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Assembly District 76 candidate Sherry Hodges has received the local Republican Party endorsement. After she previously narrowly missed reaching the required two-thirds vote needed for an endorsement before the three-way June primary, with the field now narrowed to two, Hodges reached the threshold at tonight’s GOP endorsement session. Hodges will carry the Republican banner against Rocky Chavez heading into the …

Follow up on Steve Gramm’s breaking news in prior Rostra post: From Tony Krvaric… Long-time Republican consultant Tom Shepard today signed on as a consultant for Bob Filner. Yes, you read that right and no, this is not a joke. This is a betrayal of our entire reform effort that so many have been working on for so long. That …

From Republican Party Chairman Tony Krvaric… I wanted to let you know that the Registrar of Voters just posted their latest party registration numbers on their website and they show Republicans having narrowed the gap by several thousand so that we are now only 518 registrations away from “flipping” San Diego County back into the Republican column! San Diego County: …

The California Public Employment Relations Board was dealt a setback today in its legal efforts to halt the implementation of Prop B, the City of San Diego Comprehensive Pension Reform Initiative passed by votes in June. PERB’s motion for preliminary injunction against Prop B was denied by Superior Court Judge Luis R. Vargas. Read the ruling… 7-31-2012 Minute Order re …

Capitol oddsmakers have assumed for months that the 39th Senate District, which covers the urban center of San Diego County, would be easy pickings for Democrats in this year’s election. Maybe not. Read more here

It is with great sadness we let you know of the recent passing of longtime Republican political consultant and fellow Rostrafarian Jim Sills. His sudden death, apparently from heart failure, is a shock to all of us. There is no best way to do this, but in keeping with the spirit of a free-wheeling blog — the kind of forum …

SD Rostra Editorial Read the UT San Diego editorial on state legislators’ abuse of the franking privilege… Abuse of franked mail: Enough is enough Tell you what.  The first Republican legislator from San Diego — or from any part of the state for that matter — that let’s Rostra know he or she will author or co-author a substantive reform measure …

SD Rostra will participate in a live blog discussion on Tuesday night with writers, bloggers and tweeters from — GASP! — SD CityBeat and the OB Rag.  We may have political differences throughout the year, but once the polls close, whatever, it becomes about pure results analysis, not smack. Ok, well, there may be a little smack, but it will …

Here’s a one-stop-shop list of links to all the Rostra posts related to voting recommendations for Tuesday’s primary (in no particular order)… The Lincoln Club of San Diego County Family Voter Information San Diego County Taxpayers Association Republican Party of San Diego County San Diego Tax Fighters Tea Party Perspective from B-Daddy

A common question for voters about Prop B is whether city employees can rejoin the Social Security system. San Diego County Taxpayers Association Vice President Chris Cate explains how this works in a brief video presentation.

From the UT San Diego… Release of ballot tally protested Registrar is making available a running breakdown of party affiliation Written by Ashly McGlone A former city schools trustee filed a complaint with the San Diego County Registrar of Voters Friday over the release of mail-ballot return data. The registrar — upon request — is releasing a daily tally of …