The Public is Being Ripped Off!
Teresa Barth’s letter to the editor in the North County Times on August 05 states that “…there has been a lot of misinformation regarding this issue [drought level 2 vs. level 1] …” And while I agree that there has been misinformation spread, I contend her letter has been one of the sources of misinformation.
Kudos To SD CityBeat On Life Perspectives Article
Due to an investigation prompted by an SD CityBeat expose, the County of San Diego has halted payment of a $20,000 grant to a group on grounds it might use the money for religiously-based activity. The money, and previous grants, was recommended by Supervisor Bill Horn.
This is a great coup for CityBeat’s watchdog journalism. While I’ve criticized CityBeat in the past, and will probably do so in the future, I also think it’s only just to give praise where praise is due.
Just A Few Questions
Excitement flows through the land. Maybe this time, Helpful Hillary will accomplish what nobody ever succeeded in before, a peace treaty between the Israelis and Palestinians. At the expense of sounding like Lt. Columbo, please indulge me as I ask a few simple, child like questions.
1) When two countries sign a treaty, aren’t they both supposed to make concessions? Israel is always asked to give up land. What have the Palestinians EVER been asked to give? All they do is promise to stop killing Jews in exchange for land. And then, a day or two after the promise, terrorist attacks occur anyway. Sometimes they don’t even wait that long. Hamas just shot four Jews this week on the eve of the “peace talks.”
Feds serve Arizona’s Sheriff Arpaio with a lawsuit today
The hits just keep on coming in Arizona, first the federal lawsuit against the state for cracking down on illegal immigration’s SB1070, then the Justice Department sues Arizona Maricopa County Community Colleges and now America’s toughest Sheriff Joe Arpaio is on the receiving end of a lawsuit from the federal government.
The lawsuit filed earlier today by the Justice Department accuses Maricopa County Sheriff Arpaio of stonewalling the federal government with its probe into possible policies that include discrimination against Hispanics.
The Arizona Sheriff’s office has been at odds with federal prosecutors for improperly contacting sheriff’s employees instead of going through lawyers as federal law mandates.
Anchor baby issue solved – a Congressional definition change to the word BORN
With the immigration issue swirling about the country, Arizona being slapped with lawsuits and Mexico drug cartel violence exploding south of the border, many are beginning to have adult conversations about the impact of illegal immigration within U.S. borders.
Every year there are approximately 300,000 to 400,000 children born in America to illegal immigrant parents. As such, the children automatically get the golden ticket – citizenship and all the benefits that come with being an American. Of course babies cannot take care of themselves so their parents must now gain some sort of legal status to care for their infant child.
7,215 Rostra Readers Can’t be Wrong!
The figures are in for August 2010, and YOU were one of 7,215 “unique visitors” to the SD Rostra website last month alone. And since many people block electronic ‘cookies’ as they browse, 7,215 is the MINIMUM figure for SD Rostra readership. The real total is likely well north of 10,000 strong.
So if you were wondering, “Is anyone else listening and pariticipating here?” the answer is a major YES! … And that was in August, a traditionally slow month, owing to vacation schedules. Those 7,000 to 10,000 are leaders, activists and opinion leaders, making a regular impact in San Diego county.
MAYOR LOSING CREDIBILITY BY THE MINUTE
Since joining with labor union owned City Councilmembers to push a sales tax increase, the Mayor appears to be losing credibility at lightning speed in an attempt to somehow justify increasing taxes by $100 million per year.
In just the past week, he’s been continually called out in the media for peddling falsehoods about the sales tax proposal.
First, the most utterly hilarious:
“Our pension payments after 2012 will start going down instead of up.”
Um…not quite Mr. Can’t Get Out of Office Fast Enough, er, Sanders. Voice of San Diego says:
Oh, Universities are Fair and Not Ridden with Leftist Bias!
Taken from NewsReal Blog-September 1st, 2010:
A study recently came out from my university, UC-San Diego, concluding that universities are not ridden by leftist bias. The study notes that campus characteristics—ranging from small liberal arts colleges to large universities—substantiate claims that campus conservatives gloat in their minority status and are quite comfortable with it. Bogus conclusions if you ask me!
Orange County’s “Mr. Republican”, Tom Fuentes, shares leadership secrets and reveals his long-time Ties to San Diego
Last week, Tom Fuentes was holding court in a quiet corner of San Diego’s Republican state convention. For 20 years (1984-2004) he chaired the Orange County GOP, and was arguably the most-influential County GOP chair in California’s long history.
Ronald Reagan, George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson and dozens of congressmen and state legislators relied on both his power and good counsel.
But Tom Fuentes did not want to talk about himself last week. ”Where’d you go to college?,” “What does that flag lapel pin mean?,” “What’s your boss doing?”
The guy who has done everying in politics made each person gathered around him that day feel they were important and worthy of his respect.
REPUBLICANS RETAKE STATUS AS LARGEST PARTY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY
From the local GOP…
IT’S NOT THE “LEFT COAST” ANY MORE: REPUBLICANS RETAKE STATUS AS LARGEST PARTY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY
Democrats lose control in America’s fifth largest county as Republicans surge in voter registration
SAN DIEGO – In the latest sign of a Republican Party on the rise in California, Republicans surged past Democrats last month to become the largest party in San Diego County - the fifth largest county in America and second largest in California.
The latest report from the San Diego County Registrar of Voters shows that within the last month Democrats lost their majority party status as Republicans turned a deficit of -4,850 voters into a plurality margin of +891.
Feds file another lawsuit against Arizona for requiring green cards for employment
In an effort to undermine Arizona’s illegal immigration laws once again President Obama’s Administration through the Justice Department filed a suit against the state’s practice of asking for green cards before they hire immigrants for jobs.
The Justice Department claims that a network of community colleges acted in an illegal manner by requiring noncitizens to provide their green cards before they could begin their employment.
The lawsuit against the Phoenix metro area Maricopa Community Colleges slams the state with yet another distraction while Governor Jan Brewer runs for reelection and tries to get the economy turned around for its residents.
California governor hopeful, Nightingale, to walk from Fresno to Sacramento
California gubernatorial candidate, Chelene Nightingale, an American Constitution Independent, will walk from Fresno to Sacramento in an effort to bring attention to the unemployment and water crisis in the Central Valley region, as well as meet the people of California along the way who are enduring difficult times.
Illicit guns from other countries – not America – fuel Mexico drug war
The battle for Mexico’s heart and soul has risen to the highest levels — not only is the country suffering from an explosive drug cartel battle, but Mexico’s very existence is embroiled in a narco-state clash.
The soul of a country lies within its citizenry and right now Mexico is losing the mêlée to the drug cartels. President Felipe Calderon has embarked on a noble quest and has promised to dethrone the powerful drug cartels from Mexico, yet in the past three years it’s the citizens who have lost 28,000 lives (and counting) to earth-shattering barbaric violence, like beheadings, perpetrated by mafia-type drug gangs.
DHS gets another “no confidence” vote
Mounting pressure from rank-and-file agents at ICE and Border Patrol has led to another “no confidence’ vote over the weekend from the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO).
Recently the unions that represent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border Patrol agents took part in a vote that placed “no confidence” in management leaders of Department of Homeland Security.
The new vote from NAFBPO gives a strong case against DHS and their continued inadequacies in border enforcement. “We strongly believe that with illegal aliens entrenched in every single state of our nation, interior enforcement of our immigration laws is woefully lacking,” said G. Alan Ferguson, Executive Assistant to the Chairman of NAFBPO.
Your Weekend Links
As blog content naturally drops off during the weekend on an all-volunteer site like SD Rostra, we bring you the following political news and blog links as a “portal” for your ease of use during those droughts. If you’d like a link added, please let us know at info@sdrostra.com.
Our Statewide Media Partner
San Diego Media
San Diego News Network – Politics
San Diego News Room – Politics
Alternate Weekend News Links
Here are some added info sources for SD Rostra fans. Batting lead-off is Matt Potter, the best investigative reporter in San Diego… and the best this town has seen since the immortal Harold Keen in the 1960s and 1970s on Channel 8 and San Diego magazine.
SAN DIEGO READER - Matt Potter
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/staff/matt-potter/stories/
NATIONAL REVIEW
http://www.nationalreview.com/
CHANNEL 10 NEWS
http://www.10news.com/news/index.html
HUMAN EVENTS
http://www.humanevents.com/
MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
http://www.mrc.org/public/default.aspx
SAN DIEGO NEWS NOTES
http://www.sdnewsnotes.com/
AMERICAN SPECTATOR
http://spectator.org/
ICE to halt deportations of some illegal immigrants
ICE skirts immigration law and begins to release illegal immigrants who have already been arrested and are waiting to be deported.
A memo from released yesterday by John Morton of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), included a new policy change that could affect thousands awaiting deportation. Morton signed a memo that went out to agencies across the country stating any illegal immigrants who have been charged with deportation have their cases reviewed and be released or absolved of any legal issues with the federal government if they have not committed any serious crime.
NEWS 8: Audio recording captures scuffle with county planning commissioner
From KFMB Channel 8…
An East County community activist is accusing a county planning commissioner of assaulting her after a public meeting last week. The activist recorded the entire confrontation with a digital audio recorder she uses to record the hearings.
The confrontation happened Friday in Kearny Mesa right after the county planning commission meeting had ended. Fifty-one-year-old Planning Commissioner David Pallinger suddenly sat down next to community activist Charlene Ayers. Her tape recorder captured he exchange.
Divorce over, Tiger shoots a 65
Woods Shoots 65 for His Best Round of the Year
Since divorce proceedings often determine a split of monies between spouses based on current income and assets, what are the chances that Tiger’s been tanking on purpose the last few months?
California Governor hopeful Brown slams Whitman in San Diego
California Governor hopeful Jerry Brown slammed his GOP opponent Meg Whitman at a Local UFCW Union 135 member meeting in San Diego. Brown is vying for the state’s top post as a retread. (He served as California’s governor from 1975 to 1983)
Showing up 15 minutes late, Brown received a standing ovation from union employees looking to generate some excitement for the upcoming November election. Brown spoke with his teleprompter in place and took to bashing GOP candidate Whitman right off the bat.
72 migrants murdered by Zeta cartel 100 miles shy of U.S. border
Ruthless Zeta cartel henchmen are allegedly the perpetrators of murdering 72 migrants trying to find work inside the United States; sadly the immigrants fell 100 miles short of their goal and became the latest victims of the warring Mexican drug cartels.
There were 58 men and 14 women murdered by the Zetas. Somehow one migrant managed to live and was able to warn Mexican authorities after the vicious attack.
This incident appears to be the worst killing in the notorious cartel world and creates another perilous obstacle for migrants to consider as they make the long trek into America.
Story behind the story…. our neighbor state of Arizona had a primary election this week, and a state senate contest says a lot about the GOP’s future, there and here.
Businesswoman Lori Klein primaried an appointed GOP state senator in an Arizona district covering north Phoenix and her home town of Anthem. Klein was a leader of Prop. 207, limiting the use of eminent
domain, and described herself as 100% pro Life, pro 2nd Amendment and a foe of new taxes.
Second Lawsuit Filed Challenging Proposition D
This just in to Rostra: the “fiscal impact analysis” prepared for Proposition D, the City of San Diego’s half-cent sales tax initiative is being challenged under California Elections Code §9295 in a lawsuit which alleges that the required analysis provided by the City of San Diego is “not impartial, not accurate, and misleads the public.”
“It’s time the voters are told the truth about this measure,” said plaintiff April Boling, former chairperson of the City Pension Reform Committee. “They should not rely on a flawed and misleading fiscal statement to help them cast a vote on this critically important decision.”
An Amazing Coincidence
Have you ever noticed that when a person tells you their position on one controversial issue, you immediately know their position on just about every other newsworthy topic as well? Eventually they tell you anyway, but the truth is, they don’t need to tell you. All you need to hear is one opinion and you automatically know all opinions.
Let me share some examples: A person who believes in gay marriage also takes the side of the Palestinians over Israel. Now what on earth would one issue have to do with another? They would seem to have nothing to do with each other. As a matter of fact, they are completely unrelated, save for the fact that our Politically Correct friends have a list of items we darn well better believe in.
North County Chamber Opposes Prop D
Adding to a laundry list of small business groups formally opposed to Prop D, today the North County Chamber of Commerce announced its opposition to Prop D. (See below for press release)
Prop D is clarifying what groups stand for real reform and prosperity in our region. Want to add your name or your organization to our growing coalition opposed to Prop D? Contact TJ Zane, or visit www.StopTheSalesTax.com
-Carl DeMaio
Editorial Release
San Diego North Chamber Opposes Proposition D
August 25, 2010
By Debra Rosen, President and CEO, San Diego North Chamber of Commerce










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