This op-ed originally appeared on BudgetWatchdogs.org The “Car Tax” is back but may be on life support. Assembly Bill 8, a “gut and amend” bill that failed during the final hours of last year’s session, would increase or extend $2.3 billion of fees on car owners until 2024 – an eight year extension from the original expiration date of 2016. …
Filner and Marijuana
I should have known. First, let me say that I am in favor of all forms of legalizing marijuana, so of course, I am not opposed to medical marijuana. I followed the link on this tweet from Craig Gustafson to read about Bob Filner’s medical marijuana proposal: Story on @bobfilnermayor ‘s med pot ordinance now with docs — executive summary …
Deeply flawed initiative up for a Special Election in Encinitas
Some residents of Encinitas, working with a Carlsbad based activist/NIMBY group, have used the initiative process to force the City of Encinitas to spend at least $350,000 on a special election to be held in June of 2013. Nice. This ill-conceived measure: A) Won’t correct or address state mandated forced planning for additional housing units, B) Will actually replace steep-slope …
Bill Horn Running for Sixth Term
Bill Horn running for his sixth term as the Fifth District San Diego County supervisor is probably not a surprise. Some might even consider the news a bitter disappointment. Yet after 19 lively years in office, the North County supervisor still seems to enjoy public life. I recently bumped into Horn at the San Diego Albondigas lunch in Old Town. …
A CPAC Wish List: Who Will Emerge To Take On Obama?
Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times SAN DIEGO, March 9, 2013 ― The annual rally known as CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) begins next week, and the stakes have never been higher. Conservative politicians and activists will give inspirational speeches in the hopes that their vision might help elevate them as favored contenders to save the Republican Party or …
DeMaio to Warn of “Pension Spiking” and “Double Dipping” at City Hall
Carl DeMaio will speak at a forum organized by the San Diego County Taxpayers Association Thursday, March 14. At the forum, DeMaio will raise concerns that the Prop B Pension Reform Initiative may not be fully implemented at City Hall. DeMaio will outline a number of “red flag” issues – including the continuation of “pension spiking” where city employees can …
Vargas Dominos Redux
It should be no surprise that Assemblyman Ben Hueso won yesterday’s special election to fill the open 40th State Senate seat, which became vacant by virtue of Juan Vargas’ election to Congress last year. Next is the special election for Hueso’s assembly seat. As was noted on Rostra in March a year ago… If Hueso were to run and win …
A Quick Explanation of the Convention Center Tax Ruling
The Superior Court has issued a tentative ruling upholding the hotel tax increase used to finance the convention center expansion. Here’s a quick breakdown of the ruling for a lay audience: First of all, Judge Prager’s ruling is not set in stone. A judge issues a tentative ruling on a motion based upon the arguments filed by the parties, and …
San Diego City Council Should Resist The Temptation To Intervene on Federal and State Issues
“The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do, for themselves in their separate and individual capacities.”– President Abraham Lincoln President Obama used this Lincoln quote in his State of the Union address as a rationalization for an interventionist government. …
Tonight: San Diego Republicans Expose The High Speed Rail Taxpayer Scam
Assemblywoman Diane Harkey and Eric Christen, Executive Director of the Coalition for Fair Employment in Construction to lay out the case SAN DIEGO, California (March 11, 2013) – The Republican Party of San Diego County will dedicate its monthly event Monday evening at 6 pm at the Rancho Bernardo Inn to exposing the California High Speed Rail Taxpayer Scam. “This …
Firefighter Union Pres: “Leave California”
In response to a Tuesday post by Richard Rider, San Diego Firefighter Union President Frank De Clercq responded on Twitter, “Why don’t all these ‘Right Wing Special Interests’ leave California and go to Texas, and stay there!!!” How statesman-like. The City of San Diego must be pleased to have union leaders so willing to have a real discussion. We’re sure …
87 Year Old Lorraine Bayless Denied CPR by Nurse
Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times SAN DIEGO, March 5, 2013 ― What should have been an ordinary trip to the retirement home dining room turned into a nightmare, the last one 87-year-old Lorraine Bayless would ever experience. The treatment of this poor woman at Glenwood Gardens in Bakersfield, California marks an even greater nightmare for the moral bankruptcy …
Heebner’s Solana Beach Bag Ban Under Fire From Del Mar Mayor and UT San Diego
San Diego’s major newspaper, the UT-San Diego, called for the Solana Beach City Council to repeal the plastic bag ban today: Now that Solana Beach officials have agreed to revisit parts of their plastic bag ban because shoppers are complaining about paying a dime for paper bags, we have a suggestion: Bag the whole thing. Lesa Heebner, newly re-elected Solana …
DeMaio v Peters?
Rostra is best when we’re gossiping about possible campaign matchups. It looks like this possible local matchup is already getting attention in DC.
California vs. Texas — SMACKDOWN!
RIDER COMMENT: This is an unusually long post prepared by an ally — but most of it is in easily grasped graph form. And that’s what I love about it. “Soquel-by-the-creek” tracks many of the same California factors as I, but he excels (perhaps a pun — not sure) at putting out his info in more useful form — graphs. …
GOP: Democrats Admit Scott Peters’ Days In Congress Are Numbered
National Democrats include Peters on list of their most vulnerable members SAN DIEGO, California (March 58, 2013) – Citing the Democrats’ national campaign committee’s decision to include freshman Rep. Scott Peters(D-San Diego) on a list of their 19 most vulnerable members of Congress, the Republican Party of San Diego County today announced it will heavily target Peters in 2014. “The …
OC Register: PERB Attempts to Block Pension Reform with Assault on Citizens’ Initiative Rights
City labor unions and several city politicians want you to think that the “courts” have ruled against our Pension Reform efforts in San Diego. Well, they are simply wrong. The OC Register gets the story correct in this piece on PERB’s efforts to block pension reform by invalidating citizens right to ballot initiatives. Read the entire piece here.
Saturday Night Live’s Open Season On Christianity
Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times SAN DIEGO, February 22, 2013 ― A recent Saturday Night Live skit mixes Jesus Christ with Quentin Tarantino in a satirical movie trailer for a film called, Djesus Uncrossed. The spoof starts with Jesus rising from the dead, pushing aside the boulder that blocked his burial tomb. With a devious smile, he utters …
Duke Energy bribe to DNC pays off handsomely
We live in a kleptocracy where institutionalized theft is practiced by crony capitalists operating under an increasingly fascist system. I can no longer refer to our government officials as socialists because socialists have the gumption to steal and operate private property. The simple fact is that American government officials are lazy socialists, more accurately described as fascists. They let people …
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