A worthwhile photo slideshow on this day… WTC Photos
REPUBLICANS RETAKE STATUS AS LARGEST PARTY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY
From the local GOP… IT’S NOT THE “LEFT COAST” ANY MORE: REPUBLICANS RETAKE STATUS AS LARGEST PARTY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY Democrats lose control in America’s fifth largest county as Republicans surge in voter registration SAN DIEGO — In the latest sign of a Republican Party on the rise in California, Republicans surged past Democrats last month to become the largest …
NEWS 8: Audio recording captures scuffle with county planning commissioner
From KFMB Channel 8… An East County community activist is accusing a county planning commissioner of assaulting her after a public meeting last week. The activist recorded the entire confrontation with a digital audio recorder she uses to record the hearings. The confrontation happened Friday in Kearny Mesa right after the county planning commission meeting had ended. Fifty-one-year-old Planning Commissioner David …
Anderson’s IOU Bill Passes Senate
From Assemblyman Joel Anderson… Dear Friend, Thank you! At a time when many citizens think their Legislators in Sacramento don’t listen, your voices were heard loud and clear. Just minutes ago, with the help of you and 2,561 California citizens that submitted a letter of support, AB 1506 – the common sense taxpayer protection bill that forces the state to …
Local GOP burglarized during convention
From the Republican Party… SAN DIEGO REPUBLICANS’ OFFICE BURGLARIZED DURING STATE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION County Republican headquarters targeted for theft as Republican delegates met FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, AUGUST 23rd SAN DIEGO – As Republican delegates from throughout California met in San Diego for the state GOP convention, the offices of the Republican Party of San Diego County were burglarized and a …
News Room: Prop D challenged by Rider, Cicero
From SD News Room… Five provisions of Proposition D, the San Diego sales tax increase, were challenged in court Thursday with a lawsuit filed by Richard Rider, chairman of the San Diego Tax Fighters, and political activist Stephen Cicero. The proposition calls for a half-cent tax increase once the following benchmarks are accomplished: * eliminating retirement offsets for elected officials …
SurveyUSA: 66% oppose sales tax increase in San Diego
Thanks to Vince Vasquez for the tip. To quote Vince from his Twitter post, “SurveyUSA polling data shows 66% of San Diegans oppose sales tax hike, even when tied to vague promises of reform.” See the poll results
Coalition Letter to Mayor Sanders, Re: Sales Tax Ballot Proposal
REFORM BEFORE REVENUE COALITION Asian Business Association of San Diego Republican Party of San Diego County Building Industry Association – San Diego San Diego County Apartment Association California Restaurant Association San Diego County Taxpayers Association Neighborhood Market Association San Diego Tax Fighters Lincoln Club of San Diego County July 29, 2010 Honorable Mayor Jerry Sanders Honorable City Councilmembers City of …
City of San Diego moves headlong toward “something”
Voice reporter Liam Dillon is literally camped out at SD City Hall. From Voice of SD… City Sets Emergency Financial Meeting; Frye and Mayor to Present Joint Proposal? The San Diego City Council will meet Friday morning at 10 a.m. to discuss City Councilwoman Donna Frye’s proposed ballot measure linking a sales tax increase to a series of cost-cutting reforms. …
Taxpayers Are From Mars, Unions Are From Venus
The following commentary by San Diego Republican Party Chairman Tony Krvaric appears today on the FlashReport… In San Diego, like everywhere, the appetite of public employee unions for higher taxes is insatiable San Diego has some unique attributes – most notably our near-perfect weather – it’s no different than many other cities in at least one notable respect; when times …
Site Problems
Due to technical difficulties beyond the control of simple Luddites like those of us at SD Rostra, the website was down this morning. We are also working to correct the slow downloading and posting issues many of you have noted over the last several days. We apologize for the problems.
FlashReport: Salas Concedes to Vargas
From: @FlashReport Sent: Jul 21, 2010 10:11p **Breaking News** Moments ago Salas called Vargas and conceded the 40th SD Dem Primary. The recount is over! sent via UberTwitter On Twitter: http://twitter.com/FlashReport/status/19230531413 Read additional comments from Jim Sills’ prior post this evening: http://sdrostra.com/?p=6789&cpage=1#comment-58669
IVP “Cartoon” and Resulting FlashReport Column cause Stir
Barry Jantz column from yesterday about Imperial Valley Press cartoon depicting Nick Popaditch… http://www.flashreport.org/blog.php?postID=2010071211113461 Dianne Bell column today… http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jul/13/celebrity-chef-still-needs-id/ LA Times: Bob Filner criticizes cartoon… http://tinyurl.com/2b56gh9 Imperial Valley Press apology… http://www.ivpressonline.com/articles/2010/07/13/our_opinion/ed01_07-13-10.txt
Legal Barriers and Costs Prohibit Full Count of Competition Ballot Signatures
Carl DeMaio ends effort…for now: DeMaio Pledges to Continue Campaign to Reform City Finances SAN DIEGO – The campaign supporting the “Competition and Transparency in City Contracting” Initiative today announced that after seeking extensive legal counsel it will not pursue a full hand count of all signatures submitted for qualification. The decision was made after receiving a letter late yesterday …
Taxpayers Association: No Sales Tax in City of San Diego
Just in from SDCTA… SDCTA Denounces Sales Tax Proposal by City of San Diego Association urges reform before revenue and full implementation of managed competition The San Diego County Taxpayers Association will testify in opposition Thursday against an increase to the sales tax or business tax in the City of San Diego. The discussion is scheduled on tonight’s agenda of …
DeMaio Requests Full Count
See attachment. Here is the text… June 30, 2010 Liz Maland, City Clerk City of San Diego 202 C Street San Diego, CA 92101-4806 Dear Ms. Maland: Please accept this letter as a formal request to challenge the determination of the Registrar of Voters regarding the sufficiency of signatures submitted under the Competition & Transparency in City Contracting Initiative. This …
Brian Jones’ Mail in AD 77
Click below to see four examples of the mail used by the Brian Jones campaign to win the GOP primary to succeed Joel Anderson in the conservative 77th Assembly District… Jones 1 – Conservative Track Record Jones 2 – Santee Firefighters Jones 3 – We Must Control the Border Jones 4 – Had Enough – Don’t Believe Smears Here is …
CityBeat: Election post-mortem
Read yesterday’s take by SD CityBeat’s Kelly Davis on Tuesday night’s live blogging effort, which included participation by Rostrafarians Gayle Falkenthal and Barry Jantz… Last night, CityBeat tried something new: “live blogging” from election central and the W Hotel (where the Democratic Party was camped out, due to a labor boycott of Golden Hall). It got a little chaotic at …
Results!
Kudos to SD CityBeat for hosting the live blog last night, and including Rostra. Click here if you want to read the running dialogue between the participants and several guests that stopped by. SD County Results, from the ROV. Sec’y of State, for statewide results… Remember the ROV site above only shows the San Diego votes for governor, statewide measures …
www.sdvotes.com: Live Blogging Election Night with SD CityBeat
TONITE: Check out www.sdvotes.com !!!!!! It’s a match made in … well, San Diego. Rostra is hooking up, so to speak, with San Diego CityBeat for a live blogscan on Tuesday night, starting at 6 p.m. We may be Center-Right, the folks at CityBeat may like to call themselves Progressives, and they may even be full of turds on occasion …
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