walk to Manchester Hall, where, once inside, they chanted several other slogans outside Hirsh- man’s office. After a raucous few minutes, they retreated to the new Prebys Student Union, where they planned a rally for 9 a.m. Demonstrations started earlier in the
morning outside the McDonald’s on Monte- zuma Road. The protest against the company was part of the Fight for $15 movement,
which also staged rallies downtown and all over the country on this day. In a preplanned move, the university group had come to support the McDonald’s protesters, many of whom returned the favor by following them back onto campus. Fight for $15 started against many major fast-food chains in New York in 2012 with rallies to raise the minimum wage. The movement has since expanded to home- care workers and many other industries and would now include the likes of dormitory maintenance and food-service workers on college campuses.
JOE DEEGAN BAJA
Bullfighting ban back-burnered
Legislature decides not to consider anti-cruelty bill Opponents of bullfighting in Baja Califor- nia waited for hours on April 7 expecting the state legislature to debate and vote on a proposed law that would have outlawed the bloody spectacle, but at the last minute legislators voted to send the measure back to a committee for further study. According to the daily newspaper El
Mexicano, the motion to suspend consider- ation of the bullfighting ban passed on a vote of 12 in favor, 8 opposed, and 2 abstentions. According to La Jornada de Baja Cali-
fornia, the April 7 vote was the fourth time legislators have postponed consideration of the bullfighting ban. The bill’s sponsor, deputy Francisco Bar-
raza Chiquete, who first proposed the ban in 2014, said the measure has been thoroughly vetted by appropriate legislative committees, but its opponents have once again managed to block it. If Baja California were to outlaw bull-
fighting, it would become the fourth state in Mexico to do so, joining the states of Coahuila, Sonora, and Guerrero. According to an April 8 story in La Jor-
nada, proponents of the ban have taken to Twitter in an effort to pressure legislators into approving the measure. The (translated) La Jornada story said,
“Using the hashtag #BCLibredeTauroma- quia, thousands of Twitter users shared
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“It’s not a performance. It’s the body of a bull tortured in the name of art and tradition.”
and mistreatment must not be synonymous with entertainment.” The anti-bullfighting movement has
enlisted the support of several prominent Mexican entertainers and other celebrities, according to the story. A petition circu- lated on the website
Change.org has already gathered 90,000 signatures, the newspa- per reported. Proponents of the ban have speculated
that the latest postponement was approved because of upcoming statewide elections on June 5 in which legislators will be up for reelection, according to multiple press accounts.
BOB MCPHAIL
NORTH PARK/UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS Goodbye, Mr. Chips Palomar Card Club license revoked Last December 9, federal agents led by the FBI raided the Palomar Card Club (also known as Palomar Casino) at 2724 El Cajon Boulevard, alleging illegal operations, book- making, and money laundering. The Reader previously reported on Palomar’s continuing legal problems. The club’s licensees, Donald and Susan
Staats, had been previously investigated by the California Bureau of Gambling Con- trol and were accused of operating with an expired license. The Staats had executed a power-of-attorney that gave their daugh- ter control of Palomar; that action was not allowed under California state law because she was unlicensed.
comments supporting the proposal and against…. Deputy David Ruvalcaba — who sought the suspension of the vote — and also the rest of the legislators who voted in favor of it, considering that animal torture
An “Accusation,” filed by deputy attor-
ney general William P. Torngren, stated in part: “Operating a card room in California is a revocable privilege. Mr. and Mrs. Staats turned control and management of Palomar over to an unlicensed person. Pursuant to the Act and as a consequence of their acts and omissions, Respondents are unqualified for, disqualified from, and unsuitable for continued licensure.” California’s Bureau of Gambling Control
chief, Wayne Quint, Jr., issued an emer- gency closure order after the raid. Kristin Ford, deputy communications director for California attorney general Kamala D. Harris, said on April 15 that “the cardroom remains closed pursuant to the emergency closure order.” Recently, a notice was posted on the door
that informs patrons when they can cash in their chips, even if they missed the April 6 deadline. They can mail their chips to a post office box in Broomfield, Colorado.
The sign on the door of the Palomar Card Club
They must include a copy of their ID and a notarized statement on the chips’ value. The notice states that “Palomar Card
Club is temporarily closed for business. We appreciate the patience of our patrons & employees during this period of closure.” After the December shutdown, the man- ager of Palomar, Naseem “Nick” Salem, was accused of failing to track winners earning more than $10,000 a day” as required, and conspiracy to launder money. Back in October 2011, the San Diego continued on page 14
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