DeMaio Campaign Thanks Fletcher for Supporting DeMaio’s Ideas in “Pathway to Prosperity” Jobs Plan

Carl DeMaioUndesignated 20 Comments

On Thursday, August 18th mayoral candidate Nathan Fletcher sent a mass email unveiling the first part of his plan to “bring San Diego’s business practices into the 21st Century.” Fletcher declared that, “we must look at everything we do with fresh eyes and new ideas.”

The only problem is that every component of his plan appears to be lifted from proposals already released by DeMaio and his team – there are no original ideas.

DeMaio campaign spokesman Stephen Puetz explained, “After reading the email several times, I concluded that Assemblyman Fletcher’s reference to fresh eyes and new ideas must be a veiled compliment to the work Carl has done on this issue over the past two years — after all, imitation is the ultimate form of flattery. We look forward to seeing future policy positions by Mr. Fletcher and recommend he review additional initiatives from Carl for continuing inspiration.”

Who Reads Rostra: Keith Olbermann

Thor's AssistantUndesignated 3 Comments

Last night our own Diana Palacios tweeted this… Honestly? Watching election coverage isn’t as fun now that @keitholbermann is gone. That guy invented the on-air nervous breakdown. It only took Olbermann an hour to respond to Diana… Your site refers to the “arrogant ruling class” of CA as including the prison guards’ union. If you need a laugh, read your …

U.S. Mint makes useless coins that are warehoused

Richard Rider, Chairman, San Diego Tax FightersUndesignated 9 Comments

Okay, THIS one is special. EVERYONE — regardless of political persuasion or IQ — will agree that this is government madness at its best. Even ABC News figured it out! Trust me — you’ll want to watch this 3 minute video. And then ask yourself this question — Why does ANYONE trust politicians to make economic decisions that control our …

MY JOBS PLAN IN DETAIL: Reform #1 – Overhaul of Permit Processing at Development Services

Carl DeMaioCarl DeMaio, Undesignated 4 Comments

San Diego’s families and business owners are facing a bad economy and its only getting worse.  Even more tragic is a city government that just doesn’t seem to care.  Usually city government spends its time putting up roadblocks and hurdles to job creation, rather than cutting red tape and helping to find ways to attract and grow businesses in San …

CA misses revenue mark by 10% in July

Richard Rider, Chairman, San Diego Tax FightersUndesignated 2 Comments

To avoid making the painful cuts in CA state spending that are so badly needed, the Democrat budget passers and the Governor blithely assumed big-time revenue increases this fiscal year. To no one’s surprise, it’s not working out as projected. Read more: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/08/california-revenues-miss-mark-10-percent-july-2011.html#ixzz1UZNRl6eJ CAPITOL ALERT: The latest on California politics and government Posted by Kevin Yamamura August 9, 2011 1:01 …

National debt? Chump change compared to TOTAL govt debt

Richard Rider, Chairman, San Diego Tax FightersUndesignated 16 Comments

The problem with us obsessing about the national debt is that this flap detracts us from the FAR larger TOTAL government debt and unfunded liability obligations. By normal human being standards, the $14.5+ trillion national debt is unimaginably huge. As of 5 August, the constantly growing per citizen obligation for that debt comes to $46,844.12 – according to the National …

CA proposition process is bad, but legislative process is worse

Richard Rider, Chairman, San Diego Tax FightersUndesignated 7 Comments

Liberals in CA vehemently dislike the CA initiative process. Indeed, they just tried to enact an effective ban on the process, but the bill was vetoed by Gov. Brown. These mislabeled “progressives” dislike citizen-signed propositions, as such measures bypass the institution the Big Government advocates control throughout most of the state — elected officials. I doubt we’d be hearing the …

Attorney general, FPPC asked to investigate identity theft ads

Richard Rider, Chairman, San Diego Tax FightersUndesignated Leave a Comment

Over the weekend San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio filed a formal complaint with the CA FPPC regarding improper practices surrounding a deceitful ad paid for by the labor unions designed to scare voters away from signing ANY petitions. Here’s the SAC BEE URL for the article, which includes the a copy of the letter. http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/08/supporters-of-a-controversial.html August 2, 2011 Attorney …

Gov. Brown Vetoes SB 168 – a bill to cripple petitioning in CA

Richard Rider, Chairman, San Diego Tax FightersUndesignated 4 Comments

In a welcome but widely unexpected move, Governor Brown has vetoed SB 168 — the state Democrat legislators’ slimy bill to all but outlaw the petition process for putting props and initiatives on the state and local ballots. Gov. Brown Ignores the Weak Fraud Argument, Vetoes SB 168 By Joel Fox Editor of Fox & Hounds and President of the …

Candidate Sherry Hodges endorsed by state Senator Joel Anderson in the new 76th Assembly district

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From the Sherry Hodges campaign for SD Rostra: “State Senator Joel Anderson today announced his endorsement of Sherry Hodges for the State Assembly district representing the northern San Diego coastal region. ‘Sherry Hodges is the one I trust on the tough issues facing the legislature like cutting state spending and holding the line on taxes. I know we can count on …

DeMaio to Hold “Signature Storms” in Support of Pension Reform Ballot Measure

Carl DeMaioUndesignated 13 Comments

Mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio will spend every weekend at local San Diego stores collecting signatures for the Comprehensive Pension Reform Ballot Measure until the required 95,000 signatures from San Diego voters are collected, his campaign announced today. The announcement comes on the heels of increasing efforts by local government labor unions to “block” signature collection efforts through a well-funded and …

Good news! New local taxes CA legislative bill is dead. For now.

Richard Rider, Chairman, San Diego Tax FightersUndesignated 5 Comments

GOOD news! CA Senate President Darrell Steinberg recently announced he is tabling, until next year, his efforts to push SB x1 23 (formerly SB 653), an insane bill to expand the types of taxes CA cities, counties and local school districts can levy – including local income taxes. Sadly, the proposal isn’t completely dead. http://latimesblogs.latimes.co​m/california-politics/2011/07/​local-tax-measure-shelved.html Part of me hopes this …

The bogus UNSTATED public worker pension assumptions

Richard Rider, Chairman, San Diego Tax FightersUndesignated 2 Comments

The public worker pension debate rages on. And “rage” is the operative term when the unions and their allies discuss switching to 401-k plans from their current guaranteed defined benefit plans. Carefully selected sob stories are popping up to justify continuing the public worker guaranteed pensions that are roughly three to four times what private sector workers can expect to …

Report: PLAs Increase CA School Construction Costs 13%-15%

Vince VasquezUndesignated, Vince Vasquez 8 Comments

New Groundbreaking Study Reveals “Project Labor Agreements” (PLAs) Increase School Construction Costs by 13 to 15 Percent in California School projects built under these contracts cost $28.90 to $32.49 more per square foot JULY 26, 2011 SAN DIEGO – California school construction projects built under contracts that contain provisions known as Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) cost 13 to 15 percent …