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 …
Former Gov. Pete Wilson Endorses Rocky Chavez
Former two-term California Governor Pete Wilson has endorsed Rocky Chavez in North County’s 76th Assembly District. Governor Wilson, who served as Mayor of San Diego and as a U.S. Senator during President Ronald Reagan’s tenure, remains deeply connected with the region. Wilson built up a $16 billion budget surplus by the time he left office in 1999.
Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally – Tomorrow
Event Invitation… This year in January, the federal government launched one of the most outrageous attacks on religious freedom in our nation’s history: the “Health and Human Service (HHS) Mandate.” This mandate, implemented under Obamacare, forces employers – including religious charities – to provide free contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs in their health plans, against their religious beliefs and moral conscience. …
Filner’s abysmal Congressional voting record — from taxpayers’ standpoint
Here’s Comrade Bob Filner’s annual aggregate Congressional voting record — compiled by NTU (National Taxpayers Union). The last year he didn’t earn a grade of “F” was in 1996, when Clinton went relatively moderate to counter the GOP surge. That year Filner squeezed by with a gentleman’s “D.” The choice for mayor of San Diego has NEVER been more clear. …
#Cointossgate: Filner Loses a Coin Toss, Then Loses It, Leaves DeMaio #Eastwooding
Video added at bottom of post ______ It was surreal… and televised. As we well know, Bob Filner is a Congressman and can do whatever he wants. Alas, the cruel hand of probability did not get the memo. Probability did not give The Entitled One that which he wanted. Unthinkable. Mayoral candidate Filner lost a coin toss. The coin toss …
Can We Trust Bob Filner?
Courtesy of The Lincoln Club of San Diego County
El Cajon City Council Imposes Harsh Penalty for Synthetic Drug Sales
“Spice” and “Bath Salts” are names for synthetic drugs that can cause severe psychosis, brain damage and death. This was the drug at the heart of the “Miami Cannibal” case, which left one man dead and the other with most of his face “eaten off”. This week the El Cajon City Council imposed a $2500 fine for selling these substances …
New Majority San Diego Urges Voters to Cast Votes for Jobs & Stronger Economy this Election
As Absentee Ballots are Mailed, Voters Reminded of Election’s Impact on Jobs & Economy San Diego, CA – As absentee ballots are mailed to voters throughout California this week, the San Diego chapter of The New Majority urged voters to support candidates and measures that will help to bring economic stability to our city, state and nation. “This election is …
How Ron Paul and Gary Johnson can fight for the Constitution
First published by Communities @ Washington Times SAN DIEGO, October 8, 2012 — I’ll never forget the old Laurel and Hardy movie, in which those two lovable buffoons were ordering dessert in a restaurant. “What kind of ice cream do you have?” asked Stanley, the slimmer, dopier one. The waiter replied, “We have pistachio or vanilla.” With a gleeful, child like enthusiasm, …
From the “All Politics are Local” file
Hi Rostrafarians, Do you miss the days of friendly, even cordial, political seasons in small town America? I contend they probably never existed. Check out below what landed in my inbox with an admonition “DO NOT FORWARD!” …and this is in bucolic and prosperous Encinitas where a recent citizen’s satisfaction survey says that an unbelievable 98 percent of the people …
Faulconer Speaks Out Against Proposal to Increase Pension Debt
San Diegans voted for Comprehensive Pension Reform to fix the pension problem now. In fact, much of the City of San Diego’s financial turnaround over the past few years is attributable to local leaders taking the bull by the horns and not putting off difficult choices to future generations. Today, Kevin Faulconer continued to speak out against a plan that …
What’s CA’s real deficit?
From Steve Frank: State Controller John Chiang just announced the cash deficit for the first THREE months of this fiscal year is $22.3 billion. Does not include the $12 billion owed schools, the $10 billion owed the Feds for loaning us money to be able to bail out our unemployment insurance fund or the $12.3 billion STOLEN from Trust Funds …
2012 Presidential Election Daily Tracking Poll
IBD/TIPP 2012 Presidential Election Daily Tracking Poll Day 2: Oct. 10, 2012 Romney: +5.0 Romney’s lead widened to 5 points from 2 points on Tuesday, as he continues to chip away at key Obama support. Romney’s edge among independents widened to 20 points from 18 just a day before. Obama’s lead among women narrowed from 10 points to 8 points. Romney …
The Divided Era & the 2012 Election
Guest Commentary by Tom Del Beccaro We live in the Divided Era of American politics. Nearly equal numbers of people are now on the side of almost every political issue. This phenomenon of partisanship is neither accidental nor temporary. Throughout all of history, the larger the stakes the more divided a people and the larger the government, the larger the …
Unions Confident That Comrade Bob Filner Will Raise City Taxes
It’s no surprise that the police unions endorsed Comrade Bob Filner for mayor of San Diego. But what deserves more publicity is that a major reason the unions themselves declare they are adamantly opposed to Carl DeMaio is that DeMaio led the charge against their city sales tax increase (which turned out to not be needed after all). NOTE TO …
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