Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times SAN DIEGO November 17, 2012— President Obama’s first post Benghazi Gate exchange with the White House Press Corps would have put viewers to sleep if not for one posturing comment which could prove to be a Freudian slip. ABC’s Jonathan Karl asked about the possible nomination of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice as his …
Average CA city employee compensation over $140,000/year!
Okay, my headline may not be a true average for all California cities. But for the three cities that have been analyzed in detail below, it IS true. Yet if you believe our state’s highly respected (respected by the MSM, at least) elected Controller, Democrat John Chiang, you’d think many public employees are one paycheck away from going Dempsey Dumpster diving. That …
Lessons from 2012: Building a “New” Republican Party
Published in today’s OC Register. Carl DeMaio: Building ‘new’ Republican Party in California San Diego mayoral race offers glimpses of overhaul state party needs. By Carl DeMaio If you do not learn from your mistakes, you are destined to repeat them. In the wake of last week’s staggering electoral losses, the California Republican Party must admit it did not merely …
Californian: El Cajon city councilman’s home is target of pre-Election Day shooting
We’re a little surprised this has been quiet until now. Councilman Bill Wells tells SD Rostra he wasn’t seeking coverage of the incident, that Californian reporter Alice Keyser recently called him about it, the first communication he had with any media. Maybe she heard a rumor or saw a police report, best guesses. Considering the shooting took place November 2, …
Who Will Make the Liberty Argument in the 4th San Diego City Council District?
Tony Young, current President of the San Diego City Council and Councilman from District 4, announced that he would be resigning his office to take over as CEO of the American Red Cross San Diego-Imperial Counties Chapter. Voice of San Diego reports that his resignation will trigger a special election, leaving the opportunity for the Republican Party to lean the …
Bilbray concedes race for 52nd Congressional District
Congressman Bilbray calls Scott Peters to wish him luck in Washington FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Brian Bilbray issued the following statement after calling to congratulate Scott Peters in the race for the 52nd Congressional District: “With the majority of votes counted, I would like to congratulate Scott Peters in his bid to serve the citizens of the …
Danon issues statement conceding Supervisor’s race
Calls and Congratulates Supervisor-Elect Dave Roberts San Diego, CA — Steve Danon today issued the following statement: “As votes continue to be tallied, it is clear that the people have made their decision, and so today I have congratulated Dave Roberts for being elected the next San Diego County Supervisor. “This has been a long and spirited campaign during which the …
Fletcher to join Qualcomm
From Nathan Fletcher’s FB page… FLETCHER TO JOIN QUALCOMM AFTER DEPARTURE FROM THE ASSEMBLY Legislative Champion for Innovation To Join San Diego’s Largest Innovative Company Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher announced today that he plans to join Qualcomm as Senior Director of Corporate Development after his term in office ends on December 2nd. “I believe in the power of innovation to improve …
SANDAG or County Supervisors? Please Pick One
What the heck does SANDAG do? Its mission statement, from its website: The 18 cities and county government are SANDAG, the San Diego Association of Governments. This public agency serves as the forum for regional decision-making. SANDAG builds consensus; makes strategic plans; obtains and allocates resources; plans, engineers, and builds public transportation, and provides information on a broad range of …
It is time for real voter reform to ensure honest elections
I, along with what I hope is many others, want honest elections. The appearance of fraud and corruption in our voting process make us appear like just a second rate country. Is it just a “pipedream” to want and to demand reform in the voting process? Why do we as a society, as Americans, allow such deception to occur? We …
Post Election Republican Strategy: Change the Message or Change the Style?
Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times SAN DIEGO, November 8, 2012 — As Republicans lick their wounds over Mitt Romney’s loss, everyone has an opinion about exactly what happened. There are as many Monday morning quarterbacks as stars in the sky. Pundits, politicians, and preachers all over the country, are using their 20/20 hindsight to launch a barrage of …
Veterans Day, Technology and Jobs
By Supervisor Bill Horn The history of Veterans Day dates back to Armistice Day and the end of World War I. To observe what we now know as Veterans Day, President Woodrow Wilson said Americans should “be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory.” Those words …
Did Hueso Bite the Hand That Feeds Him or Kiss It?
City Attorney Jan Goldsmith recently filed a lawsuit against the state of California to try to invalidate a new law requiring the city to provide Social Security coverage for its new employees. A measure authored by Assemblymember Ben Hueso. The real story out of this is that three local labor unions representing white-collar workers, firefighters and lifeguards are joining Goldsmith …
Veteran’s Day – A View of Mount Soledad
Mount Soledad Veteran’s Memorial the morning of November 3, 2012. Happy Veteran’s Day to everyone. I have been taking a break from blogging and taking it easy yesterday and doing research today. As a veteran so it seems a little self serving to thank veterans for their service; so I will say thank you to the Veterans who have served …
Put “paycheck protection” prop on EVERY ballot — EVERY election
http://riderrants.blogspot.com/2012/11/put-paycheck-protection-prop-on-every.html One lesson from the election I HOPE “my side” now understands and should support — we need to CONTINUE to use the proposition system against the labor unions and the left. Hit ’em with propositions they must fight, or else these unions risk dying from the passage of such reform measures. After all, the left doesn’t hesitate to hit …
NBC: Lincoln Club Leader Drops Republican Affiliation
NBC’s Wendy Fry posted a story last night that sheds some light on San Diego’s post-election fallout: David Malcolm , co-chair of the Lincoln Club’s political action committee and one of the organization’s top donors, re-registered as a “decline to state” Friday. Malcolm, a lifelong Republican, said he has been frustrated with partisan rhetoric on both sides of the aisle …
Don’t forget – Prop 30 failed in SD County
While Prop 30 passed handily statewide, it failed equally as handily in San Diego County. It failed 46%-54% in SD County while passing 54%-46% statewide. I did my job opposing Prop 30!! 😉 Just glad I wasn’t campaigning in LA, or SF, or SAC. Note to local SD politicians (especially Filner) — don’t think you can get tax increases easily …
Barack Obama beat Carl DeMaio
I said this Tuesday evening and I’ll say it again today; Barack Obama defeated Carl DeMaio and Bob Filner was along for the ride. I’m not making excuses but it appears that the top of the ticket is going to have a lot of influence on the San Diego Mayoral general election in the future. The North County Times explained …
Thank You
San Diego is an amazing city – and it is time to come together to put the best interests of our city first. All the votes are still being counted, but as the current tally shows us coming up short, I intend to support Bob Filner as he begins transition efforts. Nevertheless I want to assure every San Diegan that …
Election Update
Thank you very much for all of your help with my campaign for Congress. As you may know, I trail my opponent, Scott Peters by 685 votes. There are 475,000 ballots that still need to be counted in the county. This race is far from over. The next release of numbers will take place today, November 8th at 5:00 pm …
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