Its economic return, he said, realized the hopes around which many cities are built. Eighteen city journalists were to meet in New York and talk about their cities. I was as eager to hear their news as to update them on ours. In snuggly San Diego, we begin finally to look harder into how other cities face, and sometimes solve, crises. Now, from his small Boston office, with the passion of a Pavarotti, he counsels American cities that are wise enough to fret over lost opportunities.
Charming moments mount up in university towns when academic heroes are toasted.
The urge that creates such scenes is not unlike the one you may feel for your favorite childhood schoolteacher. Denise Ducheny is merely a South Bay politician between jobs, relishing her work in public affairs with students at San Diego State and rummaging next year's campaign funds. And all these things are interlocked. No one understands San Diego better than its bicoastal commuters. For some of them, New York is their office.