I might vote for Donald Trump for President because I am an optimist. I have long considered the real problem in this country to be the imperial Presidency. Congress has abdicated its constitutional authority over the past 20-25 years and given the Executive Branch opportunities to seize that power. Trump’s support comes from Republican voters’ discontent with a flaccid Congress. …
Coronado Criminalizes Free Speech
Things you can legally do, in Coronado, with a credit card: 1- Vote for “Canine Mayor” to support PAWS of Coronado 2- Pay the parking meters on Orange Ave. 3- Buy a Navy SEAL a drink at McP’s 4- Pay the Transit Occupancy Tax with your hotel bill at the Del 5- Pay your greens fees at the municipal golf …
#NeverTrump Took On a Whole New Meaning
Things Trump was never going to do: 1- Self fund his campaign 2- Avoid the influence of Goldman Sachs 3- Oppose higher taxes 4- Oppose a minimum wage hike Things Trump will probably never do: 1- Build a wall 2- Oppose gun control 3- Protect lives of unborn children Things Trump may never do: oppose single-payer healthcare. It’s time to stop …
Happy SANDAG Tax & Spend Republican Day
It looks like the SANDAG Board of Directors will vote to approve the SANDAG Sky Gondola Tax for a public vote today. The anticipated scorecard should look like this: City of San Diego: Faulconer (R) NO, Gloria (D) YES County of San Diego: Roberts (T&SR) YES, Jacob (R) NO – Horn voted NO, with Jacob absent. That cancels out the …
Who Knows If There Are Tax And Spend Republicans In Santee?
Can we get some more Republicans to place a pro-SANDAG tax resolution on their City Council’s agenda? We really need to do this to get each and every Republican Council member and Mayor on record about this SANDAG tax. Escondido City Council placed it on the agenda and not one council member voted for the tax. Poway and La Mesa rejected …
La Mesa Unanimously Rejects SANDAG Sky Gondola Tax; Tax And Spend Republicans In Vista and El Cajon Betray Taxpayers
Bravo to the taxpayer champions in La Mesa for unanimously rejecting the SANDAG Sky Gondola tax. You may have seen Councilwoman Alessio and I debating on these pages about procedural points but, when push came to shove, she (and her colleagues) stood up to this horrific tax proposal. Here’s Alessio: The vote in La Mesa was 5-0 against. All council …
Poway City Council Unanimously Rejects SANDAG Sky Gondola Tax
Poway Mayor Steve Vaus deserves praise for raising awareness about the SANDAG tax scheme. He acted on the suggestion to get an up or down vote from the Poway City Council. Last night, Poway rejected the SANDAG tax scheme unanimously. Escondido unanimously rejected the tax a couple of weeks ago. Coronado and Vista have it on their agendas for up …
GASPAR: SANDAG Tax is the Thirty Dollar Frozen Yogurt Cone
I spoke with Encinitas Mayor and County Board of Supervisors candidate Kristin Gaspar today about the SANDAG tax scheme. We are hopeful she can get its support on the Encinitas City Council for an up or down vote– We’d like to smoke out the tax hikers on the City Councils. (FWIW, Kristin Gaspar is opposed to the SANDAG tax scheme). …
SANDAG Tax and Spend Republicans #FeelTheHeat
We warned the SANDAG tax and spend Republicans to vote against putting Proposition X on the ballot: Thus, the Republican Party is the “no new taxes” party. Nationally, we ask our federal candidates to sign a pledge to oppose new taxes. Statewide, we ask our statewide and legislative candidates to sign that pledge. Locally, our standing policy is “no new …
Republican Leaders in San Diego County Endorse Ted Cruz for President
Tonight, Senator Ted Cruz will hold a rally for his Presidential campaign at the Town and Country Resort in Mission Valley. Over 3,000 people have registered to attend, many of whom are local Republican leaders. Senator Cruz has been endorsed by the highest ranking Republican in California, Board of Equalization Member Diane Harkey, Assembly Member Marie Waldron and Assembly Member …
Trump’s Presidential Campaign Looking Like His Business Ventures
I respect Donald J. Trump as an entrepreneur and recognize his strengths; he’s a great start up guy. Trump has had a successful business career by mostly dreaming big, convincing investors/lenders to back up his big dreams, then litigating his long-term equity position after he has to cede control to investors/lenders. Fortunately, business rewards those dreamers for their vision, even …
Smoke Out The SANDAG Tax And Spend Republicans On the City Councils
I have fielded a number of calls in the last two weeks, from Republicans who were upset with my “no new taxes” stance on the SANDAG tax hike. Many elected Republicans didn’t want to have to shoulder the responsibility for this tax hike — they thought they could hide behind the “let the people decide” curtain. The SANDAG staff and …
Changing The Republican Party of San Diego County — Central Committee Elections
I served for three years as a Committee member of the Republican Party of San Diego County (RPSDC), two of those years as an Executive Committee member. After those two years, I wrote a series of posts about the good things I experienced and some of the problems I detected. Three problems I identified were: 1- RPSDC endorsed in R …
Republicans Will be Challenged If They Support SANDAG Tax Ballot Initiative
Let’s start here; the Republican Party is the “no new taxes” party. The glaring reason is well, obvious; the federal, state, and local governments collect plenty of taxes already. The secondary reasons are: governments are horrible stewards of money and they have too much power over our lives. Thus, the Republican Party is the “no new taxes” party. Nationally, we …
Republican Party of San Diego County Should Back Leo Hamel For Assembly
Remember the tea party movement? Way back in 2010, while conservatives were rising up to oppose the Bush bailouts, the Obama stimulus plan, and Obamacare, some people were fed up with the Republican party and re-registered to “decline to state”. Santee Mayor Randy Voepel was one of those guys — Voepel made a very public statement about leaving the party: In …
Republican Organization Backs Leo Hamel For Assembly
The Republican Liberty Caucus of San Diego (RLCSD), a local chapter of The Republican Liberty Caucus, endorsed Leo Hamel’s bid for California Assembly in the 71st District. The Republican Liberty Caucus is a 527 voluntary grassroots membership organization, dedicated to working within the Republican Party, to advance the principles of individual rights, limited government and free markets. Hamel, a successful …
Rocky Chávez Running for Re-election Unopposed Now
Phil Graham is the latest domino to fall. From Joshua Stewart at the Union Tribune: “While my motivation for running for Assembly has not changed, nor my vision for a better California dimmed, 2016 is not my time,” Graham said in Thursday’s statement. “Being part of a divisive and expensive intra-party fight that takes valuable resources away from electing Republicans …
Leo Hamel For California Assembly
We might be saying Assemblyman Leo Hamel next year — that could be a very good thing for the Republicans in San Diego. I met Leo Hamel in 2012 at a Lincoln-Reagan dinner. I knew his name because of his high-profile jewelry business but I had never met the man. During our conversation, I realized that Leo was a libertarian. …
Lori Saldaña Wants To Debate Mayor Faulconer
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer looks to be re-elected to a four-year term, this June, with no endorsed opposition from the Democratic Party. Former (acting) Mayor Todd Gloria opted to run for State Assembly, in a District which wouldn’t elect a resurrected Reagan, and Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins found it easier to intimidate fellow Democrat Marty Block, from running for …
TRUMP: Mi Ricardo Grande
Lincoln. Coolidge. Eisenhower Reagan. Trump.
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