From Mike Cully, Tuesday 11 am Florida time… After a well-executed breakfast moderated by conservative radio talk-show hosts Dennis Prager and Hugh Hewitt and featuring an appearance by Speaker of the House John Boehner and Congressman Darrell Issa, delegates and alternates were told to prepare for a very long — possibly 12-hour-plus day. Since the cancellation of the session Monday, …
Day 1 from RNC
Over the next few days, SD Rostra will bring you some exclusive thoughts from a few San Diegans in Tampa for the Republican National Convention, mostly “on the fly” as they tell us what they’re doing, what’s going on with the California delegation, or anything else that happens to be on their minds. Here’s a missive from Mike Cully, Monday …
If Isaac Cancels GOP Convention, Republicans have a backup plan
My experience as an American Red Cross disaster responder for the last 20 years has taught me to expect anything and to prepare for the worst. So when I see hurricane experts discussing whether or not Isaac (now a tropical storm but predicted to become a hurricane this weekend) will hit Tampa, Florida during next week’s Republican National Convention, I …
“Educator for Senate” Marty Block voted against protecting children from classroom predators?
Assemblyman Marty Block today voted against a reform that would allow school boards to expedite the process of firing a teacher who commits a criminal act against a student. Republican Assemblyman Steve Knight presented amendments to Senate Bill 1458, legislation related to school accountability, to incorporate the language of Senate Bill 1530, authored by Democratic State Senator Alex Padilla. The …
Beyond Lilygate: Since When Did Filner and the Left Start Caring About Vandalism?
Last fall, given the amount of public and private property that Occupy Wall Street burned, destroyed and even defecated on, I began to wonder anew if there were any forms of vandalism to which the left objected. Alas, Lilygate provided a silver lining. Whatever the intent of the water fighting revelers, some of them destroyed a source of civic pride …
Mark Powell on SD Unified’s Financial Plan, or lack thereof
Mark Powell, November run-off election candidate for San Diego Unified School Board speaks out on the School District’s Financial Plan Guest Commentary by Mark Powell Thanks to the great investigative reporting by Will Carless at the Voice of San Diego, “the cat is out of the bag” and the voters are clear that San Diego Unified School Board president John …
Financial Plan? San Diego Unified School District says we don’t need no stinkin’ financial plan!
Recent revelations about high-interest, long term financing of a school bond measure by the Poway Unified School District cannot have escaped the attention of a single school official in San Diego, the state of California, or nationwide for that matter. Citizens are outraged and sounding off. Watchdog groups are calling for reforms that would prevent this type of financing scheme …
Legislating from the Minority
This op-ed originally appeared in the Flashreport It’s tough for Republicans to feel relevant in Sacramento. The overwhelming Democrat majority in both houses of the legislature and the total lock on every constitutional office in the state ensures that we are seldom needed for more than a one-off deal. To be sure, every session a few Republicans experience an “opportunity” to …
Anderson asks Governor to veto murderer prison release legislation
Anderson Asks Governor to Veto Senate Bill 9 “SB 9 will allow judges, years after-the-fact, to overturn the decision of juries and allow these murderers previously sentenced to life without parole to suddenly be released from prison.” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, August 22, 2011 State Capitol – Senator Joel Anderson (R-Alpine) today formally asked Governor Brown to veto Senate Bill …
Breaking Bad: California vs. the Other States – revised 8/19/2012
by Richard Rider, Chairman, San Diego Tax Fighters Version 1.821 Revised: 17 August, 2012 Updated version online at: http://open.salon.com/blog/Richard_Rider Phone: 858-530-3027 Facebook blog page: www.Facebook.com/Richard.Rider Here’s a depressing but documented comparison of California taxes and economic climate with the rest of the states. The news is breaking bad, and getting worse (twice a month, I update crucial data on this …
‘This race between Ray Ellis and Sherri Lightner could be a real game changer’
There is a segment that ran yesterday on KOGO (95.7FM/600AM) we think is worth sharing because it touches on an important political storyline that has yet to gain a lot of traction. Tony Manolatos, a communications consultant and Rostra contributor, and KOGO’s LaDona Harvey discussed the race between Ray Ellis and Sherri Lightner for the San Diego City Council District …
“Are You Kidding Me?” Parks Scandal
Laurie Paredes: (916) 319-2077 SACRAMENTO – Assemblyman Brian Jones, R-Santee, releases his commentary on the parks scandal in the “Are You Kidding Me?” series. In this video, Assemblyman Jones says with the Department of Parks hoarding away $54 million in unspent money, Californians deserve to know how all state agencies are spending their tax dollars. The “Are You Kidding Me?” …
Governor to San Diego: Tax yourselves or else!
Cross-posted at FlashReport San Diego Politics & Media Mashup If you believe Governor Jerry Brown, all of us are going to suffer if we don’t agree to tax ourselves more this November. It’s a tired sales pitch we hear too often from California lawmakers, but that didn’t stop Brown from trying to play on our fears when he visited San Diego …
Poway School Board Meeting 6 pm TONIGHT
Sent from PowayParents@cox.net … Poway School District has been in nationwide headlines for the past two weeks. (See links below) The New York Times, Businessweek, CNBC, NPR and virtually every other major outlet has written extensively about what CNBC called “the worst loan ever!” The district is borrowing $105 million dollars at a cost of a BILLION dollars, which our children …
More Veterans Jump on Board DeMaio’s Mayoral Campaign
Streamlining and Transition Assistance Attracts Key Support With less than 80 days to go until election day, San Diego Mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio picked up more support from key military veterans today. “With a narrowed field, I am pleased to announce that as the general election approaches, veterans of all branches and walks of life are rallying around Carl DeMaio,” …
Shooting at the Family Research Council: Hate from the left
Originally published by Communities At Washington Times. Used by permission SAN DIEGO, August 17, 2012 — As if there haven’t been enough shooting sprees in the news lately, another gunman joins the Venomous Nut Job Hall of Fame. This time the intended target was the headquarters of Family Research Council in Washington. Fortunately, the perpetrator was stopped and literally wrestled …
The Mike Aguirre of the mayor’s race
In response to Ryan Purdy’s recent post, Bob Filner’s Week of Lily Pond Lies, commenter La Playa Heritage writes, “By Monday, please stop encouraging Lillygate stories. Enough.” LPH then asks that we “move on to actual civic issues.” Really? Monday? How Random. Let’s make something perfectly clear. The Balboa Park Lily Pond vandalism incident of last week started as a story …
Assemblyman Jones Promoted to Chair of Assembly GOP Caucus
Contact: Laurie Paredes 916-319-2077 SACRAMENTO – Assemblyman Brian Jones, R-Santee, today announced that Assembly Republican Leader Connie Conway, R-Tulare, has promoted him from Assistant Republican Leader to Chair of the Assembly Republican Caucus. “I am honored to have been appointed Caucus Chair by Republican Leader Conway to help advance the shared principles of our caucus – creating jobs, keeping taxes …
DeMaio Builds Council Coalition to Ensure “Full and Complete” Pension Reform
I was pleased to announce yesterday that we have built a coalition on the City Council willing to work together to get results for San Diegans through the full and complete implementation of pension reform. While we have come together as a team to get results, Bob Filner is poised to negotiate away or outright invalidate the pension reforms in …
Bob Filner’s Week of Lily Pond Lies
In just one week, mayoral candidate Bob Filner reeled off so many outright lies and misstatements he is in jeopardy of giving our doddering Vice President Joe Biden some serious gaffe-envy. It started at last week’s debate at the Institute of the Americas. Filner ignorantly called out Councilmember DeMaio for not having a diverse staff. Of course, out of a …
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