From Twitter… @UTWatchdog: Mail call >> Fletcher camp goes negative, links Alvarez to Filner, Faulconer to ‘Republican power-brokers’ http://j.mp/HlAsb8 [pdf]
Ten Years After the Cedar Fire: A cautionary tale
From a decade ago, a week and a half after the start of one of the worst fires in U.S. history, below is a letter by local officials to then Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger outlining the lack of response by the State to a means of getting additional firefighting equipment in the air. It is worth a read today, as both …
10 News: El Cajon Mayor Mark Lewis resigns
“Mark Lewis has resigned from his position as Mayor of El Cajon, 10News learned Thursday night.” Read the story… http://www.10news.com/news/el-cajon-mayor-mark-lewis-stands-by-comments-despite-apology-102413
Poway Secret Service is open for business!
Guest Commentary by Steve Vaus Living in Poway for 21 years I’ve witnessed first-hand the power of volunteerism to fill a need — the amazing things possible when a helping hand is extended. But serving on City Council I’ve found there are often needs that go unmet because they are unknown. There’s been a missing link when it came to …
League of Gonzalez Voters backs Fletcher
Yesterday, Republican-turned-Independent-turned-Democrat Nathan Fletcher received an endorsement from the environmental group known as the League of Conservation Voters. They’re the folks who put out an annual scorecard on important City environmental issues including a resolution supporting the Brown Act, the fireworks litigation, managed competition for stormwater employees, and the Convention Center expansion (here’s the 2012 report from LCV). The most …
Labor Council jumps in against Fletcher
The Labor Council joins the fray with a three-panel walk piece, in support of David Alvarez and criticizing Nathan Fletcher for what is inferred as a Qualcomm pay-to-play scheme: “After serving in the Marines, Fletcher served in the State Assembly. He then got a six figure salary ‘no-show job’ with Qualcomm after using his position in the Legislature to help …
Faulconer’s first TV ad… “Sanders: Getting Things Done.”
“I worked closely with Kevin Faulconer to reform the city’s pension system — saving a billion dollars that can now be put back into our neighborhoods,” Jerry Sanders says to the camera.” Kevin is running to finish the job. His Neighborhood Fairness Plan uses savings to repave, increase police patrols and keep after school programs open longer. Best, Kevin’s plan starts …
Ending Class Warfare with a Flat Tax
Guest Commentary by Joel Marchese Conservatives always lash out at liberals for using class warfare as a tool to win elections. Liberals respond by saying that if only tax rates were higher for the rich than they are now, we wouldn’t need this debate. Historically, the conservative argument for keeping taxes lower always wins when the empirical data is analyzed …
Petition Rallies to Save Jobs in San Diego
Our petition rallies in front of neighborhood stores have brought thousands of San Diegans out to sign the referendum to protect maritime jobs from costly regulations recently passed by the City Council. It is time to take a stand against runaway regulations that cost jobs! This is one easy way to turn back big government and score a win for …
SD CityBeat readers give Rostra a mention
In SD CityBeat’s Best of San Diego 2013, Rostra received an honorable mention in a reader’s poll under the Music, arts, culture & media category. Best Political Blog Voice of San Diego Honorable mention: OB Rag, Two Cathedrals, SD Rostra, Bowler’s Desk Congrats to all those honored, as well as to CityBeat for polling San Diegans and compiling the results!
Another Lincoln Club hit: “Double Standard”
(click for a larger image) See all the mail from the Lincoln Club in the last two weeks.
Does Nathan Fletcher oppose a public vote on Chargers stadium subsidies?
According to a couple people I talked to who actually watched the Monday evening mayoral debate (during the CHARGERS game — that’s just not RIGHT!), 3 of the 4 candidates pledged to put any Chargers stadium deal that involved taxpayer subsidies up for a public vote. But Nathan Fletcher did not — and apparently has not stated whether or not …
The U.S. LEAST affordable housing markets for the middle class? #’s 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 & 7 all are in California. San Diego #5.
For most individuals, California’s expensive home prices are a far bigger problem than our highly progressive tax structure. For the really well-to-do who carry most of the CA income tax load, housing costs are a secondary problem. But for the middle class, it can be a dream killer. Below is a link to a current, informative article comparing the affordability …
Lori Saldaña Will Probably Never Answer the Question About the San Diego Democratic Party
Ex-Mayor Bob Filner is now a convicted felon. This is no surprise to people who have been following the Filner saga. As each layer of the onion was peeled off, the “monster within” (Filner’s description of his problem) had a history of prolonged abuse of women. What was a rumor on Capitol Hill became reality as he campaigned in the …
Latest mayor mail: Lincoln Club brings Karl Rove into the mix
The Lincoln Club mail continues unabated… click for larger views To see all the 2013 mail from the Lincoln Club, click here. _____ We reiterate: Readers of Rostra may falsely believe we won’t post mail from other candidates or PACs. That would be an incorrect assumption. The interest here is in what is being mailed and advertised. Yes, we are …
Brown Signs SB 7, Chooses Unions over Cities
Labor Unions used to be able to claim “Unions Built America”. Now however, many Labor Unions use their political buying power to pervert the system to further their own greed. Governor Brown has signed SB 7 into law. This allows the state of California to withhold funds to Charter Cites who, by right and by charter, refuse to pay prevailing …
One significant fact omitted concerning Nathan Fletcher’s military service bio. Oversight??
San Diego Mayoral candidate Nathan Fletcher served honorably in the military. Of that there is no doubt. He deserves full credit for his military service. But what I find interesting is that his published bios seldom if ever mention his military rate or rank. If you read his Wikipedia bio (doubtless controlled by Nathan’s campaign handlers — the whole piece …
Some seldom-considered reasons why subsidizing a new Charger stadium is a bad idea
The Chargers (via the media that usually profit from having professional sports teams in town) are blitzing San Diego, trying to get a new stadium largely at taxpayer expense. Naturally I oppose such a subsidy for millionaires (players) and billionaires (owners). There are many arguments against such subsidies, and I’ve voiced them over the years. For instance, we taxpayers foot …
New Lincoln Club Mail on Fletcher
And who said mail was dead? After the first two rather notorious Lincoln Club mail pieces on Nathan Fletcher hit mailboxes this week, the third seems to hint at a pattern of behavior. The latest piece quotes Shawn Steel as one of Fletcher’s former employers saying he “cannot be trusted to do the job.”
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