San Diego Rostra brings back the spirit of public thought and debate that existed in Ancient Rome. The Rostra originates from the word Rostrum, a forum in ancient Rome where citizens would come to voice their thoughts, concerns, and critiques about society.
It’s recently come to light that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is maintaining a searchable database of firearm purchase records. Effectively a federal firearms registry. A firearms registry that contains records of over 920 million firearms transactions. A registry that is expressly forbidden by federal law. A registry that is condoned and encouraged by the Biden …
Press Release Sheriff Candidate John Hemmerling Endorsed by The Republican Party of San Diego County The Republican Party of San Diego County has endorsed chief criminal prosecutor John Hemmerling for County Sheriff. Hemmerling’s career spans 28 years of dedicated service to the City of San Diego and 30 years of faithful military service. He has patrolled the streets, fought to …
Voters often vote in local races with little or no information regarding the candidates for whom they are voting. Think about it. Have you ever voted for a judge, school board member, or city council member having almost no information about that person? How much did you know about the last water board member you voted for? So, why is …
State Senator Brian W. Jones yesterday released the latest edition of “Are You Kidding Me?” (AYKM) video series providing thought-provoking ideas and questioning government actions and decisions that sometimes just don’t make any sense. Today’s AYKM has to do with the State’s $45 billion budget surplus and what it could mean to the lives of Californians if we simply returned …
A champion of Gun Violence Restraining Orders (GVROs), John Hemmerling, is running for the top law enforcement office in San Diego and he is doing it as a Republican. More often than not, Republicans are pro-Second Amendment and resist overreaching government policies that put gun owners at risk. But not always. Here are some common questions I have gotten recently …
Around the time Covid vaccines started rolling out under Emergency Use Authorization I saw an interview of Dr. Anthony Fauci. I think it was on MSNBC. He called Covid vaccines the “final solution.” The first thought that comes to mind when hearing the phrase “final solution” is the Holocaust. Why would Dr. Fauci use that phrase? Was it careless incompetence? …
As is my custom on this night for over 15 years… And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, …
With last night’s final approval from the California Redistricting Commission, we now have voter registration data for the new state districts. Here is a spreadsheet containing all the partisan registration data for districts within San Diego County, including how much of the various counties each district covers. Below is some initial analysis. Note that this was written this morning as …
ReOpen San Diego announced late Wednesday it is suing the City of San Diego over its Covid-19 vaccine mandates. In an email, the group referenced the ordinance passed by the City Council last month that requires vaccinations for public participation including holding elected office and attending city meetings. Calling the law authoritarian and tyrannical, ReOpen San Diego further stated, “Not …
Guest Commentary by Steve Goble, El Cajon City Councilmember So the majority of SANDAG’s board is backpedaling on the Road Usage Charge (aka Vehicle Miles Traveled or “VMT” tax), asking staff to look for replacement sources. How much money are we talking about? In the 2021 Regional Plan, VMT tax revenue is projected to total $24.4 Billion, or 9% of …
Mayor Todd Gloria Begins the Political Purge of People of Faith by Amy Reichert www.ReOpenSD.org Imagine if you were an evil dictator and you could eliminate all of the free thinkers, the critical thinkers, dare I say “intellectuals” from positions in the military, universities, government, teaching, and even students in public schools? Sound familiar? It is happening right now, right …
This was posted on the Richard Bailey for Congress Facebook page. It is published here with Mayor Bailey’s approval. The California Interscholastic Federation just announced the appeal to reinstate the Coronado High School Boys Basketball Championship was denied. Despite the fact that no one on the Varsity Boys Basketball team brought or threw tortillas, in addition to losing the championship …
San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria continues to push for the firing of 1,000 first responders on December 1, 2021, just three weeks before Christmas. Their crime? They will not submit to the vaccine mandate. On Friday, November 19, ReOpen San Diego is partnering again with San Diego Police Officers, Firefighters, 9-1-1 Dispatchers and… CRIME VICTIMS Victims of crimes will share …
The following was written by a police officer with 10 years of service to the City and the citizens of San Diego. SD Rostra is honoring the officer’s request for anonymity. Mayor Todd Gloria and the San Diego City Council have enacted a dangerous vaccine mandate that puts the citizens of San Diego in jeopardy. The mandate will terminate about …
Andrew Keatts of Voice of San Diego has the story, with the headline… Longtime Labor Leader Leaves After Discovery of ‘Unintended Compensation’ “(Tom Lemmon) has since not responded to numerous messages and voice mails.” Read it all here.
As a follow up to the news that sexually violent predator Douglas Badger is being proposed for placement in a Rancho Bernardo golf course neighborhood, the owners of the property have changed their minds about him residing there (see the letter below). Read between the lines, but it’s pretty clear the property owners felt the wrath of the community in …
For 40+ years I’ve fought against big government and their agencies. But in all my experience, no agency came close to the systemic dishonesty and actual evil that has pervaded SANDAG for decades. It’s not just SANDAG’s current Grand Ayatollah who is the problem. For decades SANDAG has been staffed by highly paid (and pensioned) central planners who consider oppressive, …
Our San Diego County Board of Supervisors has now flipped Democrat, thanks to our voters. The board is led by “El Flippo” himself — Nathan Fletcher. Here’s how our progressives run things — throwing more and more of our money at a problem while ignoring the abysmal results. In this case, the Supervisors simply gave $37 million more to a …
A knock-down community fight earlier this year ended with a judge rejecting the State-proposed placement of sexually violent predator Douglas Badger in a Mt. Helix home. Now, the State of California in its wisdom is proposing Badger’s placement in Rancho Bernardo, by the Country Club and up the street from the Rancho Bernardo Inn. See the Sheriff’s Department notice, posted …
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