Guest Commentary by Randy Berholtz I attended my first Republican Convention in Tampa last week as part of the California delegation and I’d like to share my thoughts on the event. The positives for the event: First, the event was a bit like Disneyland for Conservative Republicans such as myself. I saw many of our older Republican leaders like former …
Last-Minute Drama in the Legislature
This op-ed originally appeared in the Orange County Register Reporting the type of back stories that made radio commentator Paul Harvey famous should be a must for the end of each legislative session in Sacramento. But to report behind-the-scenes stories, you need guts and a front-row seat. Now for the rest of the story: Widely reported was the defeat of …
DeMaio campaign launches first TV ad buy of General Election
Today we launched our latest television ad for the campaign called “Not a Label.” Check it out here:
Superior Court Budget Cuts Require a Judge with Experience in all Aspects of the Law
Guest Commentary by Daniel Brainard The San Diego Superior Court announced in June that it will face historical budget cuts for the upcoming Fiscal Years. The tentative plan in place for FY 2012-13 will see the largest reduction and restructuring of services in the court’s history. This reduction will eliminate hundreds of positions including twenty-five courtroom clerks, seven staff attorneys, …
California Republican Party Statement on Dem Chair Burton Comparing GOP to Nazi Propagandist
Press Release BURBANK — The California Republican Party today made the following statement regarding California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton’s comment in Charlotte this morning: “This is exactly the kind of desperate, deranged rhetoric the Democrats are going to employ in order to distract voters from their failed record over the past four years. While Republicans are offering voters real …
My first Republican National Convention
Guest Commentary by Arkan Somo I was very excited when I received my invitation to attend the RNC 2012 in Tampa, Florida. On the way to Tampa I didn’t know exactly what to expect. Monday was cancelled due to the weather, which caused Tuesday to be an action packed day. Tens of thousands of loyal and faithful to the core …
Critical Mass and Mob Rule
The news that a police officer was struck in the head by a screw driver yesterday, likely thrown by a bicyclist participating in Critical Mass, isn’t really surprising to me nor to many others. While the goals of the Critical Mass bike movement appear laudable, raising awareness of the unfriendly nature of the urban street environment to bicycles, the mob nature …
The state legislature’s pension “reform”
Guest Commentary by Jan Goldsmith In adopting AB 340, the pension reform measure, rather than using San Diego’s Proposition B as a model for real reform, the Legislature and Governor seem to have used San Diego’s Proposition D as the model. That was the proposed sales tax increase accompanied by hollow promises of reform. The difference is that voters scrutinized …
The fake “private” HSR train from Victorville to Las Vegas
Here’s a SUPERB U-T op-ed on California HSR — especially the “outing” of the generally ignored “private” HSR boondoggle from Victorville to Las Vegas. The piece is authored by my friends at the REASON Foundation. I had not previously seen this expose’ of the Vegas HSR scheme. Turns out it’s a gigantic taxpayer loan subsidy. More crony capitalism. Subsidized HSR …
Final Day from RNC: Nehring on Eastwood and Rubio, Holloway analyzes the Romney bounce and shares her Occupy Tampa swag
A pretty-much-says-it tweet from former State Republican Party Chairman Ron Nehring last night: “If Clint Eastwood wants to talk to a chair, he gets to talk to a chair.” Also, Nehring writes on his blog, “Sen. Rubio’s powerful words about America, immigrants and why people come here”… To me, the most powerful words spoken at the Republican National Convention came …
Are they ignorant racists or do they want us to believe their lie?
Critics smear GOP star Mia Love as an ‘Aunt Tom’… http://times247.com/articles/critics-smear-gop-star-aunt-tom-on-wikipedia When I see such ignorant comments as in the article linked above I get angry, but then as I start to calm down it dawns on me that those on the left making the comments are the real bigots … or they are trying to influence voters with another …
From the RNC: Wednesday Night’s Take, Single GOP Women becoming a Force?, Condi for Governor
First, a tweet from comedian Dennis Miller after the VP nominee’s speech last night: “After Ryan’s speech, Biden’s sphincter is twitchier than a college kid who drank tap water in Mexico on spring break.” From Mike Cully, our Rostra guest correspondent, attending the Republican National Convention as part of the California delegation… RNC Convention Day 2: The theme of the …
Notes on Our Mexican Trade Tour
This morning I began an extensive two-day trade tour to Mexico with fellow officials and business leaders. I have learned so much about the importance of strengthening our economic ties and cooperating as a region to improve the quality of life on both sides of the border. The San Diego-Tijuana border crossing is the busiest land border crossing in the …
They’re Back…Redevelopment Agencies Times Two
This op-ed originally appeared in the Flashreport Redevelopment times two appears to be returning to California, less than a year after the program was dissolved by the Legislature at the direction of Governor Brown. After Redevelopment Agencies (RDAs) were disbanded, members of both parties, the education establishment, and property rights advocates applauded the action. But less than a year later, …
Local taxpayer activist shines in WALL ST JOURNAL letters
RICHARD RIDER COMMENT: In today’s WALL ST JOURNAL, there are four good letters to the editor concerning Romney’s budget plan vs. the Obama non-plan. Perhaps the best letter is from my friend Russel Buckley, a taxpayer activist from La Mesa. Russell works tirelessly for taxpayers in the region. He’s a thorn in the side of La Mesa’s crony-plagued city government. …
Tuesday Night from RNC and more: Update at bottom — Yahoo Correspondent Fired after Romney comment
From Mike Cully, Tuesday 10:30 pm Florida time… Thunderous applause and a standing ovation that lasted several minutes…Ann Romney took the stage at 10:10 pm to a crowd in the Tampa Bay Times Forum. From the outset, Ann Romney set the tone, detouring from the rousing political speeches that punctuated the night and grounding the crowd by speaking, she said, …
KPCC: San Diego … a model for the future Republican Party?
From Airtalk at 89.3 KPCC… Many Republicans in California are pointing to the San Diego contingency as a model for the future of the national Republican Party, both on fiscal and social issues. Larry talks with the head of that group, Tony Krvaric, about what they are doing right and where the party could be headed on topics such as …
The Blaze: Boehner Booed at Convention as Chaos Erupts on Convention Floor Over Ron Paul Delegates
from The Blaze: A floor fight was narrowly avoided today on the floor of the Republican National Convention, as a battle over proposed rules and alternate delegations threatened to spark a mass rebellion by supports of Texas Congressman Ron Paul, as well as opponents of the proposed rules. Read it all.
“Are You Kidding Me?” Gut-and-Amend
Laurie Paredes: (916) 319-2077 SACRAMENTO – Assemblyman Brian Jones, R-Santee, releases his commentary on the questionable “gut-and-amend” process in the “Are You Kidding Me?” series. In this video, Assemblyman Jones points out the abuses of “gut-and-amend” and how this hurts Californians. The “Are You Kidding Me?” series consists of brief radio and television recordings on current state issues. http://arc.asm.ca.gov/member/77/?p=media&sid=431&id=12547
Hurricanes that extinguish conventions
What was accomplished by cancelling the first day of the Republican Convention due to a possible hurricane? I’ll tell you exactly what was accomplished: A shorter convention! That’s all! And now, even as the storm called Isaac moves away from Tampa and closer to New Orleans and Mississippi, it is reported that the convention may possibly be cut later on this …
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