San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond this morning announced his candidacy for Congress in the 49th District, currently held by Mike Levin. In addition to the video and release below, Desmond told SD Rostra, “Just this week, Levin voted against protecting women’s sports — a move that defies common sense. Women and girls deserve a fair and level playing field, …
Businesswoman and Victims Advocate Kristie Bruce-Lane Announces Her Candidacy for California State Senate District 40
With an open border, skyrocketing crime and out of control taxes, too many families are forced to flee our state. In the State Senate, I’ll FIGHT for a safer, more affordable California.” – Kristie Bruce-Lane, Candidate for CA Senate District 40 San Diego – Businesswoman and Victims Advocate Kristie Bruce-Lane announced her candidacy for the 40th State Senate District, which …
Special Election for vacant Vargas supe seat; How the field is shaping up
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted quickly and unanimously to hold a special election for the District 1 seat recently left vacant by Nora Vargas. From the County News Center… Board of Supervisors Formally Call District One Special Election By Tracy DeFore, County of San Diego Communications Office Jan. 14, 2025 | 1:12 PM The Board …
Steven Malanga: L.A.’s Total Leadership Failure
In City Journal, Steven Malanga writes… “The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles have spotlighted questionable state and local government policies in California that may have contributed to the blazes and left areas like Hollywood vulnerable due to insufficient firefighting resources. Mayor Karen Bass’s budget cuts to the city’s fire department, enacted just months ago amid warnings about the city’s deteriorating …
San Marcos City Councilmember Ed Musgrove announces for Senate
I am thrilled to officially announce my candidacy for State Senate District 40! 2024 has been an incredible year full of successes and I am so grateful to everyone who supported me during my reelection to the San Marcos City Council. Now looking to the future, I am proud to be a candidate for State Senate in 2026. San Marcos …
County Supe officer elections result in stalemate
Barry Jantz wrote the following about two weeks ago, in What the Nora Vargas announcement has wrought… “The Supes have 30 days from the first meeting of the year to elect officers, including a chair, vice-chair, and chair pro tem. It’s typically done at the first regular meeting following the swearing in of returning or new Supervisors, known as the …
Desmond: Why We Must Hold a Special Election
I hope you had a wonderful start to the New Year and were able to spend quality time with your loved ones. As we begin 2025, our County faces a significant decision. Currently, the Board of Supervisors is operating with four members instead of five, following Supervisor Nora Vargas’s resignation. This vacancy presents us with two options: appoint a replacement …
What the Nora Vargas announcement has wrought
The Nora Vargas announcement on Friday that she’s departing the San Diego County Board of Supervisors instead of serving her final term is the biggest local political shocker since … well … since only a couple years ago, when Nathan Fletcher resigned his own Supervisor seat. Not only rare, unprecedented Aside from incumbent County Supervisors either a) occasionally losing re-election, …
Media believe the local GOP fight is real!
It’s hard for us to believe that many in the local media actually think this rift is real within the San Diego County Republican Party. Seriously. Two years ago the local GOP-powers-that-be realized the only way they could look like they’re gaining any ground in the region is to first appear even worse off than reality. “Absolutely everything will be …
Richard Bailey – Fired Up! Podcast
Coronado Mayor Richard Bailey on Trump 2024 Cabinet: Outsiders vs. Insiders William Del Pilar, with Mayor Bailey and Rancho Santa Fe school board members, Jee Manghani and Annette Ross discuss the intricate balance between qualifications and loyalty in Donald Trump’s potential cabinet selections. They also discuss and debate California politics and the disconnect between candidates, policy, and economics. • Explore …
Oceanside Watch Update: It’s close, with early advantage shifting from Keim to Sanchez
Update from Registrar, 11/15/24… In Friday’s update from the Registrar of Voters, Esther Sanchez gained over 56 percent of the added 814 votes. For the first time, she now leads Ryan Keim by a 31-vote sliver. To be very clear, the 56.26 percent the mayor took in added ballots is the highest percentage she’s garnered thus far, indicating Sanchez was …
The ’60s Are Over. We Won!
Never have I been so glad to be so wrong. Writing on this site in the spring of 2023 I argued that the only way for a conservative/populist (Trump or anyone else) to win the White House was through a strong third party showing that would throw the race to the House. As part of this argument, I made the …
Biden-Harris uses federal resources for campaigning
Can someone explain to the American people how President Biden and the Harris campaign are using a huge government email distribution list and tax supported federal resources — meaning the entire Medicare subscription list — to send out campaign solicitations? With Open Enrollment for Medicare around the corner, I want to make sure you’re aware of historic changes to Medicare …
Stop the SANDAG Tax
From San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond… I wanted you to be the first to know that we have officially kicked off our “No on Measure G – Stop the SANDAG Tax” campaign. As a valued supporter, I’m excited to share our first commercial with you. This commercial, which will be featured on social media and streaming networks, drives home …
Reichert says DeMaio threats should be denounced; Voice takes a deep dive into the latest
State Assembly candidate Carl DeMaio is all over the news, while the continued talk of the town in political circles. First below, a letter from GOP activist Amy Reichert. Then, related to the Reichert letter, Scott Lewis’ Voice of SD deep dive into the latest brouhaha over DeMaio at the Republican Party… Open Letter to Current and Incoming Central Committee …
The Guns of…July?
The left’s “any means necessary” approach to stopping Trump has reached its logical conclusion. First, they used the apparatus of the national security state to accuse Trump of being a foreign mole. Then they used the judicial system to charge him with being an enemy of the state. Now Trump will be added to the list of presidents and presidential …
Rethinking the American “Revolution”
Patriot tho’ I consider myself, I am slowly coming around to the idea that the American “Revolution” was more an assertion of the colonialists’ rights as Englishmen than it was a true revolution against the existing social structure. As Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in the 1830s: The English who emigrated three centuries ago to found a democratic society in the …
Prop 8: A Lesson on DEMOCRACY! from the Left
The following is brought to you as a public service from the People for DEMOCRACY! and Other Things Republicans Hate: My fellow American peoples. We’d like to share with you how important DEMOCRACY! is to the future of DEMOCRACY! Despite what Donald Trump says, elections and voting are very important. We especially take elections and voting seriously in California, which …
Grossmont Healthcare candidate questioned over potential campaign violations
A review of public videos and state law show possible campaign violations in the Grossmont Healthcare District race by Steve Puterski COUNTY — An administrative supervisor at Palomar Medical Center in Poway who is running for office is under fire for appearing to have violated state campaign finance laws. Dr. Brenda Miller, a candidate for the Grossmont Healthcare District Board …
The False Narrative of the Conservative Movement
This week is a good time to reflect on what it means (at least what it means to me) to be a conservative in 2024. As someone who came of age politically in the late-1980s, I idolized Ronald Reagan and William F. Buckley and still have posters of both in my home. Each issue of the National Review was a …
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