The Kids are Not Alright Friends, California was once known for having some of the best public education in America. Today, too many parents feel like their children are being left behind while costs continue to rise and accountability continues to disappear. Congressman Mike Levin continues supporting a system that spends more and more taxpayer money without demanding better results …
Congrats SDCWA Ratepayers: You May Soon Be the Owners of a Slightly Used, Underperforming Desal Water Plant
About those water deals… The San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) has been busy making itself a player in the world of western water. In the works for years, those plans are reaching fruition in recent “landmark” deals. Earlier this spring it announced historic, long-term agreements to transfer water to the Western and Eastern municipal water districts, both serving Riverside …
Republicans may be locked out of Governor’s race
If Republicans still submitting their ballots this weekend vote for Chad Bianco, they deserve what they get. With no GOP governor candidate on the ballot in November, Republican turnout will be suppressed, effecting down ballot races across California. The final Emerson College poll has it: 🔵Xavier Becerra 28% 🔵Tom Steyer 22% 🔴Steve Hilton 21% 🔴Chad Bianco 12% 🔵Katie Porter 5% …
Which GOP candidate has the best chance to win as Governor in November? Neither one.
Added Preface 5/19/26… As a result of the below column, posted yesterday, I received a few “hate missives,” which I anticipated. That’s fine. What I didn’t expect was several credible readers complaining that I buried the lead at the end. Frankly, the ending paragraph was nearly a throw away, included at the last minute only to wrap up the piece …
Carl DeMaio Served with Cease and Desist By California Republican Party for Fake Voter Guides & Impersonating Republican Party Central Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 15, 2026 Carl DeMaio Served with Cease and Desist By California Republican Party for Fake Voter Guides & Impersonating Republican Party Central Committee San Diego— The California Republican Party hit Carl DeMaio and the Reform California Voter Guide with a cease and desist letter for distributing fake voter guides that attempt to impersonate the Republican Party: …
Anderson lights fire under County Charter reform debate
The most significant County of San Diego Charter reforms in decades are on the table — and the discussion was just elevated a huge notch. In response to the proposal pushed forward last month by a majority of the Board of Supervisors to extend their own term limits, on Friday Supervisor Joel Anderson unveiled an alternative County reform measure that …
Self-Serving Politicians Want to Extend Their Own Term Limits
In 2010, 68 percent of San Diego County voters did something unusual. You told the people in power to accept less of it. Two terms. Eight years. That was the rule you wrote for us. And you wrote it the hard way. The 2010 measure wasn’t handed down from this building. It was a voter initiative. More than 70,000 of …
Log Cabin members attacked in LGBT bar for being Republicans
You would think that a philosophy of inclusivity would run high within the greater LGBT community. Nope, it’s lock, stock, and barrel group-think at it’s worst, fomented by those with TDS. Read the statement from Log Cabin Republicans San Diego about a Friday incident at Urban Mo’s in Hillcrest…
Fox News covers Lakeside Schools Trustee Hayes saying no to California
“Sacramento politicians continue to put politics before kids,” Lakeside Union School District Board Member Andrew Hayes told SD Rostra this morning. “It has to stop.” This follows last night’s Fox News national story… California school board member refuses to follow state’s sanctuary policies, citing ‘rule of law’ Districts across the state were expected to update state guidance by March 1 …
Opening Day – An Ode to Baseball
Republished from 2019… For many years Rich Galen has produced his twice-per-week bullet-style column, Mullings, his take on the politics of the day. Today he … well … knocks it out of the park, so to speak, with an ode to Baseball Opening Day. Opening Day by Rich Galen Thursday March 28, 2019 NOTE: Let’s take a day off from …
Former Otay Water Trustee and Baja Governor Jaime Bonilla Valdez faces corruption charges
It seems an unlikely political career path. To start in local elected office, then to eventually become a governor? No, that alone isn’t so rare. But to start that path as an officeholder in one nation, then finalize it at the heights of power in a different nation? That’s definitely a rarity. How about getting accused of corruption as a …
CA GOP directs counties to reject candidates aligned with Nick Fuentes and other Nazis
Worth a read. The memo may speak for itself…
Cook Political Report now labeling 48th Congressional as “lean Dem”
Following Congressman Darrell Issa’s departure from the race last week (read all of that action here), the Cook Political Report has now moved California’s 48th District from “toss-up” to “lean Democratic,” while many Dem operatives are concerned that perennial candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar would be a liability in the November general election against a strong Republican. From Politico… “(Cook) notes the …
Armen Kurdian on running for Congress
This Decision Had to be Made Very Quickly This past week brought significant change to the political landscape of San Diego County. For years, I’ve worked to strengthen our communities – partnering with nonprofits, supporting veterans, and improving local government. These developments have created a critical gap, but also a vital opportunity to step up and serve where …
The Desmond Statement on the 48th Congressional District
I’m running for Congress in California’s 48th District, and I couldn’t be more excited — because this community is part of who I am. I’ve spent decades here — not as a politician, but as a dad, a neighbor, and a pilot who built his life right here in San Diego County. This is where I coached, volunteered, and put …
The Issa Statement
Statement by Congressman Darrell Issa Today I’m announcing my enthusiastic endorsement of Supervisor Jim Desmond for Congress – to represent California’s new 48th district. Jim is not only a personal friend, he’s a true patriot, a Navy veteran, a successful businessman, and has a 20-year record of public service. He understands this community, was born and raised here, and will …
No re-election run for Issa; Desmond moves seats
In a somewhat surprising (or not so surprising, actually) turn of political events, San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond, who previously announced he was running for Congress in the 49th District held by Democrat Mike Levin, abruptly yesterday withdrew from that race and instead filed paperwork to run in the 48th District, the seat currently occupied by fellow Republican Darrell …
Public officials don’t belong in locker rooms!
As readers might have seen, FBI Director Kash Patel, a longtime fan of the sport, celebrated in the USA Men’s Hockey Team locker room following the Olympic Gold Medal victory a couple weeks ago. An uproar ensued from many expressing their distaste for the supposed mixture of politics and sports — 🙄 🤣 — while screaming that public officials should …
Desmond: Why I oppose extending term limits and an elected administrator
I want to be up front with you about something happening at the County of San Diego that I think you need to know about. A proposal is being fast-tracked to put a measure on this November’s ballot that would extend term limits for the Board of Supervisors from two terms to three and convert the county’s Chief Administrative Officer …
Dan Walters: How Newsom’s spending binge created California’s chronic budget deficit
Dan Walters provides facts in CalMatters. The kind of facts that can kill a presidential campaign, especially in swing states… “An array of charts buried in the fine print of the state budget, unknown to all but a few fiscal nerds, details what California has collected in revenues and spent over the last half-century. “The current charts in Gov. Gavin …
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