One of the mail pieces in the 76th Assembly race — click for a full size view. Candidates and consultants are invited to send their mail samples our way; we’ll try to post them as we can. We’ll say this once, for anyone that has concerns about mail posted on Rostra, especially if they think it will influence an outcome: …
For shame, John Stahl
Rostra Editorial Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. Since 1934, sacred ground. Yet, to 52nd District Congressional candidate John Stahl, that ground is a mere political prop, a venue for a good camera shot, a place for the dead who served our nation so valiantly to now be served up for the sake of political opportunism. A Hollywood backdrop from which to …
City Journal: The Worst Union in America
from City Journal… by Troy Senik The Worst Union in America How the California Teachers Association betrayed the schools and crippled the state In 1962, as tensions ran high between school districts and unions across the country, members of the National Education Association gathered in Denver for the organization’s 100th annual convention. Among the speakers was Arthur F. Corey, executive …
Texts From Mayoral Candidates: Part IV
We texted the following image to each of the San Diego mayoral candidates and asked them, “What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you see this photo?” ___ Here are their replies: I’m so fortunate…Papa Doug has no idea I’m gay. ___ I used to read that rag but I’ve switched to Voice of San Diego. ___ There’s …
SDCTA Announces Golden Fleece Award Finalists
Dubious recipients revealed at Golden Watchdog & Golden Fleece Awards Dinner May 16 (San Diego) – The San Diego County Taxpayers Association (SDCTA) today announced the finalists for its annual Golden Fleece Awards categories including Metro and Regional Fleeces, and Repeat Offenders. Golden Fleeces are given to government programs/services that exemplify the wasteful, inefficient or downright absurd use of taxpayer …
Rostra’s High Tide
We tweeted yesterday and posted a comment that Monday was Rostra’s biggest day ever, with 1,453 unique visits to the site and over 2,500 individual page views. It’s clearly campaign home stretch. Well, Tuesday we exceeded both those numbers! Over 1,500 visitors browsed 2,768 Rostra pages. Thanks to all of the bloggers, readers, commenters and critics for making this little …
FlashReport: The Romney CA Delegates
Jon Fleischman at FlashReport has the list of the Romney RNC delegates from California… http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/05/08/fr-exclusive-list-of-mitt-romney-california-delegates/ The San Diego portion of the list… Congressional District # 49 DELEGATES Jonathan Bullan Darrell Issa David Jacinto Congressional District # 50 DELEGATES Mary “Lou” Aspell Bruce Thompson Mark Wyland Congressional District # 51 DELEGATES Briana Bilbray Elizabeth Roach Thomas Topuzes Congressional District # 52 …
Nathan Fletcher/U-T Drama: A Recap
The Nathan Fletcher/U-T San Diego split has evolved into a controversy, according to some local news outlets and the newspaper’s executive editor. So we thought we would bring you up to speed. Here’s a quick recap: First there was this from the U-T: The question for Nathan Fletcher: What does ‘move to the middle’ mean? Then this from Team Fletcher: …
Yes on A launches Facebook page
From the Yes on A folks… Yes on Proposition A, The Fair and Open Competition Ordinance for the City of San Diego, has launched its Facebook Page. We encourage all supporters of Fair and Open Competition and Contracts Online to Like and Share our page. Let’s all do are part to help Prop A succeed this election cycle. Please log …
The Mail is Here!
From the Carl DeMaio Campaign: Response from Nathan Fletcher Campaign: Fact Check: DeMaio’s Deceptive Attack on Nathan Fletcher’s Record of Accomplishment Today, the Carl DeMaio campaign dropped a misleading, negative mailer attacking Nathan Fletcher’s record in Sacramento. A check of the facts is below. Click here to continue reading.
KUSI Mayoral Debate Preview with Tony Manolatos
Tony Manolatos weighed in on the San Diego Mayoral Race a couple days ago on KUSI. He worked in a plug for Rostra, which we greatly appreciate. As many of you know, Tony writes a weekly post — THE “Politics & Media Mashup” — for Rostra and serves as our communication consultant. Here is his KUSI segment:
DeMaio wins state GOP endorsement
The California Republican Party board of directors voted just minutes ago to endorse Councilmember Carl DeMaio for mayor of San Diego. Following the local Republican Party’s endorsement, the state party’s support of DeMaio may come as little surprise, especially considering Assemblyman and mayoral hopeful Nathan Fletcher’s subsequent switch to a decline-to-state voter. However, the California GOP’s official position provides an …
Texts From Mayoral Candidates III
The June 5 primary is less than 6 weeks away, so we decided to check in (via text, of course) with the San Diego Mayoral Candidates. We asked: How’s it going? The responses: Nathan was on Page 1 again today. Again! The ethics thing flopped and…did I mention Nathan was on Page 1 again today?! Gotta run. Headed into a media …
Texts from Mayoral Candidates II
After receiving this text of San Diego County GOP Chair Tony Krvaric… …each San Diego Mayoral Candidate sent back the following response: Soldier. Warrior. My best campaigner. Political hack. Bully. My best campaigner. We have no port. There is no port in San Diego! There are no ships down there!! Tony has experience leading a large organization and experience is …
Texts From Mayoral Candidates
To Nathan: I’m still in the lead. #iwillbreakyou To voters: I’m independent. Really! #pickme To his campaign manager: !! Who the hell wrote these talking points? #epic #fail To reporters: I’ve been in office since Nathan and Carl were in diapers. #punks
Fletcher Surges In Poll For Mayor After Dropping GOP
From the Fletcher Campaign PLUS early reaction from the Twittersphere: SAN DIEGO — In a recent scientific SurveyUSA poll conducted by 10News, Carl DeMaio and Nathan Fletcher finish essentially even, with Bob Filner close behind and Bonnie Dumanis farther back. When compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll released 10 weeks ago, there were significant gains for Fletcher, who two weeks ago …
New DeMaio for Mayor video
Carl DeMaio for Mayor video, put together by the Republican Party of San Diego County. Per the party, all content is courtesy of YouTube.
It’s Going to be an Ugly Eight Weeks!
Republican Party Chairman Tony Krvaric has taken a keen interest in who is communicating for Nathan Fletcher. On Thursday, Krvaric tweeted to Rachel Laing: “Just to be transparent, you’re now advocating for Nathan Fletcher in a paid capacity, right?” Laing recently left Mayor Jerry Sanders to take a job as communications director at Public Policy Strategies. Tom Shepard, who is running Fletcher’s campaign, …
The Hill: GOP lawmaker calls for change to how government measures unemployment
From The Hill… A Republican lawmaker is intensifying his push for legislation that would change how the government measures the unemployment rate. Rep. Duncan D. Hunter (R-Calif.) intends to press GOP leaders to move his bill to include the number of individuals who gave up looking for work in the percentage of jobless claims. Should the government measure unemployment with …
9,998 Comments! — Now, 10,000!
Update 6:50 pm… We hit the mark! Republican or Libertarian, or — more accurately — libertarian Republican (note the nuanced difference), Richard Rider is the generator of Rostra comment Number 10,000, with this gem at 3:13 pm: “Filner will present his city pension reform plan as soon as his labor union bosses tell him what it is. And not a …
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