Urges Reform and More Protection For Ratepayers Whose Water Bills Have Increased 67% Since 2007 For the past five years, San Diegans have seen their water rates rise 67%. Mayoral Candidate Carl DeMaio today released his “Water Ratepayer Bill of Rights” to protect San Diego families from outrageous water rate hikes. “San Diegans have been hosed by higher water rates …
RIP, Tom Fuentes — here is Rostra’s 2010 interview of Orange County’s “Mr. Republican” — He shares leadership secrets and reveals his long-time Ties to San Diego
Last week, Tom Fuentes was holding court in a quiet corner of San Diego’s Republican state convention. For 20 years (1984-2004) he chaired the Orange County GOP, and was arguably the most-influential County GOP chair in California’s long history. Ronald Reagan, George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson and dozens of congressmen and state legislators relied on both his power and good counsel. But Tom Fuentes did not want …
Political and Social Rules For America
From Bob Siegel’s column Forbidden Table Talk on Communities At WashingtonTimes.com SAN DIEGO, May 15, 2012 — Despite all the talk about the equality of countries spread across our 21st century world, America is still almost universally regarded to be in a class by herself. Even people who dislike America admit that America is special. Otherwise they would find it …
The Best and Worst SD Mayor Videos
Politics & Media Mashup Good videos are an effective way to communicate a message, especially since many of us are attached to iPhones and iPads. I believe political videos will eventually replace mail pieces and most news releases. Won’t that be nice! That’s a post for another day. Today I decided to mashup the best and worst campaign videos from …
Reality
Over the past couple of weeks you received a barrage of negative mail and saw TV advertisements from the far left and far right attacking Nathan Fletcher. These mailers and negative stunts are not only false, but also a reminder of what type of political climate we live in today. In fact, Bill Osborne from the UT San Diego said, …
Are unions exemplifying amnesia or cowardice on Project Labor Agreements?
Guest Commentary by Eric Christen San Diego’s union bosses and their political allies have either contracted a case of highly contagious amnesia or they have simply become cowards when it comes to admitting they support Project Labor Agreements on taxpayer funded projects. This is something to behold. The latest campaign message from opponents of Proposition A is that the City …
Local Teacher Union mailing views Fletcher’s GOP Roots with Alarm
If you believe the SD Mayoral end-game is now whether Carl DeMaio will face (A) Bob Filner or (B) Nathan Fletcher in a November runoff, here is additional evidence. The politically adept COPE committee of AFT Local 1931 sent this mailer, presumably to persuade registered Democrats not to back Mr. Fletcher for Mayor… complete with a Groucho Marx mask! The mailing promotes Bob Filner …
Fletcher for Mayor Launches New Ad, “Choice’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYZdrY9EIgI&feature=youtu.be
Fight for America Press Event & Kick Off Tuesday in San Diego
View as a Webpage | Forward to a Friend You are Invited! Fight for America Press Event & Kick Off Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 10:00am Tuna Harbor (Park in between the Midway and The Fish Market Restaurant) 750 North Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101 You are invited to Kick Off of new national educational organization and SuperPAC dedicated to keeping America’s defenses strong, ready …
With no fiscal oversight, small CA state security guards outfit rapes taxpayers — $124K average salary
Here’s one of those backwater CA state public employee honeypots that for years has operated without meaningful fiscal oversight. Amazing story. Among other things, these “police” got big overtime checks for guarding a closed facility. A quarter of these guards DOUBLE their salary with overtime. Their average annual pay (with overtime) is $124,000. These are SECURITY GUARDS. And remember, they …
Expatriate Saverin saved FAR more on CA income tax than he did on his net federal tax
What is usually overlooked in the discussion of Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin leaving the U.S. for Singapore (presumably to sell his Facebook stock) is the CALIFORNIA capital gains tax. Saverin avoided $67 million in net federal income taxes by leaving the country, but he saved several times that amount by leaving CA — which by law has no “exit tax.” …
This just in: Taxpayer TV’s Got the Goods
San Diego Rostra’s street reporters have been working their sources all day, and it’s paid off! We’ve gotten our hands on exclusive video from last night’s San Diego County Taxpayers Association Golden Fleece and Watchdog Awards, and we’re sharing it now with our Rostra readers. OK, who are we kidding? This isn’t like a Lindsay Lohan exclusive. SDCTA granted permission …
The Evil Alliance
Tony Krvaric, Bob Filner and T.J. Zane enjoying the Taxpayers Association dinner. Note Congressman Filner’s campaign button.
At Least the Fleece Awards Were Cute: SDCTA Hands Out 2012 Goldens
Smart governing decisions saving taxpayer dollars and collaborative initiatives took top honors, while cavalier attitudes and lost opportunities were called out and shamed at the San Diego County Taxpayers Association (SDCTA)’s 17th annual Goldens Awards Dinner, held at the Town and Country Resort & Convention Center in Mission Valley. Remote controls were nowhere in sight as the evening’s theme “Taxpayer …
Fletcher Releases Vision for Port and Maritime Economy
Mayoral candidate Nathan Fletcher today laid out his vision to energize San Diego’s maritime economy with a plan to make the city’s port the “World’s Most Innovative”. “In the Fletcher Administration, our port will be the catalyst and epicenter for a new innovative maritime technology cluster, churning out new ideas and generating new jobs for our region,” said Fletcher. “As …
Belly Up To The Bar 2: The Official Goldens Drinking Game
Just in time could be my life’s mantra. I am reminded by Thor’s Assistant that no Official Drinking Game has been devised for tonight’s epic 17th annual San Diego County Taxpayers Golden Fleece and Watchdog Awards. Calling Ms. Tipit to the rescue. DISCLAIMER: In this litigious, risk-averse society, we must pause here to admonish anyone reading this column that it …
How did the feds end up pushing bullet trains? Maybe you don’t want to know.
Read this short but bizarre story of how our federal government decided to spend $20 billion on high speed rail boondoggles — from Chris Reed’s blog. I’ve seen more thought go into picking Lotto numbers. http://www.calwhine.com/whose-idea-was-it-to-push-bullet-trains-rahm-emanuels-doctor-brother-i-feel-ill/3117/ Whose idea was it to push bullet trains? Rahm Emanuel’s doctor brother. I feel ill. by Chris Reed KEY EXCERPT: In December [2008], the …
When Democrats ATTACK! — (Each other) — the epic Scott Peters vs. Lori Saldana Congressional Match
The roughest fights are often primary races, and here are the two toughest mail pieces I’ve seen in 2012. Scott Peters’ campaign accuses Lori Saldana of being a big business lap dog, voting for “tax giveaways” after taking corporate-paid travel (as a state legislator) to Rio De Janeiro, Germany and Argentina, with luxury hotels and “personal butlers.” Saldana talks tough on limiting corporate power, …
Texts From Mayoral Candidates: Part IV
We texted the following image to each of the San Diego mayoral candidates and asked them, “What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you see this photo?” ___ Here are their replies: I’m so fortunate…Papa Doug has no idea I’m gay. ___ I used to read that rag but I’ve switched to Voice of San Diego. ___ There’s …
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