This morning the anonymous (but great) San Diego Politics Blog picked up on the just-published San Diego CityBeat review of 2005 in politics. I don’t typically go out of my way to find a copy of City Beat, a very left-leaning (heck, socialist) tabloid, but when I run across it I pick it up, at least to see which Republicans they’re bashing that week … and which GOP moderates are labeled as right-wing fascists.
This week’s CityBeat piece by David Rolland, "HEY NINETEEN: Recalling the newsmakers of 2005—oh, how they entertained us," does make for fun reading … as long as you take some of it with a grain of salt.
To be sure, San Diego area politics has most assuredly provided some newsmakers this past year … stripper-gate and Duke Cunningham alone were enough for a mouthful, but then throw in a few other ongoing 
scandals, crises and mayoral elections … there’s enough going on just in SD County to fill most NATIONAL newsmakers’ listings!
Read CityBeat’s list of the area’s newsworthy here.
Then, tell me if they missed someone or why they’re wrong here.