Chris Cate, candidate for the open San Diego District 6 City Council seat, is challenging his opponents to a series of five debates prior to the June 3, 2014, primary election to be held throughout the district which includes the communities of Clairemont, Mira Mesa, Miramar, Rancho Peñasquitos and Sorrento Valley. “I look forward to joining the other candidates in …
Can One Judge Stop California From Being Railroaded?
Guest Commentary by Thomas Del Beccaro Does the Rule of Law matter or is it an antiquated concept in this day and age? After all, our President regularly violates the separation of powers by unilaterally rewriting laws. So it comes with some surprise when a judge stands up to California’s executive branch and puts the brakes on California’s High Speed …
Breaking: Council Member Steve Vaus Announces Candidacy for Poway Mayor
City Council member Steve Vaus today announced he will run for Poway Mayor in the November 2014 election. “I’ve been on City Council since 2012 and I’d be the first to admit things in Poway are pretty good, but we can be better. We need a mayor with innovative ideas, with the time and willingness to personally connect with the …
Rev. Jesse Jackson tweets Congressman Darrell Issa is a racist
Written by Bob Siegel and first published by Communities Digital News. Used by permission. SAN DIEGO, March 8, 2014 — “Congressman Darrell Issa’s behavior was crude, wrong, racist and mean towards Congressman Elijah Cummings. Do you agree?” Those were the tweeted words of long time popular civil rights leader, Rev. Jesse Jackson. Was he reacting to a racial slur? Was he …
Tim Donnelly Offers to Debate Neel Kashkari at the CRP Convention
Assemblyman Tim Donnelly sent a letter to Neel Kashkari, and copied his supporters today: Mr. Neel Kashkari, You and I are both vying to represent the Republican Party in the upcoming gubernatorial election. While you and I have different visions of how to restore California to greatness, we share the same goal. While we are both attempting to sway convention …
Visiting Carl DeMaio’s Campaign
Mrs. Daddy and I visited Carl DeMaio’s campaign headquarters today, meeting up with family there. I got a minute to chat with DeMaio about the campaign. I told him that I appreciated his work on Proposition D and Proposition B. He related that the effort to reform county pensions in Ventura County had run into problems because of unions trying …
Shirley Horton files to run for State Board of Equalization
In a surprise to many, especially those hoping she would once again seek office in the City of Chula Vista, former Assemblywoman Shirley Horton late yesterday afternoon visited the Registrar of Voters to set in motion a bid for State Board of Equalization. For several months the BOE race to succeed a term-limited Michelle Steel was principally shaping up to …
Rep. Hunter staffer Harrison announces for Assembly in 2016
Today may be the qualification deadline for the June primary this year, but Mike Harrison is getting the jump on a deadline still two years away. The longtime staffer to both Congressmen Duncan Hunters (father and son) tells me he is running in 2016 to succeed Brian Jones in the State Assembly. I requested Harrison provide a comment, but he …
San Diego City Council Rescinds Jobs Tax
JOBS Coalition plans to work with the City Council and Mayor to develop a sustainable and effective affordable housing financing plan March 4, 2014) — The San Diego City Council voted unanimously today to rescind the jobs tax. “The City Council heard the voices of small businesses and job creators in San Diego and voted to rescind the jobs tax,” said Jerry Sanders, …
Assemblyman Jones Warns Public to Keep Track of Nanny Overtime Hours
SACRAMENTO, CA – Assemblyman Jones (R-Santee) today warns the public about a law that went into effect January 1st that requires homecare workers and nannies to be paid overtime. Jones said, “Homecare workers and nannies are deeply passionate and caring people that work one on one with your children – your parents. Now California Democrats have opened these families …
Can We Kill This Choo-Choo Project?
Under the heading of “What You Should Be Reading,” Cal Watchdog.com certainly comes to mind. They have great coverage of key California state issues from what appears to be a conservative perspective, but that might be the result of all the bad governance by the lefties that run this state. Chris Reed is a frequent contributor and covers California politics …
An Open Letter to Alpine Teachers
With a strike by teachers recently ended in the Alpine Union School District, a member of the community provides a call for action… by Steve Hunyar Dear Alpine Teachers, I am glad you are back to work — to the business of educating once again. This is a clarion call for positive action. After 10 years of seeing the writing …
Sick of San Diego potholes?
We just launched a new website where San Diegans can submit potholes for repair — and learn who neglected our roads. Learn more: www.PotholePeters.com
Stuff Statists Say (Local Edition)
If you’ve ever been on REDDIT, you might follow ” S*** Statists Say” . What you might not realize is that while Stalin claimed power through revolution, most American statists rise up through the politcal ranks. Dianne Feinstein started as a political appointee on the parole board, Harry Reid was a City Attorney, and President Obama started out as a …
Rostra Contest Winners!!!
Notice the headline. I really miss Bob Filner press releases. Despite this version of the contest rolling out only the day before election Tuesday, over 40 readers submitted entries. Several folks did really well on this one, ultimately forcing a tie-breaker. A reminder of the questions, along with the correct answers and some analysis: 1. When the first results are …
“House of Carl” on Instagram
If you haven’t seen our campaign’s new ad entitled “House of Carl,” it’s a play on the critically-acclaimed Netflix series House of Cards — except here, I’m the ‘anti-Frank Underwood’, changing business-as-usual on Capitol Hill with my Fix Congress First initiative. It’s also the first photo we’ve shared on Instagram, the photo-sharing social network. We’ve also got some great national …
Wyland drops bid for Board of Equalization
by Senator Mark Wyland This past weekend my family held a celebration of life for my mother,who passed away late last year. I thought about her advice to me, shortly before she passed away: “Life is short; you have some goals in education that are very important to you — you better get at it.” I had been in business …
#ThrowbackThursday @AsmBrianJones
Proposition 13, which was passed by the voters on June 6, 1978, has kept the government from taxing homeowners right of out of their homes and has created long-term stability. 36 years later, it continues …to protect us from being at the mercy of a government that has a spending problem. Prop 13 means that there will be no wild …
Scott Peters Votes To Keep IRS Targeting
Today’s Vote Would Enable IRS To Keep Targeting Conservative Groups WASHINGTON – In the latest vote during the House’s “Stop Government Abuse Week,” members just voted to prohibit the Obama Administration from changing the rules used to grant tax-exempt status to organizations to fit their political agenda. Scott Peters today inexplicably voted to prevent this and keep IRS targeting in …
Anderson, fellow senators to force vote on ouster of convicted colleague
2/27/14 UPDATE in comments: Supermajority Buries Resolution to Expel Wright Vote On Ousting Wright Planned For Thursday Senators Knight, Anderson and Vidak say it’s Time for Leadership, Not Delay Sacramento – Senators Steve Knight (R-Antelope Valley), Joel Anderson (R-San Diego) and Andy Vidak (R-Hanford) have introduced Senate Resolution 29 asking for the expulsion of Senator Rod Wright (D-Inglewood), who was …
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