* No actual prize/s will be awarded. Use of the term “contest” was just a ploy to solicit captions. Some captions will be better than others and the number of better or worse captions will be determined by the number of captions submitted. That is all. Update: A few people have requested some additional background regarding this post. The man …
Special Mayoral Election 2013: Winners and Losers
If you went to bed at 8 p.m. last night and just woke up, Kevin Faulconer won the special election for San Diego Mayor by 10 points and Proposition B in Solana Beach passed by a slim margin. As San Diego puts the Filner era behind us, let’s consider who won big last night and who lost: Kevin Faulconer is …
FlashReport: Stories on the mayor’s race, including from Ron Nehring
Our statewide media partner, FlashReport, has a number of local stories on the results… FlashReport – Wednesday, February 12, 2014 Including Ron Nehring’s take… Stunning special election victory
Mayoral Election Contest — Make your picks
OK, a quick one this time, for tomorrow’s City of San Diego mayoral election. A reminder of the “rules”: Read the questions closely. No tricks, just read the questions. Send your guesses to info@sdrostra.com ONLY. The Rostra admins are assisting on this, so don’t send to my email. As well, do NOT post your answers here. Deadline to submit guesses: …
Yes on Solana Beach Proposition B
In only what could be described as a complete failure of leadership for the statists on the Solana Beach City Council, our City is having a Special Election this Tuesday. We will be voting on a ballot proposition to permit Solana Beach citizens to use a City-owned community center. Some background first. The Fletcher Cove Community Center sits on a …
Obama endorses Alvarez for mayor
From the Alvarez campaign… “As a native San Diegan, David Alvarez has been a fierce advocate for his city, and on the Council, has led efforts to build a strong middle class, put neighborhoods first and expand opportunities for kids in and out of school. Today, with the city’s economy and neighborhoods poised to make progress there is no question that …
Minimum Wage – Robots Replacing Workers
The minimum wage laws in this country are daggers to the heart of opportunity for our poorest and least skilled citizens. Those in favor argue that it helps the poor because they get paid more, and that there is no adverse impact on the economy, overall. I disagree, but want to focus on the very people that the left proposes …
The Next 96 Hours
The next 96 hours will determine if we take back the office of San Diego Mayor so here is what you need to know… There is NO central committee meeting/event on Monday as it’s the day before Election Day and we are putting all our energy into Get-Out-The-Vote efforts. The ONLY THING TO FOCUS ON RIGHT NOW is getting out …
San Diego loses Websense to Austin — 445 GOOD jobs are heading to Texas
San Diego is losing a(nother) good employer to Texas. Websense is leaving, moving to Austin. See the article below (and the many comments after — many of my comments are also posted on my Facebook copy blog on this). 445 San Diego jobs — GOOD jobs — are about to disappear into the Lone Star State. 445 of our local …
What If You Said, “Screw You. I Quit” ?
What happens when Congress passes a debt limit increase? A group of 535 men and women, most of whom will be dead in 30 years, encumber you to a 30-year mortgage, collateralized by your future tax obligations. Today, that debt is approaching $20 trillion. That’s about $63,000 per person in the United States,enough for a family of four to purchase …
California Democrats Vote Against Drought Relief
California is facing one of the worst droughts in history, yet California Democrats voted against drought relief for their home state. The drought is so bad Governor Jerry Brown declared a State of Emergency last month. Yesterday, with bipartisan support, the House passed an emergency water delivery bill that would provide additional water for agricultural uses in the San Joaquin …
Rep. Hunter bill supports public shooting ranges for hunters and sportsmen
Press Release Feb 5, 2014 Washington DC—Today, the House of Representatives passed legislation that includes the Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act, a bipartisan and deficit-neutral measure introduced by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) to help states create and maintain public shooting ranges for hunters and sportsmen. The Training Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act was incorporated into H.R. 3590, …
Politico: The battle for San Diego
From Politico… An off-season mayor’s race in America’s eighth-largest city has become an unexpected magnet for national political groups, as labor unions and Democrats scramble to keep San Diego government in liberal hands and Republicans seek to capture their first big-city mayoral election win in half a decade. The Tuesday special election in San Diego, triggered by the resignation of …
Farrah Douglas resigns from Carlsbad City Council
February 5, 2014 Mayor Matt Hall City of Carlsbad 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive Carlsbad, CA 92008 Dear Mayor Hall, It is with great sadness and a deep sense of commitment to the people of Carlsbad that I am writing to inform you of my resignation from my position as City Council member for the City of Carlsbad, effective Friday the …
Teachers Union Caught Cheating In Its Support For David Alvarez
Spotted about Noon today, on the Jimmy Durante Blvd fence and the Via de la Valle fence of the San Diego County Fairgrounds. The American Federation of Teachers Guild Local 1931 funded and hung two huge “Alvarez for Mayor” signs along the property owned by the taxpayers of California, in the far northwestern part of San Diego today. That property …
Assemblyman Jones Addresses Governor Brown’s Cap & Trade Fund Shift Proposal
SACRAMENTO – Amidst growing backlash for California’s High-Speed Rail program, Governor Brown has suggested using Cap & Trade funds to cover the failing project. Assemblyman Jones says, “Using money from the ‘cap and trade’ program that has taken millions from California companies to fund high-speed rail, are you kidding me? We’re dumping money into a high-speed rail plan that has …
Kashkari: Wrong on taxes and the role of government.
Late to the party, Republican Gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari laid out his plan to the be the “tax collector for the welfare State”. From The Sacramento Bee: When gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari told conservative talk-radio listeners in Los Angeles last week that he would not immediately move to lower taxes on the wealthiest Californians, he suggested his campaign for governor …
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