If you’ve ever been on REDDIT, you might follow ” S*** Statists Say” . What you might not realize is that while Stalin claimed power through revolution, most American statists rise up through the politcal ranks. Dianne Feinstein started as a political appointee on the parole board, Harry Reid was a City Attorney, and President Obama started out as a …
Special Mayoral Election 2013: Winners and Losers
If you went to bed at 8 p.m. last night and just woke up, Kevin Faulconer won the special election for San Diego Mayor by 10 points and Proposition B in Solana Beach passed by a slim margin. As San Diego puts the Filner era behind us, let’s consider who won big last night and who lost: Kevin Faulconer is …
Yes on Solana Beach Proposition B
In only what could be described as a complete failure of leadership for the statists on the Solana Beach City Council, our City is having a Special Election this Tuesday. We will be voting on a ballot proposition to permit Solana Beach citizens to use a City-owned community center. Some background first. The Fletcher Cove Community Center sits on a …
What If You Said, “Screw You. I Quit” ?
What happens when Congress passes a debt limit increase? A group of 535 men and women, most of whom will be dead in 30 years, encumber you to a 30-year mortgage, collateralized by your future tax obligations. Today, that debt is approaching $20 trillion. That’s about $63,000 per person in the United States,enough for a family of four to purchase …
Teachers Union Caught Cheating In Its Support For David Alvarez
Spotted about Noon today, on the Jimmy Durante Blvd fence and the Via de la Valle fence of the San Diego County Fairgrounds. The American Federation of Teachers Guild Local 1931 funded and hung two huge “Alvarez for Mayor” signs along the property owned by the taxpayers of California, in the far northwestern part of San Diego today. That property …
Kashkari: Wrong on taxes and the role of government.
Late to the party, Republican Gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari laid out his plan to the be the “tax collector for the welfare State”. From The Sacramento Bee: When gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari told conservative talk-radio listeners in Los Angeles last week that he would not immediately move to lower taxes on the wealthiest Californians, he suggested his campaign for governor …
Being Pro-Life and Voting to Endorse Pro-Choice Candidates
Regular Rostra commenter “Founding Father” asked me: Your insight and perspective as one who comes from a culture of Life first, while promoting and supporting a Pro-Abortion candidate through the RPSDC (Republican Party of San Diego County) endorsement of said candidate, illuminates what may be the thought process and definitive shift of a core-leadership team within the SDC GOP and …
Praying in Frisco Schools
Leave in to San Francisco to bring things full circle. Guess what educators discovered to be effective in public schools? David Kirp at the San Francisco Chronicle reports that prayer…I mean…quiet time, is working Twice daily, a gong sounds in the classroom and rowdy adolescents, who normally can’t sit still for 10 seconds, shut their eyes and try to clear …
Cities’ Leaders Reject Free Market And Property Rights
Imagine if Governor Brown said “We have to rein in drive through coffee kiosks in California. They pay low wages and we need more upscale coffee boutiques to service high-income people.” Now, imagine that President Obama said, “We necessarily have to raise the price of electricity,” and offered government loan guarantees to alternative energy companies. (Oh wait, he actually did …
Reconfigure the California State Senate
What if California adopted a new way to convene the Senate? What if we adopted a process which was more aligned with our original U.S. Constitution (legislature appointments) rather than the post 17th Amendment process (popular election)? We currently have a bicameral Legislature comprised of 80 elected Assembly members and 40 elected Senators. While both technically represent “the People,” who …
The “Establishment” Republican Party Has Been Served
From the Facebook page of GOP candidate for US Senator in Maryland, Dan Bongino: An open letter to the establishment GOP. I am serving you with divorce papers. For those who are unaware of what happened, the establishment wing of the Party has openly declared war on the grassroots. For those who say this fight is hurting the Republican “brand” …
Electing Kevin Faulconer: Make a clear distinction on fiscal conservatism
The San Diego Mayoral campaign is officially a horse race. Both candidates have locked up their voters with less than 10 percent of the electorate “undecided,” one poll says. Voters have a choice between a moderate Republican and a self-described progressive in the Obama tradition. While those choices may not appeal to movement conservatives, the next Mayor will have a …
The More The (Stadium) Plans Fail, The More The (Stadium) Planners Plan
I’m channeling my inner Reagan in the story’s headline but it bears mentioning that centralized planning bureaus wreak havoc on the prosperity free individuals create. The U-T Editorial Board’s campaign for a taxpayer-funded football stadium offered commentary from retired banker, former mayoral candidate, former Port of San Diego Chairman, and long-time supporter of taxpayer subsidized real estate development, Peter Q. …
The Chargers Should Build a New Stadium
It’s rare that I disagree with the new U-T San Diego editorial board, but it is dead wrong on a tax-payer funded football stadium. This is just a classic example of a wealth transfer and, on moral grounds, I oppose this sort of rent-seeking. The U-T editorial board argues that Qualcomm (former Jack Murphy) stadium is really old. It argues that …
Some Holiday Thoughts
I know a lot of people are outraged that other people chose to work today (Thanksgiving). Many of those upset people, with a sense of unearned moral superiority, started a petition to try to close down the retailers today. We can file this petition into the “busybodies file.” I don’t feel sorry for people who choose to earn a living. …
Kevin Faulconer is Running for Mayor
Councilman Kevin Faulconer is running for Mayor of San Diego, not to eliminate Nathan Fletcher. Let’s let that sink in. Faulconer earned 43.6% of the vote (with 99% counted). Those results are unofficial. It looks like Councilman David Alvarez will face Faulconer in the run off as, at the time I am writing this, he has a comfortable enough lead …
DeMaio Strums the Right Chord With Institutional Investors
Republican Party-endorsed Congressional candidate Carl DeMaio was announced as one of Institutional Investor magazine’s “Pension Reform Top 40”. The article praised DeMaio not only for past work, as author of San Diego’s pension reform initiative but for his proposed federal regulatory reform plan to enable more states and municipalities to reform their pensions. Two important things should be noted: DeMaio …
If you like your car, you can keep it.
Starting January 1, all Americans will be required to own a car. Those who refuse to buy a car will be subject to a penalty. If you are too young to drive, or live in an urban area, you will still be required to own a car. If you like your car, you can keep unless it “changes” (meaning needs …
Reform The County And State Republican Parties
What’s wrong with the Republican Party? Some critics say that our messaging is too conservative and some say that our messaging is too moderate. Some think our candidates are too conservative and others think them to liberal. In my opinion, both views may be correct. California is a large and diverse state and San Diego County is a large and …
UT San Diego Creates Great Opportunities for Media Entrepreneurs
UT San Diego bought more local newspapers today: U-T San Diego announced Friday that it is purchasing eight San Diego County community newspapers from Mainstreet Communications. The deal, which includes the La Jolla Light, the Del Mar Times and the Poway News Chieftain, is expected to close Monday. The sale price was not disclosed. As part of the acquisition, the …
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