SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Rocky Chávez (R-Oceanside) urged a no vote on AB 1401 today when it was heard on the floor of the Assembly. AB 1401 was authored by the Assembly Judiciary Committee. The measure would allow non-citizens to sit on juries in California. It passed the Assembly with a vote of 48-28. No Republican voted for the measure. When …
Weekend Discussion: Would you rather…
Would you rather… Implement a voucher-type program, for all schools (public and private) in California?OR Cut the number of state-licensed occupations in half? A few rules: 1- you can’t answer “both” 2- you can answer “neither” but offer a credible defense 3- try to keep discussions on topic (why eliminating one is preferable to another) 4- try to remain …
Bob Filner, Scott Peters, and their “bad behavior bailout”
From the NRCC… Just this week, the Scott-Peters-endorsed Mayor of San Diego, Bob Filner, asked taxpayers to foot the bill for his legal fees in the sexual harassment case filed by one of his top aides. The City said no. While the City is pushing back on Filner, this should remind us of a certain other San Diego politician, Scott …
Polling in San Diego Tonight
I usually hate phone calls during dinner. But this one was worth taking. A polling company from Salt Lake City is calling asking about possible recall of Bob Filner and possible candidates for Mayor. Asked if I had heard about the sexual misconduct allegations against Filner – and then if I thought they were true. Asked if I had heard …
One recall effort a ruse to cripple legit recall?
Many of you have heard about the planned false Filner recall, but let me summarize it here. As I understand it (and I’m not a reliable source on this), if a San Diego city recall effort fails, no recall can be attempted for 6 months. A Filner supporter (perhaps encouraged by city labor union bosses) reputedly is planning to do …
Noon Friday Filner press conference — “major announcement”
Speculation abounds. Resign? Take a leave of absence for “rehab”? Needs time off to (literally) pursue the ladies online? “(try as I might) I did not have sex with those women”?
Filner Says Rehab, While San Diego Says Resign
This story could not get any more bizarre. Filner to seek Rehab, and refuses to resign. What’s next? Bob announces the location of his “rehab” will be…the Playboy Mansion. How fitting.
Dronenburg’s Petition Forces Kamala Harris to Argue Against The Ballot Initiative Process
Thanks to Bradley Fikes’ reference to SCOTUSBlog, I found this: New skirmish over same-sex marriage If you’ve been following the same sex marriage debate, you’ll see that SCOTUS found that the petitioners didn’t hold “legal standing” in the Hollingsworth v Brown case. SCOTUS ruled that only the State of California (through its attorney general) had the “legal right” to defend …
Filner Harassment Scandal Reinforces Need for DeMaio’s “Fix Congress First” Proposal
DeMaio Proposal Would Require Congress to Comply with All Laws – Including the “No Fear Act” Requiring Sexual Harassment Training San Diego – When he announced his candidacy for Congress last month, Carl DeMaio outlined a number of bold reforms, including his “Fix Congress First” Plan to require Congress to live under the same laws that the rest of us …
War on Women?
So the Left loves to drive the War on Women label to try and highlight a mythical Republican hostility to women. But what do you call it when Democrat leaders, liberal media outlets, and others of the Left, flat-out ignore the lascivious behavior of serial-sexual-harrasser Bob Filner as just “Bob being Bob.” Even Donna Frye acknowledges awareness of his tawdry …
MSM Watch Joining SD Rostra
Local news outlets are shrinking and growing at the same time. Sources are becoming perhaps more partisan and opinion oriented. Funding of news sources is becoming less transparent. I was asked to come on board SD Rostra to start looking into and asking questions about the main MSM in San Diego … to point out when opinion pieces run as …
2 Hours With the Barkeep (hic!)
It was a convenient meeting today with The Barkeep. We were just settling down to an early afternoon scotch when all hell broke loose at City Hall. Dobson’s was almost close enough to feel it. For those readers who don’t know, Mayor Bob Filner is being accused by high profile Democrats of misbehavior with various women (could this have something …
Did Filner and Peters Break Up?
Late last night Red State reported on the interesting dynamic between Scott Peters and the Filner scandals. The point is after weeks of silence, Peters responded to criticism by removing almost every reference to Bob Filner from his website. Yikes! I don’t know if that’s more embarrassing for Peters or Filner but the entire incident certainly reflects poorly on the …
East County Performing Arts Center to Reopen.
Last night the El Cajon City Council voted to set aside $2.5 Million to reopen the East County Performing Arts Center. The council has wrestled with the affordability of this project for several years now and has come to the conclusion that the good to the community outweighs the cost. Of course, we may not have to spend all of …
At KPBS, News Reporting is “For Sale”
Saw an interesting discussion on Twitter today about the Inewsource arm of KPBS. What shocked me was this passage from Inewsource promotional material that revealed some big money contributor approached KPBS’ partner and worked out a “three year joint plan” for their reporting. Here’s the passage: Around the same time, she said a local philanthropist reached out with concerns about …
Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy Headlines DC Event for Carl DeMaio
UT San Diego reports today that key members of the Congressional Republican Leadership, including House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, have stepped forward to support Carl DeMaio’s bid for Congress with sizable donations. On Wednesday, July 17 the House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy will headline a fundraiser for DeMaio in Washington. These moves by Congressional leadership are quite rare this early …
Filner Unplugged
Mayor Bob Filner’s Friday press conference should be studied in political science classes for years to come. It was excellent political theater and probably could have gone another 2 hours if his staff hadn’t cut it off. More important than the presser however is what happens next in each of these Mayoral melodramas he’s created. Let’s take each in turn. …
NBC 7/39’s Luna-cy
Who better to come on local NBC affiliate’s Sunday political magazine, Politically Speaking, to discuss the DeMaio-Peters congressional race than established DeMaio-bashers Sara Libby of the VOSD and Carl Luna, community college guidance counselor? Libby, of course, is the “journalist” who regardless of the fact that DeMaio has made his positions on social issues clear, feels that DeMaio should talk …
NBC News Makes DeMaio a “Race to Watch”
Carl DeMaio’s candidacy continues to draw national attention – with NBC News highlighting DeMaio as a top recruit to watch in 2014. With national eyes fixed on San Diego, let’s send a message by helping Carl DeMaio take the “reform movement” national. Full link: http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/06/28/10-house-recruits-to-watch-in-2014/
The Rocky Chavez “It’s for the children” mantra
RIDER COMMENT: RINO rookie CA Assemblyman Rocky Chavez justifies his latest proposed giveaway because “it’s for the children.” How’s THAT for pandering!? Particularly so, considering that all the college age “children” he is “protecting” are adults under law — he wants to protect these vulnerable waifs until age 23 or later. Perhaps MUCH later. Rocky Chavez continues to initiate new subsidies …
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