What Does Marco Rubio’s “Watergate” Say About Our Media?

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Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times. SAN DIEGO, February 15, 2013 ― What was the most important news to take away from President Obama’s State of the Union address and Marco Rubio’s GOP response? Are media pundits talking about Obama’s desire for even more taxation, a hunger showing no signs of ever being satiated? Are they discussing his comments …

DeMaio Webcast Today: Advancing Fiscal Reform in California

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Reason-TV will feature Carl DeMaio having a live discussion in front of a studio audience and web cast on the topic of “How California’s Public Pension System Broke: And What We Need To Do To Fix It” Moderated by Dr. Adrian Moore, Vice President, Policy. Live Location: Reason’s LA Headquarters, 5737 Mesmer Ave, Los Angeles, CA Webcast: reason.com/blog Please contact …

Filner Should Speak Up

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San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has been keeping silent about his views on the 2 percent hotel tax.  I previously argued that I thought the tax violated Proposition 26.  City Attorney Jan Goldsmith pointed out that the city was taking a risk in the comments section on sdrostra.  City Attorney Goldsmith cited his office’s legal opinion which finished with this …

President Obama Challenged By A Better African-American Speaker

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Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times SAN DIEGO, February 9, 2013 ― Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, pediatric neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital, gave an extraordinary speech at the recent National Prayer Breakfast. His speech has set the media abuzz while going viral on the Internet. Carson’s comments were controversial for two very important reasons. An African-American, Carson renounced the Political …

Schwartz takes issue with local article on gun rights

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Linked here is a story by Ken Stone of the Rancho Bernardo Patch, regarding a presentation on gun rights by Michael Schwartz at Monday’s Republican Party of San Diego monthly meeting. Below is Schwartz’ response. Ken, I can’t thank you enough for covering my talk at the San Diego County Republican Party Central Committee! San Diegans need to know the …

Solana Beach Plastic Bag Ban Might Be Bagged

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The radicals on the Solana Beach Council are reconsidering their plastic bag ban.  Read all about it at The Del Mar Times .  You may recall that I exposed the unintended consequences  predictable  health hazard of  Lesa Heebner’s silly policy just a few days before the Solana Beach City Council considered a partial repeal of the ban. Reusable grocery store …

Bruce Williams: My campaign for San Diego City Council

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Guest Submission Greetings – My name is Bruce Williams and I have spent my life committed to improving our beautiful city. That’s why I am running for San Diego City Council District 4 in the March 26 Special Election. I was born and raised in Council District 4. After graduating college and completing a fellowship in Washington DC and another …

Chambers of commerce often are the enemies of taxpayers — and business

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In the article below, my friend Joel Fox expresses disappointment (but NOT surprise) that the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce has voted to support yet another sales tax increase – in exchange for establishing a toothless commission to make government work better (and we all know how that’s gonna work out).  Joel and I would have been surprised only if they had …

WSJ: Minnesota’s Snowbird Tax — Coming to California?

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Here’s a recent disturbing WALL ST JOURNAL editorial on a new tax grab out of Minnesota.  It’s disturbing because — given the similar state ideology and political climate — I would expect that, if it’s found to be legal, then California, New York, Illinois and perhaps some other desperate high tax, union-controlled states might very well adopt similar strategies. The …

Port Commissioner Veto: Filner Win or Gloria’s Failure of Leadership?

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This morning’s UT had a scathing editorial which proclaimed: “That scream you heard just after 3 p.m. Monday was the San Diego City Council slitting its own throat.” The editorial noted the Council’s failure to override Filner’s veto was a “huge political victory in his (Filner’s) first tug-of-war with the council.” Read the entire editorial here: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/feb/11/port-commission-filner-veto-gloria-council/ What the editorial …

The NAACP, the ACLU, and the Republican Party

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Last night, the Republican Party of San Diego County endorsed three people for three different elections: Hector Gastelum for State Senate in District 40, Sandy Spackman for City Council in San Diego’s 4th District, and Harmeet Dhillon for Vice Chairman of the California Republican Party.  While local media could trumpet that each of those candidates might not look like the …

Monday: February Republican Party of San Diego County Meeting

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From Tony Krvaric… Facebook invite Come network with like-minded patriots, hear great speakers and meet dozens of candidates and elected officials… There is no such thing as an “off year” – at least not here in San Diego County. Come join us for the Official February Event for all Republicans in San Diego County… …this Monday (Monday, February 11, 2013) …

Obama’s Health Care Lies

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Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times SAN DIEGO, February 1, 2013 ― Say what you want about Nancy Pelosi, she got one thing right about Obama’s Affordable Care Act: We had to pass the law to find out what’s in it. Now that some have actually bitten into this Tootsie Roll Pop, they are discovering that its crunchy outside was …