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.”
Score One Point For The GOP Law & Order Caucus and None for the Constitutional Caucus
I was an outspoken supporter of Judge Gary Kreep. I enjoyed when the man spoke because he viewed the law from the lens of the US Constitution. Today, that appears to be his downfall: Kreep, 63, was reassigned on Sept. 9 from the downtown San Diego courthouse to a Kearny Mesa facility that handles traffic offenses and small claims. The …
Stuck on Stupid?
Take the Encinitas Transit Survey!!! No doubt some fool consultant, or some clever consultant is promoting this survey and charging the city $$. The problems are that: A) It’s “Opt in” and therefore bereft of any semblance of scientific or statistical validity, and B) It doesn’t prevent anyone from taking it multiple times from the same computer (So I’m told) …
Media Statement: Faulconer shows up for work; Fletcher collected his full salary during the last mayoral election yet he missed 74 percent of his Assembly meetings
SAN DIEGO (Oct. 10, 2013): Nathan Fletcher’s campaign has suggested to reporters that Kevin Faulconer and David Alvarez should cut their pay in half while running for mayor. What follows is a response from Faulconer’s campaign: “San Diego voters should be more concerned about Nathan’s own attendance record as a state Assemblyman when he ran for mayor,” said Tony Manolatos, …
More Lincoln Club mail on Fletcher
As if the first mailer of the San Diego mayor’s race didn’t result in enough reaction, including today’s U-T San Diego story, “‘No-show job’ ad irks Fletcher,” there’s more. Hitting mailboxes today, it appears, is a second piece from the Lincoln Club, claiming that Nathan Fletcher “Doesn’t show up to work” and depicting a vacant parking space. The buzz will …
DeMaio Announces Support for Campaign to Save Maritime Jobs
DeMaio Announces Support for Campaign to Save Maritime Jobs Organizes Petition Drive to Stop Flawed Regulations Restricting Maritime Investment San Diego — Two weeks ago, the San Diego City Council passed a flawed plan to impose costly new regulations that would severely restrict investment in San Diego’s vital maritime economy, which today contributes $14 billion annually to the regional economy. …
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