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A year ago I understood the hesitancy on the part of elected officials in San Diego to do anything other than at least appear to pursue efforts to keep the Chargers here. The tide has turned. The team led by Mark Fabiani has either purposely or thru complete PR incompetence forced the average citizen into saying “whatever.” A politician with …

Apply as it fits. But, with apologies to a great band: Now I’ll relate, this little bit That happens more than I’d like to admit Late at night, he knocks on my door He’s smiling big and he’s offering pork Now I know, I should vote nay But, that’s kind of hard when he’s ready to pay I may be …

If you missed the fun a couple of months back, Assemblyman Matthew Harper had his microphone removed by Assemblyman and Labor Committee Chair Roger Hernández during a heated exchange on some now forgotten bill (yes, we remember the incidents, we don’t always remember the legislation). Although Hernández subsequently expressed regret over his heavy-handedness, that isn’t keeping Harper from having some …

Bless Rolling Stone… The Official GOP Debate Drinking Game Rules

Local political watchers generally fall into two camps when it comes to the tenure of the immediate past ownership of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Some believe Doug Manchester and John Lynch at the reins (or reign) was a refreshing return to the paper’s conservative roots, a philosophy that had been lost since the Helen Copley days. They also now fear …

Photo by Gage Skidmore. Some voices from Saturday night’s Lincoln-Reagan Dinner, at which U.S. Senator Rand Paul addressed a crowd of well over 700 attendees… Rostra writer Brian Brady, a leader in the Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC) of San Diego (pictured with wife Debra)… Rand Paul has an appeal which will broaden the reach of the Republican Party. Saturday night …

North County businessman Phil Graham today jumped in the race to replace Rocky Chavez in the 76th Assembly District, while announcing the support of Congressman Darrell Issa. Jon Fleischman of FlashReport this morning has an interview with Graham, in which he stakes his claim as a free-market conservative. The candidate also reached out to Rostra: “As a political junkie who …

I’ll admit. I’ve wanted to use that headline for some time. That is all.

Here’s how a spin doctor does it, albeit very, very badly… Headline: Carly Fiorina breaks top 10 of 2016 GOP candidates in latest national poll Keep in mind there are 11 candidates or so in the race and she’s tied for 10th in the cited poll.

I was at San Francisco International  yesterday late afternoon awaiting a flight and saw the news of the U-T sale, on my phone via Twitter. One doesn’t need the Union-Trib anymore to hear about the Union-Trib. Or, maybe not at all. Real time news is at our fingertips, with the content and parameters of what we want to know easily …

As is my custom the past several years on this eve… 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, …

Word from the Registrar of Voters this morning is that Steve Padilla supporters have called off the balance of the recount in the Chula Vista City Council contest, thus cementing John McCann’s prior win. In the last few days Team Padilla shifted gears from the recount effort to contesting disallowed ballots (see below), then back to the recount, all to …

Update Tuesday 12/2, 4:45 pm… It’s official from the Registrar of Voters. John McCann wins in Chula Vista by two votes. In essence, nothing changed from last Wednesday, as anticipated (see prior update below). Here’s the “final.” I’m not going out on a limb saying that Steve Padilla or one of his supporters — labor or the Democratic Party, for …

Updated Thursday 4:55 pm… With all countywide votes in the hopper, it remains tied. The “final,” same as yesterday: CITY OF CHULA VISTA CITY COUNCIL STEVE PADILLA  18450    50.00 % JOHN McCANN 18450    50.00 % I’ve asked the Registrar of Voters (ROV) for some clarity: What’s the recount process, if one is pursued? One or the other candidate can pay for one? They can …

Some new numbers from the Registrar of Voters, with about 28,000 ballots left to tally county-wide: 52nd Congressional Scott Peters now leads Carl DeMaio by 5,430 votes, 51.44 to 48.56 percent. Since the Friday night update when Peters was at 51.25 percent, 7,871 ballots were added to the total (188,200 counted thus far). Peters received just under 56 percent of …

No, this didn’t go to every high propensity household in Council District 6 with Tony’s name on it… …but it may have Pollie Award written all over it.

You just won the World Series and were named MVP. It’s likely your contract includes significant bonus incentives for each feat, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars on top of the millions you’re already paid even if your team hadn’t made the playoffs. You’ll be listed in the record books. You have a ring and a trophy. You’ve achieved everything …

Didn’t we just do one of these? Or two? It’s that time again! A reminder of the so-called “rules”… Read the questions closely.  No tricks, just read the questions. Send your guesses to info@sdrostra.com ONLY. The Rostra TAs, interns and miscellaneous other rabble are assisting, so don’t send to my email. Do NOT post your answers here. Deadline to submit guesses: …