From Supervisor Bill Horn after yesterday’s Board of Supes vote. The other Supervisors are free to submit any additional opinions about the vote to SD Rostra… NEWS RELEASE (San Diego) The San Diego County Board of Supervisors by a 3-2 vote today denied a residential, commercial and open space project on the west side of Interstate 15 and northeast of …
Duffy turned down on Ballot Designation
The Union-Trib’s Craig Gustafson just tweeted this… From: @gustafsoncraig Sent: Mar 24, 2010 1:57p Registrar of Voters officially rejects Jim Duffy’s bid to be called “Sheriff’s Lt.” on ballot as he tries to unseat Sheriff Bill Gore. On Twitter: http://twitter.com/gustafsoncraig/status/10997897719 My sources confirm that is the case, although the letter has not gone from the ROV to Duffy as of …
Sheriff Race Fundraising Totals
Just a quick post to show how money is shaping up in the Sheriff’s race. These are from the reports just filed for the period Jan.1 thru Mar. 17: Jim Duffy Contributions: $8,167 Expenditures: $30,009 Cash on Hand: $25,579 Debt: 0 Bill Gore Contributions: $34,550 Expenditures: $33,703 Cash on Hand: $112,829 Debt: $46,070 (all accrued expenses/no personal loans) Jay La …
Wells Endorsed by CRA in AD 77
From Sylvia Sullivan, president of the East San Diego County Unit of the California Republican Assembly… CRA, the conservative volunteer Republican group known as the “conscience of the party,” is pleased to announce its endorsement in the 77th Assembly District. Our endorsement goes to a solid, responsive conservative, Bill Wells, our next Assemblyman! We are thankful for a field of …
Tuesday: Don’t Miss Stopping by Rick Amato’s Fundraiser for King and DuBois Families
From KUSI News… Local radio host puts on fundraiser for Chelsea King and Amber DuBois families The out-pour of community support for Chelsea King and Amber DuBois families have shown just how caring and connected our community is. Rick Amato of The Rick Amato Show on KCBQ AM 1170 in San Diego, was in studio today to talk about a …
Richard Bailey Endorses Bill Wells in AD 77
Richard Bailey has opted not to vie for the 77th Assembly District seat, leaving Brian Jones, Christine Rubin and Bill Wells as the Republicans in the race. SD Rostra received the following from Mr. Bailey… Dear Friends, Campaigning the past few months as a candidate for the 77th Assembly seat has been a tremendous experience. Now more than ever, voters …
Frye Will Not Take on Ron Roberts for Supervisor
After dealing with the pension mess at the City of San Diego, did Councilmember Donna Frye really want to face years of the same discussions at the County? Dave Rolland has the scoop at San Diego CityBeat… http://lastblogonearth.com/2010/03/03/donna-frye-will-not-run-for-county-supervisor/ Any speculation as to another Democrat getting in, with Lori Saldana and Frye now out? Or, does Saldana go into re-entry mode?
CRA Candidate Forum this Friday
From the California Republican Assembly… Dear CRA Members and Friends, You are invited to join us for an informative candidate’s forum featuring the 77th Assembly and San Diego County Sheriff races. Also invited to participate are the 36th State Senate District candidates. Planning to attend: 77th Assembly Dist – Richard Bailey, Brian Jones, Christine Rubin & Bill Wells 36th Senate …
Bill Horn: Ensuring Fair and Open Competition for County Contracts
From Supervisor Horn on today’s County Board action to ban Project Labor Agreements… BILL HORN Supervisor – Fifth District San Diego County Board of Supervisors For Immediate Release Ensuring Fair and Open Competition for County Contracts (San Diego) The San Diego County Board of Supervisors today unanimously approved a recommendation from Fifth District Supervisor Bill Horn to adopt an ordinance …
East County Tea Party this Saturday
From the local GOP… THE [R]EVOLUTION CONTINUES THIS SATURDAY EAST COUNTY TEA PARTY RALLY The winds of change are upon us, and the [R]EVOLUTION is brewing. Here in San Diego county, we are going on offense on a local level where you can participate and make a difference. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20: EAST COUNTY TEA PARTY If you haven’t had the …
Naomi Bar-Lev Considering a Run in AD 76
After prior posts on the Dem matchup between Toni Atkins and Brittany Catton, a possible Republican candidate finally communicates with SD Rostra. (Previous and assumed-again candidate Ralph Denney has not responded to requests from us on his candidacy.) From the fledgling Naomi Bar-Lev campaign… Miss Naomi Bar-Lev is a homegrown San Diegan. She is also a graduate of U.C.L.A. with …
NATIONWIDE TEA PARTY ANNIVERSARY – San Diego, Feb. 27th – with Roger Hedgecock
From the Southern California Tax Revolt Coalition… Join us February 27th as Roger Hedgecock and Richard Rider headline our celebration of the one-year anniversary of the nationwide Tea Party Movement. We will focus on California and it’s roll in 2010, as-well-as host a petition drive for the Citizen Power Campaign and the Reform Call Now. http://www.facebook.com/l/db99f;UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org/ FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=271087863588&index=1 …
Sen. Mimi Walters, Candidate for State Treasurer, to Speak at FRWF
Fairbanks Republican Women Federated Annual Membership Luncheon In honor of Our 15th Anniversary FRWF is proud to host a special guest speaker California State Senator Mimi Walters – Candidate for California State Treasurer Mimi currently serves as the Senate Assistant Republican Leader, Chair of Ethics Committee, Vice Chair of Revenue & Taxation Committee, on the Business & Professions Committee and …
The Rules for Rostra – Part 2
As noted previously, here you will find the general rules for comments: http://sdrostra.com/?page_id=2 Additionally, questions have been asked about whether comments may be removed from a post for other than a violation of the stated rules, such as disagreeing with the author of a post or being someone the author doesn’t particularly like. Let’s make this clear for both the …
The Rules for Rostra Noted Again
Please click on the link for more info, or go to “What is San Diego Rostra?”under Navigation in the upper right-hand column… http://sdrostra.com/?page_id=2
U.S. Supreme Court rolls back campaign spending limits
Big decision today. We’ll post up some links here as they come in… http://www.flashreport.org/blog0a.php?postID=2010012111334941&post_offsetP=0&authID=2005110112071864 http://www.flashreport.org/blog0a.php?postID=2010012111320152&authID=2006111814423192 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/21/supreme-court-sides-hillary-movie-filmmakers-campaign-money-dispute/
Local GOP’s Take on Massachusetts
UNPRECEDENTED WIN SIGNALS REJECTION OF OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S “BIG GOVERNMENT” VISION OF AMERICA SAN DIEGO, January 19 — Recognizing the historic significance of the special election in Massachusetts, local San Diego Republicans today mounted a massive high-tech phone bank at party headquarters in support of Republican Scott Brown and gathered to watch the election results come in. San Diego Republican Party Chairman …
San Diego Hits the Phones for Scott Brown in Important MA Senate Race
From the local GOP… http://www.sandiegorepublicans.org/blog/2010/01/san-diego-hits-phones-for-scott-brown.html Join us on Tuesday 1/19 for a phone bank for Scott Brown, canddate for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts. San Diego Republicans will help make history by getting out the vote for Scott Brown, who – when he wins – will be the 41st vote against Obamacare. Be part of history and join us at …
Fletcher Stops Suicide Attempt
Kudos to our own area legislator. From the SacBee… Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher is a smooth-talking lawmaker – a talent that came in handy this week when the San Diego Republican convinced a man not to hang himself on a downtown Sacramento bike bridge. The Sacramento Police Department confirmed today that two passers-by intervened Wednesday after spotting the man with one …
A Message to SD Rostra from Carl DeMaio
San Diego Rostra Readers: I hope you can make this neighborhood walk to collect signatures for the Competition and Transparency in City Contracting Initiative – so we can bring real change to San Diego city government in the 2010 elections! Details and RSVP below. Please pass on to all your contacts! -Carl DeMaio Signature Gathering Walk With City Councilmember Carl …
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