Faulconer, Cate, Zapf, and Kersey: Making San Diego Unsafe Again

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In case you missed it, Scott Sherman was the only San Diego City Council member to vote against whack job City Attorney Mara Elliot’s request to sue to stop President Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration. Let’s start here: 1- President Trump issued an Executive Order to temporarily halt entry into this country from seven countries. 2- The seven countries were …

Gaspar rolling in endorsements — Faulconer, Chavez, Zapf, Sherman, Kersey, Cate

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Just the last few days… Wednesday, from Kristin Gaspar: “Assemblyman Rocky Chavez made it official with an endorsement of my campaign for Supervisor. “I am so honored to have Rocky’s support. His commitment to public service, distinguishing himself in the Marine Corps and then recommitting himself to public service as an elected official is truly commendable, and I look forward …

Short Term Rentals and the Zapf Proposal

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Single family housing that are used for short-term vacation rentals through web services such as Airbnb or VRBO have gotten negative attention here in San Diego of late.  Even though the complainants point to specific behaviors they dislike, the underlying tone of the discussion is that they don’t like the sort of people who come to America’s Finest City to …

Zapf Raises Over $485,000 For Re-Election to District 2

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  Today San Diego City Councilwoman Lorie Zapf announced she has raised $485,231 for her re-election bid to City Council District 2. Based on the most recent fundraising disclosures due today to the City Clerk, Zapf raised an impressive $159,135 over the two-month period of March 18, 2014 – May 17, 2014. This exceeds the total amount raised by Zapf’s …

Republican Party of San Diego County Contributes to Reform Candidates Lorie Zapf and Chris Cate

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Press Release SAN DIEGO –The Republican Party of San Diego County is committed to real, effective, taxpayer centered reform in San Diego. In support of that change, and the candidates who lead the effort to protect taxpayers and ensure more effective local government, we are happy to announce two recent contributions. Earlier this week, the Republican Party made a $50,000 …

Local Republican endorsements for 2014; Cate and Zapf among those receiving the GOP nod

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See press release below. An early start from the County Party. No surprises at this point, as most of those endorsed during last night’s meeting are incumbents. Taxpayer advocate Chris Cate, running for the open Sixth District city council seat in the City of San Diego, received the party’s early support, a clear statement from the GOP that its members …

Zapf Announces New Committee Appointments

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Today the City Council voted to approve the Committee appointments for 2012. I am honored to serve on the following committees next year: Land Use & Housing – Chair Economic Development & Strategies – Vice Chair Public Safety & Neighborhood Services – Vice Chair Rules, Open Government & Intergovernmental Relations Natural Resources & Culture I am particularly excited to be …

DeMaio, Faulconer, Zapf win 5-3 vote to put Pension Reform on June ballot … They ask Public Help to KEEP it There

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Kevin Faulconer, Lorie Zapf and Carl DeMaio won an initial skirmish to put Pension Reform on the  June 2012 ballot, as per the  115,991 registered voters who signed that petition.  It’s not a done deal yet, however, since the same Union forces who tried to intimidate petition signers with the notorious  “blocking” tactics,  want to delay the vote till November.  In a statement today Carl …

New numbers … Lorie Zapf, Bill Horn, Ron Roberts, Ernie Dronenburg all pulling away! ….. Gallo 8916, Holt Pfeiler 8883 in Escondido…Steve Cooley doubles his statewide lead for Attorney General

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New results issued minutes ago show the Conservative and Libertarian sweep gaining new momentum in the “Big 5” San Diego races. Victory margins all increased with today’s counting for Councilwoman-elect Lorie Zapf [now 1861 votes ahead of Howard Wayne, up from 1672 Friday] , for Supervisors Bill Horn (now 8,819 ahead of Steve Gronke, up from 8,064 on Friday] and …

New Vote Totals ….. Lorie Zapf, Bill Horn and Ron Roberts all pulling away… Holt Pfeiler trails Gallo by 37 in Escondido

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Welcome back to the Real Rostra, election fans! New totals released by the SD County Registrar of Voters in the last hour added 20,000 more ballots to the tabulation of key local election results. Here are a few of SD Rostra’s significant findings: (1) Lorie Zapf grew her lead over Howard Wayne from 1,570 votes on Wednesday to 1,672 today. …

Does Lorie Zapf Hate Cats?

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Well, according to the most bizarre political mailer I have ever encountered, the answer to that question is unknown. The 6” x 11” mailer (which was obtained from a registered Democrat) features a black and white  photograph of Zapf with an elongated nose.  “Vote No on Zapf!” exclaims the header. Below it is a paragraph that is so poorly written, it …

Join Carl DeMaio at a Fundraiser for Lorie Zapf

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“Lorie Zapf is the only candidate who represents real fiscal reform in District 6.” — Carl DeMaio Councilmember Carl DeMaio along with Jerry & Eleanor Navarra, George & Beverly Coles Sherm Harmer, Phil Thalheimer, Scott Chipman Request your attendance at a reception to help elect Lorie Zapf for City Council Thursday, September 23rd 5:30-7:30PM Jerome’s Furniture 1190 West Morena Boulevard San Diego, …

Did Lorie Zapf’s Big victory surprise local Liberals? — Some were Flabbergasted !

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Last week I wrote a column about SD Rostra’s success in correctly predicting Upset victories in June by Juan Vargas and Lorie Zapf. Not very controversial, right? But a writer for a SD liberal publication attacked, saying (A) Zapf’s victory was no surprise, and (B) no one said she would miss the runoff and (C) we Rostrafarians were “Morons”. As …

Lincoln Club Mail for Zapf

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More Lorie Zapf for SD City Council mailers sent over to us; these are Lincoln Club of San Diego pieces… ZAPF1-3884_SD Lincoln Club_DTS_slate 1 ZAPF2-3898_SD Lincoln Club_DTS_slate 3 ZAPF3-3925_SD Lincoln Club Slate 5 ZAPF4-3937_SD Lincoln Club Slate 6 ZAPF5-3951_SD Lincoln Club Slate 7 ZAPF6-3952_SD Lincoln Club Slate 8 To be clear, we will post any mail, regardless of the candidate.  …