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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.”
Evidence the SD sales tax is doomed
When the San Diego city sales tax was first agreed to this week by the city council, there was a short “Breaking News” piece on the U-T website. The next day there were over 200 comments. But what struck me was the OVERWHELMING rejection of the tax by commenters. Normally there is a hyperactive cadre of government employees commenting away (often on govt time), but they seemed reticent to come out and play on this.
Then today (Sunday 8/8/10) the U-T published seven letters to the editor about the city sales tax increase — ALL opposed. And I didn’t write any of ‘em!
Jerry Sanders: Complete Failure?
First, a very important tenet for me. I do not use the term “RINO” or take shots at someone’s conservative credentials lightly, I cannot stress that enough. Now that we have that out of the way…
Seriously? Jerry Sanders. Seriously, dude? At this point it isn’t “what have you done for us lately”, it is what have you done for us at all.
I mean that in all seriousness. Looking back at the Mayor’s time in office from the beginning until now is anything really better that wouldn’t have been fixed regardless? San Diego certainly hit a rock-bottom a few years ago and could only improve, but has the Mayor done ANYTHING beyond not setting fire to buildings to improve the city?
I welcome comments on Mayor Jerry Sanders’ accomplishments and positive things he has done as Mayor. I honestly hope I am missing something and someone can paint a more positive picture of the Mayor for me, I want to like him, I really do…
RINO Exhibit at City Hall Zoo
As the melodrama surrounding City Hall unfolded this week, one thing became obvious to all observers of city and local politics. Jerry Sanders has shown himself to be a R.I.N.O. (Republican in Name Only) who lacks the ability to lead this city. His commitment to Republican principles has been whispered about for years. This week has shown Jerry to be nothing more than a tax and spend opportunist who is more interested in grabbing money from taxpayers than doing what’s best for them.
Coalition Letter to Mayor Sanders, Re: Sales Tax Ballot Proposal
REFORM BEFORE REVENUE COALITION
Asian Business Association of San Diego
Republican Party of San Diego County
Building Industry Association – San Diego
San Diego County Apartment Association
California Restaurant Association
San Diego County Taxpayers Association
Neighborhood Market Association
San Diego Tax Fighters
Lincoln Club of San Diego County
July 29, 2010
Honorable Mayor Jerry Sanders
Honorable City Councilmembers
City of San Diego
202 West C Street, 11th Floor
San Diego, CA 92101
Re: Reform Before Revenue
Dear Mayor Sanders and City Councilmembers:
City of San Diego moves headlong toward “something”
Voice reporter Liam Dillon is literally camped out at SD City Hall. From Voice of SD…
City Sets Emergency Financial Meeting; Frye and Mayor to Present Joint Proposal?
The San Diego City Council will meet Friday morning at 10 a.m. to discuss City Councilwoman Donna Frye’s proposed ballot measure linking a sales tax increase to a series of cost-cutting reforms. Read more here
Also: Mayor Jerry Sanders and Frye are about to announce a comprehensive financial reform package, San Diego County Taxpayers Association CEO Lani Lutar has told VOSD reporter Liam Dillon.
Follow Dillon’s The Hall Blog for updates all day.
Jerry Sanders Wants a Sales Tax Increase? Bring it on!
Jerry Sanders Wants a Sales Tax Increase? Bring it on!
Prepare to LOSE, Jerry – big-time
Let’s see if I can summarize what’s happening. From a financial viewpoint, the city of San Diego is going down the tubes. Reforms are being blocked by the labor union owned (well, rented) city council. We are a grossly mismanaged city held up to nationwide ridicule – “Enron-by-the-Sea.”
Guest Column by Veritas: Response to Jerry Sanders & the Defense of Gay Marriage
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GUEST COLUMN by VERITAS
Jerry Sanders’ “expert” testimony on gay marriage this past week has sparked within me a deep rage, shared, I’m certain, by many other social conservatives who live in the area. His simplistic, emotional, morally neutral testimony bares all the marks of the intellectually lazy, dishonest, maudlin pablum that characterizes so much of what passes for thinking these days.
San Diego City Taxpayers Need New Budget Solutions From City Hall
This Tuesday, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders publicly released his plan to close the estimated $179-201 million gap in the Fiscal Year 2011 General Fund budget at City Hall. While Sanders’ proposal minimizes the deficit’s impact on residents without raising taxes, it fails to secure the long-term interests of local taxpayers. Why?
#1 Short-term financial fixes are heavily relied upon. Of the $179.1 million in budget-balancing methods proposed in the Mayor’s plan, 54% ($96.8 million) are “one-time solutions.” These solutions include deferring future contributions to budgetary reserves and raiding millions of tax dollars designated for park and library improvements. Marginal, interim fixes like these mask the true size of City Hall’s fiscal crisis from the public and delay the need for more difficult service cuts which may be politically unpopular.
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