{"id":243916,"date":"2025-09-21T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/243916\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T13:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T13:00:09","slug":"city-councils-message-to-unfavored-residents-couldnt-be-clearer-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/243916\/","title":{"rendered":"City Council\u2019s message to unfavored residents couldn\u2019t be clearer \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Re \u201cSan Diego approves $25 minimum wage for most tourism workers\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2025\/09\/16\/san-diego-approves-25-minimum-wage-for-most-tourism-workers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sept. 16<\/a>):\u00a0It appears that George Orwell was correct in writing that \u201cAll animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For those not lucky enough to be deemed worthy of inclusion in the \u201cmost tourism workers\u201d category, as in not employed by the large, evil, exploitative corporations, maybe you can get a job in a restaurant for $20 an hour.<\/p>\n<p>But of course, not all restaurant workers are deemed worthy of that regardless of how hard you work, your responsibilities, professionalism or dedication. Just those that work for the large, evil, exploitative fast food corporations.<\/p>\n<p>If none of that makes sense, it is because you are just not enlightened enough to understand it. You must trust in the wisdom of our sages in Sacramento, and the visionary yet prudent leaders of the City Council. They know best. Do not question this.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Henry Williams, Oceanside<\/p>\n<p>Re \u201cSan Diego approves parking fees for Balboa Park\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2025\/09\/15\/san-diego-approves-parking-fees-for-balboa-park-but-delays-start-date-several-months\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sept. 15<\/a>): I have heard the City Council loud and clear. I will no longer stay at hotels or go any place with hospitality wages. I will no longer go downtown. I will no longer go to Balboa Park. Soon, I will no longer go to the beach.<\/p>\n<p>Time for the city to stop gouging us and start being more responsible with taxpayer money. I refuse to give it any more of my hard-earned money!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carol Jean, Lakeside<\/p>\n<p>Originally Published: September 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM PDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Re \u201cSan Diego approves $25 minimum wage for most tourism workers\u201d (Sept. 16):\u00a0It appears that George Orwell was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":243917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,7281,1269,3549,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-243916","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-letters-to-the-editor","12":"tag-opinion","13":"tag-san-diego","14":"tag-sandiego","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115242416391318067","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}