In response to a Friday Rostra opinion piece by Southern Exposure, the following was submitted as a guest column. by Bernardo Vasquez Please allow me to set the record straight for you and clear up the baseless inferences you make in your story. I have been on the Sweetwater Union High School District bond oversight committee since April 2009. I became chair …
California jobs picture still as dismal as bottom of recession
What’s driving the unemployment rates down? Is the economy really booming? More important for us Golden State residents, why is California still doing so poorly compared to the other states? Here are some answers. http://riderrants.blogspot.com/2012/10/california-jobs-picture-still-as-dismal.html There are four factors suggested for our nation’s relatively improving unemployment figures. 1. More private sector hiring. 2. More of the “unemployed” dropping out of …
Pension debt? Chavez put it on the credit card
Guest Commentary by Tony Trejo At a recent debate between candidates for North County’s new 76th Assembly District, candidate Rocky Chavez was asked about an April 6, 2005, vote he made regarding the city of Oceanside’s pension debt obligations. The vote was to pass a bond to refinance the city’s debt obligations. Chavez responded by asking if anybody had refinanced …
Is America Being Held Hostage By Undecided Voters?
Originally published by Communities @Washington Times SAN DIEGO, October 16, 2012 —Yes, it’s that wonderful time of the election year, those last few weeks. Primaries and conventions have long since faded away in the rear view mirror. The lips of candidates are still sore from all the behinds they kissed within their party bases. Now they set out to court …
The Buck Stops Here: Mike Hansen in San Marcos and Richard Bailey in Coronado
San Diego County limited government activists have two reasons to be enthusiastic next month: San Marcos’ Mike Hansen and Coronado’s Richard Bailey are running for City Council seats in their respective cities. Both gentlemen are under 30, both are active in the local Republican Party (Hansen as a donor and volunteer and Bailey as a donor and Central Committee Member), …
Bernardo Vasquez Opposes Transparency – Bond Oversight Member Yet to Disclose Finances and Potential Conflicts of Interest
As of October 15th, 2012, Bernardo Vasquez, an insurance salesman, still has not turned in a statement of economic interest (Form 700) with the Sweetwater Union High School District. The School District in an effort to increase transparency started requiring Proposition O Bond Oversight Committee Members to turn in Statements of Economic Interest this year. These statements were due by …
School Board is Paying $2,500 for iPads!!
Courtesy of the San Diego County Taxpayers Association “Dumb” is the word San Diego Unified Trustee Scott Barnett used to describe the School Board’s decision to finance iPads over 40 years with tax dollars. The San Diego County Taxpayers Association determined the cost of the iPads and is leading the No On Z campaign.
Breitbart.com: Romney Crushes Obama in Gallup: 52-45%
Read it here… http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/18/Romney-Crushes-Obama-In-Gallup-52-45
New Polling Results Show Congressman Bilbray with Growing Lead
Today, the Bilbray for Congress campaign announced new internal poling results, which show him up by four points against his opponent Scott Peters. These new polling results reflect the growing momentum in the race for California’s 52nd Congressional District for Congressman Bilbray. Internal polling conducted last week, showed Bilbray leading by two points. The poll conducted October 15-18, with 470 …
Beware of the Zombie Tax
Courtesy of the San Diego County Taxpayers Association
Taking Action Matters! — San Diego Job Creators
Third District candidate for County Supervisor Steve Danon, the presumptive front runner, chose not to wait until being inaugurated to begin helping our fellow San Diego County residents! After a lunch meeting with the owner of a a newly opened Encinitas business and me, he realized that people needed a way to better navigate the bureaucracy inherent in each city …
If Props 30 AND 38 pass, they might BOTH raise our taxes
Here’s today’s unsettling thought for California taxpayers — a factoid not being discussed. Props 30 and 38 can BOTH pass and, if the stars align right, raise our taxes TOGETHER. As we all know, these are two competing massive state tax increases on the November ballot. When we have two conflicting measures that pass, the one with the most votes …
The Bernie Madoff of San Diego: Scott Peters can’t run from his past
(San Diego) – Scott Peters is infamously known as the architect of the “Enron by the Sea” scandal that nearly bankrupted San Diego when he voted to increase the city’s pension benefits while underfunding the pension system in 2002. That is why it was so outrageous to find out that Peters never learned from his egregious mistake, when he offered …
PREDICTIONS: Romney and DeMaio to win big in November
Scott Rasmussen, generally regarded as the most accurate pollster in the business, mentioned that debates have little or no influence on the eventual election results, but I disagree. I think both the first Presidential debate and the recent San Diego Mayoral debate gave the fence sitters “permission” to vote for the respective Republicans in each race. I favor former Libertarian …
Justice for the Courts and the Car Allowance
Guest Commentary by Daniel Brainard The upcoming $33 million in budget cuts that the San Diego Superior Court faces includes the closing of some court locations, the elimination of court reporters for family and civil trials, and the scaling back of various other services. This budget does not include cutting the “luxury” car stipend that is reserved for the judges. …
Ensuring Ballot Integrity in 2012
A transparent election process is critical to our democratic process, so it was very encouraging to see San Diego Registrar Deborah Seiler discuss this process at this month’s Republican Central Committee meeting. Ms. Seiler—in an appropriate and non-partisan manner—explained to the audience the role of the Registrar of Voters, its various administrative processes, its efforts to maintain a clean voter …
What actually happened with the coin toss?
Steve Rider lets us know what may have happened with the coin toss during the recent Filner/DeMaio mayoral debate…
Did Joe Biden Achieve His True Objective in the VP debate?
Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times SAN DIEGO, October 12, 2012 — Much is being made of Joe Biden’s laughter, smiles, and constant interrupting during the debate with GOP Vice-Presidential nominee Congressman Paul Ryan. There was plenty to smile about. Nuclear missiles in the hands of Iran can be pretty funny stuff. And when intelligence reports contradict the Obama …
The labor unions’ HUGE secret political tax loophole
California Prop 32 would end political payroll deductions for corporations and labor unions. Both sides are spending millions on this measure (with the “no” side — all union money — spending MANY millions MORE against it). But here’s a point that’s seldom mentioned — even by Prop 32 supporters. Labor union dues are 100% tax deductible. About 75% of union dues …
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