Guest Column by Brian Brady The far-left (and Nathan Fletcher, when finding it politically convenient to join the far left) criticize Mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio for his private-sector business success: “I do find it interesting that you made all your money off of government contracts and you say people shouldn’t have wages or salary out of line (with the private …
U-T Editor Puts Paper in Awkward Position
Politics & Media Mashup Some believe Nathan Fletcher is at war with U-T San Diego. I wouldn’t call it war, but relations certainly are chilly. Fletcher’s expectations for his morning newspaper aren’t what they used to be. That might not be a big deal if the election wasn’t less than a month away. For all its troubles, the U-T is still the …
What Nathan Missed…
Assemblyman Fletcher edited out the last part of the KUSI story in his web video that can be seen below. No sad music, but here is the rest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKDodQht4s4&feature=youtu.be
How do you know?
I haven’t posted in years but this seems like a good time to start again. If you haven’t yet read Roger Hedgecock’s column in the UT titled How Do You Know?, I suggest you read it. Then whatever you want to say about the kind of mayor Nathan Fletcher would be, ask yourself, how do you know? _____ Full disclosure – …
2012 Election Predictions: What We Can Expect From President Obama
From Bob Siegel’s column, Forbidden Table Talk on Communities@Washington Times.com Originally written: May 8, 2012 No political satirist can resist the temptation to make election year predictions. True, some of these predictions are so easy; they could be made by a trained chimpanzee. Nevertheless, my crystal ball is now out of the attic and dusted off for all to see: …
Farrah Douglas was a Republican, and then a Democrat, and then a Republican
By Ryan Trabuco I must first preface this post by saying I have come to know Farrah Douglas through my volunteer efforts within the local Republican Party over the last few years. I respect Farrah. She’s an accomplished woman, and I believe she’s done an admirable job on the Carlsbad City Council. However, when a legitimate issue is raised about …
Time to Rally the Election Tea Party in East County
This is a MUST ATTEND EVENT for ALL TEA PARTIERS AND ALL TAXPAYERS!!! Click for details We are going to have our TEA PARTY RALLY at the… Prescott Promenade on Main Street in EL CAJON 200 MAIN STREET, EL CAJON, CA – 92020 http://gocitykids.parentsconnect.com/attraction/Prescott-Promenade-200-E-Main-Street-92020-US Date: Saturday, May 19, 2012 Time: 1:00pm until 3:30pm Just SOME of our speakers include: Rick …
DeMaio Releases Ad “One Man”
Today our campaign released its third television ad “One Man” that focuses on my detailed and comprehensive plan to fix the budget problems that have plagued San Diego for nearly a decade. I hope this ad will focus the discussion on important solutions to reform the fiscal problems in San Diego. http://youtu.be/_of0Rb1P-oc DeMaio’s detailed plan and record of results …
Dumanis: We can fix city schools without surrendering to the state
Rostra friends: This morning DA Dumanis continued to demonstrate leadership on the issue of getting San Diego Unified back on track and preventing a disastrous takeover by the state. Below is her statement weighing in on Scott Barnett’s proposal to declare the district insolvent and turn the schools over to the state. Dumanis is the only candidate for mayor to …
A Q & A with City Attorney Jan Goldsmith
[captionpix imgsrc=”http://sdrostra.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/imgres.jpg” captiontext=”Jan Goldsmith”] Goldsmith weighs in on the San Diego Mayor’s Race, the San Diego Convention Center expansion and more As the only candidate for citywide office with no opponent in the upcoming election, Rostra thought it would be a good time to check in with San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith to discuss his first term in …
Haven’t served in the Military? Fletcher says: “Shame on you”
Nathan Fletcher released an ad called “Character.” Handpicked veterans call out the leading mayoral candidate, Councilmember Carl DeMaio, for not having served in the military. The well-rehearsed veterans, one after another, said: “Shame on you.” Given this ad, you might be surprised to learn DeMaio has never expressed anything but admiration for Fletcher’s military service. So why would Marine veteran …
Campaign Flyer Contains False Info
A judge ordered judicial candidate Terrie Roberts to strike false and misleading information from her ballot argument. She did. But Roberts then used some of the stricken statements in her campaign literature. Some of the campaign literature Superior Court Commissioner Terrie Roberts is distributing contains information that a court has ruled is false and misleading. Last month, a judge …
The U.S. 1st or 2nd most progressively taxed nation
Most people in the U.S. — even many conservatives — think that the rich in America get tax breaks that exceed what the wealthy get in the more socialist countries of the world. Concurrently, it’s assumed that the middle class pays too much of the taxes. Oddly enough, not true. The United States has the first or second most “progressive” …
SDCTA Announces Golden Fleece Award Finalists
Dubious recipients revealed at Golden Watchdog & Golden Fleece Awards Dinner May 16 (San Diego) – The San Diego County Taxpayers Association (SDCTA) today announced the finalists for its annual Golden Fleece Awards categories including Metro and Regional Fleeces, and Repeat Offenders. Golden Fleeces are given to government programs/services that exemplify the wasteful, inefficient or downright absurd use of taxpayer …
“Intimidation by Proxy” — major reason to ban “defined benefit” pensions
The WALL ST JOURNAL story below details how labor unions are increasingly using their shareholder status to bully corporate management into supporting only liberal causes. This excellent article inadvertently highlights perhaps the biggest problem with defined benefit (DB) guaranteed pension plans — yet it’s the one DB pension problem that is seldom mentioned. DB plans are the back door for …
Rostra’s High Tide
We tweeted yesterday and posted a comment that Monday was Rostra’s biggest day ever, with 1,453 unique visits to the site and over 2,500 individual page views. It’s clearly campaign home stretch. Well, Tuesday we exceeded both those numbers! Over 1,500 visitors browsed 2,768 Rostra pages. Thanks to all of the bloggers, readers, commenters and critics for making this little …
Rhinerson Campaign Signs on School Property
The campaign of Bernie Rhinerson, big labor-backed candidate for San Diego Community College District, has been placing 4′ x 8′ signs on school property throughout the district — as evidenced by the following photos. Rhinerson works as chief of staff for the embattled San Diego Unified School District, and has long been considered the chief architect of the district’s financial insolvency. The daytime photos …
Ron Paul’s California Delegates Released
SD Rostra has the list first… from Brian Brady The Ron Paul for President campaign released its list of California delegates today. Most of the delegates have tea party connections and/or are grassroots liberty activists. You’ll be hard-pressed to find any lobbyists, political consultants, or elected officials on this list. View the full state list. The San Diego delegation includes: …
Cherokee Professor Elizabeth Warren is neither a scholar nor Cherokee
It appears that one of the Left’s superstars has moccasin feet of clay. Professor Elizabeth Warren’s scholarship is shoddy at best. And evidence strongly suggests that she claimed bogus “American Indian” status to gain affirmative action advantages. Amazingly, she uses her unsubstantiated 1/32 Cherokee heritage to claim she is an American Indian on “race” designation questionnaires her bio. And the academic bozos at Harvard …
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