What’s wrong with the Republican Party? Some critics say that our messaging is too conservative and some say that our messaging is too moderate. Some think our candidates are too conservative and others think them to liberal. In my opinion, both views may be correct. California is a large and diverse state and San Diego County is a large and …
SD Politico: Neck and Neck
Politico on the San Diego Mayor’s race… “…the polls from the various campaigns and IE committees are all basically showing the same thing, San Diego City Councilmember Kevin Faulconer is in the lead around the low 30’s, and San Diego City Councilmember David Alvarez is running neck and neck with former California State Assemblymember Nathan Fletcher. Depending on the time …
Linkage Fees Do Nothing for Affordable Housing
The need for a Republican mayor to veto leftist nonsense was on display Monday, when the San Diego city council passed whopping increases in the “linkage fees” on new development that ranges from 377% to 744%. The fees are supposed to help provide affordable housing when new development results in low paying jobs. Don’t ask me how creating jobs makes …
Labor Council mail again focuses on Fletcher’s missed votes
Nathan Fletcher just can’t shake his workplace absenteeism, with both the right and the left continuing to bring it up in the San Diego mayor’s race. A new Labor Council hit piece on behalf of candidate David Alvarez notes key votes the former state Assemblyman missed and then begs a question: “Nathan Fletcher didn’t show up to vote on issues …
GOOD NEWS! Liberal Colorado voters reject state income tax increase by a 2-1 vote
Many are analyzing the surprisingly close Virginia gubernatorial race results, but I’m struck by a citizen vote in liberal Colorado that CRUSHED an increase in that state’s income tax. Well over $10 million (the equivalent of spending about $75 million on a CA proposition) was spent by the unions and wealthy liberals to pass Amendment 66. That campaign spending included a million …
Cap Weekly: Former California TV reporter named as National Park Service deputy
Read it here: Former California TV reporter named as National Park Service deputy And the quote of the week from Roger Covalt, longtime park ranger and friend of Rostra… I guess I could become the Deputy Director of the National Park Service. I mean, I have experience as a Park Ranger and it would seem that this reporter has experience …
DeMaio Blasts Rep. Peters for “Symbolism Without Substance” on Jobs & Entrepreneurism
DeMaio Blasts Rep. Peters for “Symbolism Without Substance” on Jobs & Entrepreneurism Peters Trying to Hide Record of Hurting Entrepreneurs and Killing Jobs San Diego – He’s one of the biggest supporters of some of the worst policies that have created obstacles to San Diego’s entrepreneurs and small businesses, but Scott Peters today proposed creating a “national day” to honor …
Road to Recovery – Not a Zero Sum Game
This op-ed originally appeared in Fox & Hounds While improving appearances on the financial front, albeit at the expense of higher taxes, California’s true recovery depends on increasing private sector employment. Publicly, Governor Brown and his GoBiz office have acknowledged as much; many of the employment damaging policies occurred prior to his watch. But how his administration moves forward will be …
Assemblyman Jones Reflects on Necessity of Proposition 13
SACRAMENTO – As the first year of the 2013-14 Legislative Session comes to a close, Assemblyman Jones (R-Santee) reflects on the necessity of Proposition 13, and condemns the Democrats for trying to chip away at this. “Proposition 13 created stability for homeowners and continues to protect them from being at the mercy of a government that has a spending problem,” …
La Mesa: Citizens group to File Term Limits Ordinance
Media Release… The La Mesa Term Limits Committee will file the paperwork this morning to get voter approval for an ordinance to limit city officials to twelve consecutive years in office. The group needs to collect 3,306 valid signatures in 180 days to place the measure on the November 2014 ballot. Vice Mayor Kristine Alessio recently tried to get the …
Why our UCSD $100 million benefactor lives in South Dakota
Today there’s a good news story on the front page of the U-T San Diego about Denny Sanford, a philanthropist who just gave $100 MILLION to UCSD for medical research. A genuinely generous man with a vacation home in La Jolla, his avowed goal is to give away his billion+ dollar fortune during his lifetime. Such generosity is not at all uncommon …
Labor polling shows Alvarez in statistical dead heat with Fletcher for run off spot
A recent Garin-Hart-Yang survey, shown below, shows David Alvarez slightly ahead of Nathan Fletcher for the second spot in the San Diego mayor’s contest. Garin-Hart-Yang is a very reputable and likely expensive Democratic firm, also doing polling work for NBC, CBS, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today, among others. If there is any question whether the Labor Council wants to …
DeMaio to Launch “College Week” to Win Millennial Voters
UPDATE: Check out the segment we did this morning on Good Morning San Diego, kicking off our College Week events and launching my #FreeToBe plan! Tomorrow I’ll kick off a College Week tour and release my “FREE TO BE” plan to restore economic opportunities to the Millennial Generation. We can win the youth vote if we offer positive ideas that …
10News Poll: Faulconer leaps ahead of former frontrunner Fletcher
Read it here… http://www.10news.com/news/politics/poll-kevin-faulconer-leaps-ahead-of-former-frontrunner-nathan-fletcher-in-san-diego-mayoral-race11032013
Fletcher responds to UT story on driving records
Could it be a slow news weekend? There was this… Fletcher driving record tops field — The other three major mayoral hopefuls have had issues Then this… Fletcher cops to ticket for illegal left turn Could someone please go cover some news or walk a precinct or something?
UT San Diego Creates Great Opportunities for Media Entrepreneurs
UT San Diego bought more local newspapers today: U-T San Diego announced Friday that it is purchasing eight San Diego County community newspapers from Mainstreet Communications. The deal, which includes the La Jolla Light, the Del Mar Times and the Poway News Chieftain, is expected to close Monday. The sale price was not disclosed. As part of the acquisition, the …
This will shock you…Nathan Fletcher is a liar
So first, Nate was the only one in his family who went to college. Then it turned out his own mother went to the very same school Nate did. Nate’s response was that she only went for one semester, so if you asked her, she’d say she didn’t go to college. Except on her Facebook page, she does, in fact, …
Throwback Thursday: DeMaio Sends the “Cat Tax” to the Litter Box
Government will always thirst for more money to feed its spending addiction. Months after I led a coalition to defeat the Prop D Sales Tax, city bureaucrats cooked up another way to get our money: THE CAT TAX. We can fight and win against big government when make our case on over-reaches like the Cat Tax. There are other bad …
Just Plain Scary — CRP mail
Dropped yesterday from the California Republican Party… (click the images for a larger view)
Jobs Tax Increase — Call to Action from Taxpayers Association
From San Diego County Taxpayers Association… CALL TO ACTION! Jobs tax increase defeated in 2011 coming back to City Council Next Monday (November 4th) the City Council will be hearing a proposal to increase the Jobs Tax by as much as 900%! In July 2011 a proposal was brought forward to the San Diego City Council to increase the so …
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