The informal, non-scientific poll results from Albondigas North County shows a close campaign in the 76th State Assembly District, but Republican Rocky Chavez is leading fellow Republican Sherry Hodges in San Diego County’s only R vs. R run-off for a state legislative seat. The former Oceanside City Councilman and Acting Secretary for the California Department of Veteran Affairs is leading …
Landmark Charter City Ruling by State Supreme Court
Today the state Supreme Court ruled that charter cities don’t have to pay prevailing wage on locally funded public works contracts. This comes after a lawsuit was filed against the City of Vista by the AFL-CIO, shortly after Vista became a charter city. We at the city of El Cajon were closely watching this decision. The impact of this ruling …
The Power to Mandate – Why You Should Deplore Roberts’ Decision
Guest Commentary by Thomas Del Beccaro from PoliticalVanguard.com The United States was a nation of laws. Unlike any other Country, we began with a Constitution that set firm boundaries – not for us – but for government. Sadly, and actually, the Supreme Court decision on ObamaCare has changed all of that. In its wake, we are a changed Nation. At …
The Bob Filner Biography the Left Wants to Hide
It occured to me that even many of my knowledgeable allies are not fully familiar with the historical degree of affiliation Bob Filner has with socialist and communist organizations. His background speaks for itself. Below is a comprehensive summary of Filner’s red-tinted political affinity for collectivist, tyrannical government. It’s clearly a biased piece, but that does not mean it is …
Lincoln Club Endorses DeMaio for Mayor
Lincoln Club Endorses DeMaio for Mayor _____________________________________________________________________ Tony Manolatos is a communications strategist and the Lincoln Club is one of his clients. You can follow Tony on Twitter or LinkedIn. You can hear him talk politics and media with KOGO’s LaDona Harvey every Monday at 2:35 p.m. on AM 600 and FM 95.7.
Socialist Sweden spends more on education than us? Nope.
This is an expanded version of a letter to the editor concerning education that I submitted to the U-T newspaper. It didn’t run, but no need for my research to go to waste. Dear U-T Editor: Teacher Sharon Collins’ letter selflessly calls for higher taxes for education, citing socialist Sweden as her shining light. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jun/21/letters-sd-schools-teachers-labor-pact/?print&page=all She didn’t do her homework. …
Gov Brown vetoes a paltry 0.14% of state budget – pathetic
A whopping 0.14% of the bloated state general fund budget vetoed by Brown. Sadly, this paltry line item veto amount continues the California governor bipartisan tradition of vetoing almost none of the spending. The traditional amount is about 0.25% — one quarter of one percent. Jerry couldn’t reach even this low benchmark. http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/06/gov-jerry-brown-vetoes-195-million-from-final-ca-budget.html
Why Roberts Got It Wrong
The Supreme Court just delivered its landmark opinion in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (aka, the Obamacare case). The Court’s opinion—penned by Chief Justice John Roberts—found that the Commerce Clause does not validate the individual mandate, and that it is a penalty for purposes of standing…but it is constitutional as a tax (rather than a penalty) under the …
RIDER OP-ED: Absent defense, our local economy is awful
Today the NORTH COUNTY TIMES ran my op-ed on the effect of defense spending in San Diego County. My thesis is that, absent our massive federal defense spending (responsible for 1 in 4 jobs in the county), the San Diego economy is simply “awful.” This fact is amazing, considering that that San Diego has the best climate in the nation. …
Encinitas Mayor Jerome Stocks Endorses Rocky Chavez in AD 76
This press release was issued today… June 27, 2012 ENCINITAS MAYOR ENDORSES ROCKY Mayor Jerome Stocks backs Rocky, further uniting District 76 ENCINITAS – The people of Assembly District 76 are uniting in support of Rocky Chavez. Today, Encinitas Mayor Jerome Stocks announced his endorsement of Rocky for California Assembly. With his support, Stocks joins dozens of elected and former …
Pension Reform Ballot Measure Won Every Council District
Will of the Voters Must Be Respected and Prop B Implemented Prop B, the Pension Reform ballot measure not only passed resoundingly with 66% of the total vote, it also carried each of the nine San Diego Council districts. The overwhelming victory comes as no surprise to the thousands of volunteers who worked tirelessly in every community collecting signatures to …
Assemblyman Brian Jones Releases Third Edition of ‘Are You Kidding Me?’
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Laurie Paredes (916) 319-2077 SACRAMENTO – Assemblyman Brian Jones, R-Santee, releases his third broadcast commentary in the “Are You Kidding Me?” series. Assemblyman Jones discusses how California can reduce welfare dependency. The “Are You Kidding Me?” series consist of brief radio and television recordings on current state issues. Video Link: http://arc.asm.ca.gov/member/77/?p=media&sid=431&id=12377
Professors’ Pensions Restrict Access to UC Education for Poorest Californians
Guest Commentary by Brian Brady UC-Davis students are being pepper sprayed for chalking protests to tuition increases. At UC Berkeley, guns were drawn and billy clubs were used on the protesting students. While the media attributed this use of violence to Republicans’ resistance to tax cuts, The OC Register finally had the courage to discuss the root cause of the problem: Professors’ pension costs are driving …
NCPA: “Is It Time to Stop Building Convention Centers?”
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=22070&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher Daily Policy Digest June 26, 2012 Is It Time to Stop Building Convention Centers? Over the last 20 years, convention space in the United States has increased by 50 percent; since 2005, 44 new convention spaces have been planned or constructed in this country alone. That boom hasn’t come cheap. In the last 10 years, spending on convention centers …
The Supreme Court Got it Right in Upholding Key Provision of SB 1070
Guest Commentary by Rhonda Deniston In a 5-3 decision the Supreme Court upheld a key provision of Arizona’s immigration Law, SB 1070. Law enforcement can constitutionally inquire about immigration status during stops when there is reasonable suspicion to believe an individual is undocumented. The Supreme Court got it right. Law enforcement at a local, state and federal level have always had broad …
The fiction of majority vote
Guest Commentary by Fred Schnaubelt Who Speaks For You? – Who Speaks For The American People? The “American people” want compromise says the New York Times. The “American people” want a balanced budget say the Republicans. The “American people” want free medical care, free college tuitions, free contraceptives, free food stamps, free mass transit, free immigration, and free or partly …
Pathetic 15 person left wing “rally” scores U-T media coverage
The U-T ran a story today (Monday) covering the Sunday downtown protest against the evil-Koch brothers and other rich folks reportedly meeting in an unknown area hotel to discuss funding limited government candidates and causes. Fair enough. Political rallies and protests by every side deserve media coverage. But a FIFTEEN PERSON protest? Come ON, man!! http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jun/24/rally-targets-kochs-political-influence/ “Rally targets Koch brothers’ …
Congressman Brian Bilbray Disappointed with Supreme Court Ruling on Mount Soledad War Memorial
Congressman vows to exhaust efforts to save veterans war memorial Washington, D.C. – Congressman Brian Bilbray (CA-50) today issued the following statement regarding the United States Supreme Court’s decision not to hear San Diego’s Mount Soledad War Memorial case: “The lawsuit against the Mount Soledad War Memorial is an insult to our veterans and their service. I am disappointed that …
California Tobacco Tax Defeated
In a little noticed report from the AP, Proposition 29, the Tobacco Tax initiative has narrowly been defeated. Although anticipated, this is the first news announcement I have seen on the issue. With about 5 million ballots cast, opponents of Proposition 29 led by about 28,000 votes. The Associated Press analyzed areas where the roughly 105,000 uncounted votes remain and …
The Winners! – The Great Rostra/FlashReport San Diego Primary Election Contest
The results have been tallied for our little Election Contest (see the questions here), with about 45 participants. I’m pleased to say it was the most competitive contest yet. Maybe the questions were too easy. I’ll remember that next time. But, we do have some winners. First, some stats — since the type of ner … uhhh, I mean wonks …
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