The Central Committee of the Republican Party of San Diego County (RPSDC) is the governing body of the local Republican Party. Every four years, registered Republicans vote for up to 6 members to represent their “District”. Mostly, through attrition or targeted removal by arcane and subjective “rules” enforcement, the voters’ will is overturned to appease special interests. Six years ago, …
Bloomberg v. Trump in November
San Diego Congressman Scott Peters endorsed Mike Bloomberg for President this morning. It’s a crafty endorsement for Peters because Bloomberg is an “outsider” but hardly an “outlier”. Bloomberg was a successful disrputor in the Wall Street information business and built an admirable financial multi0media network. Most recently, Bloomberg served as the 108th Mayor of New York City from 2002-2014. Peters …
Hoops with District 7 City Council Candidate “Holy” Noli Zosa
Noli Zosa knows what it’s like to be the underdog. Most everybody in town is celebrating the Aztecs undefeated basketball season (20-0 as of 1/24/2020), but yesterday, Noli and I watched a young, athletic Toreros team fall for the 14th time this season to Santa Clara University. Noli is an undergrad and law school alumnus of the University of San …
Poway Resident Chris Cruse Questions Charitable Nature of Steve Vaus’ Carols By Candlelight
I think it’s safe to say that Poway activist Chris Cruse doesn’t care for Poway Mayor Steve Vaus. In 2009, when Vaus spearheaded the recall effort of Council Member Betty Rexford, Cruse suggested that he was leveraging his “Carols By Candlelight” website to promote his political campaign for Council: “The website stevevaus.com has a link to recallrexford.com. And Poway resident …
Why Tulsi Gabbard Is The Greatest Presidential Candidate For Whom I Will Never Vote
I admire Tulsi Gabbard. I won’t vote for her; her ideas about government’s relationship to the economy and individual economic choices are statist but I love her non-interventionist message. (Inlookers might look at my first post on San Diego Rostra, and read from there). I admire that she isn’t afraid to be a guest on Tucker Carlson or go on …
Tulsi Gabbard draws a bright line with Trumpian rhetoric aimed at Clinton
Tulsi Gabbard is no libertarian; I get that. But Gabbard is the only Democratic Presidential candidate who is talking about shrinking the footprint of the American military in the world and that is worthy of discussion. Gabbard escalated her feud with Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, saying in a one-minute YouTube video, “Hillary Clinton, Your foreign policy was a disaster …
Darrell Issa is a Pro-Life Candidate for Congress
About nine years ago, I met Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. He came to San Diego and hosted a salon for tea party activists. He spoke about how to operate in an “unfriendly” political environment. For many of us, it was the first time involved in politics. Our ire was directed more at the “Republican Establishment” than President …
The Coup Against President Trump May Work
I will admit that the Congressional impeachment investigation announcement made me worry a bit. I don’t think the President’s actions warranted impeachment but I do know that he isn’t a career politician — his opponents are, and they’re also masters at DC politics. However, when I read that the White House was being denied due process rights and that the …
Deputy Sheriffs Assocation Denounces DeMaio’s Bid for Congress
Which is the most effective endorsement in East County? If you said “The Republican Party of San Diego County,” you’d be wrong; it has a net favorable rating of just 3.6 percent. The Deputy Sheriffs Assocation, with a net favorable rating of 30.8 percent, is the most effective endorsement in East County and it declared war on Carl DeMaio’s bid …
Harkey’s “Bitter Loser” letter highlights DeMaio’s whining campaign strategy
Carl DeMaio’s campaign is getting ugly… and desperate. The big news this week is that two conservative candidates announced they will be running for Congress in the 50th Congressional District: State Senator Brian Jones and Former Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Oversight and Reform, Darrell Issa. Both are formidable candidates with views that align with the district, …
New Movie “The Hunt” Should Win Tons of Awards And Fail At Box Office
Political rhetoric has always been biting but has escalated to vilification since Trump was elected. Traditionally a tool of left-wing commenters, an anonyous commenter, with inside knowledge about a Republican candidate’s Congressional campagn, referred to me and another Pro-Life volunteer as “fringe misfits”, on this blog. I, of course, embrace that moniker. I can laugh at myself and stereotypes of …
#ProduceThePoll, Carl DeMaio
Carl DeMaio announced his candidacy for the 50th Congressional District yesterday and had a banner day in online fundraising. Prior to announcing, Carl had been soliciting support from “misfits” of the local GOP these past few months, citing a NRCC-commissioned poll which suggested that only he could defeat the Democratic opponent. Carl told me (and a few other “misfits” of …
Atkins, Gloria, and Maienschein cannot solve the housing shortage they created
If you are upset by the high cost of housing in San Diego County, throw Brian Maienschein, Todd Gloria, and Toni Atkins out of office. All three sat on the City Council and supported restrictions on development in the earlier part of this century. All three were elected to state legislative offices and all three supported Senator Atkins’ “mortgage tax”; …
Joe Leventhal, is you is, or is you ain’t, a candidate ?
Joe Leventhal declared his candidacy for San Diego City Council on Facebook, November 13, 2018, to replace the soon-to-be termed out Mark Kersey. Well… sort of. Here is what he said: Today, I’m excited to confirm that I will be a candidate for San Diego City Council, District 5, in 2020, and will begin my campaign when I’m legally permitted …
California Senate Democrats Advance Voter Suppression Law
The California Senate, voting along party lines, advanced a bill that requires all Presidential primary candidates to publicly disclose the previous five years of federal tax returns. They tried this in 2017 but (then) Governor Jerry Brown vetoed the bill, believing it was unconstitutional. Current Governor Gavin Newsom is more of a partisan activist than a Governor and the ruling …
Which East County Candidates Want To Keep America Great?
2016 Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump wasn’t an easy pill to swallow for a substantial number of Republicans. I, like many others, was a #NeverTrumper until soon after the 2016 RNC Convention. Even when he won, I was cautiously optimistic (with the key word being ‘cautiously‘ ). President Trump’s first year in office changed all of that. Justice Gorsuch, tax …
Congressman Hunter should probably announce his retirement
I don’t think spending campaign money on booze and cigars should be criminal: “My reaction (if he’s guilty) is similar to my response if he was busted for smoking cigarettes on the beach; an eyeroll followed by a yawn. If Hunter broke these arcane laws, he should probably resign after he is re-elected in November. If he didn’t break these antiquated …
East County Supervisor Jacob Votes To Sue DHS, Border Patrol, and ICE Employees For Immigration Law Enforcement
Your San Diego County Board of Supervisors elected to sue the Trump Administration because of its enforcement of immigration law. Chairman Dianne Jacob led the fight against the DHS, Border Patrol, and ICE employees: The Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 in closed session in February to file the suit, with Supervisor Kristin Gaspar casting the lone vote against. At that …
Dianne Jacob Recruits Vaus To Challenge Anderson. Expect RPSDC to Endorse Vaus
Watch what happens in the Second Supervisorial Race (East County) in 2019. Dianne Jacob is pulling a Pam Slater-Price move and I am betting that the compromised RPSDC Committee will endorse Poway Mayor Steve Vaus — it’s leadership is purging the ranks of Anderson supporters. RPSDC endorsed State Senator Joel Anderson, against Dianne Jacob in 2016. Why would it flip? …
An Irish-American’s Toast To America
The late Princess Grace Rainier of Monaco’s father, champion oarsman, businessman and Democratic politician John B. Kelly, offered this speech to the Society of the Friendly Sons of St Patrick for their 1935 Gala. His words are appropriate for today: On this particular night, my Grandfather was sitting next to me and, as the steaks were brought in, I noticed …
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