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  As part of his January 7 Weekend Politics & Media Mashup, Rostra blogger Tony Manolatos wrote: I leave you with this prediction: look for the U-T to carpet bomb the expansion plans for the San Diego Convention Center in favor of a plan that would funnel some of those tax dollars to a new Downtown stadium for the San …

In a partial rebuke to the City of San Diego that will likely have broader implications, a federal court today declared unconstitutional a city-hoped for $1,000 limit on the amount political parties can donate to local candidates, while further striking down the existing prohibition on candidates spending personal money 12 months in advance of an election. In a summary judgement …

If you missed Gayle Falkenthal’s Part 1, The San Diego Rostra Mayoral Debate Drinking Game, please read that little gem here. For those who can’t make it to the debate tonight at the U.S. Grant Hotel  (5 p.m.), it will be on UStream, thanks to some quick thinking and work by the Lincoln Club and San Diego County Taxpayers Association. …

  Mary England, the president and CEO of the La Mesa Chamber of Commerce and longtime member of the Lemon Grove City Council, confirmed today for SD Rostra that she is running for the open 79th State Assembly District seat.  England is the first Republican to enter the race. “As a city councilmember and a small business owner, I have …

As has been my custom the last few years on this night…. 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 …

Nine days after announcing he would, he decided he won’t. La Mesa Councilman Dave Allan said today he will not vie for the 79th State Assembly seat.  “With my family commitments and my dad’s ill health, I’ve decided this is not the right time to run for Assembly,” he said. Allan announced during a city council meeting last week he …

All of the “Changes at KOGO”-related Rostra posts over the last few days, including Jimmy Valentine’s inside info that Roger Hedgecock would likely be departing KOGO for KFMB, culminates in the announcement that Hedgecock is … well … departing KOGO for KFMB. News to Rostra. Not. Jon Fleischman at FlashReport has the press release from Roger.  Read it here. Here …

From the U-T’s Logan Jenkins… “…what has me singing hosannas of joy is the holy war between state Sen. Joel Anderson, R-El Cajon, and Caltrans.” Read the column here.

Most extravagant Cardiff Kook yet. See the photo link. Oh, since Rostra posts are supposed to be political in nature, let it be clear I am not referring to any members of the Encinitas City Council: http://t.co/y67mXmS

A question was raised in a Facebook group yesterday from an East Coaster, regarding the federal debt limit, related to our great State: “Since many in this group are Californians, I am wondering what you are thinking about August 2. Didn’t you go through a “debt crisis?” What happened there? It looks to outsiders like you just keep rolling along…just …

Four years after surviving a crowded primary, then trouncing incumbent Mike Aguirre in the run-off, San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith will seek re-election in 2012. The Goldsmith announcement is not quite the story it was four years ago, admittedly, but newsworthy nonetheless, considering that until now he has made no definitive comment he would run again.  Since taking office, …

It looks as if Donald Trump is now saying Barack Obama’s long-form birth certificate is a fake. Read the news at WorldNet Daily. The wack jobs are very pleased. Those who continue to say that Obama’s eligibility is one of the most serious constitutional crises this country has ever faced, are doing nothing but ensuring they will still be saying …

The hilarity of the conspiracy theorists is without equal. The death of bin Laden must have happened during a full moon. Or the stores were running low on Reynolds Wrap. Okay, so we may not ever completely know what really happened in that compound. But, heck, we may not ever completely know about a host of other things. Hitler could …

Suggested response to Musharraf claiming the US violated his country’s sovereignty… Yes, we violated your sovereignty. We don’t care. You lost any expectation that we would respect your sovereign rights when you denied you were harboring bin Laden and instead played stupid for nearly a decade. You also lost any expectation of the U.S. sharing our strategic plans with you, …

Excerpted from yesterday’s Sunday San Diego at the FlashReport… Nathan Fletcher may have some increased incentive not to be in Sacramento four days a week.  Saturday night he surprised a few folks with his tweet, “2day we welcome Caleb Fletcher to family. Adoption is an amazing blessing, but can come with only a few hours notice.” Baby and family are …

The San Diego GOP’s annual Lincoln-Reagan Dinner is May 26 at the Rancho Bernardo Inn, and Chairman Tony Krvaric and team have pulled out the big guns: Watch the invitation video — A must watch! Sign up for the event here.