SACRAMENTO, CA – In today’s “Are You Kidding Me?” segment, Assemblyman Jones (R-Santee) calls on the Legislature to support middle-class jobs by opposing the latest move to boost California’s minimum wage. Just last year, Assembly Bill 10 raised California’s minimum wage to no less than $9 per hour beginning in 2014, and $10 per hour in 2016. A new proposal …
The reasoning behind the Ed Harris appointment
The San Diego City Council on Tuesday appointed Ed Harris to serve out the remainder of Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s vacated council term in District 2. Doug Porter at San Diego Free Press wrote a good article outlining some of possible logic behind the selection. The Council was faced with 20 potential candidates to fill the seat for the remaining eight …
Revolvis and Faulconer Campaigns Celebrate Pollie Awards
Following Kevin Faulconer’s recent victory in the City of San Diego mayoral contest, his campaign strategists walked away with some additional accolades during Friday’s “Pollie” Awards. “What Kevin Faulconer’s campaign and State Senator Andy Vidak’s victory last July have proven is that Republicans can win Democrat areas if they run the right kind of campaign with the right kind of …
But, there’s no conflict here…
from KPBS… The San Diego City Council appointed San Diego lifeguard union chief Ed Harris to fill a vacancy in council for the next seven months. Read it here.
Blueprint for Prosperity: Rebuilding the American Dream – For Future Generations
Guest Commentary by Joel Marchese, CA-53 Congressional Candidate The history of the United States is unique and exceptional among nations, to say the least. It began with open rebellion against a tyrannical king, and by embracing constructs of Natural Law (God’s Law) over man’s law: “We the People, hold these truths to be self-evident…that all men are created equal.” Living …
Noah, the most inclusive film this side of deluge destruction
On April Fool’s Day I sent out a fake review of Noah, talking about how warm, family friendly, and biblically accurate it was: Here is my real review: Originally published by Communities Digital News SAN DIEGO, April 4, 2014 —Director Darren Aronofsky ’s ambitious film version of Noah and the deluge has something for everybody unless those particular bodies …
DeMaio Raises Over $410,000 in Q1 – Half Coming from Online Contributions
Strong Fundraising Tally of $1.6 Million Adds to National Interest, Key Endorsements and Favorable Polls San Diego San Diego – Continuing to show an impressive fundraising pace, Carl DeMaio announced today that his campaign for Congress raised over $410,000 in the first quarter – bringing his campaign’s tally to over $1.6 million cycle-to-date. With more than 7 months to go …
San Diego employment at record high — or is it?
The SAN DIEGO U-T story (below) concerning San Diego’s improving employment numbers (higher than just prior to the start of the 2007 national recession) offers good information to consider, but leaves some aspects unanswered — and some information appears to be outright misleading. Consider: 1. How many of our employed are part-time in 2014 vs. 2007? Remember, to be counted …
NRO: Radio Silence on Leland Yee
from National Review Online… Having assiduously ignored one of the gonzo corruption stories of the last decade, CNN this week offered a peculiar defense of its silence. Rankled by a curious Twitter user, who asked why “the Leland Yee story appears nowhere on CNN’s website,” the outlet explained that the decision was “in line with us covering state senators & …
Democratic State Senators Leaving Sacramento
Democratic State Senators see the writing on the wall and are putting some distance between them their lobbyist pals by cancelling a schmaltzy golf outing at Torrey Pines. What will the Democratic State Senate Caucus be doing instead of cooking up deals in La Jolla with the lobbyists? Exactly what the Republican State Senate Caucus should be doing— campaigning for …
Covered CA / Obama Care Update.
This email came to me, as I am a Covered California Certified Insurance Agent, from Covered California re the end (sort of) of Open enrollment which is (sort of) today, April 01 @12:01AM aka April Fools Day: Bottom line is that if you missed the open enrollment to apply for your potentially subsidized Health Insurance through Covered CA, you can …
La Mesa voters may fill two open council seats in November, Baber mulling a run
With La Mesa Councilmember Ernie Ewin’s announcement this morning that he will not seek reelection this year, at least one open City Council seat will appear on the November ballot. It is anticipated that Ewin’s council colleague Mark Arapostathis will make an announcement in the next day or so as to his intentions. If he doesn’t announce his plans to …
Ernie Ewin announces retirement from La Mesa Council
Guest Commentary by Councilman Ernest Ewin Good Morning La Mesa! After being away from the La Mesa City Council for 12 years, in 2002 the voters returned me to the Council. Now after another 12 years, I will have served you for a total 18 years on the Council come this November. Thank you! For the last year and a …
Bob Siegel’s Review of Noah Film
I must confess, I heard so many terrible things about this movie from fellow Christians, I was prepared to hate it. Much to my pleasant surprise, I found director Darren Aronofky’s version of Noah and the deluge to be well written, emotionally stirring, and most important, Biblically accurate. One would think that true believers would embrace this epic, stylish slice …
CA State Senator Anderson Is Right . Rest of Republican State Senate Caucus Follows Steinberg
Joel Anderson’s lone nay vote to suspend State Senators Wright, Calderon, and Yee was the right thing to do. His floor speech was excellent, suggesting that those who brought forth the suspension still believe State Senators are “above the law” and that it “incentivizes bad behavior”. The Republican State Senate Caucus, save Anderson, is wrong; Wright, Calderon, and Yee should …
Democrats Circle the Wagons, Republicans Still Practicing at the Range
The latest tactic in the California Democratic Party’s machine? Brand Leland Yee as an outlier. From the San Jose Mercury-News: The Democratic Party establishment however, never really trusted the enigmatic Yee. That much became clear when Yee failed to gain a single endorsement from a top Democrat during his unsuccessful 2011 campaign for San Francisco mayor. It’s a good public …
Possess this!
A little “hint” on the use of apostrophes and possessives. Two press releases today from the same official: The first about “Jane Doe,” indicating “a partial summary judgment dismissing Jane Does’ claims…” Is there one Jane Doe, or multiple Does? The second, in reference to Corey Briggs, with a nearly complete opposite of the same error: “Mr. Brigg’s ‘client’ is …
Three Senators suspended…
Oh, and Joel Anderson is my hero. The lone lawmaker to vote against the resolution, SR38, was Republican Sen. Joel Anderson of Alpine. He argued that all three should be expelled outright and said it was wrong that they should continue receiving their salaries when facing such serious charges. http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2014/03/28/yee-calderon-and-wright-suspended-from-california-senate-until-probes-resolved/
That hissing sound is the sound of deflating opportunity for Republican State Senators
Read any front page of a California daily today and you’ll see comments, from the State Senate Democratic Caucus news conference, about Yee’s indictment. They even talk about Calderon and Wright and address that there is an ethics problem in the State Senate. Guess what the California dailies are burying in the stories? That Yee’s a Democrat. Guess what readers …
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