Walter Mencken

Dec 27, 2024 | sandiegoreader.com | Walter Mencken

Copter Op? “It just doesn’t make sense,” says Clyde Yokel, head of the East County Patriot Association. “The whole point of a drone is that you don’t have to have anyone on board. We get some giant mothership drone coming in over an industrial hemp farm in our backyard, of course we’re suspicious. And with all those ‘mysterious drone’ videos on YouTube these days, of course we’re feeling a little jumpy. Could be the cartels, could be China, could be anyone.

Dec 27, 2024 | sandiegoreader.com | Walter Mencken

Racist attack in North Park after dark North Park resident Leticia Salcedo stands beside the Mexican folk art display she has maintained outside her home for two decades after last week’s fiery attack that left parts of it charred and dead. “I don’t know why people do that,” she lamented. But other people do. “This is all Trump’s fault,” says neighbor Lisa Leftleaner. “He’s not even in office, and already, the hateful racism he espouses is rearing its ugly head.”

Nov 15, 2024 | sandiegoreader.com | Walter Mencken

Keep Palm and Carry On? Spokesman Bob Doubledouble: “We thought about just dropping the fronds as a nod to the devastation being wrought by the South American palm weevil, which is munching its way through the state’s Canary Island date palms. Because everyone loves to munch In-n-Out! But the result was visually depressing. Fire, on the other hand, is exciting, and still reflects the current situation.”

Nov 15, 2024 | sandiegoreader.com | Walter Mencken

Illegals Vote for Felon Voter analysis in the wake of Donald Trump’s election as President last week has shown that he made gains this time around with numerous minority groups, including LGBTQIA+, Latinos, and Blacks. But yesterday, Chula Vista nonprofit The Undocumented Defense Fund announced perhaps the most surprising gain of all: Trump actually won a majority of the roughly 3 million votes cast by illegal immigrants.

Nov 12, 2024 | sandiegoreader.com | Walter Mencken

Another Brick (Suit) in the Wall Every day for eight years, San Diegan Blake Marnell has been wearing a suit made from brick-patterned fabric in order to signal his support for President Trump and what was once his most controversial ambition: building a wall across America’s southern border in an effort to stem illegal immigration. “How good an idea was the Wall?” he asks today.