VOLUME 35 / NUMBER 39 SEPTEMBER 28, 2006 R etired American Airlines pilot Barry Martin has been called the best animal tracker in San Diego County. I asked how he first came to be inter- ested in this arcane discipline. A lanky athlete with probing eyes and a cleft in his chin, the 54-year-old Martin told me his interest was born when he was about 9. His family lived on a hill- side overlooking Lake Sammamish, east of Seattle. Their house stood in a clearing surrounded by forest. Not long after the family moved in, Martin and his brother were roused from sleep by their sister, who whispered that two deer were in their back yard. Martin remembers rushing downstairs and sitting beside the sliding glass door that faced the rear of the house. It was dark, but he could make out shapes of a white-tailed doe and her yearling, nibbling grass near the family’s patio. The sky grew lighter, and the sun began to rise. The doe looked up, and she and the fawn began to head for the woods. But she stopped and turned to look straight at Martin. He says it felt as if she were asking him, “Well? Are you coming?” [STORY CONTINUED ON PAGE 26] When L.A. Music Awards Comes to Town – See Blurt SANDIEGO SEPTEMBER28, 2006 SANDIEGOREADER.COM N E W S & F E A T U R E S They See You What has been here? Trackers know. 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I investment officer, David t’s time to jettison “America’s Finest Diego’s largely Republican Soledad,as well as a plan to curtail illegal immi- Deutsch,on its cover.Boomed political domain.A San Diego gration from Mexico,and,for good measure, City”for a new moniker:“The Capital the headline,“Making Waves: State grad who dabbled in a featured a photo ofGeorge W.Bush. San Diego County CIO David of Cognitive Dissonance.”What,you ask, long series of financial According to the stipulation he signed with Deutsch Is Creating a Splash, schemes before hitting the the Ethics Commission,Scott Hart,the Orange is cognitive dissonance? To a the cult members’faithfulness. Using Hedge Funds to Power jackpot with the late Robert County political consultant who put out the psychologist,it’s the acute dis- Addicted smokers are clas- Returns at America’s Top- O.Petersonin their Jack in piece,originally argued that it was a slate mailer comfort you feel when there sic cases ofcognitive disso- Ranked Public Pension Fund.” Richard Silberman the Box hamburger chain, and thus exempt from city campaign-disclo- is a discrepancy between a nance.They know smoking Yeah, he has created a Silberman was one ofRepub- sure laws.But the stipulation says that wasn’t cherished beliefyou have clung is bad for their health,but they splash— like a two-ton boul- lican mayor Pete Wilson’s chiefadvisors.Then true:“The subject mailer did not qualify as a to for years and a new piece of convince themselves that der crashing into a river.As he jumped ship to work for Democratic gov- slate mailer because it did not support or information. cigarettes calm their nerves or the article explains,the county ernor Jerry Brown.Later he married GOP oppose a total offour candidates and/or mea- Depending on your per- keep their weight down,thus pension fund has $1.3 billion city councilwoman Susan Golding,bankrolling sures.”Caught in the act,Hart agreed to pay a sonality structure,you ofits money— one-fifth her bruising electoral battle for county super- $17,000 fine,but none ofthe other players was may react to the painful ofits holdings— in hedge visor over onetime Silberman protégée Lynn sanctioned.Ethics Commission director Stacey new information in a funds,the unregulated, Schenk.It all came crashing down in August Fulhorstsays she has no evidence that any of number ofways:you may secretive,often-offshore 1990 when Silberman pled guilty to federal the donors to the piece,including JeffSilber- set aside the old beliefs, pools ofmoney designed drug-money-laundering charges stemming man,all hardened veterans ofSan Diego’s polit- reject the new informa- for the superrich but now from an FBI sting 18 months previously.A ical-money derby,had the slightest inkling tion no matter how per- being peddled to dice- year later,in the midst ofher first San Diego that the scheme they contributed to was in suasive it is,give your old rolling pension and mayoral campaign,Golding filed for divorce. any way illegal.Sanders himself also pled beliefa new spin,or just endowment funds.By With Silberman still serving out his 46-month ignorance. blank out the whole messy contrast,the state’s con- prison sentence at the federal lockup in Boron, topic.The first course servative pension system his son Jeffwas tasked with Pigging outThe San Diego City Coun- requires courage and the has only 1percent ofits issuing his dad’s apology to cil keeps eating up the freebies,according to second requires stupidity. money in hedge funds. the future mayor:“Unfortu- personal financial filings at city The last two are the The county plunked nately,I was not always truth- hall.La Jolla’s Scott Peters, coward’s way out. about $175million in ful with her regarding criti- who is married to a multi- The theory ofcogni- Amaranth Advisors, cal and vital aspects of my millionaire,got a $150 ticket tive dissonance was devel- which has taken a bath life,and I know I am respon- this January19 to a cham- oped in the 1950s when in natural gas futures con- sible for the changes in our ber of commerce dinner a social psychologist David Deutsch tracts.That $175million JeffSilberman relationship.” thanks to SAIC,the giant gov- observed cult members is a big chunk of the It was the end ofthe line ernment contractor that who believed that a flood would improving rather than imper- $7.7billion portfolio,espe- for the Silberman family’s political career,at Scott Peters among other things has been destroy the earth and the cultists iling their health. cially since there is a question least in public.Dick’s younger son Craig,who criticized by the federal gov- alone would be rescued by Today,a case ofcognitive about how much the county once worked for powerful Democratic assem- ernment for contract irregularities in Iraq. aliens from another planet. dissonance is rattling county will recover. bly speaker Willie Brownand had considered Tom Shepardand Associates — the hardball- When the flood never came, psyches.In recent years the continued on page 8 a run for city council,became a municipal lob- playing political consultant to Mayor Jerry the courageous ones admit- county has been smug about byist.Jeff,who is said to have an interest in the Sanders,the pro-Miramar San Diego County ted they had been duped,but its pension investment strat- Contact Don Bauder publishing world and,according to corporate Regional Airport Authority,and Padres owner most members came up with egy.While the city’s pension at 619-546-8529 or records,once represented Penthousefounder John Moores — gave Peters $100 to attend a a new interpretation:the earth plan swirled down the toilet, [email protected] Bob Guccione,is an attorney who now works San Diego County Taxpayers Association din- was not destroyed because of the county’s was celebrated with his mother-in-law,Pauline Foster,help- ner on May17.Councilman Kevin Faulconer ing to run the family’s far-flung real estate invest- got $125 from the Corky McMillin Companies Neal Obermeyer ment business.His brother-in-law is ex–San to go to the same event.His colleague Tony Young Diego school superintendent Alan Bersin, was paid $66 in food and beverage by the Build- another nominal Democrat who is Governor ing Industry Association to Arnold Schwarzenegger’ssecretary ofeduca- speak at a dinner on May18. tion.Jeff’s most prominent public role oflate Meanwhile,in the Eighth has been as a boardmember ofthe Jewish Com- District,Ben Hueso’s best munity Foundation. friend seems to be Otay Ranch Then on Monday oflast week,Jefffound Company’s Kim Kilkenny. himselfsuddenly thrust front and center onto On January 28,Hueso got a the local political stage.According to a stipu- Building Industry dinner lation filed with the City ofSan Diego’s Ethics Ben Hueso worth $195 from the volu- Commission,Silberman and Foster business ble Kilkenny.Not a registered 06 partner Morgan Dene Olivermade large con- city lobbyist,Kilkenny says he doesn’t have to 0 2 8, tributions to benefit the campaign of GOP register because his company has no business 2 er mayoral candidate Jerry Sandersusing an with the City ofSan Diego.“They are just our b m Orange County political vendor as a diver- good neighbors to the north,”he said during e pt sion.Silberman made his $1000 contribution a recent phone conversation. e S der on July 20,2005.Oliver gave his on July21.Five — Matt Potter a of Oliver’s development partnerships each Re o kicked in $1000.In all,$18,000 was laundered The Readeroffers $25 for news tips published g Die through a political committee called Contin- in this column.Call our voice mail at 619-235- n uing the Republican Revolution.On July22, 3000,ext.440,or fax your tip to 619-231-0489. a S 6 C I T Y L I G H T S C I T Y L I G H T S C I T Y L I G H T S P H O Exodus of the Rich TO G R A P H By Ernie Grimm S B Y JO It takes American eyes a minute to see the E KLEIN signs ofwealth in Tijuana’s Zona Diamante (Diamond Zone),high-end neighborhoods that cling to the hills south ing the street. And other ofdowntown,above the coun- houses,perhaps with more try club and racetrack. desperate sellers,feature five- Nowhere to be found are the by-ten-foot banners tied to front lawns ofSouthern Cal- the railings of second-floor ifornia that stretch back from balconies. the sidewalk.Here in Agua One day in early Septem- Caliente,Chapultepec,Colo- ber,on the main drag through nia Cacho,and other colonias Chapultepec,four houses were ofthe Diamond Zone,houses for rent and two for sale.On sit close to the street,maxi- a block in Colonia Cacho,two Homes in Zona Diamante mizing safer,more private were for rent and one was for back yards.Front yards,which sale.And within sight ofthe that can afford these cars is are growing,he acknowledges change in their job or some- rity and crisis-management lie behind ten-foot walls and main entrance to Lomas de growing.Real residents of that at least a minor exodus thing.Another point is the firm Clayton Consultants says, wrought-iron gates built Agua Caliente hung two For Tijuana,not the people in the from the Zona Diamante is insecurity in Tijuana.It’s very “Authorities state there [were] straight up from the sidewalk’s Rent signs and six For Sale outer coloniaswho are from under way. true that we have a lot ofprob- only 17 reported kidnaps in edge,are usually just deep signs.On many trees and tele- somewhere else,but the 45per- Sergio Otañez,an agent lems with insecurity right the city during the first six enough to park cars inside phone poles fliers were sta- cent ofthe population who are who has sold real estate for now.It’s the reason that many months of 2006.However, the gates.Those cars,luxury pled that advertised real estate real Tijuanenses,they are suc- 25 years in the Diamond Zone, people have decided to cross the Citizen’s Council for Pub- sedans and SUVs,are one hint agents and property man- cessful and growing more suc- says “Five or 10 percent more” the border and live in San ofwealth.Enormous carved- agement companies. cessful every year.” houses are for sale there than Diego.They feel they are a lot wood front doors,stained- The spectacle ofthese signs Forty-two-year-old Ser- usual. more secure there than in glass windows,cupolas,and is a novelty for the Diamond rano leans forward in his chair Serrano is quick to point Tijuana.It’s a fact of life in hotel-scale fountains are oth- Zone,where Tijuana’s older, at a boardroom table in the out that not all ofthe For Sale Tijuana.We cannot hide that.” ers.But alongside the indi- moneyed families have lived chamber ofcommerce’s Zona signs are due to people leav- Asked what he means by cations ofwealth are a grow- with discretion.But are they Rio offices.He’s graying a ing the area.Speaking mostly “insecurity,”Serrano answers, ing number ofsigns that state evidence that upper and upper- touch at the temples.Though in English,occasionally con- “Mostly kidnapping.Yes,it’s se vendeand se renta(“for middle classes are shrinking? dressed informally in gray sulting a translator in the true.The business of kid- sale”and “for rent”). Luis Serrano,president ofthe slacks and a tan Hawaiian room,he says,“People change napping is they go for the money.They try to make a good business by kidnapping people with money and col- lecting big ransoms.It’s a real Luis Serrano problem right now.We can- not hide that fact.We are here lic Security reports that the to serve the people,so we do number is well over 40,com- not hide anything from our pared to 21 in 2005 and seven clients.We understand that in 2004.More worrisome is we can’t lower the number of that this year’s cases have kidnappings by ignoring them. resulted in the death of six So we are very honest about victims following the pay- the risk.But I tell the people ment ofa ransom.Since most that it’s not easy to move to cases are not reported to the the United States.We hear police,other observers esti- from people all the time who mate that the number could changed their place of resi- be as high as four to five weekly. dence to San Diego,then came As a result,many local wealthy back again because the style businessmen have moved to of life is very different,and other Mexican states or across the cost ofliving is very high the border to San Diego.” there.” Though he insists again Hard statistics on kid- that it isn’t an indication ofa S nappings in Tijuana are impos- weakening upper class,Serranoan Lomas de Agua Caliente,Tijuana sible to come by as most are says there are also financial Die g not reported to authorities. reasons for the exodus.“Peo-o R These aren’t the standard Tijuana Association of Real shirt,he’s pressed,polished,and houses.They want a bigger A study by the National ple can’t service the creditea d two-by-two-foot signs hang- Estate Professionals,doesn’t groomed.His hair and com- house,or maybe a smaller Autonomous University of they have on that big house.er S ing from wooden frames in think so.“The upper classes plexion are light enough to house.So they buy a new Mexico concluded that less They have problems payingep te the front yard.Some are dis- are still strong,”he says,“and earn him the nickname güero, house in the same area,and than 10percent of kidnap- the mortgage,so they decidem b creet one-by-one-footers taped getting stronger.Right now which Mexicans apply to their the old one sits empty.The pings are reported.A paper on to sell the house.” er 2 to the inside of windows. you have in Tijuana all kinds fair-haired,fair-skinned coun- other thing is people moving Tijuana kidnapping for ran- Serrano says prices in the8, 2 Some are a bit larger and fas- ofhigh-end cars:Mercedes, trymen.Despite his beliefthat to Mexico City or another som published by the Carls- Diamond Zone run from00 6 tened to the front walls fac- Volvo,Audi,BMW.The class the well-to-do classes in Tijuana state because there’s been a bad-based international secu- continued on page 107 C I T Y L I G H T S C I T Y L I G H T S C I T Y L I G H T S C I T Y L I G H T S C I T Y L I G H T S Over the So it gambles to hit its target. aren’t so ingenious after all and retailers,office buildings,and taxes and fees,neglecting to all over. Prosperity had hedge Bad strategy. go back to conventional stocks, particularly hotels— would point out that the city was reached most San Diego res- Like other pension funds, bonds,and real estate? pay debt service on the bonds. ignoring infrastructure and idents,the author proclaimed. continued from page 6 the county’s has a large The county will now go It was during the giddy basic services. “San Diego has no en- In the article,Deutsch unfunded liability.It has now through the cognitive disso- bull market ofthe 1990s.City In 1997,author Joel Kotkin trenched municipal employee boasted about the county’s become larger.It would be nance that the city has suf- leaders and the Union-Tri- declared in City Journalthat unions with the political might “alpha engine,”which uses larger still ifthe county had fered.Just think about all the bune assured the citizenry San Diego was “a city for the to shape municipal priori- exotic investment strategies not sold those dubious pieces cherished beliefs that have that San Diego was loaded new millennium.”Following ties,”gushed Kotkin.He raved like hedge funds to try to ofpaper known as pension crashed in the last couple of with money and government the 1996 Republican con- how the city was incubating make the portfolio immune obligation bonds in 2002 and years.In 1996,the city was was superefficient. City vention,“San Diego stepped tech and biotech firms — to the usual risks of stocks 2004.What has really become proud to host the Republican employees were granted won- forward into the limelight as neglecting to note that techs and bonds.It’s “the hottest larger is the cognitive-disso- convention,which was to derful new benefits: they a model for today’s urban and biotechs were a small thing around,” bragged nance discomfort ofcounty spotlight its mayor,Susan could retire with both a America — a prosperous, percentage ofemployment, Deutsch to the reporter.Now government— not to men- Golding,ambitious for higher monthly payment and a pot confident big city,perfectly then as now.Ofcourse,this the hottest thing around is tion employees and retirees. office. ofmoney on the side.They adapted to the new infor- encomium was published the seat Deutsch has been Will the county continue to Then came an expensive could purchase years ofben- mation-age economy,”he before the tech wreck that sitting in. plunk 20percent ofits money makeover ofthe stadium for efits for a song,as ifthey had penned rapturously.The pri- began in 2000. The county’s crapshoot- into hedge funds? Will it stick the Chargers,who promised been on the payroll.The city mary cause ofthe city’s suc- And it was published before ing partly results from its big with its so-called revolu- to stay until 2020.In 1998,the won awards for good gov- cess was a “pro-business, reality set in and long-held, ego.It assumes it can make tionary approach and choose electorate voted for a new ernment.National publica- small-government political rosy convictions were shat- 8.25 percent a year on its different kinds ofhedge funds? ballpark.The city would put tions hailed the city for its culture”that had been fostered tered.San Diego beginning in portfolio — high by stan- Or will it confess to itselfthat in $300 million,and sur- low ratio ofcity workers to by the dynamic Mayor Gold- early 2004 went through an dards ofother pension funds. its money-management skills rounding development — population,as well as low ing,whom Kotkin slobbered continued on page 10 W H Y S H O P A T Manufacturer’s Authorized ? 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