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When does Bob Filner release his pension plan? Next week? In May? Before December? Pick a date and time, and send your guesses to info@sdrostra.com. Whoever gets closest to the actual date/time the Filner plan goes public (meaning, in writing, and released by his campaign), wins Rostra bragging rights. Have a great Easter!

Originally posted April 3… Since San Diego Rostra launched in August 2009, the site has been blessed with 2,794 blog entries and — as of this moment — 9,924 total comments from readers on those various posts. Some blog posts end up with no comments. Others garner dozens, some exemplified by passionate debate. We ask who will be lucky commenter …

After months of delays and promises, mayoral candidate Bob Filner today released his long-anticipated pension plan for the City of San Diego, showing hundreds of millions of dollars in savings over the first three decades of implementation. The document, titled the “Long and Winding Roadmap,” was immediately praised by the local Democratic Party and the San Diego and Imperial Counties …

A press release from LCR San Diego in response to today’s Nathan Fletcher announcement… LCRSD PR Rescind Fletcher Endorsement March 2012

Longtime El Cajon Planning Commissioner Tony Ambrose was just unanimously appointed by the City Council to the vacancy resulting from the recent resignation of Jillian Hanson-Cox.  Ambrose is a Republican. The U-T San Diego will no doubt have additional details soon

We wouldn’t have been aware of it, had the blog entry not linked back to a Rostra post, but we found a piece at something called Down with Tyranny interesting, regarding the Juan Vargas-Denise Ducheny battle for Congress. It ends up pointing readers to the campaign of John Brooks, but even if you happen to believe no one can win …

Following our breaking news post of a couple of days ago showing local Democratic Party survey numbers in the race for San Diego mayor (quickly dubbed the “Bob Filner poll”), SD Rostra has obtained additional internal polling results conducted for Bonnie Dumanis. The survey, completed more than a month ago by Dumanis pollster The Tarrance Group, notes that the “battle …

DeMaio… Raised: $286,313 Spent: $172,881 Cash-on-Hand: $932,354 Dumanis… Raised: $119,409 Spent: $88,441 Cash-on-Hand: $292,938 Filner… Raised: $107,548 Spent: $110,265 Cash-on-Hand: $85,796 Fletcher… Raised: $219,047 Spent: $151,228 Cash-on-Hand: $657,449

In response to last Saturday’s Endorsement Time at the GOP Corral: Mayoral and Assembly Candidates Continue Political Shootout, SD Rostra was contacted on behalf of Carlsbad City Councilmember and State Assembly candidate Farrah Douglas to take issue with the post’s depiction of some of her background, specifically the paragraph regarding a March 2011 Notice of Trustee sale related to her …

CityBeat reports the news. From Dave Maass… http://www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/blog-818-fbi-serves-citybeat-.html

Local GOP Chairman Tony Krvaric’s tweet from yesterday… #lunchtime #plotting #toolsofthetrade #sansheinsoup @sandiegorostra #rpsdc #cagop #tcot http://pic.twitter.com/RBiQLOIH If you don’t read twitter, the included photo tells the story… That’s another recommendation to like us on Facebook.  Our Facebook page… http://www.facebook.com/sdrostra

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If you checked Twitter this morning you would have noticed Carl DeMaio is courting Democrats and Nathan Fletcher is pitching conservatives. DeMaio tweeted a link to an upcoming “Democrats for DeMaio” fundraiser in Hillcrest. Fletcher’s campaign tweeted he would be releasing a plan today that would ostensibly strengthen the pension reform initiative DeMaio co-authored with Mayor Jerry Sanders and Councilman Kevin Faulconer. …

A message from City Attorney Jan Goldsmith… The filing deadline came and went without a candidate challenging my re-election. It is an honor to serve the people of San Diego and a pleasure to work with the men and women who serve in our law office. Thank you for your support over the years. Some of you have been my …

SAN DIEGO REPUBLICANS ENDORSE DEMAIO FOR MAYOR “A track record of advocating for taxpayer centered reform earns DeMaio the endorsement of grass roots Republicans.” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SATURDAY, MARCH 10 CONTACT: TONY KRVARIC   SAN DIEGO — At an endorsement meeting of the Republican Party of San Diego County today, Councilman Carl DeMaio earned the Party’s endorsement. A 2/3 vote …

In between candidate filing deadlines, last minute ballot statement reviews and pending party endorsement machinations, you might think a few people have their (big) egos on the line. Insider baseball, but fun to watch nonetheless! Onward to June. # # # Disclosure:  Thor and his assistant — or his assistants, if more than one — have no professional connections with …

  From FlashReport… by Jon Fleischman Early this morning Andrew Breitbart, a culture warrior on the right and longtime friend of mine and of the FlashReport, passed away from natural causes. He was only 43 years old, and leaves behind a beautiful family (Susie and the four young kids) and an unfinished fight. I will have more to say about …