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 …
Around the Region: Rodriguez out in Oceanside, Michell blows the whistle, a lefty in Poway, and more
Chris Rodriguez bows out of Oceanside politics Surprisingly to many in local politics, once shooting star Christopher Rodriguez appears to be burning out quickly. Others knew it was bound to happen, citing his obvious hubris and many legal issues. The Reader has the story. ___ “I’m a Whistleblower”; Former SD City COO Kris Michell Confirms She Leaked Ash Street concerns …
Rodriguez announces for Mayor of Oceanside
From his Facebook page… I write to you with a heavy heart and deep convictions surrounding these uncertain times. COVID-19 has unleashed a level of economic uncertainty the City of Oceanside has never experienced. With record unemployment, hundreds of permanent business closures and evolving health orders that restricts the most basic of our constitutional freedoms in an effort to stop …
Oceanside Mayor Jim Wood endorses Diane Harkey for Congress
At an Oceanside Chamber of Commerce event last night honoring retiring Mayor Jim Wood for his years of service, he publicly announced his endorsement of Diane Harkey for Congress. Wood is pictured here with Harkey (left) and his wife Pam. Oceanside is the largest city in the 49th Congressional District, where Harkey seeks to win the seat following the announced …
Who’s schooling who in Oceanside? Or is it whom?
Mass mailing and continuing education gurus Fred Pryor Seminars may be trying to save on postage costs, but we’re thinking some of their joint invitees may not be inclined to share a ride together to class… For those not familiar with the names shown, Oceanside Council Member Gary Felien is the treasurer of the Republican Party of San Diego County. …
Oceanside plays Texas to California’s San Diego – Locate here!
January 14, 2014 Open Letter to City of San Diego Business Owners Dear City of San Diego Business Owner, San Diego is working hard to establish its reputation as an anti-business, anti-taxpayer city. Nothing demonstrates this better than the Linkage Fee, also known as the Jobs Tax; a fee that actually attacks your business and the jobs you create. If …
The Meltdown of Oceanside Mayor Jim Wood
Now that the Tri City Healthcare District Board has cleaned up its act, all eyes have turned to the Oceanside City Council to provide the political entertainment for North County. After the spectacle of last Wednesday’s city council meeting, lets just say Oceanside does not disappoint. Oceanside Mayor Jim Wood had a meltdown at the dais – all recorded on …
Breaking News… Derrick Roach: Oceanside officials engaged in money laundering? — Evidence shows “Team Oceanside” running afoul of campaign finance laws
Guest Commentary by Derrick W Roach (pictured right) Team Oceanside is a political action committee that was formed last September to support the re-election of Oceanside Mayor Jim Wood along with Councilmember Esther Sanchez. Also supported by Team Oceanside is political newcomer Dana Corso, whose voting record was recently called into question, as reported by the North County Times. Wood, Sanchez and …
NCTimes: Kern, Feller and Dykes for Oceanside
From the North County Times… Oceanside has numerous strengths that other cities can only dream about: an oceanfront harbor and the neighboring beaches that abut it; a near-perfect climate; a world-famous mission that draws tens of thousands of visitors per year; a nearby military base that provides a solid tax base. And yet, compared with its neighbor to the south, …
76th AD hopefuls have Debate in Oceanside … Douglas and Chavez split with Hodges on Prop. 29 Tax, Part-Time Legislature
Six weeks to Election Day in the open 76th AD, and North County voters are getting a better view of the three leaders trying to succeed the termed-out Martin Garrick. Thanks to this debate coverage by the Coast News key differences are emerging. Farrah Douglas and Rocky Chavez back a Part-Time Legislature, while Sherry Hodges is against. Chavez and Douglas oppose Prop. 29’s Tax increase on tobacco, …
Oceanside Tax Day Tea Party Set For April 16, 2012
Guest Commentary by Brian Brady If your inner rebel is calling you this tax season, you might want to head up to the Oceanside Pier Ampitheater on Monday, April 16, 2012. Taxpayer advocacy group Stop Taxing Us is hosting its Fourth Annual Tea Party Rally, from 4:55PM until 7:05 PM. Stop Taxing Us is Southern California’s largest tea party group …
Oceanside Airport: A benefit to residents for years to come
Guest Commentary by Ben Sullivan As the article linked below indicates, the Oceanside Airport was left in a state of decay and ruin after years of neglect by the City of Oceanside and some of it’s elected leaders and administrators. The key opponents to any airport improvements were the previous City Council majority of Mayor Jim Wood, Councilwoman Esther Sanchez …
Oceanside City Councilmember Jerry Kern Honored by Builders Group
Oceanside City Councilmember Jerry Kern received an Excellence in Leadership Award for his pioneering support of fair and open competition from the Associated Builders and Contractors of San Diego at its annual Excellence in Contracting Awards on November 17. “We only recognize one political figure each year, and this year the choice was clear,” said Philip Piel, ABCSD Board Chairman. …
Esther Sanchez’ Council Aide Fired in Oceanside? Organized Occupy Event on Friday
After organizing last Friday’s Occupy Oceanside event, rumors are running rampant this morning that Kyle Krahel-Frolander has been fired by Deputy Mayor Esther Sanchez. Neither Krahel-Frolander nor Sanchez could be reached for comment as of this posting, although multiple sources have confirmed the information. It is unknown if Krahel-Frolander’s recent activities with Occupy Oceanside are connected with the rumored dismissal, …
Occupy Oceanside . . . Filling In The Ellipsis
The “Occupy” movement came to Oceanside yesterday. And as with all the “Occupy” movements, the question is, what’s their purpose? A brief preview story in the San Diego Union-Tribune provided this tantalizingly elided quote from an Occupy Oceanside press release: “The big banks, multinational corporations and unscrupulous billionaires … have far more influence on the democratic process than ever intended …
Republican Party of SD endorses Steve Danon for Supervisor, Jerry Kern for Oceanside Mayor, and Jan Goldsmith
At their monthly meeting last night, elected members of the SD Republican Central Committee endorsed Steve Danon (Supervisor, Dist. 3) , Jerry Kern (Oceanside mayor) and Jan Goldsmith (SD city attorney) for election in 2012. This will allow the Party to communicate its support to rank-and-file GOP voters next year. In 2010, the Party went 15-for-15 in priority local government racess …
Jerry Kern will run for Oceanside Mayor … incumbent Jim Wood backed Failed bid to recall Kern in 2009
News from Oceanside Councilman Jerry Kern: he will run for Mayor in 2012. In December 2009, Kern faced a Recall election, largely organized by a public employees union. Mayor Jim Wood backed Kern’s removal…. But with strong support from the Republican Party of San Diego, Mr. Kern won a smashing 63% victory from Oceanside voters, defeating the recall….. OK, that’s the …
Oceanside Mobile Home Rent Control Decontrol Repeal Qualifies For Ballot
Yes, I know it’s a convoluted, serpentine headline. What it amounts to is good news for supporters of rent control for mobile homes, long a hot-button issue entwined with Oceanside’s famously factious politics. Fresh electrons from the North County Times give the details: Enough signatures have been collected on petitions challenging an Oceanside mobile-home rent control measure to put the …
Free Market Ideals call for Amending the Rent Control Ordinance in Oceanside
The Oceanside City Council faces a final vote tomorrow (Wednesday) on a measure proposed by Councilman Jerry Kern that would return free markets to city mobile home parks, thus simply allowing park owners to adjust rents to the market rate only when leasing to a new tenant. Don’t let Councilmember Esther Sanchez and her regulatory, nanny-state minded cronies tell you …
Rostra’s DIANA PALACIOS named top Aide to Oceanside City Councilman Gary Felien ….. Well done, Diana !
As the great Fred Rogers would say, “It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” as we celebrate our own Diana Palacios becoming chief aide to Oceanside City Councilman Gary Felien. This is a superb hire for Councilman Felien, and Oceanside taxpayers, considering Diana’s fine background as an aide to U.S. Senator John Cornyn, and her wide circle of friends in SD County public …
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