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As is my custom on this night for over 15 years… And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, …

A knock-down community fight earlier this year ended with a judge rejecting the State-proposed placement of sexually violent predator Douglas Badger in a Mt. Helix home. Now, the State of California in its wisdom is proposing Badger’s placement in Rancho Bernardo, by the Country Club and up the street from the Rancho Bernardo Inn. See the Sheriff’s Department notice, posted …

Conservative talk show host Larry Elder is suing Secretary of State Shirley Weber in an effort to have his name added to the list of 41 candidates qualified for the September 14 recall election. Here is just one related article resulting from Elder’s press conference this morning, in U.S. News & World Report. For the true political or legal wonk, …

Note: The below article was written Sunday, July 18, 2021, in the morning. See Sunday night updates at the end. The entry of conservative talk show célèbre Larry Elder in the California governor’s recall election last week gave many Republicans and conservatives a rallying figure in what they otherwise saw as a moribund field. The deadline to qualify for the …

Coronado means “crowned one” — in Spanish. Both ironic and terribly sad.

Following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement yesterday of California Secretary of State Alex Padilla as VP-elect Kamala Harris’s replacement in the US Senate, many eyes were on Newsom’s next decision: Who would he nominate to replace Padilla? Some if not many thought it could be local San Diego Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, already announced as a Secretary of State candidate in 2022. …

In one of the tightest — and most exciting — races for a San Diego County Board of Supervisors seat in history, former State Senator Joel Anderson has edged out Poway Mayor Steve Vaus by 282 votes in District 2, a mere one-tenth of one percent of the nearly 290,000 ballots cast in the contest. It’s been a long four …

A couple of updates on two East County races, the closest in the region: County Supervisor Only 716 provisional ballots were processed countywide the last five days. 105 of them, or 14.66 percent, were marked in the District 2 Supervisor race. Joel Anderson got 52, Steve Vaus got 53. Anderson still leads by 283 votes. 7,000 countywide ballots are left …

Over the weekend and into Monday, former State Senator Joel Anderson increased his lead over Poway Mayor Steve Vaus from 156 to 259 votes, as ballot counting continues in the District 2 Board of Supervisor’s race to succeed Dianne Jacob. Nearly 290,000 votes have been counted in the contest, with Anderson slightly ahead, 50.04 to Vaus’s 49.96 percent. With the …

Just a snapshot of some of the closest contests in the region, as the Registrar of Voter’s office continues the count, now slogging through the last 15,000 county-wide ballots, many of them provisionals that take more work to confirm: Only nine votes separate Nancy Orr and Rhea Stewart in the Cardiff schools race. But it’s the top two vote getters …

The nailbiter continues in the contest to succeed Dianne Jacob. Receiving over 54 percent of today’s added count in the District 2 County Supervisor’s race, Joel Anderson increased his lead over Steve Vaus to 135 votes, still just a fraction of the nearly 290,000 ballots cast. Only 584 votes were added in the race, out of about 5,000 ballots counted region-wide. …

Joel Anderson now leads Steve Vaus by 85 votes in the District 2 San Diego County Supervisor’s race, following today’s 5 p.m. Registrar of Voters’ update. Yesterday, Anderson led for the first time, but only by a mere seven votes out of about 287,000 ballots counted. Today’s ballots added 1,064 votes to the mix, with Anderson getting 53.66 percent of …

Update – 11/10/20, 8:10 p.m. (See prior posts below) With 2,078 ballots added today in District 2, the race has flipped in favor of Joel Anderson, who now leads Steve Vaus by seven votes. Seven. To be clear, that’s seven out of over 286,000 cast. You’d have to go three spaces to the right of the decimal point for the …

I realize the below doesn’t take into account registration, turnout, downrace dropoff, or other differences countywide or in Santee itself, but it’s one measurement to assess these things: Santee is about .017 the population of San Diego County. There are 135,000 ballots left to tally, countywide. Proportionally, based on a population calculation alone, that’s 2,295 ballots in Santee. One quarter …