Guest Commentary by Michael A. Schwartz While many were out celebrating Cinco de Mayo, more than 200 people again showed up to Carlsbad’s City Council meeting to support Gunther Guns’ indoor recreational shooting range. The first time was back in February, as I previously documented. This time there were a couple more speakers in opposition than February’s lone opponent, but …
Time to stop gambling with our future over water
Guest Commentary by Steve Hunyar As a born and raised Southern Californian, I have lived through droughts, floods, horrible wildfires, earthquakes, traffic, killer bees, Med flies, and more droughts. Did I say I lived through a few droughts? Droughts are a way of life here, and the only difference from one to the next is their intensity and duration. There …
RLC recognizes Assemblyman Brian Jones
Guest Commentary by Jason Jackson Last week the Republican Liberty Caucus of San Diego recognized Assemblyman Brian Jones with its highest honor, the Thomas Paine Liberty Torchbearer award. The RLC is a conservative group that works within the Republican Party to promote the ideals of limited government, low taxes, and free markets. The group recognizes candidates and office holders that …
Felien weighs in for Kern’s Assembly campaign
Guest Column by Gary Felien, former Oceanside City Council Member As you may have heard, my good friend and former Council colleague Jerry Kern is running for the 76th Assembly District. We served together for four years and built a strong record of fiscally conservative policies. We ended deficit spending and passed four balanced budgets in a row with no …
Kern announces for Assembly
Guest Column by Oceanside Councilman Jerry Kern I am honored to have been asked to run as a candidate in 76th Assembly District, which includes the communities of Carlsbad, Oceanside, Vista and Encinitas. As a 40-year resident of North County and third term council member in the district’s largest city, I am thoroughly familiar with all of the communities within the …
The Hunter Doctrine – Leave Europe to the Soviets
Guest Commentary by Jason Jackson This week Congressman Duncan Hunter’s office announced a foreign policy vision that should be of deep concern to conservatives. In his own words, Mr. Hunter believes that America’s foreign policy should be “you go in, you kick a–, you leave.” Mr. Hunter goes so far as to refer to this as the “Hunter Doctrine.” Fortunate …
City Staff Putting the “Bad” in Carlsbad
Guest Commentary by Michael A. Schwartz On February 18, over 250 citizens showed up at a Carlsbad Planning Commission meeting to support small business owner Lisa Gunther with her plan to open an indoor shooting range. She also owns the building that houses her existing gun store on Loker Avenue in Carlsbad. Lisa submitted all the required paperwork to the …
GOP: County Supes’ Folly UPDATE!
Latest from the County Republican Party… Tomorrow, Tuesday, February 3rd at 9 AM three Republican (!!) County Supervisors will vote to drastically curtail the free speech rights of our Party, severely limiting our ability to elect Republicans in general and those in marginal districts in particular. It saddens me to have to call out fellow Republicans Greg Cox, Ron Roberts, …
The Need For Reasonable Limits On Political Party Candidate Donations
Guest Commentary by Supervisor Ron Roberts Former state Republican Party chair Ron Nehring rightly states that “San Diego voters have a right to know who is trying to influence our local elections.” (Commentary, U-T San Diego, January 29, 2014). But his prescription for accomplishing that – allowing unlimited political contributions to be funneled through political parties directly to local candidates – …
U-T Weighs In On County Supes’ Folly and Grassroots Republicans React
From the Republican Party of San Diego County… A quick update on reactions to the County Supes’ decision to curtail our Party’s ability to elect Republicans… 1) Ron Nehring’s OpEd ran yesterday. It’s a must-read: New Rules Unfairly Limit Contributions For Supervisor Races 2) Today the U-T weighed in and called the proposal “naive and doomed to fail”: County Contribution …
Republican Liberty Caucus Recognizes Kathleen Hedberg
Guest Column by Jason Jackson The week before last the Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC) recognized Kathleen Hedberg of the Helix Water Disrict Board with its highest honor, the Thomas Paine Liberty Torchbearer Award. The RLC is a conservative group that works within the Republican Party to promote the ideals of limited government, low taxes, and free markets. The group recognizes …
An Open Letter to CityBeat on Gun Show article
From Michael Schwartz To San Diego CityBeat’s Ryan Bradford, I read your recent article on the Crossroads of the West gun show, held in Del Mar on December 14. The way your half-drunken friends treat pistols makes them representative of gun owners as much as their alcohol abuse makes them sommeliers or enologists. I do commend them for unloading the …
A Response to Carl DeMaio’s “New Generation”
Guest Commentary by Jason Jackson What distinguishes the Republican Party from the Democrat Party is that Republicans build our coalition around principles, while the Democrats build their coalition around identities. The Democrat strategy is to cobble together a coalition of African Americans, Hispanics, single women, gays, and union members and hope that group equals 51 percent of the electorate. That’s …
Senator Anderson is an East County Powerhouse
Guest Commentary by Jason Jackson Two weeks ago Senator Joel Anderson hosted his annual Holiday Gala at Toyota of El Cajon. The event drew over 3,000 people, and served as welcome reminder of the type of support our legislators can earn when they excel at constituent service and vote on behalf of the people’s interests in Sacramento. The event came …
Over 3,000 at Senator Anderson East County Holiday Party
by Guest Party-Goer Jordan Marks Looking all around me I was literally lost in a sea of folks. That description is usually followed by, “I was at a palooza,” “a concert,” or “a street fair,” but for political nerds it was the Senator Joel Anderson Holiday party in El Cajon. Hands down, the Anderson Party is the premiere holiday event …
PoliticalVanguard.com: Winners and losers of 2014
Guest Commentary by Thomas Del Beccaro Here are the Top 10 Losers of 2014… 10. The Yankees. They have spent nearly a half of billion dollars in the last two years and missed the playoffs both years – proving throwing money at problems doesn’t work. 9. Climate Change Mongers. The drought is ending in California and the cold temperatures are …
The Twelve Days of Recount
Guest Song by Derrick W. Roach On the first day of recount the voter gave to me, a ballot marked incorrectly. On the second day of recount the voter gave to me, two over votes and a ballot marked incorrectly. On the third day of recount the voter gave to me, three union thugs, two over votes and a ballot …
Second Amendment activists to County Board of Supervisors: Dealing with an unconstitutional law should be near the top of your priority list
Guest Commentary by Michael A. Schwartz As I wrote a few weeks ago, recent court decisions have made it clear that San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore’s restrictive policies regarding issuance of concealed weapons permits are unconstitutional, infringing on the rights of county citizens. Despite the Ninth Circuit Court’s November 12 decision to not take up an appeal in Peruta …
Court to force Gore’s hand
Guest Commentary by Michael Schwartz A development yesterday in a local federal court case will have far reaching implications when it comes to your gun rights. Peruta v. San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore is a federal Ninth Circuit court case that was brought against the Sheriff for his policies regarding issuing a concealed weapon permit. The law requires that …
An admonition to the winners, from Dennis Hollingsworth
Guest Commentary by Hon. Dennis Hollingsworth, retired CA State Senator To all those succesful, newly elected candidates out there today. Congratulations. No doubt you will field numerous calls of congratulatory wishes. Common among these sentiments will be the admonition to be sure to “Represent all the people now that you are elected.” I will ask you to observe that these …
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