Some of the major stories of last week and thru the weekend are linked below. The most significant political news had to be the travails of Assemblyman Joel Anderson, but with more ACORN grist today as well as the announcement of a Charter Amendment effort in the City of San Diego for open competition, much is going on. Your comments please…
Lawmaker’s mailer targets rival – Anderson gets watchdogged by the U-T.
GOP official quits over Anderson transactions – The U-T has the story on a Placer County GOP official’s move.
Pol’s sense of ethics is a parody in print – Logan Jenkins on Anderson; Oceanside, Poway Recalls.
Juan Vargas WILL battle Mary Salas in 40th state senate Democratic primary… and Yes, There Will be Blood – Jim Sills has the analysis.
Andrew Breitbart reports major new ACORN San Diego story…. Charges 20,000 documents were dumped, but recovered – Press Conference today!! Expect major coverage tonight.
DeMaio and Coalition File Ballot Measure – This press conference today also. Advocates say Charter Amendment would provide millions in taxpayer savings and require fair and open contracting rules. Labor expected to say something else.
Bankruptcy an Option in San Diego, says Sanders Task Force
– Voice of SD has the details.
Public employee unions submit Term Limit petitions for San Diego County Supervisors – Jim Sills terms it “fuzzy logic.”
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This is a Republican site, is it not? I don’t know if the Joel Anderson stuff is legit or if the media are just going after him. Unless you’ve determined that yourself, why are you reprinting negatives about him?
Hypocrite: One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety. (Webster’s Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition)
Could anything come closer to the above definition than Joel Anderson’s inappropriate use of taxpayer money to “warn” voters about his opponent’s inappropriate use of taxpayer money?
All that’s missing is Anderson’s picture next to the entry.
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To Huh: This is a political website. Those who come here follow politics. It’s a safe bet that virtually everyone that reads Rostra is aware of major political stories in San Diego that have been covered by the UT and others. If there is an argument for not providing some news vs. other news, it wouldn’t be about hiding press that could be perceived as bad, it would be about why rehash it at all if the major media are already covering it. We can’t cover it all; and our focus will always likely be on political offerings that others don’t have; breaking it first; and/or commentary on the news. But, to dismiss something simply because it may be considered negative to Republicans is a bit head-in-the-sand-like.
As a fan of Joel, I must confess a bit of discomfort with what appears to be an attempt, albeit aborted, at circumventing campaign limit laws.
Joel is better than that and shouldn’t have handed his Riverside County opponent such a nugget to exploit.