From U-T San Diego editorial about Nathan Fletcher: These are important questions because the answers will tell us whether we are dealing with a man of principle who as mayor would stand up for what he believes without concern for the political fallout, or just the opposite – a man who is merely angling for political advantage without concern …
Here’s the new San Diego Republican Voter Guide for the June 2012 Primary election
Here’s a major reason people run for Republican Central Committee… to vote on Who gets a Place on this Influential Voter Guide. In June 2010, roughly 105,000 registered Republicans elected the 55 Men and Women who made these Key endorsements. The Power of this slate is well known in political circles. In releasing it overnight, Chairman Tony Krvaric wrote, ” I just …
Gonzalez punishes Gloria and Lightner
[captionpix imgsrc=”http://sdrostra.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/lorena.jpg” captiontext=”Lorena Gonzalez”] Politics & Media Mashup There was a short but very telling story in Friday’s U-T San Diego. On the surface, “Labor gives ‘F’ grade to five on S.D. council” does not look like much more than a few inches on B2, but the story highlights how cutthroat politics can be at City Hall. The piece, written …
No to Tax Increases in California
As a matter of fact, if there was some real pension reform, there wouldn’t be any need for tax increases. California is drowning under the burden of employee pension costs. Even the modest reforms offered by Jerry Brown are making no progress in the Democrat union controlled legislature. A couple of key parts of his proposal: Equal sharing of pension …
How Danon and Roberts COULD capitalize on Carl Hilliard’s $100K donation — first instance for this County election Law
Here is a little-known County election law, “activated” now for the first time by Carl Hilliard’s $100,000 donation to his own race for 3rd District County Supervisor. The law imposes a limit of $500-per-donation on County candidates… but that “Lid” comes off if a candidate spends $100K + of their own funds. NOW, my sources say, candidates Steve Danon and David Roberts could …
Judge candidate Miller endorsed by state party
from the Jim Miller for Judge campaign… The California Republican Party endorsed Jim Miller for Superior Court Judge yesterday. This follows the endorsement of Miller by the San Diego County Republican Party in March, the Lincoln Club of San Diego County and ICaucus not to mention dozens of elected officials, attorneys and community leaders. In case you didn’t know Jim’s deputy DA opponent …
More Politics as Usual: Legislative Accomplishments
“The latest attack from our opponents is more politics as usual. This one will backfire too, because we welcome a discussion of Nathan’s remarkable legislative record passing landmark legislation like Chelsea’s Law, tax reform, and regulatory relief. In just three years in office, Nathan Fletcher has been author of more pieces of legislation than Bob Filner has in his twenty …
Fletcher Missing on “Prop A” Attack
Brown signs bill to punish San Diego for Proposition A. Fletcher skipped vote. UT San Diego reports that Governor Brown has signed Senate Bill 829, which would “deny state construction funds to cities that have bans on labor-friendly development contracts, potentially affecting three local municipalities.” Source: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/apr/26/brown-moves-to-protect-labor-friendly-contract/ “I’ve defined my career on solving problems” – Nathan Fletcher, 4/23/12 When SB 829 was …
Congressman Bob Filner: Hypocrite
Bob Filner is a hypocrite. He calls out special interests as an issue in this campaign – including Bridgepoint Education – but his Congressional campaign committee has collected over $4 million in special interest contributions from political action committees, including Bridgepoint Education. San Diegans deserve a mayor who is honest and consistent. Bob Filner received contributions from Bridgepoint Education. (The Center …
DeMaio wins state GOP endorsement
The California Republican Party board of directors voted just minutes ago to endorse Councilmember Carl DeMaio for mayor of San Diego. Following the local Republican Party’s endorsement, the state party’s support of DeMaio may come as little surprise, especially considering Assemblyman and mayoral hopeful Nathan Fletcher’s subsequent switch to a decline-to-state voter. However, the California GOP’s official position provides an …
UPDATE: Prop A Supporters Denounce Governor Brown for signing union protection measure
Once again, Sacramento has taken away a little more local control from cities over their own business, thanks to approval today by Governor Jerry Brown. Last week, the state Senate approved SB829, a labor union backed bill. The Senate’s approval of SB829 is an attempt to undercut Proposition A, the Fair and Open Competition Initiative, which is on the June …
Move to the Middle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZUQdCKltmU Yesterday, a group of prominent CEOs and business leaders declared their independence from partisan politics and formally registered as independents. Check out the video above and visit http://www.movementtothemiddle.org/ for more information.
BREAKING: Sources say Tom Blair out at U-T
[captionpix imgsrc=”http://sdrostra.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/tom-blair.jpg” captiontext=”Tom Blair”] Tom Blair, a veteran Metro columnist at U-T San Diego, is no longer with the paper, sources said today. Two people who wish to remain anonymous because the U-T has not announced the move confirmed Blair and the paper parted ways. They said Blair was asked to scale his column back to a day or two …
Texts From Mayoral Candidates III
The June 5 primary is less than 6 weeks away, so we decided to check in (via text, of course) with the San Diego Mayoral Candidates. We asked: How’s it going? The responses: Nathan was on Page 1 again today. Again! The ethics thing flopped and…did I mention Nathan was on Page 1 again today?! Gotta run. Headed into a media …
Dumanis Responds to Today’s “Movement to the Middle” Stunt
SAN DIEGO — District Attorney and Mayoral candidate Bonnie Dumanis today issued the following statement in response to this morning’s event: “In this race for mayor, no candidate has injected more partisanship than Nathan Fletcher. This is the latest scene in his contrived political soap opera after losing the Republican Party’s endorsement. “The real issues facing the city are schools …
Breaking — Sgt. Gary Stein’s lawyer tells KOGO’s LaDona Harvey today the embattled Marine’s discharge will quickly be appealed to Federal Court
In a 12:30 pm interview today, KOGO talk host LaDona Harvey learned that attorneys for Marine Sgt. Gary Stein will now amend their Federal suit to “stay” further processing of the Marine’s discharge pending his appeal to the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. San Diego attorney Gary Kreep told Harvey that Stein is still a Marine, but his status needs …
More Politics As Usual From Nathan Fletcher
Latest Fletcher Political Game: Rich Downtown Insiders Handpick Their Choice for Mayor Today State Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher’s masterful gamesmanship continued as he attempted to use his millionaire campaign backers to make the case for his independence. Ironically, the wealthy downtown insiders featured at the press conference are the same people who have contributed tens of thousands of dollars to his …
Crime is down In San Diego County
Public safety routinely consumes 50% or more of municipal budgets and crime rates are very much associated with the perception and reality related to “quality of life” issues. Is your local park an amenity or a menace? Additionally, property crimes have a direct effect on the cost of your area’s property Insurance. The attached annual SANDAG Crime Report indicates that …
Good news!
Last week the House, with help from California congressmen like Brian Bilbray, passed the Small Business Tax Cut. A tax cut! No doubt this important cut will be held up in the Democrat-controlled Senate, but for now this is very good news. The effect on California can’t be overstated. As of 2009, in California, there are 691,479 small businesses with …
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