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Some Weekend Links… SDUT: San Diego tourism industry update: ‘We’re in a deep depression’ SDUT: Should San Diego have suspended parking violations for another month? SDUT: Gloria says city should investigate leaked, doctored document in NBC7’s retracted story VOSD: Special Emergency Podcast: Ash Street, Ash Street, a Story Goes Down SDUT: SANDAG takes no action on proposed political donation policy …

Below is the press release from Ken Moser. Yesterday, Jesse Marx of Voice of SD did a story on the matter, which may help provide some context. Voice story… Telemarketer Says Another GOP Campaign Was Behind Phil Graham Robocalls – A San Diego man who’s facing a nearly $10 million fine for spoofing political robocalls in 2018 says the family …

From his Facebook page… I write to you with a heavy heart and deep convictions surrounding these uncertain times. COVID-19 has unleashed a level of economic uncertainty the City of Oceanside has never experienced. With record unemployment, hundreds of permanent business closures and evolving health orders that restricts the most basic of our constitutional freedoms in an effort to stop …

Memo TO: Democrats FR: Republicans Subject: Joe Biden Good luck with that. Have a great day.

A smattering of social media comments over the last couple of days from throughout the region (and elsewhere), in no particular order… Benjamin Katz, political software guru… “San Diego’s Golden Hall remains one of my favorite political traditions. Here in San Diego, on election night, everyone joins to together for a single unified celebration of democracy: Democrats, Republicans, journalists, and …

Carla Marinucci at Politico has a nice summary of the fallout over the last few days, including Darrell Issa saying he would demand that local GOP Chairman Tony Krvaric resign. LOS ANGELES — Former Rep. Darrell Issa is facing fierce backlash over a controversial new campaign ad that critics say is “gay-baiting” against his opponent in a competitive congressional primary. …

Click for the letters to both Governor Gavin Newsom and Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Darrell Issa says he is “Honored to have the support of my friend, former Armed Services Committee Chairman, Vietnam vet, and leader in our community for more than 4 decades.” https://fox5sandiego.com/2019/12/06/hunter-sr-endorses-issa-for-sons-50th-district-seat/

A succinct message from Patrick Batten posted to Facebook… “After consulting with family, friends and supporters, I have decided not to run for San Diego City Council. At this stage in my life, it is more important to focus on my family and professional endeavors. I am grateful for the support that I have received and will remain engaged.‬” Republucan …

This speaks for itself…

A few days ago, SD Rostra writer Brian Brady posted this on Facebook, including a link to a KUSI story from a few weeks prior (screenshot below)… “I heard (Supervisor) Kristin Gaspar speak today and she was on fire. At present, she is the ONLY politician asking the hard questions about SANDAG. SANDAG is essentially a mafia-type agency, designed to …

At CPR, Stephen Frank announced yesterday he filed a Federal Election Commission complaint against his Congressional representative… “I live in the 25th Congressional District.  While the District is close to Hollywood, our Congresswoman is acting like an out of control pleasure seeker—in drugs or sex. “The revelations of the past couple of weeks makes it clear about Congresswoman Katie Hills.” …

After hearing from four candidates tonight — former San Diego Councilman Carl DeMaio, Congressman Duncan Hunter, former Congressman Darrell Issa and State Senator Brian Jones — the Republican Party of San Diego County could not achieve a 2/3 vote of its members to endorse in the 50th Congressional District. All four Republicans will appear on the March 2020 ballot should …

BTW, we don’t think that Dianne Jacob, Bill Wells, Sam Abed, Matt Rahn, and Larry Wilske being on hand with Issa tomorrow means they will all be announcing their support for Duncan Hunter. PRESS ADVISORY  8:30am tomorrow, Thursday, September 26th, Congressman Darrell Issa will host a press conference in El Cajon at Centennial Plaza in front of the Magnolia Theatre …

Although Michael Smolens teased it in the Union-Trib on Friday and Brian Jones all but directly said it himself (“thinking about it”) Sunday on KUSI, this morning the Senator made it official. On KUSI, Jones announced he will run in the 50th Congressional District, where a host of other Republicans are already in or “thinking about it” (that phrase again) …

Maybe just a little clue for The New York Times: Airplanes don’t kill people. People do.

A Barbara Bry Instagram ad posted yesterday resulted in a Twitter reaction from Todd Gloria, which in turn is getting quite a response from a number of followers. Below are some screenshots of the Bry ad… Gloria reacted with the following Tweet… “Barbara Bry has hit yet another low. She’s making fun of the dreams of a little boy of …

Despite clear-cut philosophical differences, it’s never good to see this sort of thing. (Here’s the Times of San Diego story.) In the past, especially when Dave Rolland, Kelly Davis and Dave Maass were with SD CityBeat, we at SD Rostra had a cordial and sometimes even fun relationship amidst fierce political differences. On occasion we would join CityBeat as co-hosts …

From SD City Beat’s Spin Cycle, by John Lamb… Fighting ‘bias’ with ‘by us’ Local GOP deploys its own “news” website A few weeks back, Spin Cycle was speaking to Brian Brady, a county Republican Party contrarian and occasional critic of party Chairman Tony Krvaric. We were discussing Carl DeMaio’s entry into the 50th Congressional District race when the conversation …