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 …
Let’s face it. Government has to do everything.
Reader thoughts? Please comment. News Release MAYOR BOB FILNER FIGHTS FOR EVERY SAN DIEGO PADRES FAN TO HAVE ACCESS TO SEE GAMES (San Diego) — Mayor Bob Filner is standing by his campaign promise to make sure that all San Diego Padres fans will be able to see the games on cable this baseball season. Last season Padres fans with …
Sequestration: “A harsh reality for families and businesses”
Mark Cafferty, CEO of San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation, sent a letter this morning to EDC board members about the local impacts of sequestration and what’s next… Board members, investors and partners: As you are aware, the law of sequestration will likely take effect today. The result – essentially a 10 percent across-the-board cut of all federal programs, projects …
Libertarian Links: Friday, March 1, 2013 #Winning, Strange Bedfellows, Immigration, and Sequestration
I’ll open up with what I thought was the best thing I read all week. Zach Foster described how modern libertarians suffer from Back to the Future fantasies so much that they forget that they’re winning the argument: At the present time we’re faced with the great tasks of taking over the Republican Party, seizing the reigns of the State, …
Pension Reform Panel
SDCTA Breakfast Panel: The Future of Pension Reform: What’s Next? Date: Thursday, March 14, 2013 Time: 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM Organizer: San Diego County Taxpayers Association Sponsor: REFORM San Diego Panelists Include: Carl DeMaio – Founder and Chairman of Reform San Diego Hon. Jan Goldsmith – San Diego City Attorney Tim Davis – Partner at Burke, Williams & Sorensen, …
Red LIght Cameras Gone in El Cajon
I wanted to follow up on my previous article about the controversy over the red light cameras. It was my contention that these cameras were hated by the public and that they constituted a real threat to civil liberties. I argued that the cost of these infractions were overly punitive (approximately $500 per infraction), and that they represented a line …
AD 80 Watch #3: The survey feud continues
The food fight is getting interesting. From 80th Assembly District candidate Steve Castaneda… Elections Require a Campaign Not a Coronation Castaneda Poll Shows Reality Not Wishful Thinking In response to the loaded poll released by Lorena Gonzalez’s State Assembly campaign, the Castaneda campaign released the following statement: “Polls are a snapshot in time. It is clear that if the election …
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