from LA Weekly… “If you believe that the NFL’s Chargers and Raiders are coming to town in order to share a $1.7 billion stadium in Carson, you might also be interested in our all-you-can-eat diet. “In other words, it’s a scam. The NFL has long kept the L.A. market vacant as a way for teams to extract costly stadiums from …
Playoffs? Playoffs?! You kidding me?! I just hope we can even talk!
In case you’ve somehow missed all the fun: Mark Fabiani letter to Mayor Kevin Faulconer… (click for larger images) Faulconer letter to Dean Spanos… (click for larger images) U-T San Diego Editorial… It’s your time to speak for the Chargers, Mr. Spanos
Boxer’s announcement sets up grandson for a job
Politics aside, views of Sen. Barbara Boxer aside, there’s a PR firm out there that should be lashed for this video.
Friday UPDATE… Chula Vista: McCann now leads by 46 votes
Friday 11/14/14 4:25 p.m. Update… JOHN McCANN 18,370 50.06% STEVE PADILLA 18,324 49.94% Only 29 votes were added to the count in Chula Vista today. John McCann earned 13 of them, Steve Padilla got 16. McCann still leads by 46 votes. The reports from Derrick Roach and others observing the process are that the bulk of the additional ballots were …
Fox5: Ed Harris to run “against” someone name “Aktins”
This is what happens when the headline writer can’t read and can’t spell. Read the actual story, not the headline, to see that Councilman Harris is not about to commit suicide against the Speaker. Oh, Rostra linked to the OB Rag story this morning.
Pins and Nothing
Scott Peters just pulled Donna Frye out for a press conference. Supposed blockbuster news. Nothing, other than she is saying she “thinks” there are other victims. In other words, nothing, but the press will have a field day with it.
78th Assembly District: You need to win a battle or two to win a war
We turn to you, the readers. What are your thoughts on the AD 78 race discussed below? The question is posed following a very insightful conversation today on our public Facebook page between a Rostra administrator and Elisa Brent, the campaign manager for Barbara Decker, Republican candidate for 78th Assembly District against Assemblywoman Toni Atkins. Brent posted that Atkins is …
Chula Vista: McCann lawsuit details
The U-T San Diego reported late last week that Chula Vista City Council candidate John McCann filed a defamation lawsuit against the San Diego Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO for a campaign mailer falsely stating he was sentenced for a felony. Earlier this year McCann was the lone remaining member of a Sweetwater Union High School District board of …
Breaking: Poll shows high disapproval for Obama in Peters-DeMaio contest area
Disapproval of President described as “intense” The best weapon Carl DeMaio has in his campaign arsenal may very well prove to be Barack Obama. Survey results show President Obama’s approval ratings extremely low in the 52nd Congressional District, where Republican DeMaio is challenging incumbent Democrat Scott Peters in a nationally watched race. The poll, to be released today by the …
Poll indicates “enthusiasm gap” is favoring DeMaio over Peters
A survey released today by the Republican Party of San Diego County notes that likely voters in the nationally-watched race between Congressman Scott Peters and GOP challenger Carl DeMaio are more enthusiastic about supporting Republican candidates than they are Democrats. The 16 percent margin between GOP and Dem favored candidates, often called the “enthusiasm gap,” is significant in a competitive …
Deal on plastic/paper bag legislation: Another corruption cloud looming over the State Senate
In just under a year, there have been at least four members of the California State Senate arrested for drunk driving, arms smuggling, money laundering, taking bribes, and voter fraud. There have also been highly publicized ethics violations involving cozy relationships among lobbyists and legislators. As if these scandals weren’t enough, we have another potential conflict brewing in the capitol …
Joel Anderson: “Pound sand … and lunch”
From the DC Gazette: State Senator Refuses “To Eat With Tahmooressi’s Captors” Declines Luncheon Invitation Excerpt… (Sen Joel) Anderson declined an official invitation to a luncheon honoring Mexican President Pena Nieto. The reason is simple; prisoner Andrew Tahmooressi. Anderson said in a statement, “I do not have an appetite for foreign officials who deny U.S. citizens their basic human rights. …
Sherman on minimum wage: “It’s a bunch of politicians who want to buy votes”
More from Michelle Moons at Breitbart.
VOSD article on Board of Supervisors candidate Jim Wood: Seriously?
Excerpts from the Ari Bloomekatz story in Voice of San Diego on Oceanside Mayor Jim Wood: (Political consultant Chris) Crotty said he and other advisers had to frequently admonish Wood for his behavior on the trail, especially about commenting on women’s clothing and appearances. “We repeatedly reminded him that it was in fact the 21st century,” Crotty said, “and things …
Nomination for worst mailer of the season…
…or maybe any season. It’s 22 x 22, all in the same font. When you have money to spend but poor advice this is what happens. (click for a larger, even more painful view)
Kashkari goes after Donnelly
Who said the Governor’s race would be boring? Check out the Neel Kashkari website… http://www.timdonnellyfacts.com/ Thoughts, readers? Good move, or could it backfire?
“Merely” campaigning on the public dime in Sweetwater — for Mary Salas
They just don’t get it in the Sweetwater Union High School District — or at least some of them. Maybe they never will. A few years ago, as news about the district’s culture of corruption was first coming to light, one of the stories — broken on SD Rostra — was about the use of public funds to promote then-Board …
The reasoning behind the Ed Harris appointment
The San Diego City Council on Tuesday appointed Ed Harris to serve out the remainder of Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s vacated council term in District 2. Doug Porter at San Diego Free Press wrote a good article outlining some of possible logic behind the selection. The Council was faced with 20 potential candidates to fill the seat for the remaining eight …
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